I don't see how not talking about the OGL would be treating them "with kids gloves" when they're not responsible for the OGL. That's on WotC, and frankly this insistence that everyone needs to give their full uncensored opinion on the matter or else they fail some kind of weird purity test on outrage needs to settle down. If they want to, good on them. If not, that's fine too.
D&D General Linda Codega Interviews Critical Roles Marisha Ray and Matthew Mercer
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BrokenTwin
Biological Disaster
Considering the entire interview is happening because of everything surrounding the changes to the OGL...
Regardless of your opinion on them, Critical Role is one of the biggest non-Hasbo influences in the RPG hobby right now. It's perfectly fine if all they can or want to say right now is "no comment", but it would be near negligent for Codega to not to at least ask the obvious elephant in the room question. Personally, I don't have any stakes in CR's opinion on the matter, but I don't blame the people who want to know where they stand.
Regardless of your opinion on them, Critical Role is one of the biggest non-Hasbo influences in the RPG hobby right now. It's perfectly fine if all they can or want to say right now is "no comment", but it would be near negligent for Codega to not to at least ask the obvious elephant in the room question. Personally, I don't have any stakes in CR's opinion on the matter, but I don't blame the people who want to know where they stand.
overgeeked
B/X Known World
It’s a good gauge for where their fans will go. And there are a lot of critters. If Critical Role creates their own RPG it will almost instantly be the 3rd or 4th best-selling RPG on the market.
If there’s anyone poised to be the “new Pathfinder” in this situation, it’s CR. Kobold and MCDM have been doing great stuff for years, but CR has a much wider reach than both of them put together. PF2E is crunchier than 5E because that’s what their fans want. CR fans very likely don’t.
So CR putting out a new RPG that’s on par with the crunch of 5E or less crunchy…bam. Instant near-top position in the market.
Critical Role: the RPG, with the d20 logo. Instant bestseller.
Making a game with 4e's tactical depth, that's as easy to learn as 5e, would be the holy grail of D&D.
overgeeked
B/X Known World
When Matt Colville announced MCDM would be making their own game I was hopeful they’d do just that. Considering the tactical depth of many of Matt Mercer’s fights, I hope they do just that. Considering Kobold’s back catalog of 5E material, I hope they do just that. Or…you know…I agree and really want 4.5E D&D to be a thing.
's why I want all the past editions released under a CC-BY license.
"Future-proofing Critical Role" sounds like it might get into the OGL stuff.
Nikosandros
Golden Procrastinator
Well, Codega twitted that they asked some "pointed questions", so it's likely that the OGL question was raised.
Clint_L
Hero
It's probably happening because season 2 of Legend of Vox Machina dropped and the cast are doing a bunch of press. Given Codega's initial tweets the OGL doesn't seem to be on the agenda (edit: though it looks like it may have been added). In general, when you arrange an interview to discuss an artist's work, you don't suddenly hit them with tough questions on an unrelated topic. If you want people to continue being willing to do interviews with you, that is.
I am looking forward to seeing what the "pointed questions" are. If they relate to the OGL they were likely cleared with Mercer and Ray first. Something like "Hey, with everything happening with the OGL, many folks have suggested that you guys didn't come out very strong. Care to comment?" This isn't the kind of situation where Codega is going to ask "gotcha" questions.
darjr
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Critical Role's Cast Supports Independent Creators and New Systems
Matt Mercer and Marisha Ray spoke to io9, saying that they will always support an environment that allows for “new things.”
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D&D General - Linda Codegas Critical Role Interview
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...
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