Summary
- Daggerheart features Campaign Frames with unique parameters for character classes like Wizards.
- Warriors are another class influenced by the Witherwild campaign frame, offering prompts for character creation.
- Sorcerers in the Witherwild frame are born with magical powers influenced by nature and chaotic forces.
Daggerheart is a new tabletop role-playing game that promises to deliver a cinematic storytelling experience with its new core starter set. Toward the end of its core rulebook, it features an intuitive tool that can help players find a world they may want to explore right from the get-go.
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Arguably, one of the most notable features of Daggerheart is the inclusion of Campaign Frames. These are pre-made worlds that have been fleshed out and specifically designed for players to begin focusing on the construction of their home games. With them come unique parameters for both the GM and the players to consider, such as which classes are affected by the frame they choose. In the Witherwild campaign frame, players find themselves in a world ravaged by a vicious overgrowth unleashed by an ancient deity for revenge after being attacked by an invading nation. Here are the five best classes that benefit from being in the Witherwild campaign frame in Daggerheart.
5 Wizards
Knowledgeable Spellcasters Who Manipulate Magical Forces To Their Will
Wizards are listed as one of the many classes affected by the Witherwild campaign frame. They are described as having access to a large wizarding school found within Haven, the world in which Witherwild takes place. This can lead to a number of different things, like a place of origin for a wizard that can lead to known connections they may have throughout the world. There is also a force called the Haven Army, which specifically has numerous School of War Wizards.
When making a Wizard in this frame, they could be enhancing their studies of the arcane due to the rampant overgrowth, and maybe think it's not such a bad thing, which could cause some underlying conflict between characters.
4 Warrior
Combat-Oriented Fighters Who Excel At Dealing Damage
Warriors are another class that has a dominant presence in the Haven Army. When making a Warrior, this can be a helpful prompt to have when determining things like NPC connections and character upbringings. Players can even choose to alter their backstory to something more untraditional to the world, such as a Warrior who stepped away from the Haven Army to pursue a personal goal.
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For example, it is said that a rivaling nation is to blame for driving the deity to release this aggressive overgrowth on the world. Perhaps a Warrior could have knowledge of the nation that attacked this deity and could either wish to make things right, or think that they could deliver an invasion far worse than anything this deity has ever seen.
3 Sorcerer
Naturally Gifted Spellcasters Who Can Control Magic In Chaotic Ways
Of the magically gifted characters in Daggerheart, the core rulebook tasks Sorcerers with considering their connection to the world and how that influences their character. For example, Sorcerers are born with their magical powers. Therefore, their source could be influenced by the fantastical displays of nature in Witherwild and the forces that make them so prominent in this world.
The wild aspect that comes with the Witherwild campaign frame could be the origin of an all-powerful Sorcerer who controls these wild forces of nature however they see fit. Where their loyalties lie within the world can be completely influenced by this power that runs through them.
2 Ranger
Seasoned Hunters Who Are Experts In The Wild
Due to the emphasis on nature and wild creatures born of chaotic origins in Witherwild, Rangers are one of the best classes to pick for this campaign frame. Their aptitude for traversing natural environments meshes perfectly with how harsh the natural world of the Witherwild can be.
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Not to mention, one of the subclasses a Ranger can pick is Beastbound. This grants Rangers an animal companion, which, depending on what the GM is willing to accept, can be a range of wild animals unique to this frame.
1 Druid
Faithful Protectors Of Nature And The World Around Them
If Rangers are one of the best classes for Witherwild, they are second to the potential a Druid has in this frame. Since Druids revolve around the protection of nature, as it is the source of their power, they can be played in numerous ways.
Players can have a Druid who is devoted to stopping this unnatural overgrowth by any means necessary. On the other end, they could make a Druid who may become corrupted due to this change in nature, and may even embrace this corruption as the new order of nature.
Daggerheart
- Type of Game
- Tabletop Fantasy RPG
- Game Duration
- Long-term Campaigns
- What's Included
- Daggerheart Core Set: Rulebook, 279 cards Daggerheart Limited Edition Core: Rulebook, 279 cards, keepsake box, GM screen, rip pad, set of 9 dice, and 102 acrylic crystal tokens.
- Number of Players
- 3-6