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This page is about the actor. For the character from a one-shot campaign, see Matthew Mercer (character).

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Matthew Mercer'southward catchphrase when the players defeat a challenge

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Matthew Miller, known by stage name Matthew Mercer, is a vocalization actor, a member of the main cast of Critical Role, and the chief creative officeholder at Disquisitional Office Productions LLC. He is the Dungeon Main of the main Critical Role campaigns.

He is also a fellow member of the lath of directors for the Critical Role Foundation and the creative advisor at Darrington Press LLC. He has too been the Dungeon Master for several special episodes. He also voices Sylas Briarwood in The Fable of Vox Machina besides as additional voices.

Contents

• one Disquisitional Role Productions
  • 1.ane Pre-stream
  • 1.2 Principal campaigns
  • one.3 Player characters
  • 1.4 Games played as Game Primary
• 2 Other works
  • 2.1 Custom D&D materials
  • two.2 D&D sourcebooks
  • ii.three Other actual play series
  • 2.4 Voice interim
• 3 Personal life
• iv Trivia
• v External links
• six References

Disquisitional Role Productions

Pre-stream

In 2012, Liam O'Brien asked Matthew Mercer to run a D&D one-shot for his birthday. At the time, Matthew kept telling Liam about the D&D game he was running and often invited Liam to join. The game then became an ongoing Pathfinder entrada.

When Matt created the campaign that eventually became Critical Role, he fabricated up his own earth, Exandria, and restructured some of the game system rules to permit for more flexibility in the storyline. He has been the Dungeon Principal since the beginning of the campaign in 2012.

Matt creating a battlemap

In training for the streamed series, Matt converted the game over from Pathfinder to Dungeons & Dragons, considering Pathfinder combat is slower due to an abundance of various modifiers. D&D besides has more name recognition. When converting their game, Matt had to create a custom fighter's Martial Archetype for Taliesin Jaffe'due south grapheme, Percy, as the Gunslinger subclass didn't be in fifth Edition D&D. The two of them took a full solar day to switch over the character and all of his stats and abilities.

Main campaigns

At the beginning of the series, Matt created custom battlemaps past cartoon grids on paper. He eventually upgraded to three-dimensional maps, and spends fourth dimension every week assembling battlemaps from the hundreds of pieces he has collected over the years. He hand-crafted some of the map elements, and has painted some minis by hand.^[two]

During the evidence, Matt is responsible for the music, and with the new Campaign Three gear up, the ambiant lighting.

In an open letter published a few days before the Entrada 3 premiere, Matthew Mercer confirmed that he was working with cultural and sensitivity consultants "throughout the worldbuilding and presentation of Marquet" to ensure that aspects of the continent of Marquet, the primary setting for the campaign, would be "lending a familiarity and jubilant aspects of those same languages and cultures without appropriating them".^[three]

Player characters

See also: Player characters played by Matthew Mercer
Although Matt is the Dungeon Master for the main campaigns of Critical Role, he occasionally gets to be a histrion for one-shots and miniseries.

• Matthew Mercer, Human Bard ("Liam's Quest: Full Circle" (Sx16))
• Matthew Mercer, vampire ("Thursday by Night: Part 1" (Sx24))
• Trinket, bear ("Trinket's Love Heist" (Sx27) and "Honey Heist 2:Electric Beargaloo" (Sx35))
• Reggie Burns, raccoon ("Crash Pandas: Besides Trashed, Likewise Curious" (Sx37))
• Klaus, Christmas elf fighter ("The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41))
• Clayton Sharpe ("UnDeadwood")
• Dariax, dwarf sorcerer ("Exandria Unlimited")

