Critical Role Could Critical Role launch their own RPG?

[EzekielRaiden]

"Could"? Yes.

"Will"? No idea.

The former is trivial and not very interesting. The latter is speculation in the extreme--speculation with neither evidence nor precedent.

 

[CapnZapp]

Could Critical Role launch their own RPG?

Yes of course.

 

[CapnZapp]

"Could"? Yes.

"Will"? No idea.

The former is trivial and not very interesting. The latter is speculation in the extreme--speculation with neither evidence nor precedent.

What's interesting is that WotC is basically forcing every content creator to do the one thing they don't want them to do - pick another game for their new content than D&D One.

Critical Role doesn't necessarily need to make their own new game for this. They could also select any of the existing (non-OGL) games out there, or wait for the inevitable slew of D&D One competitors that will materialize at and around GenCon 2024...

 

[wedgeski]

Part of CR's appeal must surely be the ease and familiarity of the rules. That's the reason they moved from Pathfinder in the first place. I for one would lose some interest in the show if they started playing a rules-set that I wasn't playing regularly. (I can say for sure that I never would have been interested in it if they had continued with Pathfinder.)

 

[Clint_L]

They originally switched from Pathfinder to D&D because Geek&Sundry wanted D&D's much higher name recognition. That's still true, but now Critical Role has very high name recognition of their own.

Imagine a Kickstarter for Critical Role, the Roleplaying Game...

 

[overgeeked]

I don’t care what rules they use. I watch for the people involved and the stories they tell. If they switch to a non-d20 system I’ll miss seeing them light up when they nat 20. But that’s about it re: system and mechanics. Something lighter and more story focused is probably way better for their style anyway.

 

[thundershot]

Nothing to see here. Sorry for interrupting your thread.

 

[billd91]

The OGL drama really has changed the calculus on this topic. It may be one thing to continue to use a rule system that's pretty easy, widely known by the audience, and all that. But it would sure be very hard to act as an outside ambassador for D&D right now.

 

[bedir than]

They originally switched from Pathfinder to D&D because Geek&Sundry wanted D&D's much higher name recognition. That's till true, but now Critical Role has very high name recognition of their own.

Imagine a Kickstarter for Critical Role, the Roleplaying Game...

But we also know their numbers go down when they play one/two shots in other systems.

 

[Reynard]

I… tried watching it but couldn’t get into it and fell asleep after a few episodes. I’d rather be playing.

EDIT: Apologies to @thundershot. Uncalled for snark.