Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Adventuring party depend to dive intoDungeons & Dragons ' new book will have some competition in the form of a rival party fromCritical Role . The partnership betweenDungeons & Dragonsand the vastly popularD&Dseries , co - design by biz overlord Matt Mercer , is set in the show ’s world of Exandria .
In recent years , Critical Role ’s popularity became so massivethat it set Kickstarter records ensue in Amazon Prime picking upThe Legend of Vox Machina , an animated adaption of the connection series ' first campaign . This was not , however , the first timeCritical Rolepartnered with outside company to enlarge its brand include a noted two - way partnership withDungeons & Dragonsitself . Prior toCall of the Netherdeep , there have been other works issue with the help ofD&Dsuch asExplorer ’s Guide to Wildemountand Wizards of the Coast ’s biz aim architect Chris Perkins has even been a client histrion on the entanglement serial multiple times .
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The newest product of this partnership is the first majorDungeons & Dragonsadventure book to be set in Exandria . As reported byPolygon , Perkins excuse howCall of the Netherdeepfalls in line with the character - driven nature of the WWW serial . One room this is accomplish is through the inclusion body of arival party in theCritical Roleadventure book , though according to Perkins they do not of necessity have to be antagonists . Game masters are given access to many different tools to subtly introduce this other party to the histrion , but how they are really mean to interact will at last be left up to how each game unfolds .
This falls in line with the mental capacity game master Matt Mercer has reiterated in the past when promoting other officialD&Dworks define in the world ofCritical Role . While there is a circumstances of information presented , it is not so much to deprive a grouping of creative saying . The books merely put up an array of pick for players to interpret however they see fit .
It is likely thatCall of the Netherdeepwill , by its nature , have a more concrete anatomical structure for player thanCritical RoleguidebookExplorer ’s Guide to Wildemount , but the overall feel will probably be the same . Critical Role ’s emphasis on type is what has made the show so popular by feed fan three - dimensional organism that are easy to get adorn in . Now from the guide script of Matt Mercer on the prescribed pages ofDungeons & Dragons , perhaps player can catch a bit more of the magic in their domicile game .
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Critical Role Presents : Call of the Netherdeepwill be available in game memory board and online on March 15 .
rootage : Polygon