Matthew Mercer ^{[art 2]}

Vampire Matthew Mercer ^{[art iii]}

Trinket ^{[art 4]}

Reggie Burns ^{[art 5]}

Klaus Prigman ^{[art six]}

Clayton Sharpe ^{[fine art 7]}

Dariax ^{[fine art 8]}

Games played as Game Master

Matthew Mercer as the Dungeon Principal^{[art 9]}

• Campaign I: Vox Machina
• Campaign Two: The Mighty Nein
• Entrada Three
• "Critical Trolls for Extra Life" (Sx02)
• "D&Diesel" (Sx03)
• "Disquisitional Role Q&A and Battle Royale!" (Sx08)
• "To the Poop! Goblins: A Disquisitional Role Pathfinder One-Shot" (Sx09)
• "Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale: Have Ii" (Sx10)
• "Deadlands 1-Shot for MDA Charity!" (Sx11)
• "Critical Role – Level 17 Battle Royale!" (Sx19)
• "Critical Function 1-Shot: Shadow of War – Office 1" (Sx22)
• "Critical Function Ane-Shot: Shadow of War – Part 2" (Sx23)
• "Critical Role One-Shot: Kobolds, Catacombs and Dragons (Oh My!)" (Sx29)
• "Disquisitional Role Ane-Shot: Epic Level Boxing Royale" (Sx30)
• "The Search For Grog" (Sx42)
• "Stephen Colbert's D&D Adventure with Matthew Mercer" (Sx43)
• "The Search For Bob" (Sx45)
• "Dalen's Closet" (Sx47)
• "The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade" (Sx49)
• "Cinderbrush: A Monsterhearts Story" (Sx51)
• "Doom Eternal One-Shot" (Sx52)
• "Diablo Ane Shot" (Sx54)
• "The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - Function I: Decease & Taxes" (Sx55)
• "Vox Machina vs. Mighty Nein" (Sx57)
• "Elden Ring One-Shot: O Ye of Little Faith" (Sx65)

Other works

Custom D&D materials

Fan art of Matthew Mercer as a bard in the College of the Maestro, by NLN4.^{[art x]}

Matt created several custom supplementals for Dungeons & Dragons, 5^th edition, some of which are bachelor on the Dungeon Masters Social club or have been included in official Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks:

• "Claret Hunter" form^[4] Also available on D&D Beyond^[5]
• "Lingering Soul" class^[6]
• "College of the Maestro" (bard subclass)^[7]
• "Gunslinger" (fighter subclass)^[viii]
• "Claret domain" (cleric bracket)^[nine]
• "Empathy Domain" (cleric subclass)^[ten]
• "Path of Fundamental Chaos" ( barbarian subclass)^{[11] [12]}
• "Path of the Juggernaut" (barbarian subclass)^[thirteen]
• "Runechild" (sorcerer bracket)^[xiv]
• "Way of the Cobalt Soul" (monk subclass)^[xv]
• "Oath of the Open Sea" (paladin subclass)^[16]

D&D sourcebooks

Matt has worked as a writer and game designer on several official D&D materials.

• Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Entrada Setting
• Explorer'southward Guide to Wildemount
• Critical Role: Phone call of the Netherdeep
• Tal'Dorei Entrada Setting Reborn

Other actual play series

In addition to Disquisitional Role, Matt served as the dungeon master for Geek & Sundry's CelebriD&D miniseries in 2017. He appeared equally a player on twice on CollegeHumor 's testify Dimension 20: the first fourth dimension every bit Leiland in Escape from the Bloodkeep, and the second time as Jack in Pirates of Leviathan. Brennan Lee Mulligan served as Dungeon Master for both games.

Matt also appeared as a DM or player on several other series, such as Force Grey, RealmSmith and The Run a risk Zone.

Voice acting

Matt began his phonation acting career with video games in the mid-2000s. He worked on several anime dubbing projects, and has lended his vocalization to dozens of characters in western animation. Some of Matt's well-known roles are Jotaro Kujo from Jojo's Bizarre Risk, Levi Ackerman from Attack on Titan, and Cole Cassidy in Overwatch.

