Vecna Explained | D&D Lore

[@Jorphdan]

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[@lvqam1849]

first reply!

[@Aricidius]

Have you seen the Dead By Daylight Vecna killer? They did a great job!

[@blockhearth983]

"Encasing the eye in volcanic glass from hell and shattering it against the sphere via a spell jammer ship". Stuff like this is why I love DnD.

[@RyanVonAegir]

Vecna is one of those villains I find fascinating because he's a good example of a villains name alone carrying so much weight. It's like Sauron in that way; someone so feared and powerful that his name is enough to make people go "Oh god."

[@knuckles2494]

I thought you were talking about Stranger Things until i saw (1 year ago)

[@kittydaddy2023]

I always brought in Vecna. He's so cool.

[@doms.6701]

Jorphdan was ahead of his time. I remember when this video came out. Now everyone and their mom is making videos on Vecna

[@papageorges6428]

I am making videos with your mom and Vecna

[@brianmorris364]

Jorphdans first video came 25 years after I first claimed the hand of vecna' in a campaign.

[@atomicash2475]

*Vecna and Azerack to Azerack's dad* He may have been your father, but he was never your daddy

[@antimatterstudios8395]

Andrew Halderman lmao

[@gabrielperrella]

Azerack? Don't you mean Acererak?

[@quantumwatts]

thank you for this! the combination of my Baldur's Gate 3 obsession and Vecna's inclusion in Dead by Daylight (plus the small lore write-up they did for him and the changes to dbd lore they had to make for his inclusion) made me want to learn as much as i could about his character

[@awinterblazettrpg]

Also fun fact, the Hand and Eye of Vecna, although they were named after Jack Vance, were inspired by the Hand of Kwll and the Eye of Rhyn. Items from the Books of Corum, by Michael Moorcock.

[@dilkertoquendo8219]

I love Michael Moorcock

[@awinterblazettrpg]

@@dilkertoquendo8219 I am currently reading through the books we have. I have all the Corum, Erekose and about 8 Elric books. All because I stumbled on to Colville's videos. XD

[@jybrokenhearted]

Jack Vance is the best

[@evdans]

I've been running a campaign where I used Vecna as inspiration and a template for a mummy lord (instead of him being a lich) and took inspiration for his items and changed them a bit. Making him ann ancient pharaoh that wants too raise everyone as undead for his God's (Orcus') army. I absolutely love how versatile this character is and the idea of having pieces of them as evil artifacts.

[@evdans]

@Amber Hoke that's a good question. I'm not sure. I don't know a lot about the Egyptian pantheon and maybe creating stats would be uniquely difficult and since orcus and the hand and eye of vecna already have stats it was easier to just alter the lore? I should take more inspiration from existing mythology though, so thank you.

[@homitdog2]

Here for dbds new killer reveal

[@therealistjustin9015]

same💀

[@Glocktopus129]

Now that he’s out and I’ve played him for a while I gotta say they did a great job making him feel like an absolute menace lol he is STRONG in DBD

[@user-jk1iz5lq1j]

Sooo his biggest weakness is a pallet and worst fear is a flashlight?!.....Lichking my ahh

[@Ender7j]

This video was very ahead of its time.

[@antimatterstudios8395]

A perfect lich? He must’ve found the stone mask and the red stone of aja

[@ataberkdedemen9802]

A cultured one, I see.

[@antimatterstudios8395]

ata berk dedemen yes, yes I am!

[@ataberkdedemen9802]

@Antimatterstudios , which part are you on?

[@antimatterstudios8395]

ata berk dedemen I just watch the anime I finished part 5

[@ataberkdedemen9802]

@Antimatterstudios , I am at part 7. You will probably fall in love with part 7 especially you like concepts like eye and hand of Vecna. (This is the most i could say without any spoilers)

[@groovinhooves]

Michael Moorcock's character Corum Jhaelen Irsei also comes to mind when considering inspiration behind divine-powered body parts, specifically an eye and a hand.

