In a realm between worlds lies the Temple of Beyond, an arena where adventurers from across the multiverse compete against one another for their chance at glory. Ravenous monsters, terrors, and the mysterious Master of Ceremonies stand in their way. But in the end, only one victor can claim the ultimate prize: the power to change one event from their tortured pasts.
Battle for Beyond is a six-part Dungeons & Dragons adventure played by a cast of tabletop RPG all-stars! You can catch all of the action exclusively on YouTube and represent your favorite characters with the Battle for Beyond Dice Set! Read below for more information!
How to watch Battle for Beyond
Battle for Beyond premiered on Friday, November 12, 2021, on our YouTube channel. The mini-series aired every Friday at 4 p.m. PST for six consecutive weeks. You can catch each episode below!
Battle for Beyond cast and characters
Jasmine Bhullar
Joining as your Dungeon Master is Jasmine Bhullar (@ThatBronzeGirl). You might recognize her from shows like Into the Mother Lands, Relics & Rarities, and Shikar.
Aabria Iyengar
The Summer of Aabria extends into the fall! You might know Aabria Iyengar (@quiddie) as the Dungeon Master for Critical Role: Exandria Unlimited or from her appearances on Dimension 20 and Into the Mother Lands. She plays Sestia in Battle for Beyond.
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Brennan Lee Mulligan (@BrennanLM) is the creator and Dungeon Master for Dimension 20 and a cast member for CollegeHumor. He has taught and performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, co-created the webcomic Strong Female Protagonist, and written dozens of LARPs for the Wayfinder Experience summer camp in upstate New York. He recently started putting a little bit of cinnamon in his morning coffee, which he has described as a real game-changer. In Battle for Beyond, he plays Nikhil.
Josephine McAdam
Josephine McAdam (@JCVIM) is a Los Angeles-based actor that has appeared in over 20 independent films, including Emmy award-winning "Tower." They have also appeared in the HBO series “The Leftovers” and is a longtime D&D player! They appear in Battle for Beyond as Murdina.
Emma Fyffe
Emma Fyffe (@EmmaFyffe) is a gaming content producer at Fandom. She previously hosted The Download, a gaming news variety show on VENN TV, and served as a digital content producer for VENN's YouTube and TikTok. You might also recognize her as a former producer at Hyper RPG or from the liveplay series she appeared in, including Pencils and Parsecs and He Left it Dead.
Emma appears in Battle for Beyond as Lenore.
Erika Ishii
Erika Ishii (@erikaishii) is known for their voiceover work in games and animation. You might recognize them as Valkyrie in Apex Legends, Ana Bray and Kridis in Destiny 2, and as Lumu in the upcoming Halo Infinite. They have also performed with and produced for media outlets, including Critical Role, Geek & Sundry, Nerdist, and CollegeHumor. Erika plays Leila in Battle for Beyond.
Ify Nwadiwe
Comedian, actor, writer, and professional nerd Ify Nwadiwe (@IfyNwadiwe) joins us in the Battle for Beyond as Ekon! He has appeared on shows like Um, Actually, Dimension 20, and other RPG shows. He's written for TV, video games, and RPGs like Black Birds and Into The Mother Lands.
Collect the Battle for Beyond Dice Set
Celebrate our six storied heroes with the Battle for Beyond Dice Pack! Each set is inspired by a Battle for Beyond character and adds just the kind of flair your tenacious characters need to take down dragons and survive perilous dungeons! Check out the trailer below and pop into the marketplace to preview the dice.
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Michael Galvis (@michaelgalvis) is a tabletop content producer for D&D Beyond. He is a longtime Dungeon Master who enjoys horror films and all things fantasy and sci-fi. When he isn’t in the DM’s seat or rolling dice as his anxious halfling sorcerer, he’s playing League of Legends and Magic: The Gathering with his husband. They live together in Los Angeles with their adorable dog, Quentin.
Maybe concentrate on features?
cool
It's almost like the Dev team and marketing are two different things.
Sounds a bit like the MLG D&D PvP concept WotC mentioned several years ago. I recall it being met with a lot of derision at the time. I wouldn't say I'm optimistic, but I am at least curious to see how it turns out.
Hmm. It's not like this is bad. Plenty of people are all into the whole "ooh, famous RPG celeb plays D&D, let's sit and watch!"
But I find myself wondering how much DDB is supposed to be a collection of tools for playing, versus an outlet for articles and videos and other non-interactive D&D promotional content. A "mini-series" that takes place over six weeks straight sounds like a rather heavy investment of resources.
Maybe that's just my fundamental misunderstanding of what the site is supposed to do and be, based on the fact that I'm only here for the tools, myself. For all you into this... enjoy. For myself, I'll keep waiting for containers that can be added to containers, and for Wish to show up on my Genie Warlock's Mystic Arcanum options list.
this sound really fun
The site is different things to different people. Many companies produce video or written content like this as a way of drawing in consumers for the services that actually generate revenue. The term for it is "content marketing." In 2021, literally every successful tabletop RPG service or product relies heavily on content marketing for maintaining a community of engaged fans to keep them coming back to buy more products (WotC, D&D Beyond, Roll20, Drivethru RPG, Kobold Press, MCDM, every Kickstarter, you name it). Ain't nothing wrong with it and it's not competing for resources with the development of features or game content. Also, D&D Beyond has been doing video streams (including game streams) and articles about them for years.
I think this seems really neat! Can't wait to see who's all playing!
Sounds cool, I will be tuning in.
Oh wow i had a character concept that ties in pretty close to this-- like a wizard/echo knight multiclass that created his echo inadvertantly trying to go back and fix something awful he had done
It's cool they want to branch out and do new stuff, BUT, I wish they would allocate the resources that they are putting toward stuff like this, toward implementation of features of official products that are still not available on dndbeyond.
Will anyone be playing an aberrant mind sorcerer?
I hate when they use terms like All Stars.
Doubt any of the dev team are working on this. Its all marketing.
@rodthebard
Well some would say it is diversifying the portfolio and others would say it is marketing.
Personally i´d say it is both those as more eyes equal more green and that in turn equal more features and tools.
Have you seen their videos? It’s all super fake.
It definitely feels like Geek and Sundry 2.0 emerging with many of the same personalities. I'm fairly certain this is a tremendously powerful website with lots of resources and yeah, feels very strange to me those resources are going to things like this instead of stuff a lot more people would use like new and improved features and things like adding Unearthed Arcana and whatnot.
HOLY FUDGE CAKE
YES
While I love a good tournament arc, you can´t fool me with the silhouette of that haircut. I just keep seeing these perfectly run games by celebrities and sink into my DM chair, defeated.
+1 to everyone I quoted.