Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion Actor Set for Next D&D Adventure | Push Square
Baldur's Gate 3 fans who still haven't gotten their fill of everybody's favourite vampiric sadist, Astarion, can now look forward to an all-new adventure alongside Neil Newbon. The actor portrays the ultimate evil antagonist, Vecna, in a one-shot tabletop adventure, putting in an appropriately imposing vocal performance as one of the setting's big-bads.
Arguably made more famous by the success of Stranger Things, Vecna remains one of the most fearsome antagonists in the D&D setting, presenting a multiversal threat similar to Marvel's Thanos. In Vecna: Eve of Ruin, players' reality-hopping adventure will take them from the Forgotten Realms to Planescape, from Ravenloft to Dragonlance settings as they race to save existence itself from unravelling.
Recently, Newbon mentioned that, unlike characters played previously, he still had some unfinished business with the character of Astarion and would welcome a chance to reprise the role. What form that takes remains to be seen, but it's clear that Newbon has undoubtedly carved a tidy niche within the larger D&D universe.
Not ready to move on quite yet
What do you think of Neil Newbon's new gig? Has Baldur's Gate 3 opened your eyes to the larger threats facing the D&D universe? Roll for the initiative in the comments section below.
Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
Honestly thought it was to do with Stranger things at first, a Stranger things d and d game would be awesome.
I still have yet to get and play BG3 never have enough money or storage space for it, hoping to get it during the summer
Been in a Vecna based D&D game that’s been ongoing for the past 5 years or so, so hearing a voice to the Lich
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