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☠️ Daggerheart: Death Moves
Daggerheart: Death Moves is a Foundry VTT module that enhances the "Death Move" moment with a dramatic interface and full automation support for choosing between Avoid Death, Blaze of Glory, or Risk it All.
🌟 Key Features
🎭 Dramatic Interface
- Selection Screen: The dying player faces a compact interface to choose their fate: Avoid Death, Blaze of Glory, or Risk it All.
- Spectator Mode: While the active player decides, all other players (and the GM) see a synchronized "Waiting..." screen, keeping the entire party focused on the moment.
- Dramatic Announcements: Once a choice is made, a text banner appears for everyone, announcing the decision before the results are revealed.
- Probability Display: Each option shows the calculated probability of outcomes based on the character's level.
🎲 Mechanics & Automation
- Sequential Risk Rolls: "Risk it All" builds maximum tension by rolling the Fear die first, pausing for effect, and then rolling the Hope die — with colored border effects for each phase.
- Stylized Chat Cards: Results are posted to the chat as gold-framed cards with easy-to-read text.
- Full Automation (Core): Automatically applies Scars on failed Avoid Death rolls, distributes HP/Stress on Hope results, and clears all on Critical Success.
- Homebrew Automation: Supports alternate scar rules — lets the player pick from six scar types (Evasion, Hit Point, Hope, Negative Experience, Stress, Thresholds) with Active Effects applied automatically.
- HP Trigger: Optionally detects when a character's HP reaches maximum and triggers the Death Move automatically (or opens a GM confirmation dialog).
- Phoenix Feather Support: Recognizes a configurable item that grants +1 bonus to Avoid Death rolls.
- Queue System: Multiple simultaneous death triggers are queued and processed one at a time.
🛠️ How to Use
1. The GM Triggers the Move
The Gamemaster initiates the scene when a character falls:
- Sidebar: Open the Daggerheart Menu (sidebar) and click the "Trigger Death Move" button (skull icon). Select the player from the list.
- Macro: Execute
DeathMoves.trigger()via a script macro. You can useDeathMoves.trigger("User Name").
2. The Player Chooses
The target player receives the interactive screen.
- Avoid Death: Automatically rolls 1d12 against the character's Level.
- Risk it All: Initiates the sequential Fear → Hope roll with border effects.
- Blaze of Glory: Posts a dramatic farewell message to chat.
3. The Table Watches
Everyone else is in Spectator Mode. They cannot interact, but they see the announcement banner in sync with the active player.
⚙️ Configuration
Customize the experience in Configure Settings > Daggerheart: Death Moves:
- Automation Mode: Choose between None, Core (auto-apply scars and HP/Stress), or Homebrew (alternate scar picker).
- Max HP Trigger: Set to None, Open GM Dialog, or Trigger Automatically when HP reaches maximum.
- Phoenix Item Name: Name of the item that grants +1 bonus to Avoid Death rolls.
- Blaze of Glory Message: Customize the farewell message posted to chat.
- Show Probabilities: Toggle probability percentages on the selection buttons.
🧰 My Daggerheart Modules
| Module | Description |
|---|---|
| 💀 Adversary Manager | Scale adversaries instantly and build balanced encounters in Foundry VTT. |
| 💥 Critical | Animated Critical. |
| 💠 Custom Stat Tracker | Add custom trackers to actors. |
| ☠️ Death Moves | Enhances the Death Move moment with a dramatic interface and full automation. |
| 📏 Distances | Visualizes combat ranges with customizable rings and hover calculations. |
| 📦 Extra Content | Homebrew for Daggerheart. |
| 🤖 Fear Macros | Automatically executes macros when the Fear resource is changed. |
| 😱 Fear Tracker | Adds an animated slider bar with configurable fear tokens to the UI. |
| 🎁 Mystery Box | Introduces mystery box mechanics for random loot and surprises. |
| ⚡ Quick Actions | Quick access to common mechanics like Falling Damage, Downtime, etc. |
| 📜 Quick Rules | Fast and accessible reference guide for the core rules. |
| 🎲 Stats | Tracks dice rolls from GM and Players. |
| 🧠 Stats Toolbox | Import using a statblock. |
| 🛒 Store | A dynamic, interactive, and fully configurable store for Foundry VTT. |
🗺️ Adventures
| Adventure | Description |
|---|---|
| ✨ I Wish | A wealthy merchant is cursed; one final expedition may be the only hope. |
| 💣 Suicide Squad | Criminals forced to serve a ruthless master in a land on the brink of war. |

