Matt Mercer - Explorer's Guide to Wildemount - Full Interview

[@DnDBeyond]

What features of the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount are you most excited to check out? Will you be playing a campaign in this new setting? Pre-order today from D&D Beyond to receive exclusive bonus content! dndbeyond.link/wildemount

[@ticozayas6430]

the subclasses, spells, and the background creation stuff

[@CriLizElfGaming]

I'm excited to pick it up, and try my hands at being a Dungeon Master for once. I'm extremely familiar with the world, and excited to see the new subclasses, and dunimantic spells.

[@VulcanWolf]

I only wanted spells from the Dunimancy (sp?) family and would happily have purchased an unofficial list from the man. But this? THIS is so much more that I will be positively ecstatic to learn and add to my worlds.

[@Grey_Shard]

will there be stats for the Crimson Weasel, since it seems fairly tough? Since rival schools are a staple in martial arts stories - is there a Kobold Soul school of monks who specialize in deception and trickery as the Cobalt Soul specializes in information and knowledge?

[@musicalgamer4122]

EVERYTHING!!!!

[@straightedgeucator]

Exandria now outlives him, he has made something that will still be here after he’s gone; that has to be an amazing feeling

[@Gryphon2026]

Truly!

[@Pandafun444]

When you put it like that...will Wildemount be 6th Edition?! Holy crap

[@mythmaker3250]

@@Pandafun444 Probably not by itself, but it may be part of it! Though I don't see 5th edition ending soon.

[@SpencerLee97]

The Mercer legacy is secure.

[@straightedgeucator]

SpencerLee97 sure

[@primeemperor9196]

"Your world is now an official part of DnD." Matt has achieved the highest honor as a DM, and he deserves every bit of it.

[@TheBiggreenpig]

Is it still?

[@bigjuan87]

Liam said it best last thursday "Our Canon is canon"

[@hunterknox4756]

Matt's face when he realized that his setting is the first completely new setting to be released since Eberron is precious.

[@MoonMoverGaming]

Yeah. The emotions are real but.... It's not actually, true though. The 4e core books introduced a new setting in which most of that editions adventure modules took place. It just never got a dedicated setting book. Then there was Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica in 2018.

[@mcswaggerduff8946]

This man is holding back tears, he cares so much. Bless him and all he does for us.

[@InLiquidColor]

💜💜💜

[@draxthewarlocktitan5217]

I’m already exited to run a game set in Wildemont around 25 years after campaign 2 where Kiri a Kenku rogue is the senior member of an adventuring group called the Mighty 9. The founding members have moved on to a post-adventuring life but Kiri keeps the groups name alive with everyone she “Welcomes to the Mighty Nein”

[@SoyDrinker]

Same except my party is going to kill Kiri and Jester's mom, and Luke and Yeza, and Orly

[@draxthewarlocktitan5217]

Steven Bonnell You’re a monster.

[@nuzuk]

Steven Bonnell I’ll join that party if I can make a cloak of feathers out of her

[@inspirepeace2547]

@@nuzuk your sick 😂

[@kronografisk]

God, I love this man. Always so freaking humble when he has no reason to be. The hallmark of a good human being.

[@jonmichael6746]

Matt Mercer is the most genuine dude on the internet

[@nafereuskortex9055]

If Matt and Keanu meet the world will implode with kindness

[@oliverworley5162]

Bob Ross?

[@Crownsnek]

@@oliverworley5162 he's dead man

[@The97Corbin]

@@Crownsnek and He will be forever remembered as the Worlds Finest

[@maverikvii]

Matt Mercer is a national treasure. So humble and full of joy for D&D. You can tell he loves it and just wanted to do right by both the critters and D&D players in general. Bless you sir. Bless you.

