WotC Vecna Eve of Ruin: Everything You Need To Know

WotC has posted a 19-minute video telling you 'everything you need to know' about Vecna: Eve Of Ruin.

• Starts at 10th level, goes to 20th.
• Classic villains and setting, famous characters, D&D's legacy.
• Vecna wants to become the supreme being of the multiverse.
• Vecna is a god of secrets and secrets and the power of secrets are a theme throughout the book.
• A mechanical subsystem for using the power of secrets during combat.
• Going back to Ravenloft, the Nine Hells, places where 5th Edition has been in the last 10 years.
• It would be a fun 'meta experience' for players to visit locations they remember lore about.
• Finding pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts, pieces throughout the multiverse.
• Each piece in one of seven distinct planes or settings.
• Allustriel Silverhand has noticed something is wrong, puts call out to Tasha and Mordenkainen, who come to her sanctum in Sigil.
• The (10th level) PCs are fated to confront Vecna.
• Lord Soth and Strahd show up. Tiamat is mentioned but doesn't appear 'on screen'.
• Twists, turns, spoilers.
• It's a 'love letter to D&D'.

 

[Parmandur]

OK, so the set-up is that Alustriel Silverhand, Mordenkainen and Tasha find out Vecna is up to Shennanigans, gather in Sigil and cast Wish to defeat him...and the Wish summons the player characters.

Todd says it feels like a big package of mini-Adventures, 7 chapters each with one Setting thst has a piece of the Rod of Seven Parts.

 

[Parmandur]

Lord Soth is in the book, Count Strahd is in the book in a big way. Sounds like they might have a Big Bad for each Setting.

 

[Demetrios1453]

OK, so the set-up is that Alustriel Silverhand, Mordenkainen and Tasha find out Vecna is up to Shennanigans, gather in Sigil and cast Wish to defeat him...and the Wish summons the player characters.

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Todd says it feels like a big package of mini-Adventures, 7 chapters each with one Setting thst has a piece of the Rod of Seven Parts.

Heh, the Secret of the Silver Blades beginning. Hopefully, they also remember to wish for your equipment (and clothes!), unlike the townsfolk in the CPRG!

 

[marimbaguy715]

Man, I was really hoping they'd leak who the important Eberron NPCs will be, I'm so curious about that. I also wanna know where in Eberron they'll set that part of the adventure - I'm assuming Sharn as Rising has a massive Sharn focus, but I'm hoping for something more interesting.

 

[Parmandur]

Heh, the Secret of the Silver Blades beginning. Hopefully, they also remember to wish for your equipment (and clothes!), unlike the townsfolk in the CPRG!

DM prerogative, I reckon.

 

[Remathilis]

OK, so the set-up is that Alustriel Silverhand, Mordenkainen and Tasha find out Vecna is up to Shennanigans, gather in Sigil and cast Wish to defeat him...and the Wish summons the player characters.

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Todd says it feels like a big package of mini-Adventures, 7 chapters each with one Setting thst has a piece of the Rod of Seven Parts.

Alustriel: good
Mordenkainen: neutral
Tasha: evil

 

[Clint_L]

Heh, I love that concept for the set-up!

My current home campaign is level 11, so we could probably go straight into this...

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

The dragon from 14:36, is it a planar dragon? Will we see a "spider-dragon"? I didn't like that miniature.

I wonder if the fate of Tasha's daughter could be rewritten or retonected. If her mother can cast a wish spell then...

What if Kas the vampire reappear? And possibly he does "that" again.

 

[MockingBird]

By the time we finish Shattered Obelisk we can just transition into this new adventure. I'm excited!