Critical Role Campaign 4 announces Brennan Lee Mulligan as new host

In the case of dominating the TTRPG scene, Critical Role can’t cease, gained’t cease. Having mainstreamed Dungeons & Dragons actual play, tailored their campaigns into popular animated series, and launched their very own tabletop system in this year’s Daggerheart, it’d be simple to suppose the CR gang is likely to be out of surprises. Then Brennan Lee Mulligan confirmed up.

On Saturday evening, Vital Function formally introduced Marketing campaign 4, which is able to, for the primary time in CR’s core marketing campaign, introduce a model new host: Dimension 20’s Dungeon Grasp. Mulligan will take over for Matt Mercer when Marketing campaign 4 launches in October.

Based on a information launch, Mulligan will step into the Recreation Grasp seat for the complete period of Marketing campaign 4, “bringing his signature depth, humor, wit, and high-stakes drama to Vital Function’s subsequent grand journey.”

“We’ve been huge followers of Brennan’s for a few years now, and when it got here to giving each Matthew Mercer and the world of Exandria a little bit of a breather, Brennan felt like the proper storyteller to take our group someplace fully new.” mentioned CR CEO and forged member Travis Willingham. “Vital Function has all the time been about real connection by means of storytelling at the start, and as Brennan himself will let you know, he’s nonetheless performed extra TTRPGs away from a digital camera than in entrance of it. His ardour and drive for worldbuilding is infectious, and it has been an absolute pleasure to set off him as we forge forward.”

“What a present, a privilege and an honor to be invited behind the display of Vital Function for this subsequent epic journey,” mentioned Mulligan. “Each collaboration we’ve got had collectively has introduced nothing however sheer pleasure, and Marketing campaign 4 shall be no exception. I am lastly enjoying *nearly* as a lot tabletop as I would prefer to!”

For anybody anxious about Mulligan’s tenure on Dimension 20 and Dropout.TV, concern not: Per Variety, he has additionally signed a three-year contract to proceed work with the improv comedy community.

Vital Function says Marketing campaign 4 will premiere on Thursday, Oct. 2 with prompt entry on Beacon.television in addition to streamed to the official YouTube and Twitch channels. The VOD shall be obtainable to all on the next Mondays.

Right here at Polygon, we’re large followers of all issues Vital Function, Dimension 20, and all issues Mulligan. Right here’s a current spotlight of CR’s new DM in motion.