Chapter 4: The Ruined Colossus - Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Chapter 4: The Ruined Colossus. The next piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is inside an enormous war machine Searching for the Rod of Seven Parts of the Rod of Seven Parts takes the characters to the continent of Khorvaire on Eberron. The scars of the Last War are still fresh on Khorvaire. Nowhere is this truer than in the Mournland, a once-glorious nation destroyed during the apocalyptic Day of Mourning. Here, the characters must search for the next piece of the rod. Curtains of thick, gray mist blanket the Mournland. Sentient constructs, desperate adventurers, and ravenous mutated monsters roam the blasted landscape. The characters must navigate this wasteland in search of the rod piece, ultimately discovering that the piece is located inside the remains of an enormous, highly advanced, bipedal war machine called a colossus. Running This Chapter This chapter begins after the characters retrieve the second piece of the Rod of Seven Parts. The characters can knit the pieces together or keep them separate, as described in the introduction. Regardless, when a character holds the second piece of the rod, they intuitively know that the next piece is located somewhere on the continent of Khorvaire on the world of Eberron. Specifically, the piece lies in the Mournland, on the slopes of Mount Ironrot. If the characters ask the Wizards Three in the Sigil sanctum why it's unclear exactly where the third piece is located, Alustriel shares the information in the "Exploring Mount Ironrot" section later in this chapter. This chapter first describes Mount Ironrot, including locations and encounters awaiting the characters. The chapter then details the ruins of a colossus called Landro, whose dangers the characters must survive to claim the third piece of the Rod of Seven Parts. Character Advancement The characters should be 13th level when this chapter begins. The characters gain a level after they retrieve the third piece of the Rod of Seven Parts from the graymatter engine of...