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Clyde is alive! Well...you know what I mean. However, the coterie has jumped from the fire into the frying pan as things only continue to get worse for them and clues are laid before them for where they are and who exactly has them in their base of operations. Incredible trials require incredible ingenuity.

It's time to head out, but what is a plan really besides a list of things that can go wrong? The "Krispy" part of Krispy Kreme was about right and several other temperatures are explored as the coterie find themselves in the middle of a very not-ideal situation on top of the whole mission being that from the start of plan! This is NOT looking good...

Welcome back to Cleveland, Ohio as it exists in the World of Darkness. After the events of The Red Deemer, a newish coterie is formed in the wake of cleaning up after the last major event to springboard into another. It seems Clyde McCoy - who was thought missing - is not so missing and must be extracted from where he's held. Except, as you might suspect, everything seems rushed and...wrong...somehow.

Yeah, well, I suppose it's about time for the big showdown with the true monster of this facility. Wait...which one is it again?!

The discussion concludes Chapter 3 as much of what is in the chapter is repetitive, passive, and as non-committal as nearly everything else. By this point the game has clearly signaled for whom it is made and the concepts or culture of its creators. As with the last video THAT ISN'T A BAD THING but the writing needs a lot of polish, especially as we have a very civil discussion about the use of "they" in the presentation. This does NOT get into culture war garbage, but rather, the need for clear writing when teaching. I haven't seen the prior builds and wanted to go over this newcomer to the RPG scene. With an open mind and desire to learn, let's read the free-to-download material together and discuss it. While chat had its say when live, feel free to leave your comments below to prompt a conversation there, too!

It's important as a FLGS to understand the mood, theme, and tone of a game in order to recommend it to potential customers. While we continue to look over the playtest packet, it seems as if this is a gateway/starter RPG made for children (maybe 10+ to play) and other newcomers to TTRPGs from the in-built Critical Role audience, board games, anime, and shiny/low risk video games like Mario, and such. THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S BAD! However, it does help me consider the age and other demographics. The language used is certainly leaning in a particular direction to reach out better to this target market or otherwise be more tonal with people of those particular persuasions. I haven't seen the prior builds and wanted to go over this newcomer to the RPG scene. With an open mind and desire to learn, let's read the free-to-download material together and discuss it. While chat had its say when live, feel free to leave your comments below to prompt a conversation there, too!

Starting into Chapter 3, let's see what the playtest material has to say about rules and themes for Daggerheart from the seat of the Game Master. The exploration of the text begins with game principles and leads to an ongoing opinion about to whom this game is written and for whom the expected audience is supposed to be. Mechanics...probably not too much, but the tone of this rulebook is just so passive. Will this change in final editing? PERHAPS! I haven't seen the prior builds and wanted to go over this newcomer to the RPG scene. With an open mind and desire to learn, let's read the free-to-download material together and discuss it. While chat had its say when live, feel free to leave your comments below to prompt a conversation there, too!

As a FLGS I need to weigh not just things like the art or the intention of a piece as from what I've seen Daggerheart has gorgeous art and is made by well-meaning people. The rules in the tone they're written are flexible, but described in a way that makes this seem like a child is being talked to and supports my theory that this is for a younger audience. With low stakes and many options for do-overs or non-finality, the stakes are low and that makes this a very good, cartoony system. Or like you're playing a shiny action-adventure video game. Not bad in and of themselves, but it seems like a 10+ age-rating and a game good for short-term romps. Beer-and-pretzels and very introductory. These are said very neutrally as games like this ABSOLUTELY have a place in peoples' collections and on shelves. In an age of D&D burnout and successful titles like Mork Borg doing well but in a different direction, perhaps this can shine in a Young Adult/golden-horizon/modern-sensibilities niche? I haven't seen the prior builds and wanted to go over this newcomer to the RPG scene. With an open mind and desire to learn, let's read the free-to-download material together and discuss it. While chat had its say when live, feel free to leave your comments below to prompt a conversation there, too!