Personal life

Photo of Matthew Mercer, by Heirlume Photography.^{[art 11]}

At a immature age, Matt suffered from a stutter. His male parent, who also stuttered, got him a spoken language therapist who reduced the effects to the point that merely certain words trigger it.^[17] He has revealed in multiple interviews that he suffers from torso dysmorphic disorder and has always struggled with his physical advent.^{[18] [19]}

As a freshman at high school, approximately 14 years sometime,^[xx] Matt joined pop arts club, where he started playing Dungeons & Dragons^[21] Although he promptly roughshod in love with the game, about players at the table preferred mechanical aspects of DnD, which did non defenseless Matt's firsthand interest. Seeing the potential and the instruments DnD provided for storytellers, he began DMing his own campaign wtih narrative incline.^{[22] [23]}

Earlier his aspiration for interim, in his middle years school Matthew wanted to exist a chemist and during his loftier school an illustrator.^[24]

When Matt began pursuing acting, he discovered that there were many Matt Millers in the industry. To make his proper name more memorable, he decided to modify information technology from Miller to Mercer, a family unit proper noun dated 3 generations back.^[25]

Starting with "Strangers with Processed" era in the late 90s, Matthew Mercer is a long time fan of Stephen Colbert^[26] and had him on dream DnD guest star list since July 2015.^[27]

On Oct 21, 2017, in between campaigns One and Two, Matt married Marisha Ray. They alive together with their pets Omar and Dagon. For their third anniversary, Matt shared some video highlights from his appointment to Marisha. He created a fake escape room with the help of friends, where she had to solve puzzles and fight a monster before he proposed to her.

Matt has done cosplay every bit a hobby for years. He even cosplayed as Pumat Sol during a convention, and again for a Twitch ad that sometimes plays during episode breaks.

Trivia

Official Matt Mercer mini by WizKids

• He shares his middle name, Christopher, with Liam O'Brien.
• When asked if he could exist any actor character in the game, Matt has repeatedly chosen Scanlan.
• In the Critical Role Major Arcana Tarot Card Fix, he (as the Dungeon Master) represents XXI - The Earth.
• Matt's NPCs are sometimes borrowed from or inspired past his thespian characters from other games. Two of these characters are Grimthorne and Eskil Ryndarien.
  • It is possible that Trent Ikithon was besides at least partially inspired by Matt's kickoff D&D Character, a Militant Sorcerer chosen Emeritus Trent.^[28]
• A miniature figure of Matt was released past WizKids in 2021 as office of the Character of Exandria gear up.
• Matt's chosen drinkable for his Between the Sheets interview was a night & stormy.
• Every Halloween, the cast of Critical Role dresses up in costume for one episode. Matthew has dressed up every bit Geralt of Rivia (2015), Victor (2016), Dante from Devil May Cry (2018), Cole Cassidy (2019), Artagan (2020) and Laura Bailey (2021).
• On Talks Machina, the host Brian Wayne Foster liked to "#ThankMyGuests" with names that were either mispronounced or wordplay that sounded close to their names. Here are the names for Matthew Mercer:

Mike Mercer Michael Mercy Mike Murker Mad He Cursed Her Math Precursor Path Traverser Splat Nurser Bathroom Nurser

Brand You Cry Mercy Merciless Murder Back Few Nerves Hurt Cast and Crew Hurt-er Thank you Turnt Sir Blast You Zauber Ogres Odour the Worst Sir Stabby Crow Voicer

External links

• Critical Role'due south Matthew Mercer: The Human, the Myth, the Dungeon Master (October 29, 2015)
• Critical Part Character Soundtrack by Matthew Mercer (Dec ten, 2015)
• Role's Matthew Mercer: Where you've heard him before (March 9, 2016)
• Between the Sheets: Matthew Mercer (October 31, 2018)
• IMDb Profile

