Critical Role A key part of Linda Codegas Critical Role Interview

[darjr]

As founding cast members of Critical Role, Matt Mercer and Marisha Ray are some of the most influential Dungeons & Dragons players in the world. Currently they act as the Chief Creative Officer and Creative Director for Critical Role, and have always centered their fans in their creative endeavors. When asked about the movement in the wider D&D fandom to Open D&D (by either removing the Open Gaming License from the auspices of Wizards of the Coast, or irrevocably enshrining the OGL 1.0a), their response was measured, but came down strongly on the side of creators

The Critical Role Cast Supports Independent Creators and New Systems

Matt Mercer and Marisha Ray spoke to io9, saying that they will always support a Dungeons & Dragons environment that allows for “new things.”

gizmodo.com

 

[Haplo781]

They're definitely under some form of NDA or non-disparagement clause IMO.

 

[overgeeked]

They're definitely under some form of NDA or non-disparagement clause IMO.

Yeah. No way they're not.

 

[overgeeked]

So...where's the rest of it? Linda Codega said it was a 35 minute interview. There's three quotes and basically nothing there. No info. Also Linda got the Vox Machina info wrong. It's the first three episodes of season 2. That article is a whole lot of nothing.

 

[darjr]

So...where's the rest of it? Linda Codega said it was a 35 minute interview. There's three quotes and basically nothing there. No info. Also Linda got the Vox Machina info wrong. It's the first three episodes of season 2. That article is a whole lot of nothing.

See the tweet. I considered not making a new thread but figured it wasn’t going to hurt.

Mea-culpa

 

[Clint_L]

Well, if that is all they had to say about it, it would have been better to just avoid the topic. And I write that as a fan.

 

[overgeeked]

See the tweet. I considered not making a new thread but figured it wasn’t going to hurt.

Mea-culpa

Ah. No mea-culpa necessary. I didn't bother looking at the tweet. I just dove into the article.

This is me impatiently waiting for more.

Thanks for the link.

 

[DND_Reborn]

@darjr can you please use the Critical Role tag for things you post concerning CR instead of D&D General (which it isn't...)?

Thanks!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

So...where's the rest of it? Linda Codega said it was a 35 minute interview.

A 35-minute interview will also include a lot of "are we recording? yeah, we are," "sorry, I thought I silenced my phone," a bunch of "um" and "you know" language litter, rambling questions that aren't worth including for readers to read, digressions about other topics ("oh, yeah, we really liked the Witcher, too!") and so on.

A few meaty points in a 35 minute interview isn't ideal, but it's hardly surprising.

 

[Dausuul]

So... same as their original statement. Very carefully avoiding anything that could even suggest criticism of WotC, equally carefully avoiding criticism of #OpenDND, while being strongly in favor of things basically nobody is against.

I don't know how outspoken they normally are, but it certainly sounds like some mix of "non-disparagement clause" and "we really really don't want to have to pick a side in public."

(Side note: Wizards should be taking lessons from them on how to do PR.)