Recently two subclasses appeared on D&D Beyond, The Way of the Cobalt Soul for the Monk, and the Oath of the Open Sea for the Paladin. Both subclasses are connected to Critical Role, based on mechanics that Matthew Mercer has been tinkering with in the campaign, with two of his players. Unlike the Bloodhunter, an entire class which debuted in
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For someone who would reflexively say that Dungeons and Dragons 5thedition doesn’t really need more character classes, new character classes seem to catch my attention from time to time. The one I’m referring to at the moment was especially hard to miss, since it was a revision of Matt Mercer’s Blood Hunter class. While it started life as a translation
Read moreEvery few months in social media, I see a post that is some variation of “I don’t like Critical Role because it’s scripted,” or “Critical Role is an unrealistic example of how a roleplaying game session looks.” By no means do I think that everyone needs to be a fan of Critical Role. There are so many variables about presentation,
Read moreFor quite a while, I saw people discussing Critical Role, some D&D show on YouTube or Twitch, or some other place on the internet. I had been watching Wil Wheaton’s Tabletop from time to time, so I knew it had something to do with this Geek and Sundry thing. I had watched actual play videos, and listened to actual play
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