For folks that haven't picked it up, The Explorer's Guide To Wildemount has excellent starter adventures that you can get started with now and be ready to rock and roll with Call of The Netherdeep in March. :) Very Excited!!!
Main reason I'm excited for this campaign, ran one of those for a group of friends had a blast with it. Heard the same people were working on a full campaign and got super excited
I've been a player in one of them and a dungeon master for two. In my experience, they're excellent in their plot hooks but the encounters themselves need some serious alteration to be balanced for groups of first/second level. It's very easy for party members and any NPCs around them to be killed by a semi-random encounter. Overall they can be very fun but you have to put in some legwork to adjust them.
See I see that as a good thing though. So many encounters were "difficult" but my players just walk through it and the reverse easy encounters are punishing. I just tell my players to have a backup plan if things go south. Lol
@@coopermckinlay4023 lol, yeah learned that the hard way. First combat, first attack was a crit on the party tank by one of those ice frogs...party tank was a halfling fighter. Downed and swallowed him. Top of next round critted on the stomach acid damage and finished him off...dead dead. Yeah, balancing is a good idea.
Like seeing Matt in these type of posts, Crolitical role has brought my kids an l together on Thursday nights ... and given alot of business , pizzerias, Thai and Chinese and sushi restaurants a big boost in take out.
@@elementzero3379 it's an old story / game tool. I was using it back in 2E (my buddies still grumble about The Red Rangers when we get together, LOL!). I don't remember where I first read about it, but it was probably in Dragon Magazine, if I had to guess.
@Mike B. It sounds like those Red Rangers left a mark. 😄 I love it. I've used it in DnD once or twice over the years and a few times in Numenera. I don't think any of mine made as fun an impression as the Red Rangers.
I always loved the idea, too. But it obviously has a big challenge attached: If your players ever decide that it would be time to get rid of that other adventure group, the lives of one party might quickly come to an end. And you usually don't want a TPK, so there goes your rivals.
@EinWenigRebellion Twice, my players have killed the rival party, and both times for good reason, since the rivals were affiliated with the "bad guys." Those were both Eberron games. In Numenera, no rivalries have escalated to that point. They've remained rival explorers. They might have been annoying, but they were not quite so clearly villains to be fought.
I think k it's an awesome idea for dnd and a dm who's up for it but the other part of me immediately though of 9 year old me with Pokémon blue and I'm totally OK with this
@@highoncoffee5 uh thanks for the spot! it's unfortunate that there's not much about her personal history I guess we'll just need to buy the module. Because I mean it says water genasi, but also jester just was a "tiefling" until we discovered that she was resistant to cold thus with water genasi father. OH well but thanks for the spot again :P
I always, ALWAYS use a team of rivals in my campaigns. It’s such a fun idea. For me personally, I implement NPCs who are named after characters from former campaigns. My rule is that there should be one fewer member of the rival group, who should be one level higher than the player characters.
Indeed! I think it's funny how this is being treated as a new and novel idea. It's been around for ...probably as long as there have been gamers playing, LOL! Back in my 2E days, the PC's would hear tales of the latest conquests of their rivals (The Red Rangers) and grumble in jealousy, but never seemed to run into them. They did eventually meet up though, and it turned into a mutual admiration between the two groups.
I miss seeing Chris Perkins all the time on youtube; running games, lore you should know, etc. It almost feels like a friendship that drifted apart that I don't know how to fix. Even though I actually never knew him.
I am new to D&D and found my interest towards it trough Critical Role cast. I have now started playing my very first campaign and it has become one of my favorite events in the week. It is truly a shame how many people miss these great moments and opportunities of D&D, although I am glad that it has began to regain popularity over the years trough its persistent fanbase and content creators. Thank you for showing me the way.
My group has an only passing familiarity with Exandria, but they love lovecraft. So, I am hoping to sell them on the things demi-humans were not meant to know.
I've had so much fun, on either side of the DM screen, with encounters with rival adventuring parties. Some became drinking buddies, others became recurring villains. So pleased to hear more people are going to have fun with the idea!
this whole rival idea thing reminds me of campaign 2 when it was lucian's group vs the might nein and they were racing to get to their goals first and everything like that, i for one loved seeing that, eiselcross was so fun to watch man and i'm glad others can do this rival type thing too now, good job and thank you to everyone who worked on this book and once again, thank u matt and laura and travis and sam and marisha and liam and ashley and of course, taliesin for critical role.
