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[–] BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 48 minutes ago

Thank God, Matt really dropped the ball with campaign 3

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 20 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

When does he have the time, what with all the shoe crafting he’s committed himself to?

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 31 minutes ago)

Brennan, probably: Fun fact, Gang. I'm a Time Lord!

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

And doing D20 on a bus? This guy must have no life!

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Woah.

Do we know if Mercer will be playing as a PC? Surely he won't just go into hiding for the whole Campaign 4 or whatever.

Edit: Ok. I'm watching the official Campaign 4 announcement on the CR YouTube channel and they do confirm that Matthew Mercer will be playing a character in Campaign 4.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

He'll VO the BBEG.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

he’ll be visiting the team at Critical Role as their Game Master for the next core campaign of the tabletop role-playing game, actual-play series’.

That's the actual quote from the article. It could be implying that Brandon is taking over the next campaign, but to me it sounds like he'll be visiting as an occasional GM the same way he did for events around campaign 3. That's cool, I think. The entire crew thrives on collaboration.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Mulligan will serve as Game Master for the full duration of Campaign 4

Mulligan takes over the role from Critical Role’s staple Game Master, Matt Mercer, who will be taking “a bit of a breather” this campaign

Nah, it really sounds like Mercer has no plans to GM any of Campaign 4. I'd imagine he'll GM a one-shot here or there during the campaign. But it's going to be such a different era. Can't say I blame Mercer. He has to have been absolutely eating, breathing, dreaming, and thinking absolutely nothing but GM prep since they first premiered on Geek and Sundry early in Campaign 1. I'm exhausted just imagining it.

I do hope he plays as a player, though.

I have yet to watch any Dimension 20 or otherwise see Mulligan in action. Not to say I doubt him or anything. But I'll be seeing Mulligan as GM for the first time with CR Campaign 4. It'll be wild to see. I'm looking forward to it, but I imagine it'll be an adjustment.

Edit: Ok. I'm watching the official Campaign 4 announcement on the CR YouTube channel and they do confirm that Matthew Mercer will be playing a character in Campaign 4.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 47 minutes ago

Check out exandria unlimited calamity. I watched that first and couldn’t really get into MM gmed CR campaigns afterward.

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if this will negatively affect their ratings. This is a big change and Mercer is a huge draw for the show. I haven’t enjoyed most of their non-mainline material for this reason, he’s my biggest draw.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Brandon is a next level DM, easily on par with Mercer. His voicework, improv, experience and enthusiasm for DnD is amazing. Hes been DMing for over 20 years, has run endless campaigns, and D20 has sold out venues like madison square gardens for shows. Hes got serious chops.

It will be different, it may be worse, but it may be better.