The end has already begun
They wait. They listen. And when the world has forgotten to fear them, they return.
Welcome to Fall of Vecna, a campaign already written in blood, broken bargains, and the remains of a god.
Adventure primer
Imagine a world where every published catastrophe succeeded, every great evil prevailed, and the heroes lost.
The Sword Coast has been divided among dragons, giants, demons, cults, and tyrants. Above them all looms Vecna.
Good has already lost. Your task is to decide whether it stays that way.
Everything for the table
Primer, recaps, resources, and table rules for the players of Fall of Vecna.
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Table reference
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Taking a Healing Potion Is a Bonus Action
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We use the optional flanking rules as listed in the PHB for D&D 5e
The Whispered One
Lord Vecna has been known by many names: the Maimed Lord, the Whispered One, and the Maker of All That Is Secret. He was a great wizard, a supreme archlich, an emperor worshiped as a god, and finally a god through sheer force of will.
He was betrayed and slain by his closest lieutenant. He was imprisoned in the distant domains of Ravenloft. None of this stopped him.
Vecna is more than power. He is knowledge incarnate. He believes that every person, city, and world hides a secret powerful enough to bring about its downfall. He gathers those secrets to further his divine ascendancy.
A world selected
After plundering the secrets of the planar hub of the multiverse, Vecna learned of worlds beyond his own. Of them all, he became most fascinated by magic-rich Toril and the eldritch ingenuity of fallen Netheril.
With the patience of an expert strategist, he spent generations preparing the Sword Coast for his arrival. His followers infiltrated the realms from Candlekeep to Silverymoon, obscuring knowledge, subverting governments, and corrupting Faerûn's champions.
The Soulmonger
At Vecna's bidding, the archlich Acererak built a hidden deathtrap in the jungles of Chult. At its heart waited the Soulmonger, a device created to devour the soul of any humanoid who died anywhere on Toril.
Those souls fed a gestating atropal, the unfinished creation of a forgotten evil god. The atropal was intended to become the corporeal vessel for Vecna's divine essence.
The Dragon Queen
Agents of Vecna corrupted the translation of Sammaster's prophecies, inspiring Severin and the Cult of the Dragon to summon Tiamat from the Nine Hells. Rath Modar, a Thayan illusionist and secret disciple of Vecna, helped bring the plan to fruition.
Elemental Evil
From Tiamat's tribute, Vecnan agents stole relics of incredible power. Four Netherese artifacts later fell into the hands of the cults of Elemental Evil, which razed and destroyed much of the Dessarin Valley.
The Demon Lords
Vecna tricked Gromph Baenre, archmage of Menzoberranzan, into summoning the demon lords of the Abyss into the Underdark. Madness and destruction followed on a catastrophic scale.
Calamity without end
The breaking of Annam's Ordning. Elturel and Baldur's Gate descending into Avernus. Auril's exile and the eternal winter. In one way or another, the cosmic mastermind had his hand in it all.
The Lord of Toril
Vecna was reborn. Cultists, orcs of Dark Arrow Keep, yuan-ti of Najara, giants from across the Sword Coast, and liches from Warlock's Crypt gathered beneath his banner.
The Realms, devastated by repeated calamity, fell quickly. In less than a year, Vecna installed himself within Waterdeep and declared himself Lord of Toril.
Evil has ruled the lands ever since.