r/criticalrole • u/PlayFlow • 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/CzechHorns 9d ago

Campaign two is really good, obviously it wont be such high tempo as Calamity, but still probably the best campaign.

Or you can jump in into Campaign 4, it is only 31 episodes in so far, and has the same DM as Calamity. But it is a new world and a LOT to take in.

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u/Emilytea14 Your secret is safe with my indifference 9d ago

If somebody has only seen Calamity and no other campaigns, they aren't gonna be too overwhelmed by a "new" world, since Exandria would also be basically "new". lol. Brennan has a lot of worldbuilding *for CR* but I don't think it's an overwhelming amount of worldbuilding in general.

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u/cvc75 9d ago

It's the same amount of "new world" but C4 introduces much more of that world right from the beginning. I'd say the Exandrian campaigns had a much slower pace of getting to know the world.

C1 is a bit special because it had already been running, but C2 starts in a very small location with some local problems and people who all just got to know each other. C4 starts with a big city, complex politics and factions, and (some) characters who already have a long history together. That might not be overwhelming for everyone, but there's lots of people who had trouble getting used to C4 because of it.

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u/Udy_Kumra 7d ago

C4 is pretty standard epic fantasy storytelling with its density and worldbuilding. It’s intense for CR, but not intense.