@matthewmercer had blast at the Critical Role Pan El at SDCC. I was right behind Beau to ask a question when it was cut off. But thank you so much for the great panel. If you have a chance I would love your thoughts. pic.twitter.com/uJeDDiBmSX

— Jake Skrok (@skrokstar) July 23, 2018

I think it is important to be aware of content for inspiration, or industry trends if you wish to create content in the industry. I’m bad at this these days, however (free time…where are you?!) Distraction/Losing interest is a fear, but I take breaks as needed.

— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) July 23, 2018

when it comes to module design, how do you go about balancing the amount of combat vs non combat encounters(RP or otherwise)? Do you usually favor one or another, or try to balance and let the DM make adjustments based on the group? I kind of dodge the question – I try to avoid creating situations where only combat or interaction will work, largely because you can never tell what crazy crap the players might pull

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) August 13, 2018

That is…now that I think about it, the right answer and the one I think I knew in my heart of hearts. Thank you, good sir. On that note, have you ever struggled to inspire your players to approach encounters more creatively? How did you handle it? Try laying out interesting stuff for them to try, or show an NPC doing something interesting. I’d also think about how I present DCs – err on the side of allowing a thing to work without a check.

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) August 13, 2018

wizard

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) August 18, 2018

Watching Dr Strange, and I’m curious… what #dnd class do you think Stephen Strange is? @ChrisPerkinsDnD @ToddKenreck @Wizards_DnD @mikemearls Wizard. His magic is based on his intellect and his understanding of the multiverse. Warlocks make pacts with another entity to get their magic and a Sorcerer has magic innately because of a bloodline, accident, experiment or divine prophecy.

— Todd Kenreck (@ToddKenreck) August 18, 2018

The math of games is tricky business. For instance, assume in a game you need to roll a 3 or higher on 1d6, and you can reroll 1s. My observed experience is that in such situations nearly 50% of dice rolled yield a 2.

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) August 17, 2018

I recently saw someone attempting to buff GWM to work on 3’s and 4’s as well, not realizing that this would lead to lower results overall : D that's why it's a PLAYTEST stream!

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) August 17, 2018