D&D Direct and new Wizkids stuff: Adventure in a Box - Mind Flayer Voyage

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D&D Direct and new Wizkids stuff: Adventure in a Box - Mind Flayer Voyage

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The D&D live stream just ended.

A few things revealed:
Minecraft Dungeons & Dragons (and a free D&D Beyond module with Minecraft monsters statted out - https://t.co/AUEgCqWpcd )
The Phandelver book is about the obeslisks that have been seeded across the last 7 years of adventures.
Diterlizzi is back for the Planescape book
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A vecna focused adventure, and something focusing on Venger & the other D&D cartoon villians that were reintroduced in wilds beyond the witchlight


They also talked a bit about the D&D beyond VTT and showed some footage of it in use.
Talked about the Joe Mangenelo directed documentary about D&D coming next year.
And the next Drizzt book

There was also some new Hasbro toys shown off - displacer beast, owlbear & Xanathar (with his goldfish as an accessory).

But most importantly - new stuff from wizkids:
Some new life sized figures
https://www.dndmini.com/collections/pre ... zed-figure
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And the 3rd adventure in a box - focused on Mind Flayers: ADVENTURE IN A BOX - MIND FLAYER VOYAGE
https://www.dndmini.com/collections/pre ... yer-voyage
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Watching the aftershow now
  • Chris Perkins hinted that the Vecna adventure will feature travel to many worlds - speculating myself... we might see a visit back to his homeworld of Oerth (Greyhawk).
  • They're showing off some art from the Bigby's Giants book.
  • Phandelver was called "Spooky", and the adventure starts with the plot of the original adventure, but then expands on it greatly - specifically said if your group already played through the original adventure you can skip to the new material.
  • The Deck of Many Things physically comes with the new book, and the deck is going to be larger than the original classic 22 cards
  • They talked more about Vecna, the Red Wizards & Venger and the League of Malevolence as returning in future adventures - though no much in the way of details, other than Venger is apparently tied in with the Red Wizards and still hates Tiamat.
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Worth mentioning that we get a Mindwitness mini in the Mind Flayer set too (no picture yet though).
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Ok, they got me on the Mindflayer box set. I already have the other Mindwitness, but I'm happy to have a second one. Hopefully it's a unique sculpt.
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I’m looking at the Planescape image, and I really hope they didn’t change the Lady of Pain to look like that! I’ve be waiting for a mini of the iconic look she had for so long, now that I might get it they had to go and change it?

Hopefully that is one of her acolytes or something.
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Malroth wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:56 am Ok, they got me on the Mindflayer box set. I already have the other Mindwitness, but I'm happy to have a second one. Hopefully it's a unique sculpt.
I’m in for the pool, the helm and the pods. The creatures are only secondary. I hope the ship map is of the Nautiloid.

Edit: After a quick check, the deck names match the nautiloid ship design.
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I was expecting the MSRP on the Mind Flayer Set to be $100. At $80 for 12 minis (8 + 4 terrain) it's not bad considering the alternatives for half of them are expensive rares.
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The mindflayer set is listed for August on solicitsMonthly.
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berk the black wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:59 am I’m looking at the Planescape image, and I really hope they didn’t change the Lady of Pain to look like that! I’ve be waiting for a mini of the iconic look she had for so long, now that I might get it they had to go and change it?

Hopefully that is one of her acolytes or something.
This banner just appeared for Planescape, they called it the Lady of Pain so yeah its her.
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Gotta say, the Mind Flayer Voyage set looks pretty awesome! Regular mind flayers and intellect devourers, plus an Ulitharid and an Elder Brain, in addition to a couple of really nice terrain pieces! I still think $80 is too much, but it's a really good set!
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Guyra wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 1:00 pm Gotta say, the Mind Flayer Voyage set looks pretty awesome! Regular mind flayers and intellect devourers, plus an Ulitharid and an Elder Brain, in addition to a couple of really nice terrain pieces! I still think $80 is too much, but it's a really good set!
For me the Mindwitness (if it is decent) will be enough to entice me to buy it.

I already have a great Ulitharid (MM3 w/spell effect) and there was a recent uncommon one in Spelljammer so it's not worth much. I could use more regular mindflayers though.
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Only a fool would open that many cards from the Deck of Many Things.

What kinda idiots do they take us for?!?!?! Just look at that foolish goblin (?). He's pushed his luck far too much. And he's thinking about taking another card out!

DON'T DO IT GOBLIN!

(pssst....nice artwork, but not really representative of the product LOL)
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ad_hoc wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 1:07 pm
Guyra wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 1:00 pm Gotta say, the Mind Flayer Voyage set looks pretty awesome! Regular mind flayers and intellect devourers, plus an Ulitharid and an Elder Brain, in addition to a couple of really nice terrain pieces! I still think $80 is too much, but it's a really good set!
For me the Mindwitness (if it is decent) will be enough to entice me to buy it.

