It's time again to put your formations to the test! Today we add more Adventure Variants to five of our active campaigns. Read on to learn more about what these adventures are and where to find them!
Adventure Variants
This week's update brings 10 new adventure variants to five of our active campaigns! This week's update also brings Vecnas - or Vecnae - to half of them, with variants of The Whispered One from across the multiverse arriving to fight the Champions. One might even describe this assault as something of a 'Vecna Emergence' event...
Grand Tour of the Sword Coast Adventure Variants
- Vecna Lives! Variant 3: Emperor Vecna Lives! Explore the emergency in Candlekeep and discover an even newer threat to Faerûn.
- 1-2 Emperor Vecna Cultists, new unique monster from Vecna 1.1 (both melee and ranged), spawn with each wave. They do not drop gold or count towards quest progress.
- You may only use Champions with a Charisma of 13 or lower.
- Complete area 375.
- Vecna Loots! Variant 3: Very Well Equipped
- Only Champions with at least four Epic equipment or better may be used.
- Three wizard students join the formation. They just get in the way.
- Complete area 375.
Stop the assault on Candlekeep with the very best of your best equipped Champions!
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden Adventure Variants
- Ending the Rime - Part 1 Variant 3: Baldur's Gate Expatriates - Part 1 Head off in the nautiloid with a crew experienced with ceremorphosis.
- 1-2 Emperor Vecna Cultists spawn with each wave. They do not drop gold or count towards quest progress.
- You may only use Champions from the Heroes of Baldur's Gate or Absolute Adversaries affiliation.
- Complete area 550.
- Ending the Rime - Part 2 Variant 3: Baldur's Gate Expatriates - Part 2
- Requires Baldur's Gate Expatriates - Part 1 completed.
- 1-2 Emperor Vecna Cultists spawn with each wave. They do not drop gold or count towards quest progress.
- You may only use Champions from the Heroes of Baldur's Gate or Absolute Adversaries affiliation.
- Bosses (including all 3 forms of Auril) deal 500% additional damage.
- Complete area 575.
Continue to hunt for The Codicil of White, while dealing with those tadpoles in your head.
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight Adventure Variants
- The Fairy Rings of Thither Variant 3: The Magical Rings of Thither Enter the forests of Thither with those well versed in the magical arts.
- 1-2 Emperor Vecna Cultists spawn with each wave. They do not drop gold or count towards quest progress.
- You may only use Champions with a Magic base attack.
- Complete area 650.
- Will of the Feywild Variant 3: No Damage, None of the Time
- You may only use Champions with an ability score total of 78 or less.
- You may not use any Champions with the DPS tag.
- Complete area 700.
Face off against the next member of the League of Malevolence without your damage dealers!
The Light of Xaryxis Adventure Variants
- Rocky Reception Variant 2: Con Crud Search for Commodore Krux while your tough Champions are off doing something else.
- 1-2 Emperor Vecna Cultists spawn with each wave. They do not drop gold or count towards quest progress.
- In non-boss areas, non-Vecna Cultist monsters are immune from damage until all Emperor Vecna Cultists are defeated.
- You can only use Champions with a Constitution of 13 or lower.
- Complete area 600.
- Rock and Roll Variant 2: Modal Nodes
- Only Champions with a ranged base attack can deal damage.
- After area 25, you can't remove Champions from the formation.
- After every 50 areas, a random non-Bard Champion is removed from the formation and can't be used for the rest of the adventure.
- Complete area 650.
Escape the rock before somebody shoots first.
The Turn of Fortune's Wheel Adventure Variants
- The Beginning is the End Variant 2: Tomb of Champions II: Funky Fandango Return to the Tomb of Annihilation to stop Acererak from assembling a villainous super team with even more speed!
- You must complete area 300 within 30 minutes of starting the objective.
- Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 5.
- Complete area 300.
- The End is the Beginning Variant 2: Mixing It Up
- After area 25, you can't add, move, or remove Champions.
- After every 50 areas, Champions not in the front column are randomly placed in the formation.
- Complete area 450.
NEPHEW. ADJUST. PATH?
Champion Search
Get ready to level up your formation building with Champion Search! With Champion Search, you will be able to quickly filter through over 140 Champions in the game to perfectly fit your formation needs. Learn more about Champion Search, coming to the game TODAY in our blog post!
See the in-game Change Log for more information!
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