Vecna Lives!

Greyhawk Source

Vecna Lives!
Cover of Vecna Lives!, art by Jeff Easley.
Type:	Adventure module
Code/Abbreviation:	WGA4
Edition:	AD&D 2e
Author(s):	David Cook
Editor(s):	Mike Breault
Cover Artist(s):	Jeff Easley
Interior Artist(s):	Ken Frank
Series:	Vecna Lives! Vecna Reborn Die Vecna Die!
Publisher:	TSR
First Published:	1990
Pages:	96
ISBN:	0-88038-897-8
Class:	Officially published material

Vecna Lives! is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The module bears the code WGA4 and was published by TSR, Inc. in 1990 for the second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules.

The module was written by David "Zeb" Cook and edited by Mike Breault with cover art by Jeff Easley and interior art by Ken Frank.

The adventure is set in 581 CY and concerns the lich Vecna, and involves his disembodied hand and eye, which are both powerful magical artifacts. It also deals with the Sword of Kas. During the course of the storyline, it is revealed that Vecna has ascended to demigod status, and he 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 at the conclusion of the adventure (the adventure Vecna Reborn).

The adventure provides details of Vecna and his cult, and also Mordenkainen, the Circle of Eight, and their henchmen. The Circle of Eight had been hinted at for many years during the first wave of Greyhawk publications, but was revamped and revealed as a group of magicians in the City of Greyhawk.

The adventure contains details on the City of Greyhawk, the Viscounty of Verbobonc, the Gnome Warren of Osnabrolt, and the Stone Circles of Tovag Baragu.

The adventure gives a new description of the city of Verbobonc, contradicting material printed previously in WG8 Fate of Istus published in 1989.

Back Cover Text

"...and so, after the Rain of Colorless Fire, the One-Named-In-Whispers ascended to the Spider Throne. In the third year of his ascendancy, Burgred, King of the Mara, refused the tribute of heads the Whispered One demanded. The One-Named-In-Whispers took only himself and Kas, his evil counselor, and devastated the land of the Mara with his magic. Burgred paid with his own head.
 

Upon their return, Kas struck against his master, so that he might become the master of the Spidered Throne. In the end, both were slain and good people rejoiced.
 
It is said that not all of the evil lich was destroyed. So great was his power that his Hand and Eye have lived on, working evil over the centuries...."
 
For centuries, Vecna - archmage, despotic tyrant, the most fearsome of all liches - has been nothing but a fearful legend to the honest folk of Greyhawk. Once the supreme master of all undead sorcerers, even today his Hand and Eye are objects of immense power.

Now something evil is stirring in the lands around Greyhawk. The Hand and Eye of Vecna have been found - and Vecna wants them back.

See also

• Vecna Reborn
• Die Vecna Die!

External link

• Vecna Lives! at the TSR Archive.
• Vecna Lives! at the Dungeon Masters Guild.

References

Bibliography

• Cook, David "Zeb". WGA4 Vecna Lives!. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990. Item code TSR9309.
• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean Reynolds and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. Item code 11743., p.15.
• Mona, Erik, ed. Living Greyhawk Journal #0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, Aug 2000. #00, p.6.

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