Delving further in the tone of the game is solidifying more and currently it comes across like a brightly-colored Saturday morning cartoon-style TTRPG. That isn't said in a bad or good way, but the tone of the writing does seem to back up that this is a Young Adult kind of storytelling system with how it's expressed and the tone of the writing. I haven't seen the prior builds and wanted to go over this newcomer to the RPG scene. With an open mind and desire to learn, let's read the free-to-download material together and discuss it. While chat had its say when live, feel free to leave your comments below to prompt a conversation there, too!

Let's continue reading through the playtest material to try and get a better sense of the mechanics and tone of the game. The introduction was nice enough, but here we begin to get into the meat and potatoes of Daggerheart! I haven't seen the prior builds and wanted to go over this newcomer to the RPG scene. With an open mind and desire to learn, let's read the free-to-download material together and discuss it. While chat had its say when live, feel free to leave your comments below to prompt a conversation there, too!

Having gotten an initial feeling for the tone of the game, it's time to look into the rhythm (not details yet) of character creation. Let's delve into Darrington Press's playtest material for the Daggerheart TTRPG! I haven't seen the prior builds and wanted to go over this newcomer to the RPG scene. With an open mind and desire to learn, let's read the free-to-download material together and discuss it. While chat had its say when live, feel free to leave your comments below to prompt a conversation there, too!

Let's delve into Darrington Press's playtest material for the Daggerheart TTRPG! I haven't seen the prior builds and wanted to go over this newcomer to the RPG scene. With an open mind and desire to learn, let's read the free-to-download material together and discuss it. While chat had its say when live, feel free to leave your comments below to prompt a conversation there, too!

After venting some initial hesitations, we will boldly press forward in discovering more about the system as there seems to be good promise to Daggerheart! What are some of the specifics to characters you can play? Let's find out! Let's delve into Darrington Press's playtest material for the Daggerheart TTRPG! I haven't seen the prior builds and wanted to go over this newcomer to the RPG scene. With an open mind and desire to learn, let's read the free-to-download material together and discuss it. While chat had its say when live, feel free to leave your comments below to prompt a conversation there, too!

After the introduction, a series of 5 coloring book pages told the story which continued the adventure of the mascots (and are used on my Discord as the entries into the event) in another land. Resolving things there, let's return to the action to see the BIG THROWDOWN with this tyrant-goddess! Stop by the Twitch channel and Discord to see what's going on and participate. I have this $400 mini that needs a good home!

Enjoy the beginning of an epic campaign that takes the mascots of the channel on an adventure from a sleepy lakeside cabin into the depths of an ancient evil...

Our summer holiday gets a bit more interesting as we generate a few NPCs and villains to help progress our campaign and spice up our adventurer's lives. Join us for more content live on Twitch with workshops, paint nights, giveaways, and glorious table talk beginning around 11 p.m. Eastern. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/herozone Other ways to interact with us! Rumble: https://www.rumble.com/theherozone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theherozone Locals: https://www.theherozone.locals.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theherozone TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theherozone_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theherozone_ Discord: https://discord.gg/theherozone

Fighting issues with Streamlabs, I power ahead without chat. While they were supposed to be the ones rolling the random numbers, I conducted the workshop off-stream to be able to show you fun ways to introduce your own, original monsters and fine-tune them according to the ways CR is calculated and considering the topics of the other Monster Building workshops we've conducted! Join us for more content live on Twitch with workshops, paint nights, giveaways, and glorious table talk beginning around 11 p.m. Eastern. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/herozone Other ways to interact with us! Rumble: https://www.rumble.com/theherozone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theherozone Locals: https://www.theherozone.locals.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theherozone TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theherozone_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theherozone_ Discord: https://discord.gg/theherozone

Let's take a step-by-step look at how adding class levels from the PHB may affect the measurable aspects of the Challenge Rating of your monsters from the Monster Manual. All the while we are using the Dungeon Master's Guide for considerations. Phew! But it's not as complex as you may think. Join us for more content live on Twitch with workshops, paint nights, giveaways, and glorious table talk beginning around 11 p.m. Eastern. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/herozone Other ways to interact with us! Rumble: https://www.rumble.com/theherozone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theherozone Locals: https://www.theherozone.locals.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theherozone TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theherozone_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theherozone_ Discord: https://discord.gg/theherozone