[@jessicaryan9820]

Matt Mercer - a modern day Tolkien... and you know what - he's only just getting started

[@jesterssketchbook]

Fjord: "Ooooh, "Fortunes Fancy'!" Caleb: "Fortune's Favor............but it is fancy"

[@spitfyr97]

i'm personally not into critical role as a show. i prefer playing d&d than watching it. but listening to what this book is about and what it offers makes me excited for its contents and a planned buy. it's nice that Matt mercer has decided to form it for more than just his fans.

[@Mr.Rickmon]

I can’t wait for the Echo Knight and all other new information.

[@N7AslansHobbit_Ry]

I personally can't wait for the Graviturgist.

[@nathanielranney9163]

More vestiges!

[@ryanroyce]

It occurs to me that, even though she will likely be referred to only by her titles of Everlight and Dawnflower, the Pathfinder deity Sarenrae will also be added to official D&D because of this book. : )

[@christofferhougaard]

Well isn't she in the DMG? The dawn war pantheon if I'm not mistaken.

[@ryanroyce]

Christoffer Nope. The rest of the Exandria pantheon is Dawn War, but Sarenrae was a Pathfinder/Golarion deity that got brought in because Mercer didn’t want to make Ashley Johnson change her cleric’s deity.

[@christofferhougaard]

@@ryanroyce Aaaaah! Alright. Sorry for mistake.

[@zhenshei9398]

That's so true, I didn't even think of that! As they have the rights to use WOC property now, I believe the gods will have their names back in this new book - a recent Weekly Encounter on D&D Beyond set in this setting refers to the Wildmother as Melora, so that's what makes me say that. However, since Sarenrae is Paizo owned, they will face some difficulties with her name, especially if they want to keep the main pantheon consistent with all the deities having names. In an episode of Campaign 2, he made a brief reference to her and called Sarenrae - Rae, The Everlight. It would have been around the time Matt would have been starting to prepare the book if I'm not mistaken, and that may be her future name for the book? It doesn't change it completely but still provides a name rather than just a title. I'd be interesting to see how they handle it. Maybe they will just still use the titles, who knows.

[@christofferhougaard]

@@zhenshei9398 WAIT. Zhenshei?? Are you the true Zhenshei. I want you to answer the word Figglediggle with Mumblehumble. The next time you aee Figglediggle. Type Mumblehumble in chat. And prove to me, you are the true Zhenshei.

[@MichaelEasterby]

Love how he's behind a screen even for just an interview :p Definitely looking forward to getting this book!

[@Karak971]

Seems like almost a safety blanket, considering how high energy this must feel for him

[@Trekari]

Sadly, it's possibly due to his body dysmorphia. The same reason he prefers to wear vests.

[@xEvilRaptorx]

@@Trekari I bet if Travis and him started going to a gym all the time, it would help him feel better. Plus having a good friend like that you could go with makes it so much easier to stick to. I'm sure he has almost no time to do it though. :/

[@aprilv3217]

@@xEvilRaptorx Being in shape or working out has NOTHING to do with body dysmorphia. Have you watched Between the Sheets with him? Matt struggles with body dysmorphia not self image issues.

[@wayfarervisual]

It doesn’t matter how much Critical Role I watch, I continue to love and respect this guy and his energy and passion for storytelling and this deep encompassing world he has created. Don’t stop, till you drop, Matt. Such a great guy.

[@lloyddodgen]

So proud of these guys and their accomplishments. It's so amazing to see those have dreams, go all in, and win. Not only that, but stay humble and kind. Critical Role got me back into D&D and I'm so grateful for them.

[@garytholland]

Echo Knight was the most fun I've had playing a fighter in a long time. Good stuff. Can't wait to try the Chronurgy Wizard.

[@daniellejeanclynes9019]

What an amazingly creative and generous guy. He’s so heartfelt with everything he does. I’m so thrilled that we get to canonically explore his world.

[@davidmurrell5143]

I'm so proud for Matt, but so VERY jealous. He has achieved the life I have been trying to get for the last 35 years. If he wasn't such a fantastic human being I would resent what he had achieved, but man he deserves all the good things. He really is the best ambassador of our hobby. So all power to him and may he long live the life I wish I had.

