D&D 5E (2014) Vecna: Eve of Ruin Coming May 21st!

[TheSword]

I love it when people go IYKYK with the most obvious and widespread stuff ever.

Well it’s obvious if you know it. If you haven’t seen the 4th season of Stranger Things YWK

 

[Parmandur]

Well, they fired Mike Mearls, which from the Manganiello video was not a good idea. Interesting.

Mearls hasn't been involved Ed with D&D for years.

 

[darjr]

Mearls hasn't been involved Ed with D&D for years.

His title and position changed, sure, but I’m betting he was still involved.

 

[Parmandur]

I don't think they would try to squeeze the main story in one module though...

Au cintraire mon ami, the original War of the Lance modules could easily fit in a 5E style hardcover:

Dragonlance Classics 15th Anniversary Edition - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Parmandur]

His title and position changed, sure, but I’m betting he was still involved.

Not according to what he said in the thread about Mike mearls games: since 2019, he was all Magic, and had no knowledge of D&D product development.

Edit: my point just being thst Mearls is not the end-all be-all of 5E D&D.

 

[Mirrorrorrim]

Mordenkainen and Elminster are Old School. I don't think they will get the focus of the actual storylines going forward. They will be honored in historical lore and efforts, like book titles. I think Wizards wants to branch out and make other Archmages more prominent. I also think the story will center on the Forgotten Realms, and they will not go with Elminster or Halaster. With that in mind...

I predict the Forgotten Realms archmage will be Laeral Silverhand, the current Open Lord of Waterdeep. She's a central figure surrounded by the Sword Coast storylines, and is a known meddler.

I think Tasha will be the Greyhawk archmage of the story. She's getting a lot of play recently, and the writers really need to add more to her redemption story, so that it eclipses her past villainy (being Iggwilv, the consort-peer to Graz'zt, and mother of the demon-spawn Iuz). She likely has good Vecna experience, as he originates in Greyhawk as well.

Not sure if there will be other archmages or other characters of power at the core of the effort to stop Vecna, but when the Heroes travel to other worlds, they may encounter local luminaries.

 

[mamba]

Au cintraire mon ami, the original War of the Lance modules could easily fit in a 5E style hardcover:

Dragonlance Classics 15th Anniversary Edition - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

that is already a significant rework with a lot less battlemaps, room descriptions and everything that comes with that. So yeah, that could fit, but it would miss half the stuff that makes up the content of a 5e adventure. 3e came the closest (still sparsely illustrated compared to 5e), and that needed three 200+ page books... (with the last one being the largest at 300 pages)

This is the Xak Tsaroth map of the Anniversary book, the description is 4.5 pages of text, no separate rooms, etc.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

AT LAST PSIONIC MYSTIC CLASS CONFIRMED!

 

[Queer Venger]

Mearls hasn't been involved Ed with D&D for years.

true but he was one of the 5e designers

 

[Queer Venger]

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AT LAST PSIONIC MYSTIC CLASS CONFIRMED!

Matthew Colville has really cool Psionic rules, called The Mystic