Published May 7, 2026, 11:57 AM EDT

Critical Role regular Alexander Ward brought back his Tiefling Rogue Lividity, helping to establish a shared universe

Dungeon Masters just gave official D&D actual plays something they've been missing

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Critical Role regular Alexander Ward made his surprise debut in this week’s episode of Dungeon Masters , the official Dungeons & Dragons actual play series — and he brought back one of the coolest D&D actual play characters in recent memory.

[ Ed. note : Spoilers for episode 3 of Dungeon Masters .]

Episode 4 , titled “Prison Break,” was released on May 6. In it, the core party of Professor Crem de la Crem (Neal Newbon), his wife Zora Thornska (Devora Wilde), and sellswords Eloin Emberleaf (Christian Navarro) and Wesley (Mayanna Berrin) are tasked with venturing deep into Prison Sorrow to break out a dangerous captive.…