After a quick dip to an automatic CR calculator, let's discuss the quickest and best way to create your own, unique monsters: re-skinning them! Don't worry too much about the math when you can focus more on your story elements and descriptions. Join us for more content live on Twitch with workshops, paint nights, giveaways, and glorious table talk beginning around 11 p.m. Eastern. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/herozone Other ways to interact with us! Rumble: https://www.rumble.com/theherozone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theherozone Locals: https://www.theherozone.locals.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theherozone TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theherozone_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theherozone_ Discord: https://discord.gg/theherozone

This is a shorter and more thorough explanation of the concepts (minus calculating EXP) around building your own monsters to suit your needs and then make sure that, power-level-wise, they'll fit the kind of encounter you wish to offer your players while preserving your original ideas. Join us for more content live on Twitch with workshops, paint nights, giveaways, and glorious table talk beginning around 11 p.m. Eastern. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/herozone Other ways to interact with us! Rumble: https://www.rumble.com/theherozone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theherozone Locals: https://www.theherozone.locals.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theherozone TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theherozone_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theherozone_ Discord: https://discord.gg/theherozone

Let's give a quick rundown of what comprises CR (challenge rating), and especially, what CR DOESN'T include. Through the example of Tucker's Kobolds, we also showcase how intelligence and strategy can significantly increase the difficulty of an encounter without necessarily changing the CR value of it mechanically. Join us for more content live on Twitch with workshops, paint nights, giveaways, and glorious table talk beginning around 11 p.m. Eastern. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/herozone Other ways to interact with us! Rumble: https://www.rumble.com/theherozone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theherozone Locals: https://www.theherozone.locals.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theherozone TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theherozone_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theherozone_ Discord: https://discord.gg/theherozone

x The Red Deemer is an original, short-form chronicle taking place in Cleveland, OH. It was customized to fit the characters that were brought to the virtual table and was put together using the ideas presented in the workshop shown earlier. Join us for more content live on Twitch with workshops, paint nights, giveaways, and glorious table talk beginning around 11 p.m. Eastern. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/herozone Other ways to interact with us! Rumble: https://www.rumble.com/theherozone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theherozone Locals: https://www.theherozone.locals.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theherozone TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theherozone_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theherozone_ Discord: https://discord.gg/theherozone

x The Red Deemer is an original, short-form chronicle taking place in Cleveland, OH. It was customized to fit the characters that were brought to the virtual table and was put together using the ideas presented in the workshop shown earlier. Join us for more content live on Twitch with workshops, paint nights, giveaways, and glorious table talk beginning around 11 p.m. Eastern. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/herozone Other ways to interact with us! Rumble: https://www.rumble.com/theherozone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theherozone Locals: https://www.theherozone.locals.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theherozone TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theherozone_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theherozone_ Discord: https://discord.gg/theherozone

We're going to practice what we preach and bring everything home from considering roles, rolls, mechanics, thematics, and keeping things in Ohio even after the example of Cleveland. If I can do this from random chat prompts and only an hour to work, you can do a much better job at your own table with much more time!!! Join us for more content live on Twitch with workshops, paint nights, giveaways, and glorious table talk beginning around 11 p.m. Eastern. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/herozone Other ways to interact with us! Rumble: https://www.rumble.com/theherozone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theherozone Locals: https://www.theherozone.locals.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theherozone TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theherozone_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theherozone_ Discord: https://discord.gg/theherozone

Just because VtM isn't the traditional adventure you may find in D&D doesn't mean you still can't apply universal themes of storytelling in our own, original, unique chronicle! Join us for more content live on Twitch with workshops, paint nights, giveaways, and glorious table talk beginning around 11 p.m. Eastern. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/herozone Other ways to interact with us! Rumble: https://www.rumble.com/theherozone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theherozone Locals: https://www.theherozone.locals.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theherozone TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theherozone_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theherozone_ Discord: https://discord.gg/theherozone