This aspect of your character includes two elements—their ancestry and their community.

Choose Your Ancestry

A character’s ancestry reflects their lineage and impacts the way they physically look, as well as granting them a unique ability from their ancestry. Take the card for one of the following ancestries, then write its name in the Heritage field of your character sheet.

You can learn more about these ancestries in the upcoming “Ancestries” section.

Choose Your Community

Next, you’ll choose a community from the available Community cards. Your character’s community informs the culture they grew up in and might also play a part in the way they look, act, or approach situations. Communities can be influenced by details such as their physical location, values, and goal. Each community also comes with a mechanical benefit that you’ll be able to utilize during the game. Take the card for one of the following communities, then write its name in the Heritage field of your character sheet.

You can learn more about these communities in the upcoming “Community” section.

Languages

In Daggerheart, you’re not asked to pick specific languages for your character. This game assumes that everyone speaks a common language (it’s up to you whether that’s through mundane or magic means), and that sign language is widely understood across cultures and communities. If you’d like to have specific regional languages in your campaign, talk about it with your table.