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It’s a question that many Critical Role fans have had since the announcement of Brennan Lee Mulligan as GM for campaign 4 of the show — and at Rose City Comic Con 2025, one brave Critter finally asked out loud: is Sam Riegel planning any special BLM t-shirts for the new season of the show?

For those seeking some context: Riegel has made it an unexpected tradition to wear t-shirts on the show featuring either his own face, or the face of GM Matt Mercer. Why? Well, that’s a question you’d have to ask him, but I suspect the answer may have something to do with a desire to be a chaos goblin and keep Matt humble. Here, take a look at some of the shirts for yourself:

Of course, Mercer isn’t the GM of the next campaign, which led one Critter to ask Reigel at Rose City Comic Con 2025, “Sam, have you hunted down old pictures of Brennan?”

“I have three t-shirts already,” Reigel revealed, “but if you guys have other crappy pictures of them, you can go on the Beacon Discord… on the Beacon Discord, there’s a whole channel where people send me pictures of Matt. So maybe you can send me some awful Bennan pictures.”

“You’re crowdsourcing your trolling?” asked Liam O’Brien, incredulously.

“It’s a hive mind!” protested Riegel. As to when fans can expect to see the three shirts that already exist… “I don’t know what we can say about campaign 4 or not, but… it’s not going to be episode one, guys.”

Critical Role campaign 4 begins October 2.

From the lands of Exandria to your very own smartscreens, Popverse has everything you need to know about the TTRPG phenomenon that is Critical Role. Here you'll find:

• Popverse's Critical Role watch order
• An interview with GM Brennan Lee Mulligan
• The cast's appearance at C2E2 '25

...and more. Roll initiative, player. Adventure awaits.