@@dalepalmitier7114 Something was posted a few days ago that gave a bit of detail about this character and it listed her as Genasi/Half-Orc, and while Jester was half Genasi herself she’s still technically a Tiefling, so I don’t think this character is meant to be related
Well pulling this from the page on the Dungeons & Dragons website I found the video on, "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", I'm gonna say he is probably good or was at least in the past. Being left in prison and forgotten by those you serve tends to make people bitter. Then again the term "heroic" is misleading because people associate it with good, when in reality a champion of some evil god is a hero and doing heroic things for his people and his faith.
I think the most amazing thing about all of this is. This all started because Matt Mercer DMed a game for Liam O'Brien as a birthday present many many years ago.. LoL
I really love what they have put out. While I love CR, I'm a huge fan of their books outside my fandom. I'll never run a campaign in that setting, as I like my own and Turil more.But it is also has very neutral setting that their stuff can be placed in almost anywhere with almost no work on the DM's part. One thing I absolutely love about the books, but never hear anyone mention, is the gazatter sections. Between EGtW and TR, I now have what feels like hundreds of unique towns and villages with equally unique hooks. There is so much material in the CR books for inspiration it's not even funny. I need a town in next week's game, I can just flip through a couple books and have something to go pretty damn easily. I need some adventure hook for that towns theme, there's probably a pretty good one there. And everything is so easily interchangeable between settings and worlds... They will work perfectly regardless of what you are running.
@West8777 That was my second guess, given the underwater theme. I don't like the banana ears, in that case. They're a lot, even on an elf. I hate that artists put them on everyone these days. That's just my taste, though, and doesn't take away from the great art that so many artists produce.
my DM set up a campaign using Call of the Netherdeep and setting up small side bits that he could to keep us on our toes and I remember an encounter with the Rivals which ended with one of our players whos back story had them struggling with a demon inside them, the demon took over, killed one of Ayo's party members in such a way that revivify wouldn't work and we caused a split in the party, it was so interesting to see, because Maggie left after becoming hostile to us, Ayo joined a faction we were against as a mercenary and the last 2 surviving members understood their friends death was out of our hands, they grew to not trust our PC dragonborn, but they knew it was something that couldn't be helped and we kept a strong friendship. despite everything, even Ayo turning against us and trying to unleash the evils of the netherdeep with the group she joined with, we still spared her and rescued her when she needed it, she was a pain in our asses and a pretty weak leader, but she was our friend. she just needed to be put back on the right track and reminded that she is a hero after all and sometimes heroes don't need the glory of beating us to the finish line, they need the glory of doing the right thing and helping those she can. it was such a great campaign to play and having a DM who can incorporate risk and twists in such a way that keeps you on your toes will always make for great memories.
My party met the rivals, they were posed as rivals, then we became really great friends(even involving one of our party members romancing one of the "rivals")
To people asking if the blue half-orc is Fjord and Jester’s daughter, it isn’t. They released her stat block on Twitter, her name is Ayo Jabe and she’s a water genasi, not a half-orc
Doesn't seem to be the case. The timeline doesn't add up but they are a Water Genasi with orcish heritage - the new theory is that they're another of the Gentleman's kids so they could be Jester's half sister?
