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**Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting** is a book written by Matthew Mercer with the help of James Haeck. It was published on October 17, 2017 by Green Ronin Publishing and is available in both hardcover and PDF formats.

The guide is presented as a reference for players looking to run their own campaigns in the setting inhabited by Vox Machina.Template:Guide ref It is also accepted as a canon resource for the purposes of this wiki. The guide covers in detail the history, geography, politics, and other lore of the continent of Tal'Dorei as of one year after the fall of the Chroma Conclave.Template:Guide ref As such, it contains some information that has never been covered in the main storyline of Critical Role.

## **Contents**

* **Introduction** (by Matthew Mercer)
* **Chapter 1: Campaigns in Tal'Dorei**
	+ The History and Calamity of Tal'Dorei
		- The Myth of Exandria
			* The Founding
			* The Age of Arcanum
			* The Calamity
		- The History of Tal'Dorei
			* Gwessar
			* The Iron Rule of Drassig
			* The Scattered War
			* Battle of the Umbra Hills
			* The Rise of Tal'Dorei
			* The Icelost Years
			* The Cinder King
			* The Chroma Conclave
		- Tal'Dorei Reborn
	+ Running a Tal'Dorei Campaign
		- The Secrets of Tal'Dorei
			* All-Powerful, Imprisoned Gods
			* Dawn of a Republic
			* A Land Thrice-Destroyed
			* Mother of Invention
			* Uncharted Territory
	+ The Pantheon of Tal'Dorei
		- The Prime Deities
			* The Archeart
			* The Allhammer
			* The Changebringer
			* The Dawnfather
			* The Everlight
			* The Knowing Mistress
			* The Lawbearer
			* The Matron of Ravens
			* The Moonweaver
			* The Platinum Dragon
			* The Stormlord
			* The Wildmother
		- The Betrayer Gods
			* The Chained Oblivion
			* The Cloaked Serpent
			* The Crawling King
			* The Lord of the Hells
			* The Ruiner
			* The Spider Queen
			* The Strife Emperor
			* The Scaled Tyrant
	+ The Races of Tal'Dorei
		- Dwarves
			* Mountain Dwarves
			* Hill Dwarves
			* Duergar
		- Elves
			* Wood Elves
			* High Elves
			* Drow
		- Halflings
			* Lightfoot
			* Stout
		- Human
		- Dragonborn
			* Draconians
			* Ravenites
		- Gnomes
			* Rock Gnomes
			* Forest Gnomes
		- Goliaths
		- Half-Elves
		- Half-Orcs
		- Genasi
		- Tieflings
	+ The Factions and Societies of Tal'Dorei
		- The Arcana Pansophical
		- The Ashari
		- The Brawler's League
		- The Chamber of Whitestone
		- The Claret Orders
		- The Clasp
		- The Council of Tal'Dorei
		- The Houses of Kraghammer
		- The Golden Grin
		- The Myriad
		- The Remnants
		- The Wardens of Syngorn
* **Chapter 2: Gazetter of Tal'Dorei**
	+ The Calendar and the Passage of Time
		- Holidays
	+ The Lucidian Coast
		- K'Tawl Swamp
		- Mooren Lake
		- Rootgarden Marsh
		- Stilben
		- Summit Peaks
		- Zephrah
	+ The Alabaster Sierras
		- Mooren River Run
		- Parchwood
		- The Salted Bluffs
		- The Shearing Channel
		- Whitestone
	+ The Dividing Plains
		- The Bramblewood
		- Foramere Basin
		- Ironseat Ridge
		- Ivyheart Thicket
		- Kymal
		- The Ruins of Torthil
		- Shadebarrow
		- Silvercut Crossroads
		- Throne of the Archeart
		- Torian Forest
		- Turst Fields
		- Westruun
		- Wildwood Byway
	+ The Cliffkeep Mountains
		- The Emberhold

## **External Links**

* Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting for sale (hard copy)
* Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting for sale (PDF)

## **References**

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1. ↑ *Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting* on Amazon