[@KubinWielki]

Hmm... I do hope that everyone else who might be envious of Matt's life (or anybody else's, really) is wise enough to realize what you have realized. Unchecked envy can lead to some horrible actions, and I'm glad that you look at it logically, instead of, say, trying to hurt people you envy. Kudos to you.

[@Gryphon2026]

Okay, when will we get get Todd as a guest on CR? Because if if plays as Avren that could be fun!

[@Joshinaround_]

You can see the spark in Matt's eye when he talks about this incredible project, and I'm super excited to bring my party into the vast, lore-filled world of Wildemount. Super proud of our sweet DM-sama for making something near and dear to his heart.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

PLEASE DO THIS FOR ALL OF YOUR INTERVIEWS! Much easier to follow the conversation :)

[@I-VisiBomb-I]

ok i need this in my life. my players need this in their life and they dont even know it. good job mercer, you're 100%.

[@thechucklemonkey1187]

After just listening to his description of dunemancy and the spells I realize how damn perfect a lot of these things would be for my campaingn

[@donanausetcscom]

Me: Gets halfway into putting Exandria into World Anvil to Organize it all for myself. D&D: Our next book is 'Explorer's Guide to Wildmount' Me: Damn that's 5 days wasted.

[@Tesoro1996]

Well, its still just Wildmount, not the whole Exandria. :D

[@gritsmcgee9137]

We have officially started our first online campaign in Eislecross! It's my biggest group thus far. (8 PCs! I know it could be worse, but whew!) Thank you Matt Mercer and the entire Crit Role team. You are all an inspiration to a new generation of table top gamers. And of course...... Is it Thursday yet?

[@Inufriki]

There's really few people as inspiring as Matt and the gang in what RPG's are concerned. I'm really happy for this! A friend of mine already pre-ordered the book for my birthday and I'm really excited!

[@MeemBeen]

Been holding off on watching the vignettes, waiting for the full interview. This is so amazing. Congrats CR this is huge.

[@mixolot707]

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. When one person imitates another persons art, then improvises and elaborates upon that, it's a sign the original artist has created something truly spectacular. I can't want for this book Matt. Thank you for sharing your art with the rest of us.

[@NerdJourneys]

the best gift DnD could ever ask for, was Matt Mercer and his wonderful group of friends. Thank you Matt, for all your amazing ideas, hard work, kindness, and for bringing me into such an amazing game and community,

[@immortaladventures]

A whole new level of respect for Matt after watching this video. Excited to get into this world and develop a campaign around it!

[@azreon25]

Matt is part of the New generation of Creator's for D&D and he is going to bring a whole new Era for D&D i haven't been playing for very long but i fell in love with the game so hard that i had to start building my own world, my DM actually introduced me to Critical Role because i wanted to DM and he was a huge fan of the show, i've been hooked ever since and am finally starting to catch up i am barely into campaign 2 on episode 25 can't wait to see what happens.

[@timothyrose7706]

Love this, can't wait to get my hands on this and start merging it into Ravnica and my other home brew rulesets.

[@whitebreadplease9559]

The people who disliked this didn’t get the playable vestige race leaflet

[@The1Shark8]

Gamerpro5000000000 0 right?! What kind of clowns?!

[@valeriestirling9382]

We’re so proud of you Matt!!! We love you and your imagination so much, thank you for sharing your & your friends world with us!

[@FranciscoOyola94]

Now we just need explorer’s guide to Marquet and explorer’s guide to Tal’Dorei. And please an official Blood hunter and Gunslinger

[@motleyfrank]

I love how all the folks at Wizards and DnDBeyond are just ignoring the fact that the Tal'dorei book exists. I feel like if someone walked into the office with one they'd all be [fingers in ears] "la la la, I can't hear you!" and looking at their toes!

[@thegaspatthegateway]

Matt sounds like a lightworker talking about vibrations, timelines, metaphysics :) Well, with all the people he's inspired, there's no doubt!

