The Dungeons & Dragons team at Wizards of the Coast have announced their 2019 reveal event, a follow-up to last year’s Stream of Many Eyes, entitled D&D Live: The Descent.
The event, running from May 17-19, 2019, is centered around revealing the next adventure module for D&D 5th edition, as well as showcasing community creations and previewing additional D&D content. The entire event will be streamed on the official Dungeons & Dragons Twitch channel.
This new event will be open to the public as a mini-convention, complete with an in-world market (set in the setting of D&D’s next adventure), programming, and even some D&D action for attendees. D&D also had Fiona Staples do promotional art for the event, which depicts an angel holding her sword above a bunch of fiendish, possibly devilish hands.
D&D Live 2019: The Descent will take place in Los Angeles from May 17th through May 19th. The event will kick off on Friday afternoon with the announcement of the next adventure, followed by a playthrough of the first part of a storyline that ties into the next adventure book. On Saturday and Sunday, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an Adventurers’ League Epic, a D&D game in which hundreds of players work together to complete certain objectives that will determine the success or failure of an overall story.
On Friday and Saturday night, performers like Matthew Lillard, Mica Burton, Anna Prosser, Patrick Rothfuss and Dungeon Masters Chris Perkins, Jeremy Crawford and Kate Welch will play a two-part D&D story in front of a live audience on the main stage. A rock concert celebration featuring and directed by Chris Funk from the Decemberists will close out the weekend on Sunday, May 19 at 6pm PT live on twitch.tv/dnd.
A limited number of 3-day badges for D&D Live 2019: The Descent will go on sale for $300 on April 9 at 10am PT. Here’s everything you get with a 3-day badge:
- Witness the unveiling of the new D&D storyline on Friday evening, live from the studio audience
- Play a 3-hour session of a D&D Adventurers League Epic previewing elements from the new storyline on Saturday or Sunday
- Grab a D&D swag bag including merch from D&D partners and an advance copy of Ghosts of Saltmarsh
- Watch D&D played live by the biggest D&D personalities in the studio audience on Friday and Saturday nights
- Mingle with D&D partners & other characters in the story-themed marketplace area & participate in the cosplay storyline interspersed throughout the event
- Catch the live music performance celebrating D&D from artists assembled by Chris Funk on Sunday night to close out D&D Live 2019: The Descent
Join the fun at #DnDLive2019 in character, maybe come dressed in a costume of a favorite tiefling warlock, an elven bard, or come as you are! An improvised story led by cosplay performers could result in some exclusive loot if you complete the quest. Gourmet food trucks, exclusive D&D swag you can’t get anywhere else, plus the chance to interact with D&D game designers, artists and performers round out the weekend-long celebration of Dungeons & Dragons at D&D Live 2019: The Descent!
Download wallpaper of the art for The Descent created by Fiona Staples (Saga) here!
For more information including details on D&D partners, luminaries, and performers coming to D&D Live 2019: The Descent head to dnd.wizards.com/dndlive2019! More details on additional guests and D&D groups will be coming soon!
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