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Eye and Hand of Vecna
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Seldom is the name of Vecna spoken except in a hushed voice. Vecna was, in his time, one of the mightiest of all wizards. Through dark magic and conquest, he forged a terrible empire. For all his
power, Vecna couldn’t escape his own mortality. He began to fear death and take steps to prevent his end from ever coming about.
Orcus, the demon prince of undeath, taught Vecna a ritual that
Sword of Kas
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. His successes earned him Vecna’s admiration and a reward: a sword with as dark a pedigree as the man who would wield it.
For a long time, Kas faithfully served the lich, but as Kas’s
When Vecna grew in power, he appointed an evil and ruthless lieutenant, Kas the Bloody Handed, to act as his bodyguard and right hand. This despicable villain served as advisor, warlord, and assassin
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, the Dark Powers of the Domain of Dread lured Kas to a hidden forge, where he found the Crown of Lies. Once Kas vowed to deliver Vecna into the Dark Powers’ clutches and donned the crown, the
After betraying and nearly destroying the lich Vecna, the warrior Kas found himself trapped in the Shadowfell, imprisoned in a Domain of Dread called Tovag. There, he languished as a vampire. In time
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
lifetimes pass like the seasons, like the flicker of endless days and nights. It has the secrets of the ages to share, secrets of life and death. Beings of this sort include Vecna, Lord of the Hand and
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Keys from the Golden Vault
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
example of blackest magic he came across or devised. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal wrongs.
Other practitioners of evil have held the book and
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
their dark magic allows them to influence the dreams of others, sending messages or inflicting nightmares with a touch. Tales talk of ambitious wizards, frantic monarchs, and desperate heroes
dreams dusk hags might share with unsuspecting sleepers.
Dusk Hag Prophecies
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“A red hat approaches with ill intent. Be wary.”
2
“A ship comes on a sea of bones, but treasure
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
lifetimes pass like the seasons, like the flicker of endless days and nights. It has the secrets of the ages to share, secrets of life and death. Beings of this sort include Vecna, Lord of the Hand and
Book of Vile Darkness
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even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
example of blackest magic he came across or devised. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal wrongs.
Other practitioners of evil have held the book and
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led there.
These Paladins share the following tenets:
Light the way to progress and salvation.
Offer guidance and respite to those that need it.
Turn those that would douse the peoples’ flames to ash.
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Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Hells—courted a mighty fey in hopes of luring him into trading away his soul. The attempt failed, but not before a troop of satyrs were corrupted by the dark delights of Phlegethos. The satyrs were
, chaotic, and temperamental nature they all share. When its diabolical aspect shines through, a forlarren is a cunning, calculating, and brutal enemy. It might use its natural charm to worm its way
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
;Disguise kit
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A Dimir insignia, three small knives, a set of dark-colored common clothes, and the starting equipment of the background described in this
) into a thought strand that others can potentially read, share, or steal. These thought strands are treated as valuable currency among the Dimir.
Suggested Characteristics
Skilled at infiltration
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Kas’s Plan Lauren Walsh The Dark Powers have gifted Kas a powerful artifact to help him destroy Vecna Shortly after Vecna began traversing the multiverse to gather secrets, Kas learned of the lich
-god’s plan from the Dark Powers. Upon working out a bargain with those powers, Kas devised a plot to usurp the power Vecna was gathering. The moment before the lich unravels existence, Kas plans to slay Vecna and step into the lich’s place, reshaping the multiverse to his own whims.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Restored Weather Vane When the characters return to Respite, they find Mayor Gale near the Storm’s Eye Weather Vane. The gold she promised as a reward is in her backpack. Vatri Whistlebaum is also
, and flashes of lightning illuminate dark clouds rolling in from the sea.
The weather vane’s crossbar begins to twirl, and ribbons of blue-green energy pulse from the whole structure. As the storm
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
battle, Kas transformed into a vampire. He became the ruler and prisoner of a Domain of Dread (a mist-bordered realm in the Shadowfell) called Tovag. Eventually, the Dark Powers whispered to Kas that Vecna
Kas and Vecna Lily Abdullina A young Kas and Vecna muse about the destruction of Oerth Hundreds of years ago, Vecna and Kas were close associates. They were driven men who shared similar evil
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Tovag Darklord: Kas the Bloody Handed
Hallmarks: Undead military dictatorship
Notorious across the planes, the vampire Kas was once the champion of the lich Vecna. Wielding the mighty sword that
bears his name, he betrayed his master, and the resulting battle supposedly destroyed them both. In truth, Vecna escaped and grew in power over ages and across worlds. Kas, though, was claimed by the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
K5, where he is shackled as described below. In Vecna’s version of the multiverse, even oblivion offers his archrival no respite. Vision of Vecna. If the characters look at the surface of the
collections. K2: Statues of Vecna Six statues of Vecna in lordly poses stand along the edges of this open-air walkway.
Each statue is a Medium object with AC 13, 20 hit points, and immunity to poison and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
The Wizards Three When the Dark Powers divulged Vecna’s plan to Kas, the powers also whispered that Lady Alustriel Silverhand was marshaling allies to stop the lich. Kas didn’t relish the thought of
facing the might of one of the multiverse’s most powerful good-aligned spellcasters, so the warlord devised a plot to trick Alustriel into helping him defeat Vecna. With the help of spies, Kas learned
Genasi
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
accustomed to a variety of different people.
GENASI ON ATHAS
Although any world that includes one or more elemental planes can feature genasi, on Athas, the world of the Dark Sun campaign setting
others to share their high opinion of themselves, so they constantly seek to enhance their reputations.
Likely backgrounds for a fire genasi include criminal, folk hero, and noble.
