Fifty years of adventure! 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons. Fantasy adventures, friendships getting closer than ever, and most importantly: fireballs flung towards evil creatures. Over the years, the D&D community has shown off their incredible creativity and passion for exploring new worlds with the release of many unique D&D spinoffs, or creating their homebrew rulesets and content! 

Never grabbed your trusty sword and shield to set off on a journey before? You’re in luck: the newly refreshed Player’s Handbook makes it a snap for beginner and experienced players alike to set forth on exciting new journeys with ease.

Discord has become a core component for many D&D adventurers across the world. Some play the game completely digitally with apps like Roll20, while others use their cameras in a Discord voice chat to show off huuuge, custom-made terrain, and meticulously crafted figures that represent their fantasy selves. 

We also LOVE D&D at Discord, so in honor of Dungeons & Dragons’ 50th anniversary, we’re celebrating in two stylish ways: bringing you some brand new tabletop adventures — directly in Discord — to you and your party, and offering more ways to look the part when you’re playing your next campaign in chat. 

New & Seasoned Adventurers: Try Discord’s One Shot!

This Halloween season, we’re bringing a Discord twist to your adventures into worlds unknown. How? Well, adventurer... you’ll have to discover that for yourself when you gather your party and play our haunting new Discord-themed One Shot adventure: Voyage Into Discord! 

One Shots are a special type of adventure that’s playable in a single sitting (hence the “one”). They’re perfect for those who are still learning the ropes of the game or if you’re supporting your friends through their first foray and making sure they’re having a great time. 

Within the raging tempests and chilling voids of the planes, there lies a sanctuary where the separate became whole and lost became found: the realms of Discord. The secrets of these worlds have been lost to the ages, but there are those who seek to recover them — and to discover the manifold wonders of Discord for themselves. Band together in Voyage Into Discord and uncover these secrets for yourselves!

Since it all takes place in Roll20, there’s no need to track physical maps, paint any miniatures, or worry about your first time being a good story-telling Dungeon Master. But don’t stop us if you eventually want to obtain some trinkets and miniatures to remember your adventure with. :) 

Voyage Into Discord is completely playable in Discord! Open up the App Launcher, then find and launch the Roll20 Activity to get started. You’ll see the “Voyage Into Discord” campaign for free in the list of available campaigns and rulesets. 

Behold(er): The New D&D Shop Collection

✋Halt right there, adventurer — you can’t go out in the dangerous world alone! If you’re going to head out on Discord-y, dungeon-delving escapades with your friends, you’ll have to bring your most loyal companion alongside you.

In celebration of Dungeons & Dragons’ 50th anniversary, we’re releasing seven Avatar Decorations and four Profile Effects, with iconic D&D creatures like the mischievous mimic, an adorable owlbear, and that Gelatinous Cube that single-handedly defeated your entire party in your last campaign. They’re sure to add +2 to Charisma… or -2, depending on whether or not it’s on your side.

Among the four Profile Effects, we’ve got a special D20 Roll profile effect with a unique twist: every time someone checks out your profile, your D20 will randomly roll one of two possible outcomes! Sometimes, you’ll roll a 20. Other times, you’ll roll a 1, in which case… oops. Each time you need to flip a coin, just look at your profile! (Or have your friend look at it so you can show off your sick profile effect.) 

The Dungeons & Dragons collection is available in the Shop right now! Press the big ol’ button here to see the selection: 

With Halloween on the horizon, it’s the perfect time to decorate your Discord profile with your favorite D&D creature! Then, set sail for Discord-themed tabletop escapades with your friends with our free campaign, playable directly in Roll20.  

Never tried the Shop before? Read the Shop’s rulebook here, or ask our Discord DMs (aka, our support team) to cast a Light cantrip and help to guide your way. 

But, ALSO… have you tried the App Launcher before? If not, we’ll let ya slide on that one — it’s pretty new! Read our blog about it and you’ll be on your Roll20 adventures in no time.