Dragon Delves Dedicated to Chris Perkins

The new Dragon Delves anthology is dedicated to Chris Perkins, who recently retired from Wizards of the Coast. The new adventure anthology is officially out in early release today. The new anthology contains a brief dedication to Perkins in the credits, acknowledgind his "decades of contributions" to Dungeons & Dragons. Perkins is also credited as a designer for the book.

Perkins had worked for Wizards of the Coast since 1997, holding a variety of design-related roles with the company and spearheading much of the work for D&D's popular 5th Edition. Perkins announced his retirement back in April, following the release of the final 2024/2025 Core Rulebook. However, his retirement was a brief one, as Critical Role's Darrington Press announced that he was joining the publisher as Creative Director, a role similar to the one he held at Wizards of the Coast.

 

[darjr]

We don't talk enough about how Perkins was devoured by a dragon, which is why he isn't at WotC any more.

He IS the dragon!

 

[Nikosandros]

Unless I'm really blind, the physical book contains no such dedication in the credits.

Edit: Can confirm, the dedication appears only in the DNDBeyond version of the book, not the physical version.

Probably, when the book was sent to the printer, Perkins had not yet announced his retirement.

 

[sevenbastard]

The new adventure anthology is officially out in early release today.

Have they done any marketing on this? I feel like i haven't seen much recently, but maybe I'm just looking on the wrong place.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Have they done any marketing on this? I feel like i haven't seen much recently, but maybe I'm just looking on the wrong place.

They did a bunch about a month ago and then sort of stopped, presumably because they were busy laying off folks like Kendrick who handled a lot of their in-house promotions.

 

[Zaukrie]

So, how are the PCs supposed to defeat the two powerful monsters in the level 1 adventure? Let alone potentially both of them at the same time? I don't see a way to talk their way out of the two combats.....(not after they kill the dragon, if they do).

 

[Burnside]

DNDBeyond is pushing a new "Quick Maps" functionality for this book, where the Maps VTT maps for it come pre-populated with tokens and fog of war for Master Tier subscribers with early access (I'm both). They made a video touting it and everything.

Only problem? The adventure isn't in their Maps VTT at all, Quick Maps or otherwise.

EDIT: They fixed this!

 

[MonsterEnvy]

DNDBeyond is pushing a new "Quick Maps" functionality for this book, where the Maps VTT maps for it come pre-populated with tokens and fog of war for Master Tier subscribers with early access (I'm both). They made a video touting it and everything.

Only problem? The adventure isn't in their Maps VTT at all, Quick Maps or otherwise.

I just tested it, and it very much is.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

So, how are the PCs supposed to defeat the two powerful monsters in the level 1 adventure? Let alone potentially both of them at the same time? I don't see a way to talk their way out of the two combats.....(not after they kill the dragon, if they do).

They should be Level 2 before they fight either of them.

 

[Parmandur]

Have they done any marketing on this? I feel like i haven't seen much recently, but maybe I'm just looking on the wrong place.

They did: not a lot to speculate on, since it is just an Adventure anthology themed around dragons, but there are some summaries and art from a couple months back.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Do FLGS's have the physical book in stock yet, with the limited cover? Or is it just digitally available on D&D Beyond . . . if you purchased the digital/physical bundle (or just the digital version)?

WPN stores (like mine) do. I have it in my hands right now!