[@Jeremiah8rown]

Some sort of Vecna-like being should be the final boss in Stranger Things.

[@donaldphillips5134]

Well he is

[@flyingpaladin617]

This aged well

[@astrotrain3332]

Damn.... The Duffer Bros owe you a check!

[@Jon_EL]

Whats the lotto numbers…quick

[@Pop_Shepski]

Definitely aged well

[@oasntet]

Vecna also means "eternal" in several slavic languages. Did Gygax and the other writers at TSR know that? Well, in developing the lich, he likely drew heavily from a slavic folk-tale about Koschei the Deathless. And in DVD! "Vecna is eternal" is a phrase that comes up...

[@ptolemeeselenion1542]

Fun fact: in Doctor Who Gallifreyan lore, The Master's true name at the Pyrdonian Academy used to be Koschei. In some novels and audio stories of DW, it has been strongly implied that The Master has been at an young age forcibly taken by D*ath Herself - a Transcendental Being older than Creation itself (but somehow begotten out of the Galligreyan collective psyche and worshipped as their gods before "leaking out" across the Universe, much in the vein of Zagreus and the Doctor's own darker alter personaes the Valeyard and the DreamLord) and sister to the Celestial Toymaker and other Eternals - to become Her Champion after the young First Doctor refused to become Hers, following the m*rder of a fellow academician who used to frequently bully them. In some Eighth Doctor audio and novels stories, the Doctor fell on several instances unto an enigmatic alternate-future incarnation of the Master resembling his Robert Delgado incarnation and naming himself Koschei, prior being revealed he was indeed the future Master.

[@oasntet]

@@ptolemeeselenion1542 Huh, I did not know that about the Master's true name. I've watched a bunch of that era, but stopped short of reading the novels or listening to the audioplays. Neat connection! And the Master / D*ath dynamic seems to parallel the Vecna / Serpent dynamic fairly closely, too. If only Vecna had a Doctor-like nemesis on the side of good... That's been one of the weaker bits of the Vecna storyline - it's all evil people doing on a number on each other, but no real heroes, so there's not many good NPCs that PCs could consult for help...

[@ptolemeeselenion1542]

@@oasntet Very indeed!

[@nameputhpong9041]

I wasn’t looking for this. It just popped up shortly after i watched ST4… Great vid though, really wanting to try out DnD now.

[@carloss3499]

"He was the son of obi wan or you could mess it up and make him Palpatine Granddaughter." Yeah they really screwed the movies, but is everyone excited for season 2 of the Mandalorian

[@Watchin4story]

Hopefully they don’t screw it up also.

[@phoogoo]

So basically Vecna lives in a trailer park in West Virginia. Mystery solved.

[@Chocopacotaco1413]

@Freeze Peach no, no, TLJ was not. Like it actively destorys much of the setting

[@jamesbarnicks4863]

Mandolin is the best star wars since the original series. Change my mind

[@maxputhoff1436]

My campaign has a city where a wizard named Jack Vance is the burgomeister. He had a stroke which gave him a wild left eye and a paralyzed left hand. I wonder how long it will take them to catch on.

[@magonus195]

Have they caught on yet?

[@wurtl]

here after finding out vecna will be in stranger things season 4

[@jordan4835]

I thought vecna was a girl😂😅

[@wurtl]

@@jordan4835 bahaha makes sense tho

[@saintnot8099]

Me too

[@dukemarlar1740]

Just started watching ST s4. Was so excited when they said vecna. Old school DM I am. Lol

[@joedarling5175]

Long con

[@patrickdees5256]

2:44 yup. That's some salt I'm tasting. And I can't blame you.

[@joaoignacio7666]

I've long waited for this video. Thanks man!

[@FrasFs]

This video aged properly.

[@jaredadams4795]

I KNEW VECNA WAS GOING TO BE THE MAIN ANTAGONIST FOR STRANGER THINGS!

