Vecna Lives! is an adventure module

Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 for the Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

Fantasy

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 roleplaying game, set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting

Campaign setting

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Plot summary

The adventure concerns the lich

Lich (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the lich is an undead creature; a spellcaster who seeks to defy death by magical means.-Dungeons & Dragons :...

 Vecna

Vecna

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Vecna was a powerful wizard who became a lich. He was eventually destroyed, and his left hand and left eye were the only parts of his body to survive...

 and his disembodied hand

Hand of Vecna

The Hand of Vecna is a powerful artifact in many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Originating in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting, the Hand appears as a severed left human hand, blackened and charred, with long, claw-like fingernails.-Dungeons & Dragons...

 and eye

Eye of Vecna

The Eye of Vecna is an artifact of great power in many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Originating in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting, the Eye appears as a small red pebble or shriveled grape....

—both powerful magical artifacts. Vecna has ascended to demigod

Demigod

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 status, and 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

Ravenloft

Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is an alternate time-space existence known as a pocket dimension called the Demiplane of Dread, which consists of a collection of land pieces called domains brought together by a mysterious force known only as "The Dark...

campaign setting.

Publication history

The module bears the code WGA4 and was published by TSR, Inc.

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 in 1990 for the second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules. The module was written by David "Zeb" Cook and edited by Mike Breault

Michael Breault

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 with cover art by Jeff Easley

Jeff Easley

Jeff Easley is an oil painter who creates fantasy artwork in the tradition of Frank Frazetta.-Early life:...

 and interior art by Ken Frank

Ken Frank

Ken Frank is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.-Works:Ken Frank produced interior illustrations for many Dungeons & Dragons books and Dragon magazine throughout the 1990s, as well as cover art for the adventure modules Flames of the Falcon and Falconmaster...

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External links

• World of Greyhawk Adventure series at the Acaeum.com
• Vecna Lives! at the TSR Archive