Water genasi almost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
for 1 minute. The characters might hear the information from the secret again, but they can’t spend a secret more than once. If the characters share a secret with a nonplayer character, that secret
characters confront Vecna in the Cave of Shattered Reflection in chapter 11, they can use any number of secrets they’ve kept to help thwart the lich-god’s Ritual of Remaking. See chapter 11 for more details about how secrets the characters kept can affect their confrontation with Vecna.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Sword of Kas Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement) When Vecna grew in power, he appointed an evil and ruthless lieutenant, Kas the Bloody Handed, to act as his bodyguard and right hand. This
despicable villain served as advisor, warlord, and assassin. His successes earned him Vecna’s admiration and a reward: a sword with as dark a pedigree as the man who would wield it. For a long time
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
dark magic and conquest, he forged a terrible empire. For all his power, Vecna couldn’t escape his own mortality. He began to fear death and take steps to prevent his end from ever coming about. Orcus
Eye and Hand of Vecna Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement) Seldom is the name of Vecna spoken except in a hushed voice. Vecna was, in his time, one of the mightiest of all wizards. Through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
nearly destroying the lich Vecna, the warrior Kas found himself trapped in the Shadowfell, imprisoned in a Domain of Dread called Tovag. There, he languished as a vampire. In time, the Dark Powers of the
Shadowfell lured Kas to a hidden forge, where he found the Crown of Lies. Once Kas vowed to deliver Vecna into the Dark Powers’ clutches and donned the crown, the Dark Powers released Kas. From there
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
some other means of seeing in the dark. Respite from the Winds The winds of Pandemonium are distantly audible within the redoubt. They don’t impede hearing within the redoubt. Ventilation Tubes Hidden
Forbiddance spell. The ward deals necrotic damage to Celestials and Fey who enter the redoubt. Lighting The redoubt’s interior is dark. Area descriptions assume the characters have a light source or
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, rot, and rebirth. You have spent your life in the slow churn of that ecosystem, in the dark places of the city where the messy parts of existence are on display. There is little squeamishness among the
stole something valuable.
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I found a baby beast and sold it to a Rakdos wrangler who remains grateful to me.
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A Selesnya druid and I share an interest in the same garden, and we have
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
while posing as Mordenkainen, Kas knows Vecna is conducting his Ritual of Remaking on the plane of Pandemonium. After receiving a message in a dream from the Dark Powers, Kas realized that the magic
? The final piece? I can tell from the spring in your step that you do! How exciting!
“While you’ve been away, we’ve deduced that Vecna needs to conduct his ritual in a place of great import where he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Manipulation in Motion After the Dark Powers released him, Kas tracked down a cell of Vecna’s cultists, who told the vampire more about the lich-god’s planned ritual. The vampire used the Crown of
the archmages’ Wish spell. As a consequence, the spell shunts the characters to Alustriel’s sanctum. Suspecting that the characters are somehow linked to Vecna, Kas urges them to retrieve the pieces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
Into Neverwinter’s Catacombs Several months ago, cultists dedicated to Vecna commandeered sections of Neverwinter’s catacombs for their nefarious purposes. The sect the characters are pursuing is in
moldering wood boards, propped up just enough to block a dark tunnel leading below the surface.
The boards blocking the entrance to the catacombs can be moved easily, revealing a sloping tunnel (area N1).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Domains The Domains of Dread are untold numbers of individual demiplanes hidden in the Shadowfell. Some are created entirely by the Dark Powers, while others the Mists claimed from elsewhere in the
multiverse and bear evidence of other worlds. Domains might change as the Dark Powers find new ways to torment their captives, with domains changing shape, merging, fading away, reappearing, and even
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, wood elves, and dark elves, though there is little physical difference among the three subraces here. Elves share the traits described in the Player’s Handbook for their race and subrace. High Elves
sometimes called the elves of shadow. They are closely connected to the Golgari Swarm, and because they generally live underground, they share other dark elves’ sensitivity to sunlight. Unlike the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
sacrifices of one kind or another, no respite from winter’s fury seems forthcoming. For adventurers such as yourselves, Ten-Towns is a place to test one’s mettle and, in the spirit of heroes who have come
map includes a map of the starting town that you can share with the players. The characters would be aware of the town’s general layout and key features.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Areas E1 and area E2 of Vecna’s Grasp are unlit. Area descriptions assume the characters have a light source or some other means of seeing in the dark. Unrealities in E2 have bright light. No
Teleportation As long as Vecna is conducting his ritual, teleportation magic doesn’t function in this place or any of the connected demiplanes. There is an exception to this rule: thanks to their Vecna’s Links
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
share a world or a certain reality. Few truths connect them, and even inviolate facts—such as time or death—might change. The only constant is fear. 2: The Dark Powers Reign. Sinister forces known as
the Dark Powers manipulate the Domains of Dread. Unknowable and omnipotent, the Dark Powers torment their captives for unfathomable reasons. 3: Domains Imprison Darklords. Each of Ravenloft’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the Frostmaiden’s magic, offers no respite from winter’s fury. The days are twilit, the nights dark. As Auril casts her nightly spell, a curtain of light weaves across the starry sky to keep the dawn at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
possible to escape the Domains of Dread against the will of the Dark Powers? Experts. Who might have knowledge regarding the nature of Ravenloft? What might the characters do to convince them to share
? Ramifications. Will the characters’ escape only affect them, or will it have ramifications across the Domains of Dread (or the entire multiverse)? Will. Do the Dark Powers have a role in the characters’ escape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Domains Sinister demiplanes known as domains constitute the realms of Ravenloft. These domains vary widely, but they share a number of common features: Domains Are Finite. The domains vary in size
haze. Domains share neither borders nor common geography, and you can’t peer from one domain into another. The environments, cultures, and residents of one domain don’t influence those of other domains