Her official name that was announced on Twitter is Ayo Jabe, so it’s highly unlikely. She’s also, despite appearances, a Water Genasi ranger, according to her stat block
After our adventuring party, The Light of Hope, successfully redeemed Alyxian from the Netherdeep the following was written to be sung with the music of Meatloaf and Jim Steinman's "For Crying Our Loud". Alyxian's Lament I was lost but the world was saved And I never knew just how far I had fallen In the depths beneath me. And now the chilly waters all around me Are flowing round and round as I weep And I'm sinking, deeper and deeper In the cold of the Netherdeep. Oh I know You belong inside my aching heart But can't You see me all alone, bursting apart. Don't You here me crying, 'Avandra, don't go!' And don't You hear me screaming, 'Where am I to go!' I'm in the middle of nowhere, near the end of the line But there's a border to somewhere waiting, And there's no shortage of time Oh give me just another moment to see the light of the day And take me to another land so I don't have to stay But I'm going to need someone to heal and ease my pain. And I will receive that someone with open arms, open eyes, Open up the sky and let The Light of Hope shine through! For crying out loud, Avandra, You know I love You For crying out loud, You know I love You... I was damned but the world was saved And I never knew just how enslaved I was kneeling in the chains of my Master. AND DON'T YOU HEAR ME CRYING, "OBEY NO MORE" AND DON'T YOU HEAR ME SCREAMING, 'WHERE AM I TO GO?' I'm in the middle of nowhere, near the end of the line But there's a border to somewhere waiting, And there's no shortage of time Oh give me just another moment to see the light of the day And take me to another land so I don't have to stay And I'm going to need somebody to heal and ease my pain And I will receive that someone with open arms, open eyes, Open up the sky and let The Light of Hope shine through. For crying out loud, Avandra, You know I love You For crying out loud, You know I love You... For sending forth the rain when I was feeling so dry For giving me the answers when I was asking You why Oh my Goddess, for that I thank You For shining like the sun when I'm feeling so cold For giving me the strength when my body is old Don't You know, for that I need You For coming to find me when You know I'm alone For opening a pathway so I can come home You've got to know, for that I serve You For taking and for giving and for playing the game For praying for my future in the days that remain Oh, for all of that, I revere You Ah but most of all, for that, I love You Ah but most of all, for crying out loud, You know I love You Ah but most of all, for crying out loud, You know I love You When I'm crying out loud You know I love You
Matt-I'm finishing up Firemoon World. 17 major campaigns with 100s more on the way. 2 continents and no way to get to the other. The world is oval and the winds don't allow you to get to the other continent. You can't teleport there as no one has ever been to the other. 2 strangely different worlds in one world.
I love the idea of an unexplored areas and adventurers traveling there to explore and claim the land or something like that! There's so much to find out!
I built a rival adventuring party for my Rime of the Frostmaiden campaign that my players are just starting to engage with so I'm happy that's a valid enough idea to go to print. It'll be interesting if the players pick up on their alignment. A chaotic neutral ranger, lawful good fighter, lawful neutral that turns into chaotic evil barbarian under certain conditions, and their leader who is lawful evil.
Love Matt and Chris of course! The idea of a rival adventurer-group is nice, it was interestingly done in the 3.5 Edition Adventure Path "The Shakled City" - for which Perkins wrote some adventures - for example.
Rival adventuring party is something I've played with and one of two things happens depending on alignment (my players tend to lean NG and CG). If the rival party is good-aligned, they put the greater good higher than personal fame and team up, or divide and conquer (you guys go that way, we'll go this way, and when we meet up we'll compare notes). If the rival party is evil, they either get exposed as such to the public or just turbo-murdered. I think the key would be to make them goodly but annoying. My players won't kill good characters, but they can be annoyed by them just as easily as anyone else. Also I can see good characters just getting so frustrated with one another that they resort to blows but only non-lethal damage. Beat them up, tie them up, but leave their gear so they can survive and because we're not thieves. ...Except maybe their pants. I mean, they don't need their pants to stay alive. They should definitely have to go into town without pants.
Best story I have about rival adventuring parties is one where two of my DMs participated in: one was the "good" party, one was the "evil" party. By the time the two parties clashed, the "good" party had metagamed to the point where they were killing off entire villages to gain an advantage. Meanwhile, the most "evil" the "evil" party did was sacrifice an endless supply of live chickens to help them cross a bridge over a bottomless pit while blinded.
I guess Critical Role is doing what Forgotten Realms did years ago...Except instead of fantasy books...it's voice actors in a role play game as the catalases?
The rival adventurers are potentially a big issue for the DM to handle - specifically because the players might simply get the idea to attack them. I hope this adventure is not a linear plot thread like most 5e pre-published adventures have been
'Netherdeep' was coined by Kenzer & Company because WotC wouldn't let them use 'Underdark'? "You can't use our term, but we're going to use yours in 20 years."
Part of me thinks this rival group are characters the cast made so you feel like you're playing opposite of them. That probably isn't the case but it's an amusing thought for me to figure out who in the module is playing who.
