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Die Vecna Die!

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons adventure module

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons adventure module

Ravenloft Planescape Steve Miller

Die Vecna Die! is an *Advanced Dungeons & Dragons *(AD&D 2nd edition) module released in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast. The module is divided into three sections, each taking part in a different campaign setting: Greyhawk, Ravenloft, and Planescape. It was one of the last official adventures released for the 2nd edition of Dungeons & Dragons.

Plot summary

This adventure, and Vecna's multiverse-shattering plan contained within it, have been used by some D&D fans as an in-game explanation of the differences between the 2nd and 3rd editions of Dungeons & Dragons. The closing paragraph of the module reads as follows:

:"Even with Vecna's removal, his time in the crux effected change in superspace. Though the Lady of Pain attempts to heal the damage, the turmoil spawned by Vecna's time in Sigil cannot be entirely erased. Some Outer Planes drift off and are forever lost, others collide and merge, while at least one Inner Plane runs "aground" on a distant world of the Prime. Moreover, the very nature of the Prime Material Plane itself is altered. Half-worlds like those attached to Tovag Baragu multiply a millionfold, taking on parallel realism in what was before a unified Prime Material Plane. The concept of alternate dimensions rears its metaphorical head, but doesn't yet solidify, and perhaps it never will. New realms, both near and far, are revealed and realms never previously imagined make themselves known. Entities long thought lost emerge once more, while other creatures, both great and small, are inexplicably eradicated. Some common spells begin to work differently. The changes do not occur immediately, but instead are revealed during the subsequent months. However, one thing remains clear: Nothing will ever be the same again."

Publication history

Die Vecna Die! was written by Bruce Cordell and Steve Miller, with cover art by Paul Bonner and interior art by Kevin McCann. It is a 160-page softcover book designed for four to six characters of levels 10 to 13.

Reception

Shannon Appelcline comments that as the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons line ended, Wizards produced Die Vecna Die! as

In 2013, Alex Lucard, for Diehard GameFAN, wrote:

*Die Vecna, Die* is more of a campaign than a mere adventure, and it’s arguably the most ambitious thing ever put out for Second Edition AD&D. *Die Vecna, Die* is no mere adventure, but a massive undertaking for high level characters, seeing them go through not one, but THREE different campaign settings. [...] Players will encounter some of the most iconic and evil characters in all of *Dungeons & Dragons*, and have to witness firsthand the end of the Second Edition Universe, and the beginning of Third Edition. [...] It’s a damn shame how overlooked and underrated *Die Vecna, Die* is, as it’s easily the best long campaign like adventure ever put out for Second Edition. It’s a massive undertaking akin to, say *Horror on the Orient Express* for ''[[Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)

Reviews

  • Coleção Dragon Slayer

References

References

  1. link. (2005-02-22 at the Pen & Paper RPG database. Retrieved November 22, 2008.)
  2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090729230038/http://geocities.com/Area51/Dungeon/6102/reviews/dievecna.html The Lonesome Road-Die Vecna Die!]. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  3. Kenson, Stephen. (May 2000). "ProFiles: Steve Miller". [[Wizards of the Coast]].
  4. [http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=9174 Die Vecna Die!] at RPGnet's game index. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  5. Shannon Appelcline. (2011). "Designers & Dragons". Mongoose Publishing.
  6. Lucard, Alex. (May 27, 2013). "The Top Ten Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition Releases I'd Like To See on DNDClassics.com".
  7. "Coleção Dragon Slayer".
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