Reviews

Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting by Matthew Mercer

nonesensed's review

4.25

Our first ever look at the lands and people of Tal'Dorei from the "D&D actual play" show Critical Role. Having read other D&D setting books, among them having started on the two newer Critical Role books, you can tell this is an earlier part of both the worldbuilding and the writing process so to speak. Still an enjoyable read and fun to have for home games if you're a fan of the show! 

neveth's review

5.0

Eeeeeeeeeeeee.

Gonna use some of this in future D&D campaigns that I run. :D

snazel's review

4.0

I didn't read this with the intention of running a game in this world, so I can't really speak to how well it hangs together that way in the form of lore and background (other than it all seems non-flashy and very solid), but I have to say that the geographical region descriptions being in the form of story hooks at different character levels was flat-out brilliant, made the world come alive, and really made me wish I WAS planning on running a game in this world.

valuxiea's review

2.0

Love Critical Role, this campaign book is kind of Garbage. It doesn't contain any useful information. The subclasses included have been rebalanced so that's not useful, the descriptions of the locations are not overtly detailed and lack notable things like important NPCs, or shops, or anything that would actually be useful to playing a game in Tal'Dorei, especially not given how the state of the world is dramatically different from how this campaign ends.

This book has tons of cool trivia and lore for fans of the show, but if you are a Dungeon Master looking for a resource to run a campaign - look elsewhere. And if you're a fan of the show, read the wiki - it has more information and it's better organized.

heregrim's review

5.0

Great introduction to the world of Tal'Dorei and campaign one. I loved reading about the places I loved from the campaign and combined with Wildmount Guide and Tal'Dorei reborn would give you a "complete" view of the world of Exandria. Now I just need to read Tal'Dorei reborn.

turing_tested's review

adventurous informative medium-paced

inlibrisveritas's review

4.0

A really good campaign setting with a lot of detail, but not so much that you get overwhelmed by them. It really meshes well with 5e and would be great for a full campaign or if you simply want to add in details to your current games.
I love that it keeps a focus on player creation and has a lot of wiggle room for changes.