D&D 5E Where Does The Multiversal Vecna: Eve of Ruin Visit?

Evernight rises above the molten ground in the Shadowfell.​

Dungeons & Dragons designer Amanda Hamon has revealed some of the locations that Vecna: Eve of Ruin visits.

• Evernight, a Shadowfell version of Neverwinter
• Spelljammer's Astra Sea
• Eberron's Mournlands
• Ravenloft's Death House
• Dragonlance's Three Moons Vault
• Greyhawk's tom of Acererak
• The Nine Hells

A pair of adventurers outside the Three Moons Vault, a complex on Krynn where allies of Lord Soth await them. Art by Jedd Chevrier.

Over 30 new monsters from around the multiverse arrive in Vecna: Eve of Ruin. Here we see a deathwolf from Krynn and a hertilod from the Astral Sea. Art by Brian Valeza.

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[Parmandur]

Thought: if Tiamat is the Planescape Big Bad, Lollth might for Spelljammer: her HQ is a spider robot/starship.

 

[Juomari Veren]

Back to Death House? Damn, instant turn-off. Might genuinely skip this book just because of that.

 

[CharlesWallace]

Well we already know he made at least 2, and it was implied he made more.

You can never have tomb many….

 

[Parmandur]

Back to Death House? Damn, instant turn-off. Might genuinely skip this book just because of that.

I will have my vengeance on that Awakened Broom...

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I sure hope they don't suggest that any of these big name villains were just hoarding parts of the rod and not using them. I'm sure there's a TV Tropes page about such things, but making these other villains look dumber to make Vecna look smart wouldn't be great.

The Rod parts are not particularly powerful on their own (Acererak would also totally just lock away his piece) also villains like Strahd and Soth are not capable of searching for the rest.

 

[Stormonu]

For Greyhawk, I would have preferred the location to be White Plume Mountain, with the Rod piece in another one of Keraptis’s twisted minions.

Or, y’know, Castle Clavicus, Verna’s personal abode.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

For Greyhawk, I would have preferred the location to be White Plume Mountain, with the Rod piece in another one of Keraptis’s twisted minions.

Or, y’know, Castle Clavicus, Verna’s personal abode.

Well we don't know the story for it yet. Like Vecna might not be seeking the rod.

Like a primary thing with the Rod is that it was used to seal Miska and Miska needs to touch it to be restored to his full power and escape his prison. So we need more details.

 

[Gradine]

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• Eberron's Mournlands

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I sure hope they don't suggest that any of these big name villains were just hoarding parts of the rod and not using them. I'm sure there's a TV Tropes page about such things, but making these other villains look dumber to make Vecna look smart wouldn't be great.

Acererak has his own plans for multiversal domination, it would be just like him to sit on something to block the plans of a rival. As for the others, the Death House isn't Strahd's House, he lives up at the castle. He clearly doesn't know anything about The Rod of Seven Parts until a bunch of powerful planar travellers show up in his domain uninvited. I think it's safe to assume the same goes for Soth and the others.

 

[TwiceBorn2]

Sure hope the visit to Acererak's tomb isn't just another rehash of the classic Tomb of Horrors with minor alterations... Greyhawk fans deserve better than this. But I'm guessing that something fresh - which isn't another generic dungeon crawl - is beyond the capacity and/or inclinations of the WotC team at the moment.

Between that and a return to Death House (which, like the Tomb of Horrors, is IMO fine for a one-shot gimmick, but beyond that is pretty disappointing for a "return to Ravenloft" destination), my excitement for this product is dying fast...