@Dungeons & Dragons I am so jealous, when seeing the alternative covers of the core-rulebook! Any hope that they will be for sale again? Looking for them hardly and got no luck in europe (germany) Anyway awesome work with CR and CofN ;)
I find it interesting but I hope the campaign doesnt *need* the rival party cause with a couple minmaxxers on my players I feel like they are getting killed quickly
For folks that haven't picked it up, The Explorer's Guide To Wildemount has excellent starter adventures that you can get started with now and be ready to rock and roll with Call of The Netherdeep in March. :) Very Excited!!!
Main reason I'm excited for this campaign, ran one of those for a group of friends had a blast with it. Heard the same people were working on a full campaign and got super excited
I've been a player in one of them and a dungeon master for two. In my experience, they're excellent in their plot hooks but the encounters themselves need some serious alteration to be balanced for groups of first/second level. It's very easy for party members and any NPCs around them to be killed by a semi-random encounter. Overall they can be very fun but you have to put in some legwork to adjust them.
See I see that as a good thing though. So many encounters were "difficult" but my players just walk through it and the reverse easy encounters are punishing.
I just tell my players to have a backup plan if things go south. Lol
I am about to run two campaigns in the Wildemount setting by next month, its been fun world building in a new setting!
@@coopermckinlay4023 lol, yeah learned that the hard way. First combat, first attack was a crit on the party tank by one of those ice frogs...party tank was a halfling fighter. Downed and swallowed him. Top of next round critted on the stomach acid damage and finished him off...dead dead. Yeah, balancing is a good idea.
I like how this concept of the rival adventuring team mirrors the end of CR campaign 2.
Like seeing Matt in these type of posts, Crolitical role has brought my kids an l together on Thursday nights ... and given alot of business , pizzerias, Thai and Chinese and sushi restaurants a big boost in take out.
I've been talking about this "2nd adventurer group" idea for years. So glad that I'm not the only one, and now it's in an official D&D book.
Eberron, all the way back in 3.5, had rival explorers, as well.
@@elementzero3379 it's an old story / game tool. I was using it back in 2E (my buddies still grumble about The Red Rangers when we get together, LOL!). I don't remember where I first read about it, but it was probably in Dragon Magazine, if I had to guess.
@Mike B. It sounds like those Red Rangers left a mark. 😄 I love it.
I've used it in DnD once or twice over the years and a few times in Numenera. I don't think any of mine made as fun an impression as the Red Rangers.
I always loved the idea, too. But it obviously has a big challenge attached: If your players ever decide that it would be time to get rid of that other adventure group, the lives of one party might quickly come to an end. And you usually don't want a TPK, so there goes your rivals.
@EinWenigRebellion Twice, my players have killed the rival party, and both times for good reason, since the rivals were affiliated with the "bad guys." Those were both Eberron games.
In Numenera, no rivalries have escalated to that point. They've remained rival explorers. They might have been annoying, but they were not quite so clearly villains to be fought.
Chris Perkins once said- “as a creative” translation, “as one of the grey beards and masters of the d&d world”
I am loving the rival element in this. And, underwater? Sold! I will be getting this one, for sure!
absolutely and honestly I really really think that blue half orc is Fjorjesters child it would be an excellent plotpoint for critters
I think k it's an awesome idea for dnd and a dm who's up for it but the other part of me immediately though of 9 year old me with Pokémon blue and I'm totally OK with this
@@leonoson the official D&D instagram account posted a description of the character a few days ago if you wanna check it!
@@highoncoffee5 uh thanks for the spot! it's unfortunate that there's not much about her personal history I guess we'll just need to buy the module. Because I mean it says water genasi, but also jester just was a "tiefling" until we discovered that she was resistant to cold thus with water genasi father. OH well but thanks for the spot again :P
I always, ALWAYS use a team of rivals in my campaigns. It’s such a fun idea. For me personally, I implement NPCs who are named after characters from former campaigns. My rule is that there should be one fewer member of the rival group, who should be one level higher than the player characters.
Ohhh this is quite q good idea
Underrated comment, have an upvote, great tip!
Indeed! I think it's funny how this is being treated as a new and novel idea. It's been around for ...probably as long as there have been gamers playing, LOL!
