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'.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

Honestly, her trying to seize Vecna's power after the PCs defeat him might very well be a possible ending.

the party @ tasha when she tries this (the wizard still has his 9th level spell slot because he saw it coming)

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I probably haven't even looked d at XP budgets since the 3E days. And there only because of XP costs for creating magic items.

I largely skipped 3rd edition, but none of this adventuring days and XP budgets was a thing when I was designing adventures for 1st edition!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Honestly, her trying to seize Vecna's power after the PCs defeat him might very well be a possible ending.

More likely, the PCs try to seize Unlimited Powah, and end up fighting all 3 archmagi.

Probably why they didn't go with Elminster.

 

[Zehnseiter]

I largely skipped 3rd edition, but none of this adventuring days and XP budgets was a thing when I was designing adventures for 1st edition!

Well pre 3E the game tortured me with different XP stuff like different XP tables for different classes, percentage bonus to XP because swas lucky enough to roll a high main attribute for his character. You can't imagine how hard I roll with my eyes when these days perfectly fine and otherwise creative OSR games insist on dragging that crab out of its well deserve grace.....

Its mile stone levelling for me as DM all the way until I stop playing RPGs. A have had enough of the misery long ago. Back the when I was young an experienced as DM I a actually thought that XP tracking was something important for the game. So much wasted time an effort.

 

[Peter BOSCO'S]

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.

Just because they're evil it does not mean that the players are going to have to fight them. Some bad guys might well want to stop Vecna's plan. I could easily see Stradh and Lord Soth being among that group. Players being players, and villains being proud, it might not happen, but let's hope that it is possible.

 

[DavyGreenwind]

Looking at the art now posted by the OP, is that Acererak I spy??

 

[DavyGreenwind]

Acererak?

 

[thundershot]

My group is 9th level right now and they just finished their first Spelljammer adventure. They’ve got a ship and colorful crew.. I wonder how badly this would go if I suddenly pulled them away. They’re enjoying the setting…
Also, I wonder how new player friendly it will be in regards to the lore. All of these big star villains but my players never even heard of them (Vecna, Strahd, etc). I would hope the adventure will give you a cliffs notes version to feed the characters (and players) in story.

 

[Voadam]

Going back in time creates an alternate timeline / reality. The two things are linked.

That is one of multiple possible time travel models. Seven Monkeys style time travel within one timeline with no changes is another possible model. Another where time travel can alter the one reality instead of creating or going to alternate ones is another.

 

[Parmandur]

Ok, I thought that had been confirmed, but wasn't sure.

So, basically, beyond those there are still several chapters available for all sorts extraplanar shenanigans.

Well, maybe, maybe bot: it abounded like those 7 Chapters might be the content, more or less.