Vecna Unleashed Mini Expansion Details

Arcanaverse

Arcanaverse

Solver of Secrets
Tádhg said:
Seeing as we're speculating and judging by where the story seems to be leading, is it possible this may continue back to Ravenloft? I mean, the hand and the eye CAN only be destroyed by the Sword of Kas and to get that wouldn't we have to venture to Cavitius?

I mean, if we where to, we would need an item to keep the environment from consuming us so maybe some piece of equipment crafting that we have to wear while out there kinda like the Boots of Anchoring in Tower of Despair possibly?

It would be nice to see a future expac bring us back to Ravenloft as there's still a lot of untouched potential there. Barovia is only a drop in the pond.

Also i like how the Sword of Kas could play into it as we already have sentient weapons and most depictions of the Sword resemble the Sword of Shadow which is pretty fun.

Maybe i'm just dreaming but it could be a fun little twist!
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Certainly reasonable to see us go back to Ravenloft. This expansion seems unlikely we'll see ravenloft content, but us kicking vecna to ravenloft would be on theme and a possible outcome of the raid.

That being said, a really cool way to re-release the bottle of mist teleport if we did go back. Just sayin. :)
 
Uppsy

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Love this forum post. I am so excited to see where the story takes us And returns us some villains. I do hope it’s not majorly focussed on codex pages like the past few packs have been. But I do have some questions I may have missed.
how do we know it’s the traveler thats shifting?
are we sure it’ll have a returning villain I thought that when Tolero mentioned that she was referring to Verna?
 
Arcanaverse

Arcanaverse

Solver of Secrets
Uppsy said:
Love this forum post. I am so excited to see where the story takes us And returns us some villains. I do hope it’s not majorly focussed on codex pages like the past few packs have been. But I do have some questions I may have missed.
how do we know it’s the traveler thats shifting?
are we sure it’ll have a returning villain I thought that when Tolero mentioned that she was referring to Verna?
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I guess we don't technically know for 100% sure its the traveler and was mostly assured by others. That being said, we know this being is powerful (elf is unscratched from what was otherwise a massacre), very interested in the cult's and vecna's movements, and is largely the only notable shapeshifter I'm aware of that isn't actively against us. As the overseer of change it just fits I guess.

No, not sure it'll be a returning villain. Just said it was a familiar face. Which honestly don't tell us much haha. Even if I'm only half right about any of this, there are a lot of potentials.
 
rabidfox

rabidfox

The People's Champion
Madam Eva says, '"Be wary, traveler. Many enemies will oppose you - and perhaps a friend as well."'
Totally unreleated I'm sure, but talk of Ravenloft, the term traveler, and "familiar face" makes my brain wander back to this line in Sunrise.
 
Arcanaverse

Arcanaverse

Solver of Secrets
Updated the Main post with links all the good stuff.

Also, we're onto the secrets already. Plenty of easter eggs and things we're currently translating. Will cover this on the next Sunday @ 4pm est stream, but actively going over it in the discord for anyone interested. (links in the main post)
 
Saaluta

Saaluta

Founder and altogether cool gamer gurl
I just hope they give us a new use for remnants, I have about 30 full stacks in my shared crafting bank that I have very little use for right now, especially since all the bottles are on the same timer...so the only one I find useful from 1-32 is the FOM bottle, no holds or webs(mostly). Maybe some weapons or something we can upgrade with them :)

Saal :)
 
PaleFox

PaleFox

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We'll be able to lock Vecna's soul in The Spinners Prison as we divide his soul and body.
Use the planar-eyes to close the rift between worlds after we find some sort of tomb to store his bodily remains in.
His book of Vile Darkness will be absorbed as a single page in the book of codex pages.

Or we could force him to wear the eye of Irian.
 
Aelonwy

Aelonwy

DDO's Cosmetic Fashionista
rabidfox said:
Madam Eva says, '"Be wary, traveler. Many enemies will oppose you - and perhaps a friend as well."'
Totally unreleated I'm sure, but talk of Ravenloft, the term traveler, and "familiar face" makes my brain wander back to this line in Sunrise.
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I always thought that line referred to the Abbott because he's friendly at first but turns out he's twisted and corrupted.
 
PaleFox

PaleFox

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Aelonwy said:
I always thought that line referred to the Abbott because he's friendly at first but turns out he's twisted and corrupted.
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It would be a great tie in if The Abbott and Vecna are somehow the same one, as this being his secret that even he forgot.
 
Phoenicis

Phoenicis

Savage's Husband
PaleFox said:
It would be a great tie in if The Abbott and Vecna are somehow the same one, as this being his secret that even he forgot.
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The abbot is revealed as a fallen celestial when you go back and tell him you think he's a complete nutter.

Turns out he was sent to save the place but was instead corrupted by the darkness of Barovia.
 
The_Human_Cypher

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Dragnilar said:
Nice. It also confirms the expac is definitely inspired by the original "Vecna Lives!"

I think your Codex guess is pretty good. The cover for Vecna Lives! has the hand reaching out of a phylactery / urn / whatever vase:

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Here is the summary for the 'Vecna Lives!' module, from Wikipedia:

The adventure concerns the lich Vecna and his disembodied hand and eye—both powerful magical artifacts. The arch-lich Vecna and his cult are plotting to change Oerth forever. The adventure starts with a scene in which the players play the City of Greyhawk's great Circle of Eight wizards. Vecna has ascended to demigod status, and serves as the ultimate foe for the adventurers in the module. Assuming the players are successful in defeating Vecna, he is transported to and imprisoned within the Ravenloft campaign setting.

So, based on this description of the Vecna Lives! module, the next DDO expansion after 'Vecna Unleashed' should be set in Ravenloft.
 
Purr

Purr

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Saaluta said:
I just hope they give us a new use for remnants, I have about 30 full stacks in my shared crafting bank that I have very little use for right now, especially since all the bottles are on the same timer...so the only one I find useful from 1-32 is the FOM bottle, no holds or webs(mostly). Maybe some weapons or something we can upgrade with them :)

Saal :)
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My idea was a trade of 10,000 rems for one reaper fragment
 
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