[@EvilSurgeon]

Yay go jared ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@shadowcat6lives639]

I was actually waiting for the rise of Skywalker to go on sale before watching it. I did so good avoiding spoilers. But alas it turns out rey is Vecna's great great grandmother.

[@shadowcat6lives639]

Great video as always! :)

[@Chocopacotaco1413]

You got saved if anything XD

[@xavierwoo8634]

If I only could make a deal with God And I'd get him to swap our places Be running up that road Be running up that hill Be running up that building

[@wallywest2360]

I like how you randomly threw Frostmourne in there at 5:33 when talking about the Sword of Kas.

[@Briansgate]

Somehow.....Vecna has returned.

[@RhysticStudies]

a beautiful summary of a wicked character. thank you!

[@KingLouisII]

I watch D&D content frequently, but this video ending up at the top of my queue shows the YT algorithm is working. Ah... Stranger Things: the actual place these characters gained real wide-spread fame. ST-S4 is the first place 99% of the world heard of Vecna. Thanks for pulling D&D out into the light of the mainstream.

[@vladimirtchuiev2218]

Mostly I remember Vecna from Robes of Vecna in BG2, where it would take a mage and make him/her a monstrosity when combined with Time Stop and Improved Alacrity.

[@seibervideo]

😵

[@jacobhald1377]

This.

[@TheGausteive]

Probably a lot of people will come here because of Stranger Things, im one of them

[@Jorphdan]

Welcome!

[@SeanWMODonnell]

Same! Then you realize lore like this is more interesting than what's on tv, or creepy tales on the interwebs.

[@TheGausteive]

@@SeanWMODonnell totally agree with you!

[@hello.6748]

Yup I wanted to find out what his character was abt t try and link them to a character from St or smthn 🗿 tryna b clever basically

[@noah-eh5vy]

now vecna is in stranger things 🤯

[@MisterSmith00]

There's a long-standing debate as to who is the most powerful lich....Vecna, Acererak, or Larloch. Most would agree Vecna (the master) would be stronger than Acererak (room for surprise, however). But personally...I feel like Larloch would beat Vecna. Vecna has this power-hungry, self-glorification thing going on. Larloch is much more subdued...he doesn't have an ego; he's is all about the study of magic (which, liberated of moral restriction, can still be pretty nasty...there was this whole thing where an army of clones assaulted Faerun, just so Larloch could see what happens and...well, he apologized afterwards, at least). As such, if something opposes him...he carefully, precisely, and systematically dismantles them...sometimes over the course of centuries. To me, that's what makes a lich...more Moriarity, less Palpatine.

[@SimonAshworthWood]

I've never heard of "Larloch" before. Can't be that powerful. :D

[@dontme6996]

Larloch almost became the God of Magic. The only reason he lost is because one of the two strongest casters in the FR was there to help stop him, and she didn't even kill him. They just stopped him from finishing. If Larloch showed up again? Mystra herself would intervene. That is a level of power Vecna will never be able to make a claim about. Plus, I never really liked Vecna. Dude is just a fucking failure. I cant wait for the day he is permanently destroyed in canon. He's not particularly interesting, and he's just annoying at this point; nothing more than a Saturday morning serial villain at this point.

[@LordMortanius]

Vecna would be disqualified on the grounds of being a deity. The most powerful lich would probably be Larloch, but the most infamous after Vecna would be Acererak.

[@canceledpublicaccessproduc1167]

Azalin

[@LordMortanius]

@@canceledpublicaccessproduc1167 Azalin is a big deal in the Demiplane of Dread, but there are simply too many spellcasters outside that outclass him.

[@aisnota5192]

Not to self: do not make talking swords and always apply lotion.

[@solank7620]

7:58 to 8:03 What list or article is this that has Vecna rated as the #17 all-time D&D villain? Anyone have a link to this list?

[@CONTINGENCY_sys]

Yes, lich. More big bad videos. Love all you do. I've been binge watching all your vids through once again.

