Critical Role Teases A ‘Daggerheart’ Miniseries Ahead Of ‘Exandria Unlimited: Divergence’ Premiere
It is a miniseries extravaganza in Critical Role land. Matt Mercer teased a dark Daggerheart series, and ExU: Divergence premieres tonight!
Critical Role has gone mad for miniseries. Or is it miniserieses? Whatever the case, there are two of them in the works. One takes a look back at Exandria’s ancient history once more, visiting the Divergence. Gods, monsters, and calamity abound.
The other uses Critical Role’s Daggerheart roleplaying game, which releases in May. This one is something darker that shows off one of the “campaign frames” you’ll find within.
Both miniseries should be a feast for Critters while the cast and crew start spinning up the generators for what comes next, now that Campaign 3’s epic finale has gone and, well, finale’d.
Exandria Unlimited: Divergence
First up, a new miniseries DM’d by none other than Brennan Lee Mulligan. We love to see it. What element will kick off the beginning of this episode? We don’t know yet. But we do know that this will be a perfect companion piece to the finale of Campaign 3. In much the same way that history doesn’t repeat itself, it rhymes, in Divergence, we see the aftermath of Exandria’s Calamity:
“Exandria Unlimited: Divergence is a four-week miniseries that will pick up the pieces in the wake of Calamity. As the Prime Deities construct the Divine Gate, join us as the mortals of Exandria rebuild their shattered world and learn to live without the Gods walking among them.
Our cast includes Matthew Mercer, Liam O’Brien, Jasmine Don, Alex Ward, and Celia Rose Gooding, and will be Game Mastered by the incomparable Brennan Lee Mulligan.”
And just check out that trailer!
Daggerheart’s Age of Umbra – A Soulsborne Setting For An Upcoming Miniseries
Of course, that’s not the only miniseries Critical Role has in the works, especially with the release of Daggerheart in May. In a video clipped from the Beacon exclusive fireside chat with Matt Mercer posted to Critical Role’s social media, we got a look at the print book in all its glory.
This is also where Mercer spilled the top secret beans about an upcoming new miniseries set in one of Daggerheart’s “campaign frames.” These are sort of like their own different settings and thematic elements that you can use for your Daggerheart games. In the video, Mercer shows off the “Age of Umbra,” which he describes as a bleak, deadly world.
“It’s my kind of like soulsbourne-esque, super dark and deadly world campaign frame within the daggerheart system.”
The promise of something more challenging, which the “Soulsborne” descriptor certainly suggests, in the Daggerheart ruleset is one that piques my interest. So far, the games of Daggerheart we’ve seen tend to be lighter and goofier – ones that the cast of Critical Role play very well. But I’m curious to see how it handles other tones.
No details on when the Age of Umbra miniseries will air on Critical Role’s platforms. But according to Mercer, it should be “soon.”
What a Thursday this will be!
