Campaign 4 of Critical Role continues to bring the ingredients that make a Dungeons & Dragons adventure incredible: great roleplay, intriguing characters, and intense combat. The latter played a huge part in the latest episode, with a difficult combat encounter that had Dungeon Master Brennan Lee Mulligan introducing a couple of new homebrew rules for Campaign 4.

[Ed. note: This article contains minor spoilers for episode 8 of Critical Role Campaign 4.]

Homebrew or “house rules” refers to custom modifications or changes that are created by DMs or players to alter the official rules of the game. For example, some homebrew rules add a special effect to critical hits, or alter the initiative order in combat.

Some use these altered rules for narrative flavor, while others include them to reflect the tone of the setting they’re in. For Campaign 4 of Critical Role, Mulligan’s introduction of the Desperate Measure........

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