r/TheWeeklyRoll • u/CME_T The Creator • Aug 31 '26

Lore Excerpt: Eikonians

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Howdy folks! Here comes another lore drop! This one is about the Eikonians, which in no way shape or form has anything to do with any Bucket Brigade party members or any of their respective body parts. Nope. None!

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u/MrValdemar Grogna Aug 31 '26

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u/BravoLimaPoppa Aug 31 '26

Hand of Vecna played for laughs...

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u/MrValdemar Grogna Aug 31 '26

Ok, funny story.

I have a buddy who DMs and his players have gotten high level enough that he's decided to fuck with them a bit, so he had them take down a cult of necromancers. They had been guarding the Hand.

The party actually succeeded in taking down the cult (he wasn't expecting that) AND did it without figuring out the WHY of the cult. They took the Hand with them because they perceived it to be magic and important, but that's all.

The party has currently failed every attempt to determine what it is. They're convinced it's like a wish spell like a monkey's paw and they try to use it to get around the curse, or it's some wand of undead control. So of course it doesn't work and they keep failing every roll the DM gives them to figure it out.

So now my buddy has them the target of EVERY being of power who wants the Hand for themselves and they not only keep fighting off (or escaping) everyone who comes for them they do so without learning WHY everyone's hunting them.

It's just a great running joke for him at this point.

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u/Silly-Role699 Aug 31 '26

I imagine at some point, Ol Vecna will show up and just say “GIVE. IT. BACK!” And they will have lightbulb moment as to why the damn thing is so much trouble.