Back in my 2E days, the PC's would hear tales of the latest conquests of their rivals (The Red Rangers) and grumble in jealousy, but never seemed to run into them. They did eventually meet up though, and it turned into a mutual admiration between the two groups.
I miss seeing Chris Perkins all the time on youtube; running games, lore you should know, etc. It almost feels like a friendship that drifted apart that I don't know how to fix. Even though I actually never knew him.
Dude, same. I legit cried when he left the Pax stuff.
I am new to D&D and found my interest towards it trough Critical Role cast. I have now started playing my very first campaign and it has become one of my favorite events in the week. It is truly a shame how many people miss these great moments and opportunities of D&D, although I am glad that it has began to regain popularity over the years trough its persistent fanbase and content creators. Thank you for showing me the way.
For our kind, the weekly D&D session is always the highlight of the week.
4:25 - Making my way 🎶
My group has an only passing familiarity with Exandria, but they love lovecraft. So, I am hoping to sell them on the things demi-humans were not meant to know.
I've had so much fun, on either side of the DM screen, with encounters with rival adventuring parties. Some became drinking buddies, others became recurring villains. So pleased to hear more people are going to have fun with the idea!
this whole rival idea thing reminds me of campaign 2 when it was lucian's group vs the might nein and they were racing to get to their goals first and everything like that, i for one loved seeing that, eiselcross was so fun to watch man and i'm glad others can do this rival type thing too now, good job and thank you to everyone who worked on this book and once again, thank u matt and laura and travis and sam and marisha and liam and ashley and of course, taliesin for critical role.
A blue Half-Orc. That's a baker. For the Unbroken Tusk Tavern.
Watch them not be related to Fjord or Jester at all, just to psyche us out.
@@dalepalmitier7114 Something was posted a few days ago that gave a bit of detail about this character and it listed her as Genasi/Half-Orc, and while Jester was half Genasi herself she’s still technically a Tiefling, so I don’t think this character is meant to be related
it's both of their 1/2 sibling The gentleman's 2nd child with Fjords Mother
Tenner says the entity hidden that is making this 'call' is either Uko'Toa or one of his 2 other brethren
Highly unlikely, since Perkins says, that the entity is "not an outright a villain and not an outright hero".
Well pulling this from the page on the Dungeons & Dragons website I found the video on, "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", I'm gonna say he is probably good or was at least in the past. Being left in prison and forgotten by those you serve tends to make people bitter. Then again the term "heroic" is misleading because people associate it with good, when in reality a champion of some evil god is a hero and doing heroic things for his people and his faith.
I think the most amazing thing about all of this is. This all started because Matt Mercer DMed a game for Liam O'Brien as a birthday present many many years ago..
LoL
My first campaign years ago had a rival group that was on the same journey as us. Slowly story elements unraveled who they were.
Always interesting hearing the thoughs from the creators. Very well produced video!
Can’t wait to add to my forever expanding critical role collection 👌🏼
I really love what they have put out. While I love CR, I'm a huge fan of their books outside my fandom. I'll never run a campaign in that setting, as I like my own and Turil more.But it is also has very neutral setting that their stuff can be placed in almost anywhere with almost no work on the DM's part. One thing I absolutely love about the books, but never hear anyone mention, is the gazatter sections. Between EGtW and TR, I now have what feels like hundreds of unique towns and villages with equally unique hooks. There is so much material in the CR books for inspiration it's not even funny. I need a town in next week's game, I can just flip through a couple books and have something to go pretty damn easily. I need some adventure hook for that towns theme, there's probably a pretty good one there. And everything is so easily interchangeable between settings and worlds... They will work perfectly regardless of what you are running.
My Triton finally has a home *cries deeply*
It's a Tritan homecoming! 🤓😁😀
As a DM i can't imagine how it must feel for matt to have his world become ''dnd cannon'' if only minorly lol.
Rival adventure groups was really cool in The "C" Team. It'll be neat to see it with another worldbuilder at the helm.
Yes! Todd interviews on the official D&D channel? I love it!
I think he’s working in the digital D&D gaming realms.
It occurs to me just how awesome it is that because of one youtube show this has all exploded and we can all share in Matt's storytelling genius.
Finally some real information about this book!
Is...is that a blue half-orc?! Surely, they *jest*
I suspect it's supposed to be a drow-orc.