[@demonkingbadger6689]

Never try to use the head of Vecna, so many have learned the hard way.

[@konkyolife]

Hand and Eye of Vecna relic. My buddy as a kid had these for his character. Miss him.

[@GunnGuardian]

By any chance, are you doing a video on Ghost Elves? Nerd Immersion introduced me to them and they look cool.

[@Jorphdan]

@NerdImmersion told me about them, I'll have to do some research but perhaps! :D

[@jelio123456]

Great video, and great graphics. I ran a Vecna campaign and you seemed to have found all the important info about him for your video.

[@bilbo229]

Minor addendum: Kas was actually held prisoner by Vecna in the quasi-elemental plane of ash which has a negative energy trait and transformed him into a vampire over the centuries.

[@bjhale]

That's the most Gygaxian thing ever

[@thedeathofreason]

He then became a like death knight lieutenant of vecna, but eventually betrays him.

[@Aenarion28]

Vecna Lives module

[@bilbo229]

@@Aenarion28 VERY good catch.

[@isaoblack987]

@@bjhale nah... gygax would somehow turn him into an ooze or slime pretending to be curtains or something.

[@djsombreropictures4523]

I had been told that Vecna was a person first, and a PC back in the day chopped off his hand and used it as an improvised weapon, and cool new story element, and the DM allowed it.

[@glaive616]

Dead by daylight fan, looking to educate myself on Venca, what is a lich exactly ?

[@oceaneggo]

a necromancer that obtained immortality through unknown/immoral methods

[@jesper898]

Another great episode, as always. And since the next video is related to Ravenloft, that begs the question... How about some Ravenloft videos sometime? Perhaps about the different Domains and/or Darklords? 😅

[@a.z.pantera5577]

Doesn't the Hand of Vecna currently reside with a certain Dragonborn Barbaradin in Descent into Avernus??

[@beetehotraroy3468]

I think he is a oathbreaker paladin.

[@a.z.pantera5577]

@@beetehotraroy3468 yeah he's an Oatbreaker/Berserker.

[@beetehotraroy3468]

Oh my bad.. I didn't know he multiclassed into barbarian.. I am not caught up with CR Campaign 1 yet

[@vecna2101]

That jerkass hand-stealer.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Ah, thanks, Jorphdan, for that concise deep dive into Vecna! It brought me back into DnD5e vibes!

[@ajdynon]

Never mind the hand and eye, a real DM gets the party to go after the Head of Vecna!

[@brianmorris364]

Don't even get me started on the penis of vecna

[@mistersamdi]

Ah yes, the classic tale of "F*** Around and Find Out"

[@kissyoung8181]

The New STRANGER THINGS monster.

[@miguelito0821]

I believe that Will is going to turn into vecna, it’s the only logical answer for the name of the episode, when will played dnd with the boys he was always a wizard, it would only make sense for the mindflayer to posses him once again and turn him Into a evil being.

[@Mike1carver]

@@miguelito0821 turns out it is max being possessed

[@larryfoulkeofficial8609]

@@miguelito0821 what

[@Kspice9000]

​@Mike1carver wouldn't call it possessed so much as telepathically ripped apart.

[@needparalegal]

The greatest magic item ever conceived of is the Head of Vecna. I have seen parties fight over the right to cut off their own head to be able to equip the Head of Vecna!

[@LeviticusStroud]

Planescape: Torment NPC dialogue.. Grace: "What exactly are you Mort?" Mort (a floating skull): "Me? I'm the head of Vecna!"

[@LoyaFrostwind]

I have heard such tales from friends, recounted at gaming conventions.

[@Daleksaresupreme1]

The hand and eye of Vecna is a reference to one of Gary Gygax's favourite authors, Micheal Moorcock. In Moorcocks Corum books the mane character looses his hand and eye to torture but replaces them with the Hand of Kwll and the Eye of Rhynn, body parts two forgotten gods that give him great power. The Hand ow Kwll has six fingers just like the hand of Vecna.

