D&D (2024) D&D Mysteries of the Multiverse Reveal

The last segment of today's D&D Direct presentation featured Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford, both D&D game architects. They talked about what adventures to expect the rest of this year, what's coming next year, and beyond, all centered around the D&D Multiverse.

After a recap of the adventures to date, Perkins and Crawford showed some art from Bigby Presents: The Glory of the Giants, coming this year. Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk will explore the mysterious obelisks that have been appearing in adventures over the last nine years and connects to The Lost Mines of Phandelver.

That will be followed by Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse, which will lay groundwork for a major adventure in 2024. Lastly for 2023, they'll delve into the chaos-causing Deck of Many Things, and the story behind the legendary item.

A major D&D villain will be making his return in 2024. Vecna's true cosmic horror will be unleashed in 2024 with a world-hopping adventure that will celebrate D&D's 50 year history and reveals deeper plots for years to come.

But Vecna is just one-part of D&D's interconnected storytelling. A lot more will be revealed in the next five years. For example, the Red Wizards of Thay will be featured in a 2025 adventure, and Venger from the D&D cartoon will return to be the main antagonist in another future adventure. The League of Malevolence, introduced in The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, will seek power across the multiverse in stories to come.

All in all, Crawford and Perkins teased many more adventures to come, some of which will interconnect, building a big story that plays out throughout the D&D Multiverse.

 

[Retreater]

The Deck of Many Things ... long has it ended D&D Campaigns - now it ends an entire Edition.

 

[Incenjucar]

The Deck of Many Things ... long has it ended D&D Campaigns - now it ends an entire Edition.

See now I want an item called the Deck of Many Endings

 

[Retreater]

See now I want an item called the Deck of Many Endings

When I was a teenager I created a joke spell called "End the Scenario." It killed everyone. When they were surprised by the outcome, I said "I didn't call it 'WIN the Scenario'."

 

[Erdric Dragin]

Can't wait to see how horribly butchered 5e Planescape is gonna be, so I can show the newbs to the game the REAL Planescape by shoving 2E books and boxed sets in their digital arms.

 

[Dr. Bull]

I'm grateful they're making a book on Phandelver that will hopefully tie-in the box sets and the region. It's a well developed resource that is excellent for introducing D&D to new players.

In 4e, I appreciated the Nentir Vale (one of the few things I liked about 4e). It was like an old-school sandbox with plenty of undefined territory. WOTC planned to develop Nentir further, but then they moved into 5e... It would have been grand.

 

[vecna00]

Not sure if I called the Vecna adventure or just lots of wishful thinking.

Also, that new DiTerlizzi art is fantastic!

 

[BovineofWar]

Welp, I was going to buy Planescape anyways, because Planescape. At least if it's as threadbare as Spelljammer, I'll have a beautiful boxed set of 3x 32-page DiTerlizzi and DiTerlizzi-styled art.

 

[orial]

That Planescape image is Tony DeTerlizzi artwork!View attachment 280088

 

[orial]

I don't see a signature, but if it is not his work, it's by someone who has convincingly captured many elements of his style.

See DiTerlizzi’s Instagram. It’s him

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Hmm, so the Phandelver book doesn't reprint Lost Mines? Or does it?

I'm the weirdo who's mostly interested in the Book of Many Things.

I remain baffled that they can create every possible product for Honor Among Thieves except for one with D&D rules inside of it, to provide the smoothest possible on-ramp from movie-viewer to lifelong game player (and customer). Why weren't they handing out quickplay kits or at least slapping QR codes for them up at every screening? So strange.