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The Hand of Vecna has also made it's return for this edition of the game.<ref name="GDR">{{cite web|last=Baichtal|first=John|title=GeekDad Review: D&D 4th Edition (part 3 of 3)|url=http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2008/09/geekdad-review-13/|publisher=Wired|accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref> |
The Hand of Vecna has also made it's return for this edition of the game.<ref name="GDR">{{cite web|last=Baichtal|first=John|title=GeekDad Review: D&D 4th Edition (part 3 of 3)|url=http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2008/09/geekdad-review-13/|publisher=Wired|accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref> |
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Vecna is the name of Wizards of the Coasts' server that hosts and handles the new online character builder tool.<ref>{{cite web|last=Norman|first=Ian|title=DDI Online Character Builder API|url=http://buccaneersguild.com/ddi-online-character-builder-api/|publisher=The Buccaneers Guild|accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref> |
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===''Hand'' and ''Eye of Vecna''=== |
===''Hand'' and ''Eye of Vecna''=== |
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is a high-valued and very dangerous magical [[Magic item (Dungeons & Dragons)#Artifacts|artifact]].<ref name="GDR"/> The Hand of Vecna is considered a classic artifact in Dungeons & Dragons.<ref name="GDR"/> |
is a high-valued and very dangerous magical [[Magic item (Dungeons & Dragons)#Artifacts|artifact]].<ref name="GDR"/> The Hand of Vecna is considered a classic artifact in Dungeons & Dragons.<ref name="GDR"/> |
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Familiarity with the ''Head of Vecna'' was cited as an example characteristic of an avid role-playing gamer by writer David M. Ewalt.<ref>{{cite book |
Familiarity with the ''Head of Vecna'' was cited as an example characteristic of an avid role-playing gamer by writer David M. Ewalt.<ref>{{cite book |
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==In other media== |
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* The ''Robe of Vecna'' appears as a powerful Mage-only suit of armour in the computer role-playing game ''[[Baldur's Gate II]]'', as well as in ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]''. |
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* In the 1999 CRPG ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', Fall-From-Grace (a puritan succubus) asks Morte (a disembodied floating skull) "What are you?", to which Morte replies "Me? I'm the head of Vecna." A similar conversation between the two involves Morte saying "It's a long story involving the head of Vecna. I don't want to talk about it." Grace responds with an amused "That was you?" Also in the same game, the ''Eye of Vecna'' is a rare item dropped by greater [[glabrezu]]. |
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* In ''[[Slash'EM]]'', the ''Hand of Vecna'' is a very useful artifact, gained after killing Vecna himself in the Chaotic Quest.<ref>{{cite video game | title = [http://www.slashem.org/index.html Slash'EM Vampire] | developer = Slash'EM development team | publisher = | date = December 30, 2006 | platform = | version = 0.0.7E7F3}}</ref> Vecna himself is one of the more difficult foes in the game.<ref>{{cite web|title=SLASH'EM Source Code|url=http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/SLASH%27EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line4600|publisher=NetHack Wiki|accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref>{{primary source-inline|date=October 2013}} |
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* In the [[roguelike]] game ''[[Angband (video game)|Angband]]'', Vecna makes an appearance as one of the most powerful unique monsters in the game. |
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* Vecna as well as his lieutenant [[Kas the Bloody-Handed]] appear in a ''[[Nodwick]]'' strip published in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine that parodied the Vecna series of modules. |
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*In ''[[RuneScape]]'', an item called the "Vecna Skull",<ref>{{cite video game | title = [[RuneScape]] | developer = Jagex Games Studio | publisher = Jagex Games Studio | date = | platform = | version = 3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=RuneScape Grand Exchange |url=http://services.runescape.com/m=itemdb_rs/viewitem.ws?obj=20667 |publisher=Jagex Ltd|accessdate=7 October 2013}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 18:47, 7 October 2013
The fictional character Vecna (/ˈvɛk nɑː/ VEK-nah[1]) has been named as one of the greatest villains in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.[2][3]