I already have a great Ulitharid (MM3 w/spell effect) and there was a recent uncommon one in Spelljammer so it's not worth much. I could use more regular mindflayers though.
It looks like the Ulitharid in this set is the same sculpt as the Uncommon Spelljammer one, too - though if the paintjob matches the render it will be a different colour scheme.
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I did not watch it, I assumed they would just be talking about the movie and its spinoffs, unexpected surprise!
We already had an announcement for the life-size Mimic chest about a month ago, it has its own topic. I made a new one for the Owlbear Baby.
Mind Flayer village sounds amazing, and will be highly sought after, given the generic price of Mind Flayer minis.
I hope we can finally get a Mindwittness who is properly painted, too! The Ulitharid looks to be the same mold as the Spelljammer one, but the other two are new. And finally an Intellect Devourer in a more dynamic pose! The pool and other alien items look great. They remind me of the weird alien devices you would find when exploring alien ships in XCOM games.

Yeah I think they said before the Phandelver adventure will delve into the Far Realm and its mythology. I expect a lot of Star Spawn.
Interesting they mention Vecna so much, when we are getting Planescape. I mean wasn't that where we last saw Vecna in 2E, escaping Ravenloft and teleporting to Sigil where he became a god? He was booted out eventually but I assume he still has plans for the city.
Art looks great for all the books. Here is hoping we get at least a Glory of the Giants set, but I hope this time without superboosters.

EDIT: you can find videos and info here.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1469-d- ... 9236839537
It has some Minecraft monsters for D&D and an online bestiary (here is hoping we do not get those as minis, man could never understand the appeal for these blocky things that look worse than the first Alone in the Dark PC game), a video showing the new virtual tabletop D&D with virtual minis (hopefully not the future). They showed the same PCs we have seen before, and those weird more anthro Red Dragon like Kobolds, as well as a new Ankheg design that looks like a Zergling mixed with an Earwig that has tiny wings. Honestly feels like they were using the Divinity Original Sin / Baldur's Gate III engine. The mini name for the monster was "Ankheg (painted)" so definitely looks like you'll have to pay to get virtual paint for virtual minis... maaaan this is worse than lootboxes. They also showed a Skeleton (Human) and a weird Human-sized white Owlbear.

Yack wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:30 pm
berk the black wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:59 am I’m looking at the Planescape image, and I really hope they didn’t change the Lady of Pain to look like that! I’ve be waiting for a mini of the iconic look she had for so long, now that I might get it they had to go and change it?

Hopefully that is one of her acolytes or something.
This banner just appeared for Planescape, they called it the Lady of Pain so yeah its her.
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Maaan I love that art, it is sooo Diterlizzi style! (Edit: just read that is actually him, whoa. I did not think they could get him back, he seems to have been retired or something). While I feel the Lady of Pain should be a lot taller, the other characters are all spot on Planescape style. You can see an Arcane (Mercane), 2 Dabus, Monodrones, a rogue Quadron, a Mimir (Morte?), Green Slaad, Githyanki and what seems like a Tiefling lady and some sort of Mephit (who has a more reptilian art style than the 5E designs). The old dude on the right has armor and a face totally like the Fraternity of Order, too!
jaredh wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 1:08 pm Only a fool would open that many cards from the Deck of Many Things.

What kinda idiots do they take us for?!?!?! Just look at that foolish goblin (?). He's pushed his luck far too much. And he's thinking about taking another card out!

DON'T DO IT GOBLIN!

(pssst....nice artwork, but not really representative of the product LOL)
It's probably the Demon who tries to hawk the Deck to unsuspecting adventurers, in the guise of a Goblin :)
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There are 4 Intellect Devourers in the set, btw. Here is the other one. I assume 2 of each mold.
There are also 2 Ceremorphosis pods, I assume maybe the other will be closed or have another species inside it. Can't help but think this is all in relation to the Baldur's Gate III game that has such a setting shown right in the intro, inside a Nautiloid.
Btw, I am not complaining but how is this 80$ and the Goblin and Wererat sets 100$? Maybe the inflated prices are finally dropping? That would be nice!
Also, the Mind Flayer #1 mini is the exact same pose as in the Monster Manual! Nice.
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Upgrade your Dungeons & Dragons gameplay, with the Adventure in a Box- Mind Flayer Voyage! Inside you will find 8 3D pre-painted miniatures, from Tiny to Large, 4 different 3D ship dressings, and four battle map tiles to build out your very own Mind Flayer themed adventure. Whether your next clash with Mind Flayers is a brief encounter or a drawn-out scenario, the Adventure in a Box - Mind Flayer Voyage is your place to start.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

x4 Intellect devourer
x2 Mind flayer
x1 Ulitharid
x1 Mindwitness
x2 Ceremorphosis Pod
x1 Helm
x1 Spawning Pool
x1 19"x 7" Bridge Deck Map
x1 19 x 7" Battle Deck Map
x1 23" x 6" Cargo Deck Map
x1 23" x 6" Prison Deck Map
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