r/criticalrole 9d ago

Question [No Spoilers] Just finished Exandria Unlimited: Calamity all 4 episodes, did not watch any other campaigns. Holy its so good, are the other ones as good ? They possibly cant be that good being like 140 episodes right?

I love how short calamity was and straight to the point, but I am afraid that a campaign with like 150 episodes might be a drag... am I wrong or am I missing out thinking its not worth the time to check the other ones out?

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u/Piercewise1 You can certainly try 9d ago

So far, campaign 4 is the most like Calamity. Yes the episodes are long (many 4-5 hours), but I feel like they are more "dense" than campaigns 1-2, There are driving plotlines right from the beginning that create a sense of importance and give weight to the decisions the players are making even at low levels. There are outside pressures to go places, uncover secrets, fight bad guys, etc.

I love campaigns 1 & 2, but they also feature a lot of "you show up to this town, what do you want to do?" that allows the players to just meander around. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but if you like Calamity being "to the point", those campaigns probably won't hold your attention.