diaglo
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he was mentioned in the 1edADnD DMG (1979 revised). artifacts & relics.Vecna wasn't incorporated into Greyhawk canon until 2e.
he just wasn't made into a god. or given his own demiplane or so on...
he was mentioned in the 1edADnD DMG (1979 revised). artifacts & relics.Vecna wasn't incorporated into Greyhawk canon until 2e.
I'm interested in this one mainly to learn more about the background of classic monsters. How much fluff is there for each monster entry?
Along with Dead gods, this is notable because it's not only a module where canonically, the PC's lose, but the reprecussions of it's events become core assumptions in the next edition, so even if you buck the trend and get off the railroad, you have to deal with all the books after that assuming that vecna is now a god, doing goddy things, and change the plots accordingly.I can't speak for Vecna Lives! but Die Vecna Die! is about how Vecna ascended to godhood (as in 3e). He broke free of being imprisoned in Ravenloft by somehow tricking Iuz (I can't remember how) and using Iuz as a patsy in the grand scheme.
To be precise, Domains of Dread was post Grand Conjunction and post Grim Harvest, as well. So in DoD, Darkon was "Necropolis", with the weird event of everyone there suddenly referring to their domain by the new name after the events detailed in Requiem.[...]DoD IIRC was post conjunction and pre grim harvest. This means Darkon is a vibrant D&D land instead of a necropolis. It was a major effort at making PCs natives of Ravenloft instead of victims trying to escape.[...]
That alone is a great reason to get it.The 1e FF has about the same level of monster description as the 1e MM and 1e MM II, short entries with a bit longer discourse on devil and demon categories. It does list who originally wrote the individual monsters (like moderator plane sailing who created the shadow demon and qullan) and has some fun art. If you want more in depth backgrounds the 2e Fiend Folio appendix does them in the in-depth 2e style. I don't own the 2e FF appendix but 2e goes much more in-depth for most monsters in general.
Can you explain, please?TSR Jam 1999 , cool in a purely non-wanting-to-play-it, way.
I've got a whole binder of those. I wish I could still find them in some fashion... locally. I'm sure I could find them on E-Bay but I'm not into buying things on E-Bay.tell you what I like: the AD&D trading cards. I have the 3 boxed sets that were released. Cool art, quick NPCs for older games, etc
Agreed. I still want to re-acquire both Greyspace and Krynnspace.And...Spelljammer rocks *points to his signature* !!
Along with Dead gods, this is notable because it's not only a module where canonically, the PC's lose, but the reprecussions of it's events become core assumptions in the next edition, so even if you buck the trend and get off the railroad, you have to deal with all the books after that assuming that vecna is now a god, doing goddy things, and change the plots accordingly.