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'.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

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

Spoiler

Since I expect to DM this anyway, I read the spoilers. So, a couple of thoughts.

Spoiler

Character Creation: I assume they will discuss magic item allocation for 10th level starting characters.
Challenge Ratings: Some acknowledgement that they are borked in this level range.
Chapter 1: Optional chapter that can be skipped if the PCs are already over level 10.
Bestiary: quite a few reprints in there.

 

[Parmandur]

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

Oh, Inwanr to know 100%

 

[jolt]

That's quite the Character Dossier.

 

[Parmandur]

That's quite the Character Dossier.

One real surprise there is the presence of

Spoiler: SPOILER

Tiamat

desite there not being a Monster statblock.

 

[Stormonu]

OK, so the set-up is that Alustriel Silverhand, Mordenkainen and Tasha find out Vecna is up to Shennanigans, gather in Sigil and cast Wish to defeat him...and the Wish summons the player characters.

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Todd says it feels like a big package of mini-Adventures, 7 chapters each with one Setting thst has a piece of the Rod of Seven Parts.

Just realized there's a big problem with the opening, if this is true:

Summoning: Spells, magic items, and effects that summon creatures or objects from other planes, such as a ring of djinni summoning, insteadsummon targets from within Sigil if possible or otherwise fail. Effects that summon a specific target from outside Sigil, as with a Leomund'ssecret chest spell, fail automatically.

 

[OB1]

Just realized there's a big problem with the opening, if this is true:

Specific beat's general. In this case, the specifics of Wish

PHB:
Wish is the mightiest spell a mortal creature can cast. By simply speaking aloud, you can alter the very foundations of reality in accord with your desires.

Beats the general rule for Summoning in Planescape.

 

[Parmandur]

Just realized there's a big problem with the opening, if this is true:

Three powerful wizards know a way to get around normal rules.

 

[Nikosandros]

Three powerful wizards know a way to get around normal rules.

Not to mention that the Lady of Pain might have a vested interest in stopping Vecna.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Just realized there's a big problem with the opening, if this is true:

Wish is an exception to that rule.

 

[BB Shockwave]

One real surprise there is the presence of

Spoiler: SPOILER

Tiamat

desite there not being a Monster statblock.

She would not be in the monster stablock. Even an Aspect of hers is CR30. No way to fight Tiamat herself, she is a god who can un-make you with a thought.