Daggerheart: Get An Exclusive Look At The Monstrous Adversaries In the Highly-Anticipated TTRPG
Critical Role fans, get ready, because their new tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) Daggerheart from their publishing arm Darrington Press is on the horizon! With the game currently available for pre-order, Dread Central is excited to exclusively share four of the game’s monstrous adversaries, designed by Shaun Ellis!
Daggerheart is built around robust role-playing mechanics that cater to fans of deep character-building and tactical combat, with horror-themed adversaries playing a significant role in shaping the player experience. Learn more about the game’s mechanics here.
Now check out the four horror adversaries below and get a taste of the world of Daggerheart.
Head Vampire
A captivating undead dressed in aristocratic finery. He may have you for dinner.
Patchwork Zombie Hulk
A towering gestalt of corpses moving as one, with torso-sized limbs and fists as large as a grown halfling. This monstrosity can incorporate the dead into its form.
Oracle of Doom
A towering immortal and incarnation of fate, cursed to only see bad outcomes. Those who hear her pronouncements are likely to lose hope.
Demon of Wrath
A hulking demon with boulder-sized fists, driven by endless rage. This denizen of the Circles Below makes their foe’s blood boil.
Ellis’s art style breathes life into these gorgeous yet horrific monsters. He said of his designs:
“Adversaries take on many appearances and serve any number of roles in a narrative, but most often they exist as antagonists of many kinds: a deceitful individual, a frightening monstrosity, a creature of violent instinct, or even something shrouded in an ominous mystery, and so on. Their role is a supporting one that is meant to inspire characters to become a hero, face their fears, confront horrors, or even fall from grace. Adversaries are often inspired by antagonists that you may already be familiar with, but are also unique enough that they can exist as their own distinct character within whatever narratives they find themselves in.”
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Daggerheart is currently available for pre-order and will release in early 2025.
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