Quote Originally Posted by Spriteless View Post
Big parties, like those in critical role or dimension 20 or any popular D&D cast, are boring and drag down the action. I can barely handle 4 players in my home game without getting confused, and I have to stay engaged or the game ends as I am the GM. I have no idea who 1/3 of the cast of critical role is, and I've watched a couple of episodes. Well, I sped through the fighting bits. Let Mercer describe how spooky the monsters are and watch some faces before the slog of too many people taking turns begins.

Didn't even make it to combat in dimension 20.
Honestly my problem with Critical Role was less the size of the party (although that doesn't help) and more the lack of editing. I'm still incredibly annoyed at the fact that we aren't going to get more Titansgraave, as the editing (especially of combat) helped keep the flow. Only good RPG show in my opinion.

Oh well, I still have my book. I can adapt it to Modern AGE and run it with some people who haven't seen it. Maybe we can come up with a decent conclusion.