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.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

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

They printed the cover backwards!

 

[Parmandur]

He IS the dragon!

Explains a lot, really.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

They printed the cover backwards!

Haw! I noticed that too. I didn't know that selfies were like mirrors. Wouldn't the camera turn it back around?

 

[Dire Bare]

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

Thanks!

And now we know what @FitzTheRuke looks like . . . bwahaha!

 

[Demetrios1453]

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

I wonder if anyone has tested if it glows under blacklighting?

Also, it might be best to put the info that the book is actually out in the title so it makes it more obvious to posters who might not be aware of the fact so that the discussion of the book can begin in earnest.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

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(On Perkins’ behalf)

This was my first thought, “Wait, he died?”

 

[Dire Bare]

This was my first thought, “Wait, he died?”

The dedication reads, "Perkins led us for decades, then abandoned us. He is dead to us now."

 

[Bomberooski]

Good move.

Has anyone read it and have comments? I have not yet.

Just snagged the Alt cover book! It LOOKS fantastic. Excited to dive in tonight and will report back with my findings

 

[THEMNGMNT]

Classy.

 

[bergec]

Each adventure starts with a Key Plot Points bullet point summary of the adventure and a Preparation section which lists out stat blocks used in the adventure and a table of Key NPCs with Name, Role, Stat Block, and Location. I really like this and hope this is a feature of their adventures going forward. It mirrors the adventure prep advice in the DMG and is particularly useful for rookie DMs.