D&D 5E Vecna: Eve of Ruin Coming 2024

Just revealed by WotC, a multiverse spanning adventure which goes up to level 20 and features cameos from famous D&D characters. More info when we have it!

Update--WotC has taken down the promo image and replaced it with one without a release date. See more here.

 

[ersatzphil]

I think this is really underselling the amount of change that Happened in 3.5. A lot changed, monsters, monster mechanics, spells, feats, magic items, combat mechanics and maneuvers, all of the classes got a lot of updates. It was pretty darn different when taken as a package

Agreed. When 3.5 came out, my group decided to stick with 3 - in our analysis, it changed everything just enough to be annoying to run, but not enough to qualitatively change the experience of play. YMMV, of course.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's an interesting choice to take a character whose most famous qualities are that he's missing and hand and eye and not have him missing either on the (presumed) cover.

On the other hand, I guess this means all of his body parts are now in play. Anyone want to call dibs on the Left Foot of Vecna?

 

[MockingBird]

I wonder if Vecna recovered his hand from Arkhan the Cruel? The last we saw of Arkhan was in the BG adventure path.

 

[Kurotowa]

I wonder if Vecna recovered his hand from Arkhan the Cruel? The last we saw of Arkhan was in the BG adventure path.

Who's to say that isn't part of the campaign book? They did emphasize that it's supposed to feature a lot of recognizable D&D characters, both from 5e and before.

 

[Parmandur]

all it takes is listening to what the WotC employees are saying

Shoot, don't even need that, look at what they do.

 

[Parmandur]

It's an interesting choice to take a character whose most famous qualities are that he's missing and hand and eye and not have him missing either on the (presumed) cover.

On the other hand, I guess this means all of his body parts are now in play. Anyone want to call dibs on the Left Foot of Vecna?

The left hand left eye are Astral projections here, glowing see-through and spectral. Nor physical, like the rest of him.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

It's an interesting choice to take a character whose most famous qualities are that he's missing and hand and eye and not have him missing either on the (presumed) cover.

Might be an image of Vecna from before Kas turned on him.

 

[Demetrios1453]

It's an interesting choice to take a character whose most famous qualities are that he's missing and hand and eye and not have him missing either on the (presumed) cover.

On the other hand, I guess this means all of his body parts are now in play. Anyone want to call dibs on the Left Foot of Vecna?

Both the left eye and left hand appear to be spectral compared to the right ones. You can see just above the left bracer where the brownish skin color stops and the pink spectral hand begins.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Might be an image of Vecna from before Kas turned on him.

Maybe. Still an interesting choice to put out there for marketing purposes.

"Here's a picture of our upcoming Batman book. It features a young Bruce Wayne on his way to the theater with his parents!"

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Both the left eye and left hand appear to be spectral compared to the right ones. You can see just above the left bracer where the brownish skin color stops and the pink spectral hand begins.

That's pretty subtle, but that looks possible.