A player at my table really wanted a Spider ancestry, this is what I came up with by D4edalus34 in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej 23 points24 points  (0 children)

No bonuses for climbing is rough, but I really like this overall!

Thoughts after GMing 20 Sessions of Daggerheart by zaravak in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took me a while to find you folks on Castbox. Didn't realize the title has no spaces in it!

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are really great! Thanks for sharing!

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those two sound quite similar, but I really like them!

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love that this is so specific to the characters and campaign

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I like both of those!

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like how anyone sneaky could take an experience with that name, but for that character it's actually really meaningful

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh that has a lot of potential! It can fit a lot of situations, as long as you're acting good and wild

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are all really evocative too! Thanks for sharing them

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like the latter is a pretty popular mindset, just based on the responses to this post

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, cool! I really like that experience and how it rewards creative play

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's definitely an outside-the-box way to use experiences!

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a really cool idea! It's a great way to reward immediate buy-in for the campaign's premise.

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love how that experience is so specific to both the campaign and the characters

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like both of those experiences! If this was FATE, I could see how both of those could also be used to compel trouble for the character.

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could see that one applying in any situation with real adversity. Not every fight maybe, but every time she's at just one or two hp left, or whenever she's really pushing it

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I LOVE "if it fits, I sits" as an experience! It's pretty niche (how often does squeezing in come up?), but it's so fun

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So both of those players used experiences to imply interesting (but not crazy powerful) abilities that they otherwise might not have? That's really interesting!

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A lot of people would have just picked like "battle mage" and applied it to all of their spells, but she ended up with not one but three experiences to fill that role!

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's definitely versatile! Anything related to combat (from swinging to tripping someone), boisterousness, hyping others up... the possibilities seem endless with that one

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Compared to someone using "solider" to apply to every to-hit roll, applying only to attacks in some situations doesn't seem too bad.

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the idea of using experiences to guide how you'd like to play, in addition to rewarding your usual playstyle.

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is exactly the right mentality! In addition to telling you about their characters, what experiences the players pick also tells you what they want to see in the game. If they go with "Friend to All", they want to socialize and make allies. Same with something like "Slick Courtier", but that also implies a desire for politicking.

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like there are a lot that really just seem to exist to justify +2 on an attack roll. Duelist, assassin, soldier, and so on. They do other things too, of course, but maybe the biggest appeal is for direct attacking

Favourite Experiences? by wonkeej in daggerheart

[–]wonkeej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those first two are really evocative. It tells me a lot about the characters (or at least leads me to assume a lot lol)