Critical Role to Use D&D 2024 Rules For Campaign Four, Expands to Three Tables and Thirteen Players

Critical Role will continue to use Dungeons & Dragons as the play system for its upcoming campaign, with the cast expanding to three distinct tables consisting of a total of 13 players. Today, Critical Role announced new details about its new campaign, which is set to air on October 4th. The new campaign will feature the full founding cast members as players, alongside several new players. In total, the cast includes Laura Bailey, Luis Carazo, Robbie Daymond, Aabria Iyengar, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Matthew Mercer, Whitney Moore, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Alexander Ward, and Travis Willingham, with the previously announced Brennan Lee Mulligan serving as GM.

The campaign itself will be run as a "West Marches" style of campaign, with three separate groups of players exploring the world. The groups are divided into gameplay styles, with a combat-focused Soldiers group, a lore/exploration-focused Seekers group, and a intrigue-focused Schemers group. All three groups will explore the world of Araman, created by Mulligan for the campaign.

Perhaps most importantly, Critical Role will not be switching to Daggerheart for the fourth campaign. Instead, they'll be opting for the new 2024 ruleset of Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. Daggerheart will be represented at Critical Role via the Age of Umbra and "other" Actual Play series, as well as partnerships with other Actual Play troupes.

 

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Based on most financial advice, he'd have to be getting close to a million dollars per year to be able to afford the "cheapest" Ferrari comfortably.

not sure I understand your math. Cheapest Ferrari = 250k, 1M per year * 2 years = 2M, let’s say 50% is taxes, that still leaves 1M. I don’t think his annual expenses currently are around 350k… and this does not take into account any money he makes outside CR either

Given that this is a new gig, his current income finances his lifestyle and the CR money is 'free' additional money. There probably is something he has to cut back as a consequence, but I doubt CR pays worse than whatever he no longer has time for because of it. So the question really boils down to how much more is he making, and is this 100-150k a year (net).

 

[AlViking]

not sure I understand your math. Cheapest Ferrari = 250k, 1M per year * 2 years = 2M, let’s say 50% is taxes, that still leaves 1M. I don’t think his annual expenses currently are around 350k… and this does not take into account any money he makes outside CR either

Given that this is a new gig, his current income finances his lifestyle and the CR money is 'free' additional money. There probably is something he has to cut back as a consequence, but I doubt CR pays worse than whatever he no longer has time for because of it. So the question really boils down to how much more is he making, and is this 100-150k a year (net).

I do not care what car he could afford or how much money he makes. The calculation for how much of your annual income you should spend on your car is pretty standard stuff.

I just doubt he's getting a million dollars (likely more) a year for DMing CR as implied in the video is realistic. The only people who know how much Brennan makes is Brennan and anyone he's let know and the IRS. I rather doubt that some random internet podcaster is on the list Brennan has shared his info with.