Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
The next sourcebook forDungeons and Dragons5th Edition will take players to Wildemount , the setting of the pop roleplaying showCritical Role . late crossover voter have mashed upDungeons and DragonswithMagic : The Gathering , theAcquisitions Incorporatedactual represent show , andevenRick and Morty .
Starting as an actual play show in 2015,Critical Rolehas grown over the years into a massively successful enterprise with a devoted legion of fans who call themselves Critters . Last year , Critical Roleran a Kickstarterto fund an animated adaption of its first campaign calledThe Legend of Vox Machina , which pass its $ 750,000 financial backing goal on the first day . Critical Role ’s achiever mostly comes down to its cast , a crew of actors with dozens of credit across live action shows , cartoons , and picture games includingThe Last of Us , Resident Evil , andOverwatch .
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With the release of theExplorer ’s Guide to Wildemount , Critical Rolewill become an official part ofD&D. The guide will include four adventures , each set in a different realm of the new campaign mise en scene , Wildemount . To help flesh out the stage setting , the Word of God contain description of the major factions and , according toWizards of the Coast , enigma and point about Wildemount that have never been revealed in theCritical Roleshow . It will also insert mickle of options usable even in effort not jell in Wildemount , such as spells , magic items , and the Echo Knight subclass . The book is pen byCritical Role ’s dungeon master , Matthew Mercer , who previously develop the unofficial Blood Hunter subclass available on D&D Beyond .
In increase to the new tabletop sourcebook , Wizards of the Coast is invested in expanding theDungeons & Dragonsvideo game cosmos . Last year , the publisheracquired developer Tuque Gamesto work on a newDark Alliancegame place in theD&Duniverse , andDivinity : Original Sindeveloper Larian Studios is currently working on a follow - up to the belovedBaldur ’s GatecRPG series . consort to Wizards of the Coast,“seven or eight”D&Dvideo gamesare in the employment , so even players who never require to roll a d20 in their life will soon have their fill of the franchise .
Along with podcasts likeFriends at the TableandThe Adventure Zone , Critical Rolewas one of the first actual play show to gain broad care , bringing tabletop RPGs to a wider audience . With the Explorer ’s Guide to Wildemount , countless newDungeons and Dragonsplayers will be able-bodied to explore the setting of the show that got them into the hobby in the first place .
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Explorer ’s Guide to Wildemountwill be useable March 17 , 2020 .
Source : Wizards of the Coast