References

1. ↑ Betwixt the Sheets: Matthew Mercer
2. ↑ The challenge of Critical Role is staying on peak of the fantastical details; Polygon, Nov eighteen, 2020.
3. ↑ See A Warm Welcome to Marquet and Campaign 3! on critrole.com
4. ↑ Come across "Claret Hunter Class" (source).
5. ↑ See "Blood Hunter Form Details" on D&D Across
6. ↑ See "Lingering Soul Class" (source).
7. ↑ See "College of the Maestro - Bard Higher Option" (source).
8. ↑ See "Gunslinger Martial Classic for Fighters" (source).
9. ↑ Run across Disquisitional Part: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 101.
10. ↑ "Critical Function's Sam Riegel Spills on New Campaign, Reveals Inspiration and Bracket for New Character" (November 4, 2021) by Christian Hoffer at ComicBook.com.
11. ↑ Run into "The Depict of Destiny" (3x01) at 2:00:34.
12. ↑ CritRoleStats stated that Matt was referring to the proper noun of Ashton's bracket in "Quick Answers 88".
13. ↑ See Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 102.
14. ↑ Run into Critical Part: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 103.
15. ↑ See Disquisitional Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 104.
16. ↑ Paladin Oath of the Open Sea on D&D Beyond
17. ↑ Betwixt the Sheets: Matthew Mercer
18. ↑ Conversation with Matt Mercer
19. ↑ Between the Sheets: Matthew Mercer
20. ↑ Run into "Stephen Colbert's D&D Adventure with Matthew Mercer" (Sx43) at 3:50.
21. ↑ Conversation with Matt Mercer at 40:38
22. ↑ Chat with Matt Mercer at 42:02
23. ↑ Building Your Ain Entrada Setting (with Matthew Mercer) │ Adventuring Academy.
24. ↑ Chat with Matt Mercer at 30:38
25. ↑ More on: Twitter and Conversation with Matt Mercer
26. ↑ Conversation with Matt Mercer at 53:35
27. ↑ Run across "Attack on the Duergar Warcamp" (1x04) at 3:47:24.
28. ↑ Run into Matt's tweet.

Art:

1. ↑ Photograph of Matthew Mercer for Variety, past Robyn Von Swank (source). This file is a copyrighted piece of work. Its use in this article is asserted to authorize as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.
2. ↑ Official portrait by Kendra Wells
3. ↑ Official portrait by Kendra Wells
4. ↑ Official portrait by Joana Carvalho
5. ↑ Official portrait by Hugo Cardenas
6. ↑ Official portrait by Hugo Cardenas
7. ↑ Official portrait by Kent Davis
8. ↑ Official portrait past Minttu Hynninen
9. ↑ From Hype: Autumn Programming Schedule on CritRole.com
10. ↑ Fan art of Matthew Mercer as a bard in the College of the Maestro, by NLN4 (source). Used with permission.
11. ↑ Photograph of Matthew Mercer, by Heirlume Photography (source). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair utilize of the material nether United States copyright law.

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Main cast	Current Laura Bailey • Taliesin Jaffe • Ashley Johnson • Matthew Mercer • Liam O'Brien • Marisha Ray • Sam Riegel • Travis Willingham Former Orion Acaba
Guest stars	Campaign ane Kit Buss • Felicia Twenty-four hour period • Will Friedle • Chris Hardwick • Jon Heder • Joe Manganiello • Mary Elizabeth McGlynn • Jason Charles Miller • Darin De Paul • Chris Perkins • Patrick Rothfuss • ND Stevenson • Wil Wheaton Campaign 2 Ashly Burch • Mica Burton • Marker Hulmes • Sumalee Montano • Khary Payton • Chris Perkins • Deborah Ann Woll Campaign 3 Robbie Daymond Pre-Stream Yuri Lowenthal
1-shots and miniseries Invitee stars Krystina Arielle • Eric Bauza • Ally Beardsley • Anjali Bhimani • Jasmine Bhullar • Dani Carr • Aimee Carrero • Dan Casey • Jessica Chobot • Stephen Colbert • H. Michael Croner • Vin Diesel • Zac Eubank • Brian Wayne Foster • Wendy Sullivan Green • Jennifer Hale • Blair Herter • Erika Ishii • Aabria Iyengar • Phil LaMarr • Erica Lindbeck • Yuri Lowenthal • Carlos Luna • Erica Luttrell • Markeia McCarty • Brennan Lee Mulligan • Julie Nathanson • Michelle Nguyen Bradley • Ivan Van Norman • Ify Nwadiwe • Molly Ostertag • Roger Craig Smith • TJ Storm • Amy Vorpahl • Brittany Walloch-Key • Alexander Ward • Stefanie Woodburn
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