Overview

• Matthew Mercer shifts to the player side in a 13-person ensemble that includes Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham, Luis Carazo, Robbie Daymond, Aabria Iyengar, Whitney Moore, and Alex Ward.
• The campaign runs on Dungeons & Dragons 2024 rules augmented by homebrew from Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins under Darrington Press.
• A four-episode Overture will introduce all characters before the story branches into three rotating tables titled the Soldiers, Schemers, and Seekers.
• A West Marches–style structure supports a larger cast and parallel parties exploring the new setting of Aramán.
• VOD becomes available the Monday after each premiere, the podcast releases in two parts starting one week later, and Beacon members get exclusive access to Campaign 4 episodes of Critical Role: Cooldown.