The Sixfold Heist

Multi-site relic hunt, heist campaign, investigation, and high-level occult conspiracy

The Sixfold Heist

Lvl 10-20Four to six characters3 to 6 sessions, depending on how many relic sites the party explores and whether they pursue optional leads.· Hard

“Six thieves. Six relics. One god of secrets waiting for the perfect host.”

— Hook · Multi-site relic hunt, heist campaign, investigation, and high-level occult conspiracy

QuestgiverArchivist Maelin Voss

Multi-site relic hunt, heist campaign, investigation, and high-level occult conspiracy

D&D 5E

Hard

Lvl 10-20

Four to six characters

3 to 6 sessions, depending on how many relic sites the party explores and whether they pursue optional leads.

4 NPCs

3 encounters

The Opening

“Across the continent, powerful people are using pieces of Vecna's body to erase witnesses, crown false heirs, and command the dead. Archivist Maelin Voss offers the party a fortune to retrieve the scattered relics before their owners reunite them at the Black Convergence. She warns that one of the relics has already begun searching for a new host.”
— Hook · Multi-site relic hunt, heist campaign, investigation, and high-level occult conspiracy

Set the Scene

The adventure opens in the sealed reading room of the Voss Archive. Every book has been opened to a page containing the same symbol: a black crown surrounding six empty sockets. Maelin Voss arrives with a locked case, a map marked at six distant locations, and proof that one of the cult members has already murdered an entire expedition to protect a relic. During the briefing, the case whispers one character's name from inside.

Patron

Questgiver

Archivist Maelin Voss

Maelin contacts the party through a stolen book delivered by a skeletal courier. The book contains a map that redraws itself whenever a cult member moves, directing the characters to the first target.

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d6 · table

01
A duke in the western marches has held the same conversation every night for eleven years, but no one remembers meeting him before sunset.
02
A monastery's dead have begun voting in its elections, and their ballots always predict the winner.
03
A famous explorer returned from the southern desert with no shadow and insists that nothing is wrong.
04
The Cult of Liches does not worship Vecna in the usual way. Each member believes they can outsmart him.
05
A black-glass train crosses the northern plains once each month, carrying passengers who died decades ago.
06
The first relic is hidden somewhere that has never existed on any map.

Stakes

If the party fails, the six Parts combine with Vecna's Will and create a living vessel capable of rewriting memories, replacing historical events, and commanding the dead across the continent. Even success may permanently alter the characters' identities, reputations, or memories.

Ticking Clock·The Black Convergence begins after the party completes three major relic-site investigations, or after six in-game weeks pass. Each unresolved cult member accelerates the ritual and strengthens the final encounter.

Background Lore

Long ago, Vecna's severed Eye and Hand were hidden after the destruction of his first empire. In the centuries since, rumors claimed that other fragments of the archlich's body had been destroyed, but the truth is stranger. A secret society called the Cult of Liches recovered six lesser relics, each containing a metaphysical aspect of Vecna's power. Rather than serve Vecna faithfully, the cult's members divided the relics among themselves and used them to pursue personal schemes across the continent. Their selfish rivalry has created a trail of warped settlements, stolen identities, undead outbreaks, and impossible acts of espionage. The characters must hunt the scattered cultists, recover the relics, and prevent the six fragments from being reunited during the coming Black Convergence.

What the World Knows

The Cult of Liches is a splintered organization whose members each possess a fragment of Vecna's power. They have used those fragments for selfish and destructive purposes, but now their rivalry is ending. The cult intends to reunite the relics during the Black Convergence, an event that could place Vecna's influence inside a living vessel. Maelin Voss believes the party can reach the cultists first, recover the Parts, and stop the ritual.