r/DragonbaneRPG

Been playing Daggerheart for a while and I like the D&D-ish progression and the possible resource pool (stress, hope) you have to utilize your abilities. Also the abilities are fun and effective.

One of our groups finished the first campaign of Dragonbane after around 1.5 years and we enjoy it. But it hit me after Daggerheart that Dragonbanes progression didn’t really offer that great of depth.

I assume it is because Dragonbane wants to keep it light, not hero-type RPG and allow anyone to pick and choose what abilities they want to use. But in some way, I feel that it offers no unique class experience and possible no depth of advancement. After the 1.5 year, my character almost felt the same as when we started. I didn’t have any really cool item or ability that embraced the character.

I like Dragonbane (I grew up with Drakar och Demoner) and I know there is an Expert version coming up in the future. Even Trudvang will have life paths that should offer more unique character building. But what is your thought? Is Dragonbane a long term TRP or is it a “short campaign” first?

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Hi everyone! I’m currently running a Dragonbane campaign and I’m really enjoying the system. However, I’m starting to think about some tweaks to make it more "digestible" for my long-time D&D 5e group.

I’ve DM’ed D&D for many years, and over time I’ve realized my main issue with "Heroic Fantasy" is exactly the "Heroic" part. I dislike how quickly mundane problems become trivial and how characters lose touch with the grounded world. Dragonbane feels like the perfect escape from that, but there are a few things I’d like to mitigate.

I’d love to hear if these ideas make sense or if anyone has tackled similar issues:

• Capping Skills & Reducing Mortality: I want to slightly reduce lethality while preventing "Over-specialized" characters. My idea is to remove the free Heroic Ability granted when a skill reaches 18. Instead, upon reaching level 15 in a skill, the player can choose between Robust or Focused. This encourages players to stop at 15 for most skills, meaning a Bane can still cause a failure, or at least force them to work for Boons.
• Talent Rework: I’m considering giving Fast Footwork and/or Defensive as baseline abilities, as they feel like "must-haves." I’m also thinking about awarding new talents at the end of every adventure (or every two, TBD).
• New Enemy Tier - "Deities": For the campaign I have in mind (Journey to Ragnarok), I’m thinking of adding a third category of enemy beyond NPCs and Monsters: Deities. I’d create a specific set of talents to convert "Monster" abilities into this new tier.
• Splitting Overused Skills: My players noted that Bushcraft and Awareness are rolled for almost everything. Does it make sense to split Bushcraft (e.g., adding a specific "Navigation" skill)? They felt similarly about Persuasion, but I’m wary of adding an "Intimidation" skill because it might end up like D&D, where Fighters only intimidate and everyone else only persuades.
• Attributes Utility: I want to make every core stat (STR, DEX, etc.) more relevant. For instance, using CHA for "First Impression" checks during random encounters or introducing "Attunement" for magic items. I’m also considering giving out a few attribute points to distribute every few adventures.

I realize I’m essentially trying to inject a bit of D&D into Dragonbane, but after 30 years of gaming, my habits are hard to break!

Of course, before I fully commit to these changes, I’m waiting to see Free League’s upcoming Nordic-themed rules and to progress further into the Dragon Emperor campaign.

Hello!

I ran The Sinking Tower last week, and my players enjoyed the style of play A LOT. I've only run D&D 5e until now, and I too love how Dragonbane felt, but I feel like I would want to run different type of games with it, as it seems like a good middle-point between old-school style and modern RPGs.

If I wanted to give a campaign a sligth *punch* in the direction of heroic, would more frequent heroic abilities give me that, or do you think it would unbalance the game?

How do YOU use them and how OFTEN do you give them, and what has been your experience? I'm interested in a bit of a conversation about this 😄

Any suggestions?

We played 5 sessions, and everyone having fun but one player is feeling frustrated with a lack of advancement (zero success rolling over at end of session.)

Is there an official ruling or popular suggestion for rolling a Dragon to Dodge? The Core rules mention, when rolling a Dragon on a Parry you can counter attack and was wondering if you can gain a bonus like that when dodging.

Also, if a character hits with a dragon (Critical Hit), does that mean you can only dodge it by rolling a dragon, the way you do with parrying a critical hit? The book doesn't mention this but wondering if t was omitted.

How long did it take you to finish "the secret of the dragon emperor" campaign?

If you want to add more details (hours/session, how many dungeons completed, ...) you're welcome.

I just want to make a stat about this ahah :o

I just got an email asking me to go and select my rewards for Secrets of Luvaatan on this site:

• https://daniel-lehto.pledgemanager.com/projects/secrets-of-luvaatan/

The problem is I honestly have no memory of ever backing this project and when I look at my kickstarter history I don't see anything in there and there is nothing in my email archives prior to this one.

Yet when I goto the site it is prompting me to pay for PDFs that I apparently "Backed" in the Northern Lights pledge level??

Anyone else get this? It's entirely possible I pledged and forgot about it but I'd expect to see something in my email archive or on the kickstarter page and I don't? Is this more an "OFFER" (aka spam) rather than an actual call to fill in a backed kickstarter?

hey guys, I ordered Dragon Bane as an alternative to DND/monster of the week. I am looking for examples of how to run a creative exciting fun version of this game. So any podcast or campaign that you guys enjoy please let me know.

Hi guys,

yesterday me (as a gm) and my friends had our first go at DB. Actually we all had our first ever go with an RPG and I'd say we all enjoyed it, thanks probably to the light hearted system and narrative.

Ok right to the point. I've chosen Village of the day before as a one shoot adventure to test the waters and it has been a hit, because there were many situations for a good laugh.

I am now looking at all the others included adventures, and they seem to be quite more serious or... canonical. I fear I might loose traction with my group if it gets too "classical".

- Any idea how to keep it simple, fun and light? I imagine I could bend and change a little the story but as my first experience it's already brain consuming as it is :)

- Any third party adventure you can recommend with a light spirit as the one in the village of the day before?

Thanks!

Me complace agradecer públicamente a Fiyi y al resto de la comunidad por ayudarme a localizar la hoja de personaje, que ahora está disponible en español.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.fvasco.dbcompanion

DB Companion es una aplicación gratuita para Android que te permite gestionar la hoja de personaje de Dragonbane para juegos de mesa. Está diseñada específicamente para funcionar en smartphones y tablets: la información que necesitas, donde la necesitas y siempre actualizada.

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Gracias a toda la comunidad. Si encuentran algún error o simplemente quieren dar las gracias, ¡háganmelo saber!

We're all new to Dragonbane. We're looking for a Campaign with plenty of opportunity between quests for base-building, faction play, etc.

Tales from Mervalde is pretty new, and I can't find any reviews up yet.

Thanks!

Hello Guys,

I am interested in Dragonbane and want to try it, but i dont know If i have the right "mindset".

Currently i am playing Pathfinder 2e and the customization with all the ancestries, classes and feats are incredible, though i dont like the high fantasy setting.

I know that Pathfinder and Dragonbane are entirely different.

Dragonbane is classless and skill-based. So, in the paper, the only difference between the characters are the skills? Am i right?

How do you make your characters feel unique or different from each other?

Thanks in advance.