[@JanusHoW]

Actually, I heard in another video that Acererak wanted to become a lich within a short time of meeting Vecna, since he viewed life to be so boring. Which basically made his apprenticeship go something like this: A: Can I be a lich yet? V: No. A: Can I be a lich yet? V: No. A: Can I be a lich yet? V: NO. A: Can I be a lich yet? V: NO! YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME AND I'LL TURN YOU INTO A ZOMBIE INSTEAD!

[@matthewroth1]

Joe Manganiello’s character Arkhan who stole and wore the hand of vecna was actually made canon recently in Baldur’s Gate.

[@brianmorris364]

Which is kind of sad considering many players have claimed this artifact decades before him.

[@Ghost-hk1cp]

Here because of the new DBD chapter

[@ghostinajar369]

Voldermort? Did I hear a niner in there? Lol great video!

[@tomkerruish2982]

Here's an overarching, undead-heavy campaign idea I've had for some time, which I'm putting out here because I almost never, ever finish anything. Orcus wants to be a god again. It only makes sense for him to become the god of the undead, so he decides to kill the current one, Vecna. To this end, he seeks out the Eye and Hand of Vecna, along with the Sword of Kas; combined with his Wand, he believes they will be sufficient for his task. (A few side notes: I'm going with the lore that Vecna was once a worshipper of Orcus, who is now miffed that his former cultist has overtaken him in power. Also, the Sword is a bit like Tick-Tock from Peter Pan; having once tasted Vecna, it hungers for the remainder.) Obvious question: which bad guy should the party help? Personally, I'd lean toward keeping the status quo, although it might be a good opportunity to destroy some evil artifacts. Again, I know I'll never flesh out this idea more than what I've just written, so if anyone can use it, please do.

[@SkyTrooper121]

Like @Amber Hoke said, let the party choose. Get the worldbuilding u need written, but don't worry about prepping too much content in advance, just have a few major points of the story in mind where they choose which on to side with and what milestones will show that the other one is weakening

[@tenebrousoul9368]

My last 3rd Ed game, I had the eye and hand of Veccna grafted onto me, and we had to find a way to stop him from taking over my body. My party accidentally burned down an elven continent the size of Brazil, failing to stop Veccna, and almost tpk

[@VikingMale]

I remember the eye, a bunch of teeth and the hand of Vecna. Doesn’t anybody remember the teeth?

[@JRussellDay]

A thumbs up for the Jack Vance fact

[@racekitty]

Vecna was one of the first villains I ever used I had a archmage find the eye it did give him great power but Vecna eventually took over his body and wanting to expand his power to a new realm began to plan find his hand and now I want use him again using his plan in "Vecna lives".

[@steveclarkreborn]

This is the first useful ad I've ever seen. Thanks, I think? *Checks bank account*

[@XaryLoon]

I suspect that Vecna is based on a Character of the Corum Saga, written by Michael Moorcock, where Corum Jhaelen Irsei wield two powerful artifacts: the Eye of Rhynn and the Hand of Kwll, two powerful god

[@zach5539]

it's so nice to stumble back onto some videos from jorphdan :)

[@robertaslanian2564]

I loved that Star Wars reference! 😍

[@subzero9113]

Jorphdan You have just made a subscriber for Life! LOL Or HE could Be the Grand Daughter of Palpatine! Love Your content, I have been DMing D&D since 1983 and You are one of the Best Creators on KZbin. Please Keep going with this content it makes Me smile seeing such Awesome Background Info done. Can You Please do more GreyHawk that was always and is My Favorite Setting.

[@Jorphdan]

Thanks for subbing! Glad you like the content. Hoping to dive into the Greyhawk adventures at some point! Always reading :)

[@wheatloathe]

YeAh BuT wHy DoEsNt He HaVe A cLoCk?!?!!

