tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post1180528440137864089..comments2024-03-13T20:22:06.255-05:00Comments on Greyhawkery: Review- Channel Divinity: VecnaMike Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17741591268012556455noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-21874400241051493892011-01-23T15:50:41.273-06:002011-01-23T15:50:41.273-06:00Grol,
Mostly you have to get a copy of the word f...Grol,<br /><br />Mostly you have to get a copy of the word file from me. :P<br />The main thing I featured were playing up the evil secrets part (my Vecnans were smoking cigarettes several years ago) and downplaying the undead part, and highlighting that each time Vecna had been "defeated" in an adventure he still wound up stronger than he had been at the start.<br />Some other bits, like my musings as to whether the Hand and Eye of Vecna and the Sword of Kas are actually Aspects of Vecna, explaining why they don't work against him but raising the question of how he created Aspects when not a deity, and the theory that Kas was actually a halfing, explaining why nobody knows what kind of sword he used and adding the concept of a Flan-Halfling conception, have appeared in various posts here and there.Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-28491171937704806252011-01-21T09:38:58.861-06:002011-01-21T09:38:58.861-06:00The first place I recall Vecna's involvement w...The first place I recall Vecna's involvement with the Book of Vile Darkness is the 3.0 sourcebook of the same name.<br />He transcribed it from a set of scrolls written by a wizard from the "like a human, but eviler" race introduced in that book.Armitagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-67052670474741553952011-01-20T13:01:19.687-06:002011-01-20T13:01:19.687-06:00OK Sam,
I'll bite (at a chance to read you...OK Sam,<br /> I'll bite (at a chance to read your version, not at the body part that Mort refers to...). Where can I find it? <br /> There's nothing better than a publicly shared secret to get the old creative juices flowing (heh heh).<br /><br />Mort, <br /> I shouldn't forget to express my continuing thanks for all the posts and comics. Vecna seems to have become (or has always been !) such a fantasy archetype ( not even restricted to RPGs) that any new version or twist on an old one seems perfectly reasonable. In fact the very 'confusion' generated by the variations seems to add to veracity of each version.Grolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125313086012117657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-62525382218114834302011-01-20T02:58:30.337-06:002011-01-20T02:58:30.337-06:00Ahhh there's nothing like a Vecna subject to i...Ahhh there's nothing like a Vecna subject to illicit comments from Sam. I swear he must have one or more of Vecna's body parts grafted to him....Mike Bridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741591268012556455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-72759199237185784952011-01-19T23:54:33.077-06:002011-01-19T23:54:33.077-06:00Grol,
It is only a secret if you haven't read ...Grol,<br />It is only a secret if you haven't read my version. Read it, and it is obvious. ;)Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-89831382206342651442011-01-19T13:41:06.330-06:002011-01-19T13:41:06.330-06:00Sounds good, I'll have to check it out. I lik...Sounds good, I'll have to check it out. I like the whole 'cigarette smoking man' angle - makes Vecna useful for both DMs and players.Victor Von Davehttp://dave.monkeymartian.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-41724304973349512342011-01-19T09:37:27.225-06:002011-01-19T09:37:27.225-06:00Sam,
Shouldn't you have kept that a secre...Sam,<br /> Shouldn't you have kept that a secret?Grolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125313086012117657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-91759566453633568362011-01-19T01:24:40.939-06:002011-01-19T01:24:40.939-06:00My version is still better.
:PMy version is still better.<br />:PSamnoreply@blogger.com