[@TeteQua]

No one deserves this more than Matt! I can’t wait to get my hands on this book! So exiting!

[@OverboardDM]

Already pre ordered

[@christofferhougaard]

Same here.

[@peter_parkour]

I'm so behind campaign 2 that I didn't even know Matt shaved his face clean again. It looks nice.

[@DarkAuraLord]

Nice, the full interview! I made a comment about this on another video, so I'm glad to see you guys uploaded this. Cheers!

[@MrDoncarnage]

Matt just stands along Ed Greenwood, Gary Gygax, David Cook and many more campaign creators. Can imagine we will see a big computer rpg game from this guy in the future. He is a DM we all dream playing with. Wish him all the best

[@andrewd.584]

Matt Mercer is such a fucking gem.

[@Resegy]

Matt Mercer is an absolute genius and seems to be a so heartful person, too.

[@JimMeeker]

I'm looking forward to spaghettification spells.

[@JosePerez-jl9bu]

An event horizon spell would be tight

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

Bought his Tal'dorei book the other day, I'll definitely get this one!

[@MrPowellw]

Thank you for releasing this.

[@Treblaine]

WILD-MOUNT! I've been saying "will-deh-mount" this entire time! Now I think about it... the official pronunciation makes MUCH more sense.

[@traeyager5298]

I think it’s great that the book is so full it really makes it worth every dollar.

[@llamallama1509]

I love Matt so much, he's such a wonderful person

[@a2rons803]

I really like when he describes something and it links to something or someone from the campaign that I wondered about. As soon as Matt described Echo Knights I instantly flashed to combat where I was thinking "what is that power that guy's using?".

[@neverthelessthesun1428]

I’m so excited for this book. It’s so awesome to see Matt be so excited about sharing his work! It’s what he deserves

[@InanDante]

Thank you Matt for existing.

[@OnlineTabletopcom]

I wasn't too excited when I first heard about this new book. But hearing Matt Mercer and Chris Perkins talk about it, really shows how much love was put in to this book. It shows how important friendship, working together, are the essences of D&D. Im going to get this book, even if it is just for inspiration and creative input.

[@DemTacs]

I just realised. The Background in combination with the DM - SCREEN looks like a beholder with Matt as a target.

[@fuelbot]

I could listen to him talk for hours.

[@L.J.Kommer]

6:37 Application: MattMercer.exe has stopped working

[@artjomfuchs8110]

I want it as my Ringtone. My Phone is on silent 24/7 but I need it as Ringtone

[@nicktaylor3956]

About to start my first full campaign and I can't wait to add a bunch of stuff from this book into my world

[@SquippedTV]

Just pre ordered it from a local game shop here in Denmark.

[@christofferhougaard]

Oh hey! Nice to see more Danish critters.

[@leguan278]

I think there are only 3 of us

[@lowpinglag]

@@leguan278 *Raises hand* make that a 4th ;-) Jeg tror faktisk der er en del Danske critters. Næste alle som jeg snakker med inde I min favorit nørd butik Fantask (i KPH) har set eller har hørt om det.

[@epicureanbard]

Okay! So! Looks like I need to get this book (I already was going to, but listen) because I had a character that I've been developing for a couple years now. She's a gnome wizard (originally a Divination wizard but more on that later) who spent her youth learning and studying and teaching history. She was looking into magics in revealing the past because most magics and artifacts are focused on predicting the future but what is the future without knowing the past? There was a traumatic incident that she cannot remember and her goal is to find out what happened. I need to see if Dunamancy has the kinds of spells and focus she would use to unfog the past, ancient or recent.

[@StalinMcRally]

i'm hyped for this

[@mikehenry1488]

The thing I'm most excited about. The Way of the Duck, Barbarian.

[@kendallgibson]

I'm so excited. Excited for the book, but also just SO excited for him.