[@Gravehaven007]

Just discovered, now subscribed! Enjoyed this video A LOT man. Thank you!

[@Jorphdan]

Welcome! :)

[@davidafonso3201]

Love it :D i am actually thinking in using a evil demigod, and now you just got me one ty :D

[@Twee9000]

Vecna is always a perfect fall-back villain.

[@wheresevanwastaken]

Ok you saying that you believe in me I’m sure was a small thing for you but I just want you to know that I really needed that. Thank you

[@tysondennis1016]

Imagine if Vecna had the pre-battle quote, "do you wanna have a bad time?"

[@KillerCrocZilla]

Good to see our dear Greyhawk getting some love

[@ChrisLawton66]

5:02 I can only imagine the interview process.

[@dissent6494]

I love your videos and i beg you, PLEASE, take a look at the campaign box "Night Below" from 2th edition. This was for my years as a DM, the most insane and hard adventure i have ever tried with my players. The aboleths are involved, this is SO GOOD!

[@Jorphdan]

I'll check it out!

[@parikshithshashikumar849]

Here come the Strange Things crowd.

[@popovanatoliy4736]

i used vecna for my apocalyptic campaign as one of main actors. he inspired his champions to be resourceful. thus appeared armies of necro constructs and necropunks.

[@RangerDanger224]

This aged well.

[@serrano1x610]

I love how more and more people are getting interested in TTRPG (specially D&D) because of stranger things, that’s soooo great do the community in general!

[@Jorphdan]

2022 was great for D&D and the movie coming out next year it'll blow up again! More people to game with!

[@serrano1x610]

@@Jorphdan that’s great, because of this game I’ll have two or three more people in my new campaign!

[@fodxp]

Cool. I wondered who's robes I kept picking up in Neverwinter Nights. So I'm currently wearing your robes, dead dude. I make it look good~!

[@epozone]

I play d&d since à loooong time and I came here because of stranger thing 😍 thanks for your video

[@kmungal]

i made a sword out of a dead star once; it was so heavy it could not be held or lifted but needed to be levitated with magic, the mass of the sward was so dense that it warped gravity and the entire plant revolved around the sword effecting weather making it always calm where the sword was like an eye of a hurricane, because of gravity manipulation the wielder of the sword perceived time first granting foresight. anything with less density then the sword was instantly crushed if it touched the blade and the blade had its own immense gravity that pulls towards the nearest object with great speed without a levitating spell.

[@WarhavenSC]

Ancient tales speak of the illusive, powerful, artifact known as the Head of Vecna...

[@velocirebtor4028]

years and years without knowing anything about what’s revealed in the last ep of the third star wars trilogy and I find out here I can’t believe it.. what were the chances

[@Zan-yz4ld]

I’m currently running a campaign where my players are currently figuring out the goal of this cult that have been killing and resurrecting civilians and searching for something, and recently they’ve discovered that this cult follows someone they called “The Whispered One”. One of my players looked up at me with this face that screamed “Oh No”.

[@rustyshackleford3190]

Nothing will ever beat the story of the "Head of Vecna".

[@tamaz88]

Just noticed the background map, what the bloody hell is “The Westerland - House Lancaster”? ASOIAF in Greyhawk is crazy.

[@chadamm]

Is startyplaying a good place to look for someone who is interesting in getting into d&d. My GF and I regularly talk about it but we don’t know anyone in our area to introduce us to it.

[@anasb.8647]

it mostly requires money, and for "some reason" doesn't even have an option to look for free to play games, but it's a pretty clean website...though, i don't see why use that instead of Roll20..