@@elementzero3379 She's a water genasi actually
@West8777 That was my second guess, given the underwater theme.
I don't like the banana ears, in that case. They're a lot, even on an elf. I hate that artists put them on everyone these days. That's just my taste, though, and doesn't take away from the great art that so many artists produce.
@@bessieburnet9816 Wow, you thought that was a rant? Chill bruh lol. I think you need to step away from the comments section
my DM set up a campaign using Call of the Netherdeep and setting up small side bits that he could to keep us on our toes and I remember an encounter with the Rivals which ended with one of our players whos back story had them struggling with a demon inside them, the demon took over, killed one of Ayo's party members in such a way that revivify wouldn't work and we caused a split in the party, it was so interesting to see, because Maggie left after becoming hostile to us, Ayo joined a faction we were against as a mercenary and the last 2 surviving members understood their friends death was out of our hands, they grew to not trust our PC dragonborn, but they knew it was something that couldn't be helped and we kept a strong friendship.
despite everything, even Ayo turning against us and trying to unleash the evils of the netherdeep with the group she joined with, we still spared her and rescued her when she needed it, she was a pain in our asses and a pretty weak leader, but she was our friend. she just needed to be put back on the right track and reminded that she is a hero after all and sometimes heroes don't need the glory of beating us to the finish line, they need the glory of doing the right thing and helping those she can. it was such a great campaign to play and having a DM who can incorporate risk and twists in such a way that keeps you on your toes will always make for great memories.
'jellyfish that can petrify you.' Interesting
My party met the rivals, they were posed as rivals, then we became really great friends(even involving one of our party members romancing one of the "rivals")
To people asking if the blue half-orc is Fjord and Jester’s daughter, it isn’t. They released her stat block on Twitter, her name is Ayo Jabe and she’s a water genasi, not a half-orc
I don't think it is either, but Jester is half water genasi. So it's within the realm of possibility.
God I would love to go back to the late 1970s and show this to Gary Gygax and share with him how D&D has survived and evolved.
Not sure he'd appreciate every development, tbh. Too many non-humans, for one.
4:25 Sings "Making our Way!"
This adventure stuff is great and all, but IS THAT JESTER AND FJORD'S DAUGHTER!!???
God I hope it isn’t. That would feel too fan-fictiony.
@@doctorstaples4947 b-but how?
I guess you're too fan-ficy, I mean, YOU, being the kid of your mum and dad?
Pssssh, fan-fic alert!
Doesn't seem to be the case. The timeline doesn't add up but they are a Water Genasi with orcish heritage - the new theory is that they're another of the Gentleman's kids so they could be Jester's half sister?
Her official name that was announced on Twitter is Ayo Jabe, so it’s highly unlikely. She’s also, despite appearances, a Water Genasi ranger, according to her stat block
It’s like the end of Men in Tights: “CALL THE NETHERDEEP!”
Next guy
“call the nether deep!”
Then a loud woman
“CALL THE NETHER DEEP!”
The rival party is an awesome concept that I don't think has been done before. Ticking clock enemies, but not that.
Finally! Some underwater adventuring. My obsession with making water-breathing/swimming characters will pay off. Huzzah!
After our adventuring party, The Light of Hope, successfully redeemed Alyxian from the Netherdeep
the following was written to be sung with the music of Meatloaf and Jim Steinman's "For Crying Our Loud".
Alyxian's Lament
I was lost but the world was saved
And I never knew just how far I had fallen
In the depths beneath me.
And now the chilly waters all around me
Are flowing round and round as I weep
And I'm sinking, deeper and deeper
In the cold of the Netherdeep.
Oh I know You belong inside my aching heart
But can't You see me all alone, bursting apart.
Don't You here me crying, 'Avandra, don't go!'
And don't You hear me screaming, 'Where am I to go!'
I'm in the middle of nowhere, near the end of the line
But there's a border to somewhere waiting,
And there's no shortage of time
Oh give me just another moment to see the light of the day
And take me to another land so I don't have to stay
But I'm going to need someone to heal and ease my pain.
And I will receive that someone with open arms, open eyes,
Open up the sky and let The Light of Hope shine through!
For crying out loud, Avandra, You know I love You
For crying out loud, You know I love You...
