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'.

 

[GameMasters]

take this with a grain of salt... Chapter description leaks :

 

[Parmandur]

take this with a grain of salt... Chapter description leaks :

I skimmed the video, but I can't listen: what's the good word?

 

[MockingBird]

take this with a grain of salt... Chapter description leaks :

Just wanted to give a shout out. I love your videos, keep up the good work!

 

[vecna00]

That would be quite interesting if it's true!

I'm not upset about it, I have questions, but I'm not upset!

 

[vecna00]

I skimmed the video, but I can't listen: what's the good word?

There's some good spoilerage in the video, do you want to know or do you want to wait?

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Here are the Table of Contents for the book, naturally spoilers for those who may play it.

Spoiler

 

[vecna00]

Here are the Table of Contents for the book, naturally spoilers for those who may play it.

Spoiler

Well, that seals it then!

 

[Demetrios1453]

Interesting choice for a plane for the penultimate battle (and it's one I've always had an interest in). Not one of the more common ones usually featured, but one that's only had a role to play in only one other adventure I can think of, and that was on a different layer entirely.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Interesting choice for a plane for the penultimate battle (and it's one I've always had an interest in). Not one of the more common ones usually featured, but one that's only had a role to play in only one other adventure I can think of, and that was on a different layer entirely.

Spoiler

Pandemonium is where Miska is sealed. From some info elsewhere Kas is trying to free Miska so they can hijack Vecna's ritual

 

[Demetrios1453]

Spoiler

Pandemonium is where Miska is sealed. From some info elsewhere Kas is trying to free Miska so they can hijack Vecna's ritual

Ah, that makes sense then. Still, it will be nice to see some significant action there. There was some discussion recently in the cosmologies thread that published adventures tend to go to the same few planes, so by going to [REDACTED], this one definitely goes against the flow.