[@NerdImmersion]

Some people setup games for intro players only, so thats worth checking out

[@xavierfanjoy3300]

Greyhawk - Hawkins can't be a coincidence

[@ΜάριοςΚαγιασης]

Maybe "the perfect lich" means his body is his phylactery. Since you have to destroy a lich's phylactery to then destroy the lich permanently, Vecna can not be destroyed and is completely immortal.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

I think that would just make the Lich more easy to destroy. Destroying a Lich isn't easy, but it is doable. It doesn't bother them much though because their phylactery will resurrect them. If the Lich IS the phylactery, then they just lose that benefit. Since a Lich's body can be destroyed regardless, destroying their phylactery-body shouldn't be any harder than just destroying the Lich.

[@FuckoffgoogleGetDoxxed]

A perfect lich would mean its phylactery is indestructable. The only way that would work if its an item people dont want to destroy or is of such importance that it cant be destroyed. Or on such a scale that it's practicly impossible. The definition of the phylactery is always subjective. The importance of the object to the subject is a factor aswell as its capacity to hold its magic. For someone as evil as Vecna one could even say humans or souls are just objects to be used. Even the earth itself much like god's seem to think. Its more a question of what's allowed to be a phylactery that defines if a perfect lich can even exist.

[@slippymclach1233]

@@FuckoffgoogleGetDoxxed The game I'm currently running has Vecna as the villain and his method of becoming the "perfect lich" was done through learning how to make multiple phylacteries. His 3 phylacteries are his eye, his hand, and the sword of kas. Because in 5e to destroy the eye and hand you have to use the sword of kas, and to destroy the sword of kas you must use the hand and eye, it is impossible to have them all be destroyed at once, making him functionally impossible to kill. However the players plan at the moment is to use the sword of kas (which they've found) to destroy the eye and hand, then have the sword in an antimagic zone so it doesn't work as a phylactery when they kill vecna. I'm excited to see how it goes!

[@Nox-eg3rq]

A perfict lich is one that found a way to not need a phylactery to begin with he's just immortal and just exist there

[@darkale658]

@@slippymclach1233 kudos to you, that is a very lich-like way of thinking-- becoming a perfect lich through a logical impossibility, having two phylacteries A and B such that A is needed to destroy B and vice versa.

[@josephbendoski4305]

I've always wondered about Vecna, thanks for this.

[@Jorphdan]

Happy to help!

[@KyleCanessa]

Greatest of all Liches -you just come a new hashtag #GOAL

[@Chernobog34]

Jeez someone's bitter about Star Wars 😂

[@carloss3499]

You have no idea on the millions of voices crying out in disappoint.

[@patrickdees5256]

Honestly who in their right mind wouldn't be?

[@ryansauchuk7290]

Gooooood use your negative feelings let your hatred flow through you

[@Aenarion28]

Can you blame him? Star Wars changed to Crap Wars thanks to the Sequel Trilogy

[@otgboiii]

Vecna was so strong he became sans the skeleton.

[@trixus4768]

Party: "Please, Mr. dragon, would you please spit some napalm on this eye?" The boomer dragon: "You kidding me, right?" 😂😂😂

[@mbarker_lng]

I haven't personally confirmed it, but I have heard that Vance also designed the "fire and forget" magic system; spells levels and a certain number of spells per level. This is a profoundly influential design underpinning countless RPG and CRPG systems. We have to keep in mind that DnD was originally inspired by Lord of the Rings, but how magic works in LotR is never defined in any real sense- there are no limits to how often or how much magic Gandalf, Saruman, and the like could use at a given time. So basically, before Vance, there was nothing when it came to magic systems.

[@Jorphdan]

Yep! Vance's system involved putting living spells into your brain and holding them there until cast. You had a finite amount of magic you can hold in your head and once you cast the spell it's gone. D&D adapted this and it became known as "Vancian Magic" kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5TPk4h4qKhqjrc

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No images of the Critical Role version?

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That’s an awesome Greyhawk map! But I’m curious. . . Did Gygax et al actuall have a north with a House Stark in The North and a Vale with a House Arryn and a house Martel in a Caliphate? If so, perhaps GRR Martin had known of or played games set in Greyhawk!

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I was looking for this comment. Also why is the Westerlands east of the Vale?