I was damned but the world was saved
And I never knew just how enslaved I was kneeling in the chains of my Master.
AND DON'T YOU HEAR ME CRYING, "OBEY NO MORE"
AND DON'T YOU HEAR ME SCREAMING, 'WHERE AM I TO GO?'
I'm in the middle of nowhere, near the end of the line
But there's a border to somewhere waiting,
And there's no shortage of time
Oh give me just another moment to see the light of the day
And take me to another land so I don't have to stay
And I'm going to need somebody to heal and ease my pain
And I will receive that someone with open arms, open eyes,
Open up the sky and let The Light of Hope shine through.
For crying out loud, Avandra, You know I love You
For crying out loud, You know I love You...
For sending forth the rain when I was feeling so dry
For giving me the answers when I was asking You why
Oh my Goddess, for that I thank You
For shining like the sun when I'm feeling so cold
For giving me the strength when my body is old
Don't You know, for that I need You
For coming to find me when You know I'm alone
For opening a pathway so I can come home
You've got to know, for that I serve You
For taking and for giving and for playing the game
For praying for my future in the days that remain
Oh, for all of that, I revere You
Ah but most of all, for that, I love You
Ah but most of all, for crying out loud, You know I love You
Ah but most of all, for crying out loud, You know I love You
When I'm crying out loud
You know I love You
Was it just me, or does the last NPC of the antagonist party look like Shaggy?
Matt-I'm finishing up Firemoon World. 17 major campaigns with 100s more on the way. 2 continents and no way to get to the other. The world is oval and the winds don't allow you to get to the other continent. You can't teleport there as no one has ever been to the other. 2 strangely different worlds in one world.
I love the idea of an unexplored areas and adventurers traveling there to explore and claim the land or something like that!
There's so much to find out!
I built a rival adventuring party for my Rime of the Frostmaiden campaign that my players are just starting to engage with so I'm happy that's a valid enough idea to go to print. It'll be interesting if the players pick up on their alignment. A chaotic neutral ranger, lawful good fighter, lawful neutral that turns into chaotic evil barbarian under certain conditions, and their leader who is lawful evil.
I bet that place shown at 0:24 is Bazzoxan!
Love Matt and Chris of course! The idea of a rival adventurer-group is nice, it was interestingly done in the 3.5 Edition Adventure Path "The Shakled City" - for which Perkins wrote some adventures - for example.
I cant help but see 5 self portraits of Matthew mercer on ther cover. Regardless of the race they were drawn in his likeness for sure
5:07 Good lord these creatures/designs are horrific. I love them.
1:15 what's up with the audio here?
Rival adventuring party is something I've played with and one of two things happens depending on alignment (my players tend to lean NG and CG).
If the rival party is good-aligned, they put the greater good higher than personal fame and team up, or divide and conquer (you guys go that way, we'll go this way, and when we meet up we'll compare notes).
If the rival party is evil, they either get exposed as such to the public or just turbo-murdered.
I think the key would be to make them goodly but annoying. My players won't kill good characters, but they can be annoyed by them just as easily as anyone else. Also I can see good characters just getting so frustrated with one another that they resort to blows but only non-lethal damage. Beat them up, tie them up, but leave their gear so they can survive and because we're not thieves.
...Except maybe their pants. I mean, they don't need their pants to stay alive. They should definitely have to go into town without pants.
Best story I have about rival adventuring parties is one where two of my DMs participated in: one was the "good" party, one was the "evil" party. By the time the two parties clashed, the "good" party had metagamed to the point where they were killing off entire villages to gain an advantage. Meanwhile, the most "evil" the "evil" party did was sacrifice an endless supply of live chickens to help them cross a bridge over a bottomless pit while blinded.
Amazing stuff, cant wait to play!
I am waiting patiently (mostly) for my copy to come in next month
1:16
I thought my earphones got unplugged.
Oh man, I can’t wait to run this campaign!
Making our way
Ah, the Team Rocket, perfect! But nothing new :3 I prefer the part of subacuatic adventure :D
That bass amp behind Matt is his, right?
I guess Critical Role is doing what Forgotten Realms did years ago...Except instead of fantasy books...it's voice actors in a role play game as the catalases?
