Before "Downfall," Mercer had given way to Aabria Iyengar, known for her work on "Worlds Beyond Number" and "Dimension 20," for a quick whirl in the GM chair.
In "Downfall," Salim played the Arch Heart, a god in Mercer's world of Exandria.
On Thursday's episode, Salim reprised his role as the Arch Heart while game-mastering the final hour of the show. It was a campaign-defining moment and the Campaign Three characters' first extended interaction with a god of the Exandrian pantheon.
Mercer said during the episode's after-show cooldown that he and Salim, who's based in the UK, had been discussing the possibility of Salim coming back to CR since "Downfall" aired in July.
Salim then flew out to Los Angeles to film the episode. He and Mercer then had a two to three-hour crash course over lunch the day before they filmed the episode, where Mercer gave Salim all the lore he needed to take over the game.
"When Matt asked, essentially, I was like — yeah, I'll do it! And then I'm now backstage, like, 'what the fuck am I doing?'" Salim said on "CR Cooldown."
Salim's hour as game master also marks the first time Mercer has handed over the CR reins to someone outside his regular nerdworld collaborators. So all bets are off about who fans might see next on the show, especially as CR Campaign Three careens toward its final arcs.
On another front, the CR crew is also promoting the third season of their animated series, "The Legend of Vox Machina," which airs on Prime Video starting October 3.
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