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

[EthanSental]

Aren't there megaliths by Old Bonegrinder?

I had to look as well…it’s 4 megaliths but the descriptions don’t say the typical black monoliths though.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I had to look as well…it’s 4 megaliths but the descriptions don’t say the typical black monoliths though.

Just looked myself, and yeah, they aren't described as obelisks in the text. It could easily be retconned though, without changing anything at all really...

 

[MockingBird]

Aren't there megaliths by Old Bonegrinder?

Here's some interesting speculation from Jorphdan.

 

[EthanSental]

Just looked myself, and yeah, they aren't described as obelisks in the text. It could easily be retconned though, without changing anything at all really...

I like that idea to tie in the CoS adventure…nice!

 

[Parmandur]

Levels 10-20, why not make it levels 1-20 a true complete campaign? Seems like they are cramming a whole lot into what I'd guess is a 250-300 page book. The adventure spans the Forgotten Realms, Planescape, Spelljammer, Eberron, Ravenloft, Dragonlance, and Greyhawk and if I had to guess each will not get the attention they deserve, and this campaign/adventure path could easily have been spread out over a few smaller soft covers as they did in editions past. Just my opinion.

Smaller paperbacks aren't cost efficient, is the issue: a large grab-bag of modular content in an affordable package is more consumer friendly.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

"Come with us on a magical tour of all the IP we're promoting to TV studios!"

Tell that to poor Joe

 

[R_J_K75]

Smaller paperbacks aren't cost efficient, is the issue: a large grab-bag of modular content in an affordable package is more consumer friendly.

I'm sure in some strange way it is more cost effective these days to produce a larger hardback than a smaller soft cover. But as I said further down the thread it was just my wishful thinking rather it becoming reality. I'm not saying the book won't be good, but it seems pretty ambitious for the length of book that is their typical adventure path. Personally, I've never been a fan of hardback adventures.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

So who do we think the Archmages will be?

Elminster and Mordeinkien are obvious, but what about Bigsby, Tasha, and Fizban? Szass Tam maybe? Nezram World Walker?

Are there any Archwizards from Ravenloft, Planescape, Spelljammer, and Eberron that would wish to fight Vecna?

 

[Parmandur]

I'm sure in some strange way it is more cost effective these days to produce a larger hardback than a smaller soft cover. But as I said further down the thread it was just my wishful thinking rather it becoming reality. I'm not saying the book won't be good, but it seems pretty ambitious for the length of book that is their typical adventure path. Personally, I've never been a fan of hardback adventures.

It's that a softcover similar to an old TSR paperback would be $25 a pop now, based on inflation. So, six $25 32 pages books, versus one $60 hardcover makes way, way more sense for anyone interested in more than one of the components.

The difference between a 5E hardcover and a pile of old TSR modules is really just binding.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I'm sure in some strange way it is more cost effective these days to produce a larger hardback than a smaller soft cover.

Try buying a glossy magazine. You will find that these days it is more expensive than a paperback novel.