Now, we’ve long considered the idea of translating superheroes and comic book worlds into 5e D&D. A couple of people at our table have even played in a Marvel Universe one-shot before where we weren’t necessarily playing The Avengers, but were playing in the same world and were up against Thanos, pulling the strings in the attack on New York.

The Last God is being published by DC Comics but is being published under their Black Label brand. The creative teams and titles that work under the Black Label brand are a true all-star lineup. DC set out to create Black Label in the spirit of groundbreaking graphic novels like The Killing Joke and The Dark Knight Returns, DC Black Label aims to produce a new generation of classics, unrestricted by canon or DC continuity. By doing this, Black Label hopes to recreate the conditions that spawned the likes of Watchmen.

But this is not a superhero world. The Last God is a no-bullshit high-fantasy horror world.

The Last God, by Philip Kennedy Johnson, Riccardo Federici, Sunny Gho and Kai Carpenter tells the story of two fellowships of heroes fighting the same threat 30 years apart. Thirty years ago, a band of heroes traveled beyond the borders of creation and killed the last living god, saving the realm of Cain Anuun from an apocalyptic army of the undead. The legendary companions became the rulers of their world and ushered in a new era of peace and prosperity. But it seems these heroes didn’t tell the entire truth about their exploits, as the peace did not last.

Now the foul legions of the Last God march once more, laying waste to all of Cain Anuun and revealing that the aging fellowship may not be the great heroes they claim to be. With the world burning down around them, a new group of unlikely champions must band together and accomplish what no other has done: kill the Last God, once and for all.

“This series features mind-blowing, terrifying art by Riccardo Federici, colorist Dean White, and letterer Tom Napolitano, three absolute geniuses in their fields, and epic world-building so deep and rich that it exists beyond the bounds of the page. Fans of D&D, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and Magic: The Gathering, and anyone who enjoys deep-dives into fantasy lore: you will be extremely well-served with The Last God. Stay tuned!”

It seems a bit like this 5e sourcebook will be formatted like a comic book or graphic novel. Based on the cover art saying “Book 1”, it seems like these will be regular released from DC to be used as one-shots, though it isn’t confirmed whether there will be more than 1 issue released. 40 pages seems ideal for this type of release and was common in 2e and 3e books from the TSR days, which often came as 32 pages. Because this is part of DC’s Black Label brand, expect it to be higher quality printing than the standard DC Comic fare and likely even the standard 5e content.

If this works perhaps one day we might see more 5e releases from the likes of DC, Marvel and Valiant bringing their own settings to 5e. DC has got the epic fantasy world of Skartaris, and Marvel has got the Weirdworld. Both have got enough lore/background to do quite a bit of material in this fashion. Seeing other publishers create 3rd party campaign settings for 5e is a welcome addition to the world’s oldest roleplaying game in my book, especially those brands that have established worlds that we’re fans of. Let’s just hope we don’t get any more repeats of the Wendys incident.

As of right now, we don’t know too much more about this campaign setting or its format but through taking a look at the pages from the comic below have confirmed that the world of The Last God is absolutely our jam. We’ll be picking up a few issues of this comic (which have released monthly since October) in preparation for the new setting.