[@thibaultnguyen9035]

i'm so happy for matt he really deserves this

[@rollnycgaming2279]

Already ran an Evil campaign that saw the destruction and conquest of Tal'dorei. Cant wait to give this setting the same treatment! 😈

[@3nertia]

I love Matt sooo much! I must have this book! His magic works precisely the way I want the magic in my multiverse to work; love the Dunamancy stuff!

[@JEST3R_]

Can I just say that I think everyone in the D&D community loves Matt and everything he's done for our (not so anymore!) little, tight knit community

[@chess629]

just bought this book, and gonna be for the first time DM and using this book for our new adventure, and using my old characters in this one to fuse it in , my friends will go wtf did you did now... can't wait to begin

[@AkkiLad]

Dunamancy spells with a Diviner Wizard would be an amazing crowd control character!

[@DrAndrewJBlack]

Bringing his creation to life has to be surreal

[@bonosaysno6792]

I’m getting the book tomorrow!!!

[@richevers1098]

Before i finished watching the first video that came out explaining this i already pre-ordered the book i cannot wait to read all of it

[@zhenshei9398]

I am severely looking forward for some new canonical vestiges of divergence, and new creatures! This book is going to be great!

[@danmorgan712]

I had a Chronomancer's Guide back from 2nd edition, I think? I wonder if Matt is old enough to be familiar.

[@robertwalker5794]

The Mercer legacy is secure.

[@Perfectcrime87]

So excited

[@dunker-roo9552]

I made some gravity and fate manipulation subclasses a while back. Pretty excited about seeing Matt’s!

[@AlyxGlide]

That is a LOT easier to watch, thanks lol

[@killingjokez9876]

I just started my very first campaign in wildemount. Wish me luck. We're still searching for hints of the missing prisoner. It's pretty hard for a beginner. My friends nearly died in the beginning and we spent 3 hours for asking people sh*t.

[@christofferhougaard]

Pre ordered it the day it was revealed

[@sesimie]

so i was writing my own fanfic of my characters and D&D games. My Bard was from Exandria.. So it was Dunamancy that made him teleport to Toril!!! So glad Exandria is now D&D proper!!

[@misstressscarlet]

So Dunamancy (?) Is magic from Mage the Ascension in DnD. Cool.

[@listofromantics]

Ka-CHING! Congratulations to Matt & Co. for makin' that Hasbro money (Hasbro owns WotC, FYI). I can't think of a more deserving person.

[@seb4sti4n666]

Who's in the Tal'Dore consul?

[@Karak971]

One less person now

[@christofferhougaard]

No one. Cause Allura left after the others mysteriously died.

[@feylights166]

I have been a Forgotten Realms fan for a while, but I admit I am not familiar with CR. But now, I am curious (just overwhelmed by all the episodes lol). I may have to check out this book to learn about the world. I am interested in learning about the gods and religion in Exandria (as it is among my favorite aspect of FR), and how the afterlife works. Is it similar to other D&D settings (the soul goes to the god they followed in life?). I have always liked this aspect of D&D.

[@lockskelington314]

I'm gonna make a Tabaxi Dunamancer.

[@SamundraDarion]

Matt: "No no It's Wild" /brain: "IT' WILDMOUNT!" 😆😆😆😆

[@ifish7599]

Matt: It's Wild... Me: ....Mount

[@wobblybobbly5901]

Matt seems like the nicest most charismatic dude on the planet

[@virtualatheist]

MINE'S ON THE WAY!!!! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[@Ezlo01221]

Will get mine Tuesday!

[@GojiraXR9]

Wow. He really outshines the entire development team. They should make him the president of the company.

[@17joren]

Matt must have been trippin hard at Burning Man when he came up with Dunamancy.

[@DFG3755]

This man is a fabulous nerd 🤓 ❤

[@user-jz9xd4ik2c]

Last time I was this early I didn’t have the PHB yet.

[@BashenManTV]

I saw the Tal'dorae book listed on Amazon for $300. 164pgs.

[@terryt2191]

I see Matthew Mercer i click Like!

[@GazpachoTabletop]

Yeah this book sounds fantastic