D&D Players Can Now Battle Vecna With Free D&D Beyond Update
Dungeons & Dragons players will now have the chance to battle the legendary Vecna, as he has been statted out in the Vecna Dossier, which is a free update available on D&D Beyond. Only the most powerful of D&D parties should attempt to face Vecna on the battlefield, as he's one of D&D's most powerful villains of all time, and can tear adventurers apart with a single word.
Vecna has reached mainstream attention, as he inspired the villain of the same name from the latest season of Stranger Things. The version of Vecna from D&D is a lot different, as he was an incredibly powerful wizard, who transformed himself into a lich, before becoming a demigod, and then a true deity. Vecna hails from the world of Oerth from the Greyhawk campaign setting, where he once brought nations to their knees with his magical prowess. The most famous aspect of Vecna is his two missing limbs, which became incredibly powerful artifacts on their own. The Eye of Vecna and the Hand of Vecna are two of the strongest magic items in D&D, yet using them will inevitably cause the wielder to lose their soul to Vecna.
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Vecna is currently a god, which puts him out of the reach of most D&D parties, but players can now face him at his peak before he lost his eye and hand. D&D Beyond has added the Vecna Dossier as a free download, providing a stat block for the lich at a time when it was feasible to take him down. The Vecna Dossier also includes a brief history of his time on Oerth, the growth of his empire, and his ascension to godhood.
Vecna has a Challenge Rating of 26 in D&D 5e, which means that even a party of level 20 characters will struggle against him. This version of Vecna isn't loaded down with spells,
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