Critical Role, the largest streamer group for Dungeons & Dragons on Twitch, has announced the first information about their fourth campaign. We have gathered all the known information regarding the start, the cast, the new Dungeon Master, and which system will be used.
When does Critical Role Campaign 4 start? Campaign 4 of Critical Role will start on October 2, 2025. According to the Fireside Chat from August 22 (YouTube), the first four episodes have already been recorded and are intended to serve as an overture.
Where can Campaign 4 be watched? Critical Role will also release Campaign 4 via Twitch, YouTube, and their own streaming service Beacon.
The premiere of each episode is expected to again take place weekly from Thursday to Friday via Twitch, Beacon, and YouTube. The video-on-demand will be made available on Beacon right after the live show. Those without a Beacon subscription can catch the VoD on YouTube starting the following Monday.
Critical Role – Campaign 4: Everything about the system, DM, and cast
Will Critical Role use D&D or Daggerheart in Campaign 4? Campaign 4 will be played with Dungeons & Dragons 2024, not with Critical Role’s own system Daggerheart.
They will receive support from two of the developers of D&D 2024: Chris Perkins, former Game Designer, and Jeremy Crawford, former game and lead rules designer for the fourth and fifth editions of Dungeons & Dragons. Both played significant roles in the development of D&D 2024 and are now employed by Critical Role.
Who is the Dungeon Master for Campaign 4? Critical Role’s fourth campaign will be led by Brennan Lee Mulligan.
Brennan Lee Mulligan is a U.S. author, actor, and comedian. However, he is primarily known as the Dungeon Master for various English-speaking tabletop groups: In addition to Dimension 20, he also leads Worlds Beyond Number, Pirates of Leviathan, and Adventures on the Stoop. Critical Role fans may recognize him from the four-part mini-series Exandria Unlimited: Calamity (YouTube).
Who plays in Campaign 4? The cast of Campaign 4 will include a total of 14 people, including the Dungeon Master and the full previous Critical Role group:
- Brennan Lee Mulligan: DM
- Laura Bailey: Player
- Taliesin Jaffe: Player
- Ashley Johnson: Player
- Matthew Mercer: Player
- Liam O’Brian: Player
- Marisha Ray: Player
- Sam Riegel: Player
- Travis Willingham: Player
- Luis Carazo: Player
- Robbie Daymond: Player
- Aabria Iyengar: Player
- Whitney Moore: Player
- Alexander Ward: Player
What characters will be in Campaign 4? Currently, it is not known which characters will be involved in the fourth campaign.
Critical Role – Campaign 4: Everything about the campaign style and setting
What kind of campaign will the fourth one be? Campaign 4 will be held in the West Marches
style. In this format, several groups of adventurers will experience the world through interconnected and independent story arcs.
For this, the 13 players will divide into three small groups after the first four episodes: the Soldiers, the Cunning, and the Seekers.
What kind of world will Campaign 4 take place in? The campaign will for the first time not take place in the already known world of Exandria. Instead, the players will face adventures in the new setting of Aramán.
In Aramán, there are no gods anymore, which affects the abilities of certain classes, including Clerics. The world will be shaped by DM Brennan Lee Mulligan along with Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins. There will be new subclasses, backgrounds, feats, and spells.
As soon as there is more information about Campaign 4 from Critical Role, we will update this article. In addition to the digital campaign, the group has also announced live events for 2026, including one in Berlin. You can read all about it here: Critical Role: Echoes of Exandria Tour 2026 – All important information about tickets, dates, and prices
