Former D&D Leads Say Critical Role's Daggerheart Represents a ‘Fundamental Shift’ for TTRPGS

Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford discuss their transition from D&D to Daggerheart and their current projects for Critical Role's TTRPG.

The short version

• Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford discuss how Daggerheart is revolutionizing the TTRPG world Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford are responsible for a lot of what Dungeons & Dragons looks like today.
• As two of the lead designers for the 5th edition of the game, they, along with Mike Mearls and many others, shaped much of D&D’s modern look, work that later carried on into the game's 5.5 edition.
• The two worked not only on the core rulebooks for both 5e and 5.5e, but also authored some of the most iconic and successful adventures published in the past decade, including Curse of Strahd , the best-selling D&D adventure of all time.

What happened

“For me, it was super easy,” Perkins says in a video interview with Polygon. “Even working on D&D, we were building on the work of previous editions and the labors of the people who made those additions.

Why it matters

It's not like we were creating a game out of nothing.” “For me, it's actually been a delight,” Crawford adds.

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