Tag: Fun with Dice

Daggerheart Countdowns and the Art of Ticking Tension

Every great tabletop moment shares one common trait: Time is running out. Drama is born from this urgency. The RPG system Daggerheart recognizes this and bakes it into its core system through countdowns. These countdowns give that pressure form. They provide visible (or sometimes hidden) clocks that tick down as players act. And when they …

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Chaos Rolls and Saves: Letting the Dice Speak

There are moments in every tabletop game where none of the usual mechanics seem to fit. The character isn’t using a skill, there’s no obvious saving throw, and no stat governs the outcome. Still, the question looms: what happens next? This is where Chaos Rolls come into play – a mechanic used, for example, in …

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