Originally from the World of Greyhawk campaign setting, Vecna was described as a powerful wizard who became a lich.[3]
Even after he achieved godhood[3]
Brian Blume invented two artifacts he called the Hand and Eye of Vecna.[4]
The name Vecna was an anagram of Jack Vance,[5][6][3] the fantasy author whose "fire-and-forget" magic system is used in Dungeons & Dragons.[7]
According to Shannon Appelcline, the adventure Die, Vecna, Die! "touched upon the oldest locales and the most ancient myths of the D&D game" by playing the Eye and Hand of Vecna against the cambion demigod Iuz.[8]
The Hand of Vecna has also made it's return for this edition of the game.[9] Vecna is the name of Wizards of the Coasts' server that hosts and handles the new online character builder tool.[10]
Hand and Eye of Vecna
is a high-valued and very dangerous magical artifact.[9] The Hand of Vecna is considered a classic artifact in Dungeons & Dragons.[9]
Head of Vecna
The Head of Vecna was a hoax that one adventuring party played on another in a campaign run by game master Mark Steuer. One of the groups tricked the other into going on a quest for the Head of Vecna, a hoax artifact that was supposedly similar to his Hand and Eye, but was simply an ordinary severed head. The hoax takes advantage of the fact that the Eye and Hand require a person to remove their own eye or hand and replace it with the artifact to function. The characters involved in the story reasoned that they needed to decapitate themselves to gain the powers of the Head of Vecna, and several members of the group actually fought over which character would get to have his head cut off and replaced. After the third character died, the joke was revealed.[11]
The Head of Vecna was later referred to by Morte, a floating skull in Planescape: Torment, when discussing his lack of a body
Familiarity with the Head of Vecna was cited as an example characteristic of an avid role-playing gamer by writer David M. Ewalt.[12]
In other media
- The Robe of Vecna appears as a powerful Mage-only suit of armour in the computer role-playing game Baldur's Gate II, as well as in Neverwinter Nights.
- In the 1999 CRPG Planescape: Torment, Fall-From-Grace (a puritan succubus) asks Morte (a disembodied floating skull) "What are you?", to which Morte replies "Me? I'm the head of Vecna." A similar conversation between the two involves Morte saying "It's a long story involving the head of Vecna. I don't want to talk about it." Grace responds with an amused "That was you?" Also in the same game, the Eye of Vecna is a rare item dropped by greater glabrezu.
- In Slash'EM, the Hand of Vecna is a very useful artifact, gained after killing Vecna himself in the Chaotic Quest.[13] Vecna himself is one of the more difficult foes in the game.[14][non-primary source needed]
- In the roguelike game Angband, Vecna makes an appearance as one of the most powerful unique monsters in the game.
- Vecna as well as his lieutenant Kas the Bloody-Handed appear in a Nodwick strip published in Dragon magazine that parodied the Vecna series of modules.
References
- ^ Mentzer, Frank. "Ay pronunseeAY shun gyd" Dragon #93 (TSR, 1985)
- ^ Bulmahn, Jason (September, 2007). "1d20 Villains: D&D's Most Wanted; Preferably Dead". Dragon. 32(4) (359). Pazio: 54–69.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d Callahan, Tim. "Advanced Readings in D&D: Jack Vance". TOR.com. Tor Books. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ Gygax: "Brian blume (sic) was the creator of the Eye and Hand of Vecna, and nary a detail of those items did he ever reveal to me—beyond what appeared in print.""Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part I, Page 13)". EN World. September 16, 2002. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
- ^ D&D Alumni: Open Grave
- ^ "Gygax's Greyhawk Anagrams, Puns, and Homages". Greyhawkonline.com. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ Rogers, Simon (2013-05-13). "Remembering Jack Vance". Pelgrane Press. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 284. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ a b c Baichtal, John. "GeekDad Review: D&D 4th Edition (part 3 of 3)". Wired. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ Norman, Ian. "DDI Online Character Builder API". The Buccaneers Guild. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ Daily Illuminator, December 6, 1996
- ^ Ewalt, David M. (2013). Of Dice and Men. Scribner. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4516-4052-6.
- ^ Slash'EM development team (December 30, 2006). Slash'EM Vampire (0.0.7E7F3 ed.).
{{cite book}}: External link in|title= - ^ "SLASH'EM Source Code". NetHack Wiki. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ Jagex Games Studio. RuneScape (3 ed.). Jagex Games Studio.
- ^ "RuneScape Grand Exchange". Jagex Ltd. Retrieved 7 October 2013.