D&D 5E WotC Announces New Critical Role Hardcover Adventure

Call of the Netherdeep will be out in March 2022. This adventure is set in Exandria and is for character levels 3-12. Interestingly, it also bears Critical Role branding at the top and bottom of the cover. This is the third Critical Role D&D hardcover. The Tal'Dorei Campaign Guide came out in 2017, and the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount came out in 2020. Darrington Press, CR's publishing...

Call of the Netherdeep will be out in March 2022. This adventure is set in Exandria and is for character levels 3-12. Interestingly, it also bears Critical Role branding at the top and bottom of the cover.

This is the third Critical Role D&D hardcover. The Tal'Dorei Campaign Guide came out in 2017, and the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount came out in 2020.

Darrington Press, CR's publishing arm, also announced the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn in July of this year with a release date of late 2021/early 2022.

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An epic Critical Role campaign for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.

The greed of mortals has awakened a powerful entity long thought destroyed. For eons, this mighty champion of the gods has been imprisoned in the darkest depths of Exandria. His name has been forgotten, as have his heroic deeds. Languishing in despair, he calls out for new heroes to save him.

Inspired by the campaigns of the hit series Critical Role, this adventure begins in the Wastes of Xhorhas and leads to the glimmering oasis-city of Ank’Harel on the continent of Marquet, and from there into a sunken realm of gloom, corruption, and sorrow known as the Netherdeep. Above it all, the red moon of Ruidus watches, twisting the fates of those who have the power to shape the course of history.

Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep contains seven chapters of thrilling adventure, new creatures and magic items, and a poster map of Ank’Harel.
  • First major adventure module within Critical Role’s world of Exandria, taking players from levels 3-12.
  • Multi-continental story that spans the scarred Wastes of Xhorhas, introduces the continent of Marquet, and eventually plunges players into the Netherdeep—a terrifying cross between the Far Realm and the deep ocean.
  • Bursting with lore and all new art depicting Exandria.
  • Includes new magic items and creatures and introduces new rival NPCs.
 

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So I gotta say, I fully didn't expect a CR release to be today's drop by any stretch. I know a lot of people were speculating that they'd only do future book releases via their Darington Press imprint but seeing as this ties into the Far Realm and other WotC IP I guess I shouldn't be too surprised they'd partner up again. The last book sold like gangbusters - it feels like it would be dumb to just leave money on the table like that.

Also - for those who were worried about the short turnaround between the Spelljammer UA and any potential book being too short due to supply line jams and such, I guess this should ease those fears a bit?
 


Bitbrain

Lost in Dark Sun
So I gotta say, I fully didn't expect a CR release to be today's drop by any stretch. I know a lot of people were speculating that they'd only do future book releases via their Darington Press imprint but seeing as this ties into the Far Realm and other WotC IP I guess I shouldn't be too surprised they'd partner up again. The last book sold like gangbusters - it feels like it would be dumb to just leave money on the table like that.

The folks over on Giant in the Playground have been predicting a Critical Role adventure from WOTC for a while now. Admittedly, they first thought it would be an anthology, but then later switched to thinking it would be a regular adventure path.
 



The folks over on Giant in the Playground have been predicting a Critical Role adventure from WOTC for a while now. Admittedly, they first thought it would be an anthology, but then later switched to thinking it would be a regular adventure path.
I mean it just seems like a no-brainer to me, right? I just saw so much idle speculation online in general that having their own press imprint meant that EGtW was CLEARLY only gonna be a one-off thing, or that CR's C3 was going to jump ship from 5e and switch to another system or game entirely and I really wish that whatever those people were on was being shared because it must be POWERFUL stuff to think these two companies would mess up what has been nothing but a super lucrative relationship for the both of them.
 

So is this going to be wotc’s sole big hardback adventure for 2022, or do we reckon there’s likely to be another one next September or whatever according to their usual schedule?
 


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