Dan Dillon is D&D's Newest Designer!

Who is Dan Dillon again? The name sounds familiar but I can't quite place it ...

Congrats to him, though.

 

[Morrus]

Congratulations to Dan Dillon, who has joined the Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons team as a game designer. Dan has done a lot of work for Kobold Press' D&D books (you can read an interview with him over at Kobold Press here and one at Tribality here). He's also worked for companies including Paizo, Rogue Genius Games, Total Party Kill Games, and Christina Styles Presents, and works as part of the "Death of the Four Horsemen" design team. More recently he worked on Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage for WotC.

Photo from Kobold Press interview​

 

[Zardnaar]

What has he done/who is he?

 

[jimmytheccomic]

He does a lot of Kobold Press stuff- in my opinion, they're the best quality 3rd party publisher, it's the best pool to draw from.

 

[Zardnaar]

He does a lot of Kobold Press stuff- in my opinion, they're the best quality 3rd party publisher, it's the best pool to draw from.

Yeah they do great stuff. Just checked credits in the Tome of Beasts, Midgard Heroes Handbook, and Midgard World book. Basicly some of the best 5E material.

 

[Jester David]

Love the guy. So happy for him and honestly think WotC is lucky to have him. In addition to every Kobold Press 5e hardcover, he did a lot of Pathfinder work, and was also involved in Dungeon of the Mad Mage.

 

[maceo]

Do you think this will mean more products than we have been seeing released?

 

[smerwin29]

Dan Dillon is an incredible RPG mind, a hard worker, passionate about the game and the hobby, and a perfect fit for the position. If you want to see more of his work (or any designers' works), RPGGeek.com is a great site: https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/71499/dan-dillon

 

[jimmytheccomic]

Love the guy. So happy for him and honestly think WotC is lucky to have him. In addition to every Kobold Press 5e hardcover, he did a lot of Pathfinder work, and was also involved in Dungeon of the Mad Mage.

He wrote the "Shadowdusk Hold" chapter of Mad Mage. We're friendly acquaintances on Facebook- I messaged him when I pulled that chapter out of the book to run it as it's own dungeon, and he had some great insights on it. Agreed that WOTC is lucky to have him.

 

[Ristamar]

For those that would like to see Dan's gaming skills in action, he was the DM of The World Tree Burns 5e Midgard campaign on Encounter Roleplay's Twitch channel.

The streams are also available on Encounter Roleplay's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4a6HmwLLXpfEMJ_-I2e7z47-NC2L0-eP