This. Instead of home notes (Ed Greenwood - the Forgotten Realms) and novels we have lore and setting created by the cast of Critical Role.
The rival adventurers are potentially a big issue for the DM to handle - specifically because the players might simply get the idea to attack them. I hope this adventure is not a linear plot thread like most 5e pre-published adventures have been
What race is the blue lady with the orc like fangs? Or is this unique to this setting?
From the twitter - water genasi, just half-orc instead of human origin.
What is the in-game year for Call of the Netherdeep? Is it set around the time of the Dwendalian and Kryn War, 835 PD?
Looking good, Todd.
I always thought the human male on the cover was gonna be an evil Caleb Widogast. Guess I might be right depending on how you play the campaign.
If I can have nothing else in this life, my wish would be that the Critical Role crew have success, peace, and happiness all of their days.
Are the full interviews available anywhere?
Question guys:
What race is the Blue female with tusks?
I assume Half-orc, but blue?
Posted on twitter - water genasi, just from orcish background instead of human.
@@ffwydriad forgot that genasis exist for a second there 😆
thanks thanks
Very nice art, looking forward to the book.
Is Matt about to rock a drum solo after this interview?
Aw yeah, a follow up to Matt's other works that I loved: Summon of the Underlow, Draw of the Deeperdown, and Lure of Superdoublehell.
I'm so dang excited for this!!
This looks awesome!
'Netherdeep' was coined by Kenzer & Company because WotC wouldn't let them use 'Underdark'?
"You can't use our term, but we're going to use yours in 20 years."
Oh GOD
this is definetly a campaign about uko'toa
Highly unlikely, since Perkins says, that the entity is "not an outright a villain and not an outright hero".
I am not a consumer of prepublished adventures but I am excited for everyone who is! This looks like a lot of fun.l
Part of me thinks this rival group are characters the cast made so you feel like you're playing opposite of them. That probably isn't the case but it's an amusing thought for me to figure out who in the module is playing who.
So, would this book be best to learn how to run a rival party? Or would another book fulfill this interest?
Is the big orc in the center one Ariks Eshteross?
Probably not. Estheross is waaay older than that guy.
@Dungeons & Dragons I am so jealous, when seeing the alternative covers of the core-rulebook! Any hope that they will be for sale again? Looking for them hardly and got no luck in europe (germany)
Anyway awesome work with CR and CofN ;)
Thanks.
Very much want to play this.
Let's face it, at least 1/4 of us are going to want try to flirt and charm with the orc-genasi.
Keep these coming
i have almost the same bass rig got the dark glass with the ampeg svt 8x10 lmao
New to D&D so I need this book to start? And become a DM and catch up to the game content?
I'm just excited to know what shaggy part in this adventure
The rivals are a neat idea!
My players would slaughter them after the first meeting though.
So give them something that keeps them alive.
That's how they become a recurring rival team to your players.
Is this snake monster in the water Uka'toah?
Oooooo. Did you see the infected Abboleth
Please give us adventures in other settings after this. Spelljammer. A full adventure in Eberron or Greyhawk
I subscribed for Todd
the talk about the npcs reminds me of volo, a lot
Yo this sounds so sliiiiick! I can't wait for it drop.
So the Tomb Takers, without a borderline demigod O hope
Call of the NerdDeep.
Is that Fjord and Jesters Daughter?
Based on her name (Ayo Jabe) and the fact that she is a Water Genasi, its unlikely.
@@David_Blake91 jester is half water Genasi
Whose drums are those?
Chris has less screen time here that he did on CR. But not by much.
Matthew Mercer 😍😍😍😍
why is shaggy on the cover?
So we're going to see Jester and Fjord's daughter and an older Luc Brenatto? This shall be interesting...
If you're talking about the Shaggy-looking guy, that's a human, Luc is a halfling.
@@OccidentalAvian Oh, right, I forgot about that, yes yes. That Drow-lookin' fellow though...
The party leader, Ayo Jabe is a Water Genasi Ranger with orcish heritage.
I find it interesting but I hope the campaign doesnt *need* the rival party cause with a couple minmaxxers on my players I feel like they are getting killed quickly
im gonna be real and tell you im not ok with a person calling Vecna Vesna
he kinda looks like Leon from resident evil...
Cool