Exandria is the name of the world on which most events of Critical Role take place. Tal’dorei and Wildemount
speaking of the Echo Knight are you allowed to reveal what it's a subclass of? I'm seeing many people unsure if it's ranger or fighter. I'm hoping fighter.
— Lavaros (@LavarosTweets) January 16, 2020
Oh! My bad if I wasn’t clear. Echo Knights are a Fighter subclass. 🙂 https://t.co/Tz0kqCXihc
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) January 16, 2020
How much work do you do in between sessions preparing your players for the following sessions. Do you prepare them less than you did for Campaign 1? I’ve been devouring campaign 1 about 12-16 hours every day for a few weeks now, and it seems like you aided them. None! We don’t talk about future story elements much between sessions unless the player is asking for clarification on something current, or is asking about potential paths their character is contemplating. We enjoy the mystery and excitement of not knowing what’s going to happen
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) January 30, 2020
Its all good! I don't prepare them for any narrative elements. If they ask about possible paths (like Vax talking about his deal with the Raven queen), I might mention the loose possibilities and leave the choice up to him. Travis will even jokingly ask questions to slip me up.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) January 30, 2020
If the players are looking to multiclass down the road, they might mention that intent to me & I can try to lean narrative opportunities into the game to help tie their intent to what’s happening. Sometimes I hint at multiclass opportunities within the story, & its up to them. It's much of the standard "Player/DM" musing and conversations that happens between sessions, but I am adamant about keeping the future of the story a mystery, both for the sake of our fun, and because their choices can change it all at the drop of a hat. 🙂
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) January 30, 2020
echo knight is a subclass for what main class? I dont believe its mentioned in any of the vids on Wildemount that I’ve seen. Fighter!
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) January 15, 2020
was there a balancing reason behind why the lycan subclass doesn’t gain darkvision? I’m planning on playing a human blood hunter and it occurred to me that it seems werewolves cant naturally see in the dark Because wolves and dire wolves in D&D don’t have darkvision, so just keeping it consistent with the nature of their beast. 😉
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) January 30, 2020
I have a follow-up question on Wildmount for @matthewmercer and company, now that the world of Exandria is in the official settings list, how does it connect?
What I am really asking is are there Spelljammer ships in Exandria space?
— Jeremiah McCoy is almost certainly not an android. (@Technoir) January 15, 2020
Historically, yes. Between Spelljammer, Planescape, Ed Greenwood’s pantry and Ravenloft there were direct connections between all the worlds. Eberron was the holdout, but the recent release stated it fits in with the rest of the worlds but it is in a sequestered state. The official 5e D&D setting is "the multiverse" that includes all game worlds. Some are easier to gain access to than others (Eberron is an example of a world that's much more isolated), but they all exist in the same greater existence. #WotCStaff
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 15, 2020
I mean, there's a spelljamming ship in Dungeon of the Mad Mage, so their existence is indeed confirmed.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 15, 2020
I basically want there to be a moment when someone says with conviction, “I saw Giff Bombards firing on Neogi Deathspiders over the docks at Port Damali.”
Mot quite the Tenhauser gate, but you get where I am at. 😃"Disintegration lances glittering in the dark below the Ring of Siberys…"
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 15, 2020
"I've seen the pholgiston ignite on a stray spark drawn from the edge of a blade, entire crews engulfed in an instant."
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 15, 2020
just a quick question for the blood hunter class. You’ve said before you can apply crimson rites to ranged weapons instead of ammunition but for a character that uses throwing daggers would you need to apply rites to each dagger? Thank you! In that circumstance, you would indeed.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) February 2, 2020
Would getting “daggers of returning” make that build easier? Very!
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) February 2, 2020
Using daggers, even in a belt of returning, would negate the effect, as written. If you take damage to infuse your weapon with the blood magic, does that mean you infuse the belt of returning or every single dagger? Because if so that would be broken comparably If the weapon has an ability that it returns to your hand at the end of your turn, then the rite doesn’t fade.
If it’s a property that creates an endless string of NEW weapons, then the rite would need to be applied each time.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) February 2, 2020
What about gloves of dagger throwing? Can I apply the rite to the glove to count the daggers as ammunition? By the raw, rites are applied to weapons, not equipment. Your DM could allow it otherwise, though!
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) February 2, 2020
When the item is pulled and thrown from the belt.. it returns to your belt though not your hand… so of that is the case you embue the belt with the rite? Much like if you had a crossbow you embue the crossbow not the bolts… If that is the thinking I get it The DM might rule that you could draw your returned weapon before the end of your turn. However, you cannot imbue a non-weapon with a rite.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) February 2, 2020
Hey Matt in the Hunters Bane feature it says you get advantage on intelligence checks to recall information about a monster or creature. Did you intend for that to he a History check, or nature, or even religion? Aye, it depends on the type of creature, and which check the DM deems necessary to recall information.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) January 28, 2020
I was curious if you multiclass from or to warlock with Blood hunter can you choose a different patron? I was just thinking of doing that and realized it never been specified. Unless I missed it and then I apologize. It has not been specified, but I might need to now with a question like this! I would think that patrons are jealous entities, so would prefer the patron be consistent between both classes. 😉
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) January 29, 2020
My inquiry to this was thinking more along the lines of a warlock makes a pact out of desperation and is found by the Blood Hunter orders and given the chance to repent thus a new contract is struck to atone like started with Fiend and Profane Soul with Hexblade(RQ) or Celestial Indeed! It could totally be doable, and makes for a nice, convoluted narrative.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) January 30, 2020
Oh totally! If the DM and player want to play up that dynamic, it can really make for a cool story. This is primarily why I’m not changing or clarifying the rule.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) January 29, 2020
