D&D 5E 5-Part Forgotten Realms Adventure Coming Next Week

From Polygon comes a report that WotC is releasing for download an anthology of five adventures for character levels 8-10 on June 29th to celebrate the Magic the Gathering: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms card set.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, a Dungeons & Dragons-themed set of cards for Magic: The Gathering, is introducing something special — and free — for fans of D&D. A substantial role-playing adventure will be made available for download starting around June 29. Wizards made the announcement earlier this month during a private press event.

In the past, new sets of Magic cards have been heralded by some excellent digital fiction — lengthy and well-written short stories that set the mood for the coming cards. This time around, publisher Wizards of the Coast is taking a different tack. Instead of short stories, it’s releasing a module for characters level eight through 10. Meris Mullaley, world-building and narrative design manager at Wizards, said that there would be five adventures. Each will run between 15 and 20 pages in total.

That's a pretty interesting level range -- presumably to make traveling the planes at some point in the adventure easier. And at a total of between 75 and 100 pages, it's a pretty significant work.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The Polygon article linked in the first post in this thread has no mention of a free adventure. Does anybody have a source that actually says this is happening?

Whoa. It did when I linked it originally. That's where the quote came from. But you're right, that text is gone now.

So is the adventure delayed or scrapped?

 

[Burnside]

I assume so, yeah.

Guess there's a chance they'll release it during D&D Live. Otherwise, it's probably been scrapped.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Whoa. It did when I linked it originally. That's where the quote came from. But you're right, that text is gone now.

So is the adventure delayed or scrapped?

Probably not scrapped as the article is still up, but definitely delayed.

 

[Parmandur]

I assume so, yeah.

Guess there's a chance they'll release it during D&D Live. Otherwise, it's probably been scrapped.

I'm guessing delayed: the cards aren't being released quite yet, and the marketing D&D team has a history of delays for promotional or charity adventure products.

 

[Parmandur]

The Polygon article linked in the first post in this thread has no mention of a free adventure. Does anybody have a source that actually says this is happening?

Ummm, I just checked the article, it still talks about the adventure?

 

[Steampunkette]

... I wonder if it'll be launched on D&DBeyond?

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Ummm, I just checked the article, it still talks about the adventure?

The date is removed though.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Ummm, I just checked the article, it still talks about the adventure?

Clear your cache. All references to an actual D&D adventure have been removed.

 

[Parmandur]

The date is removed though.

Clear your cache. All references to an actual D&D adventure have been removed.

No, checked with other browsers, I still see all the same info: 5 part adventure, June 29th.

 

[Burnside]

No, checked with other browsers, I still see all the same info: 5 part adventure, June 29th.

Weird, I totally do not see that.