D&D 5E Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn Releases January 18th 2022!

Critical Role's publishing arm, Darrington Press, has announced the release date for the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn (which was originally published in 2017 by Green Ronin).

TAL’DOREI CAMPAIGN SETTING REBORN RELEASES JANUARY 18TH!
Mark your calendars, for Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn now has a release date: January 18, 2022! You’ll find it first at Critical Role shops (US, UK, CA, and AU) and Darrington Press Guild stores, followed soon after at friendly local gaming stores. The deluxe treatment from the team at Beadle & Grimm’s will release on January 30, featuring its own stunning in-world player handouts, maps, a GM screen, jewelry, and more—check out the preorder page for all the details.

Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn Releases January 18th! – Darrington Press

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[Marandahir]

Love how they're just using the Dawn War pantheon with the names dropped for the same titles. Kinda funny.

Yeah! Wish they had the greenlight to use the real names but glad that WotC didn't make them drop the pantheon altogether for non-WotC published books.

Paizo too; you KNOW they KNOW that Rae/The Everlight is Sarenrae with a name change for IP reasons… Mercer's just too big a name in the scene. Nobody wants to look bad giving Critical Role trouble.

 

[teitan]

The DMsGuild license hasn’t stopped wotc for some things. I wonder why they left out those others? I wonder if some of it is page count considerations and the fact they are available elsewhere put them on the cut list?

Because it’s WOTC.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

I cant remember if Wildemount used the real names of the gods or just their titles? It would be strange to have two different publications for the same setting (Exandria) but having to conform to two different naming convention.

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

I cant remember if Wildemount used the real names of the gods or just their titles? It would be strange to have two different publications for the same setting (Exandria) but having to conform to two different naming convention.

They used the names, because it was a WotC release. This is not. So they can't.
Secrets of the Netherdeep is a WotC release and will use the names (if the gods are mentioned in that book) I'm sure.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I'm not a Critical Role viewer, not necessarily an Exandria fan, but I have to say, the goddamn artwork in this and some other Exandria books is so damn hot, as is some of the graphic design/layout that honestly, I know this is a dumb reason, it's making me think about not only getting it, but getting it in a physical version. Last time I bought a physical RPG book for myself was several years ago.

 

[Dire Bare]

It's a shame Mercer screwed Green Ronin over just to bring this to press.

Sigh. Nobody got screwed.

Publishing contracts are often limited time deals, after they expire, the author is free to bring their work to another publisher. This is normal for works that aren't work-for-hire, which the original Tal'Dorei book was not.

WotC owns Dragonlance . . . . so everything Dragonlance is work-for-hire (with the possible exception of the upcoming Dragonlance Destinies trilogy) . . . . WotC owns full rights to all of it.

Critical Role is an author-owned property. The CR books published in partnership with Green Ronin and WotC are not work-for-hire, Matt Mercer retains ownership . . . . and once his publishing contract expires with either company, he's free to publish again with another publisher, including his own company, Darrington Press.

 

[Scribe]

I'm not a Critical Role viewer, not necessarily an Exandria fan, but I have to say, the goddamn artwork in this and some other Exandria books is so damn hot, as is some of the graphic design/layout that honestly, I know this is a dumb reason, it's making me think about not only getting it, but getting it in a physical version. Last time I bought a physical RPG book for myself was several years ago.

You are not alone. Physical books can be appreciated just for how they look.

 

[Weiley31]

I can't wait to get my copy. And my buddy will get his copy, along with a gift card, as part of his wedding gift/Christmas gift combo I owe him.

 

[teitan]

It's a shame Mercer screwed Green Ronin over just to bring this to press.

How? Why is it automatically assumed they screwed GR over for this when the contract for the book expired well over a year ago? You don't think Mercer and company talked to GR before they started working on it? You know that some of the names on the book are also people who work closely with Green Ronin yeah?

 

[darjr]

Snek pek. I wonder if we’ll see more so early. I hope so!