Critical Role just made one of D&D's most popular classes even more broken

For as long as Critical Role has existed, the cast and crew have made it clear to Critters that they are open to bending or straight-up changing the rules of Dungeons & Dragons to fit the story they want to tell. For example, Matthew Mercer has created classes like the Blood Hunter and added subclasses to better fit the stories his players are telling together.

Though Mercer no longer serves as Dungeon Master for Critical Role’s latest campaign, DM Brennan Lee Mulligan has also changed and homebrewed several rules, altering how death, combat, and even magic work. His latest tweak, however, affects one of D&D’s most popular classes, making it more powerful — and perhaps more broken — than ever.

In episode 41 of Campaign 4, titled “True Nature,” the show returns to Tyranny (Whitney Moore) and Wicander Halovar (Sam Riegel) in the demonic plane known as The Pit as they continue to unravel the mystery behind Ksha'aravi. Ksha'aravi is Tyranny’s father and the demon that was left in charge of the Pit after Iljaza, the queen of demons, was obliterated alongside the Dying Fields in the aftermath of the Shaper’s War.

With help from the resurrected Tsul’rekshi, a powerful demon who has aided the party throughout the campaign and now holds Ksha’aravi’s debt after Ksha'aravi ingested Wick’s soul as a bargaining chip, Tyranny and Wick discover that Yanessa Halovar is hiding a dark secret.

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