Exandria is the name of the world on which most events of Critical Role take place. Tal’dorei and Wildemount
so beside being cool is there any benefit to floating cities Mobility. When the core of your arcane engines, ritual sites, and populace can be shifted towards bountiful sources of power, or away from dangers… it can be pretty useful!
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) May 27, 2022
DM question @matthewmercer for the purposes of storyboard visual representation :
Would a Clay golem be entirely made of clay, including its innards? If one were to cut it in half (like Orym did on C3), would it just melt into two parts? Dry out and crack? thanks 🙌 In my opinion, I imagine there are some “arcane” innards, like a power sphere that runs the numerous runic details (like enchanted bracers or other elements that also help anchor the creation). As for the aftermath… I like the divide-and-crack. 😉
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) July 23, 2022
I’ve heard your way of rolling stats involved meeting a threshhold. I was wondering what that thresh-hold is. I know standard array totals to around 73 points and standard point buy is 75 so I imagine it’s around there. What’s your method for rolling stats? 🙂 My threshold is generally around 73 these days, unless the player wishes to keep lower.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) December 16, 2019
how does a Zealot Barbarian’s resurrection ritual change according to your rules on said ritual? Do they just not need the ritual at all, just a person to cast the spell? Based on the class’ design, you could either forgo the ritual entirely, or perhaps allow advantage to the skill challenges involved. Up to the DM!
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) February 11, 2018
Hmmmm… might have to sacrifice balance for the humor of an emotional ritual starting and the Barb in question just jolting upright smiling about 3 seconds into the ritual 😁 I approve. 🙂
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) February 11, 2018
One of the illustrations I've made for Explorer's Guide to Wildemount was previewed!
It was a great honor to be a part of such an epic project (and my first gig for D&D yay). Thanks @Wizards_DnD and @matthewmercer for making it real✨ pic.twitter.com/kZ1obv0NsA— 🌙Irina Nordsol🌙 (@Nord_Sol) January 14, 2020
Sincerely one of my favorite pieces in the entire book. Thank you for being a part! <3
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) January 14, 2020
Technical question about the Vestiges. Apologies if it’s a dumb question. Some abilities they hold require a “long rest” to recover use. How does that work for elves where short rest = long rest? Maybe short rest works because of attunement? Elves still take long rests at 4 hours. A shirt rest is typically 1 hour.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) February 14, 2018
So, for elves with a Vestige, abilities reset at a 4 hour rest then? I imagine they would! 🙂
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) February 14, 2018
last night’s session where my PCs are in Tal’Dorei, something interesting happened. Hypothetical question: If the barrier keeping the the gods from the material plane was to fall, how bad would it be? I mean… the Divine Gate is what keeps all gods, good and bad, from stepping into the material plane, preventing another Calamity…soooo…
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) August 12, 2018
On this note…if one of the betrayer gods managed to cross back to the material plane…would constitute a threat grave enough for the Prime Deities to take down the wall? That depends on the DM! They would probably mobilize all followers and powers available to them without breaking the gate, using that only as a very last resort.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) August 12, 2018
Did you decide to have the Divine gate to avoid actual Deus ex machina and to about players fighting the gods? Or was it to make clerics struggle to make contact with their god?
— Rith King Will (@Rithkingwill) August 12, 2018
A bit of both. Hard to consolidate non-believers in a world where the Gods can walk. It also limits the Deus ex Machina or narrative issue of “Hey, God. I know you want my help but If it’s so dangerous, why don’t you just walk over and smite it yourself?” https://t.co/uB0IOnpSWs
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) August 12, 2018
Mind you, you can still visit/fight them through planar magic, and their influence is still found throughout the material plane. It was a fun tool for me to develop a sense of “mortal creations must largely fend for themselves”.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) August 12, 2018
Oh, certainly! I just want to seed the idea that some societies/places believe the history of creation is false, and the worship of gods is useless. Could help brew interesting tension. 😉
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) August 12, 2018
I always liked the idea of “Power draws power” in Erickson’s Malazan books. The idea that the gods/Ascendants often don’t act directly to solve problems because it just has a natural tendency to spiral out of control, and involve more and more of the ascendant powers Aye, that’s precisely why the Divine Gate was developed. After ages of existing on Exandria, the conflicts of men and gods led to a Calamity that wiped out most of civilization. It was their way of preventing a recurrence.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) August 12, 2018
Did it bother you to have to abandon certain lore about deities, such as the Platinum Dragon’s habit of walking the Material as an old man with 7 golden canaries? Always loved that visual myself. XD It was sad in some cases, but overall worth the device.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) August 13, 2018
