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	So according to the '''Doomed Forgotten Realms''' supplement, the whole thing with the Tomb of Annihilation was an elaborate ploy to clear the way for [[Vecna]] to manifest in the Forgotten Realms mostly unopposed. Acererak's lich body was a disposable clone of sorts made by Vecna to allow the elder lich purchase in Toril without alerting many of the big-name do-gooders on the planet.		So according to the ''[[Doomed Forgotten Realms]]'' supplement, the whole thing with the Tomb of Annihilation was an elaborate ploy to clear the way for [[Vecna]] to manifest in the Forgotten Realms mostly unopposed. Acererak's lich body was a disposable clone of sorts made by Vecna to allow the elder lich purchase in Toril without alerting many of the big-name do-gooders on the planet.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):		[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):

	Acererak, the [[cambion]] son of one Tarnhem, a balor [[tanar'ri]] (''sic'': ''Return'' is 2e), and a human woman he'd raped, lived a long life doing dark arts. Somewhere in the multiverse ([[retcon]]ed as part of the [[Ethereal Plane]]), the man found Moil "The City That Waits" - which ~~was~~ no less a horror than [[Orcus]] had ripped it off the planet Ranais - now floating in its very own demiplane, gravitationally "above" the Negative Material. Later Acererak, nearing death himself, chose to become a lich. He set up his own tomb, in that swamp which (later) separates the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] and more civilised folk. This tomb is, in the remake, Acererak's gateway to Moil.		Acererak, the [[cambion]] son of one Tarnhem, a balor [[tanar'ri]] (''sic'': ''Return'' is 2e), and a human woman he'd raped, lived a long life doing dark arts. Somewhere in the multiverse ([[retcon]]ed as part of the [[Ethereal Plane]]), the man found Moil "The City That Waits" - which no less a horror than [[Orcus]] had ripped off the planet Ranais - now floating in its very own demiplane, gravitationally "above" the Negative Material. Later Acererak, nearing death himself, chose to become a lich. He set up his own tomb, in that swamp which (later) separates the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] and more civilised folk. This tomb is, in the remake, Acererak's gateway to Moil.

	As a lich, Ace rediscovered Moil still floating around the multiverse, so he went there and recruited the local [[undead\|deadites]] to build his new, ''real'' tomb of horrors: the Fortress of Conclusion.		As a lich, Ace rediscovered Moil still floating around the multiverse, so he went there and recruited the local [[undead\|deadites]] to build his new, ''real'' tomb of horrors: the Fortress of Conclusion.

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	[[File:Acererak S1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Acererak's remains as shown in module S1.]]		[[File:Acererak S1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Acererak's remains as shown in module S1.]]
	'''Acererak''' is the name [[E. Gary Gygax]] bestowed upon THE [[Lich\|LICH]] (no, not [[Vecna\|that]] one) in [[S1: Tomb of Horrors]], technically a demilich in that module. He's called "The Devourer" after his self-portrait in that module. erRRp		'''Acererak''' is the typically-unpronounceable name [[E. Gary Gygax]] bestowed upon THE [[Lich\|LICH]] (no, not [[Vecna\|that]] one) in [[S1: Tomb of Horrors]], technically a demilich in that module. He's called "The Devourer" after his self-portrait in that module. erRRp

	[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):		[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):

	Acererak, the [[cambion]] son of a ~~Tarnhem~~ balor [[tanar'ri]] (''sic'': ''Return'' is 2e) and a human woman he'd raped, lived a long life doing dark arts. Somewhere in the multiverse ([[retcon]]ed as part of the [[Ethereal Plane]]), the man found Moil "The City That Waits" - which was no less a horror than [[Orcus]] had ripped it off the planet Ranais - now floating in its very own demiplane, gravitationally "above" the Negative Material. Later Acererak, nearing death himself, chose to become a lich. He set up his own tomb, in that swamp which (later) separates the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] and more civilised folk. This tomb is, in the remake, Acererak's gateway to Moil.		Acererak, the [[cambion]] son of one Tarnhem, a balor [[tanar'ri]] (''sic'': ''Return'' is 2e), and a human woman he'd raped, lived a long life doing dark arts. Somewhere in the multiverse ([[retcon]]ed as part of the [[Ethereal Plane]]), the man found Moil "The City That Waits" - which was no less a horror than [[Orcus]] had ripped it off the planet Ranais - now floating in its very own demiplane, gravitationally "above" the Negative Material. Later Acererak, nearing death himself, chose to become a lich. He set up his own tomb, in that swamp which (later) separates the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] and more civilised folk. This tomb is, in the remake, Acererak's gateway to Moil.

	As a lich, ~~Acererak~~ rediscovered Moil still floating around the multiverse, so he went there and recruited the local [[undead\|deadites]] to build his new, ''real'' tomb of horrors: the Fortress of Conclusion.		As a lich, Ace rediscovered Moil still floating around the multiverse, so he went there and recruited the local [[undead\|deadites]] to build his new, ''real'' tomb of horrors: the Fortress of Conclusion.

	~~Along~~ the ~~way~~ the party learns ~~Acererak~~ is going for an Apotheosis - to pick up where Orcus left off. (Again: 2e. But ''late'' 2e. Orcus is here going by "Tenebrous"; he's handled [[Dead Gods\|in inferior work]].) This would merge ~~his~~ consciousness with the negative energy plane and thereby ''become'' the negative energy plane. Yes, that dimension/plane which is the source and power for all undead. Let this sink in: he'd control ''all undead across the multiverse''.		During the 2e adventure, the party learns Ace is going for an Apotheosis - to pick up where Orcus left off. (Again: 2e. But ''late'' 2e. Orcus is here going by "Tenebrous"; he's handled [[Dead Gods\|in inferior work]].) This act would merge Ace's consciousness with the negative energy plane and thereby ''become'' the negative energy plane. Yes, that dimension/plane which is the source and power for all undead. Let this sink in: he'd control ''all undead across the multiverse''.

	As an aside you'd think that might annoy all the other factions involved in undead; not least ~~his~~ former mentor/bestie [[Vecna]], who is concurrently [[Die Vecna Die\|plotting his own route to godhood]] although, good Lord, not nearly as ambitious. (Maybe he can blow off Not-Orcus-In-This-Edition.) Want an alternative to the ending we got? Refigure that conclusion to GETTING THE FUCK OUT OF THE FORTRESS OF CONCLUSION so that the party cleric can commune with... ''anybody''. Saint Cuthbert's dog if s/he has to.		As an aside you'd think that might annoy all the other factions involved in undead; not least Ace's former mentor/bestie [[Vecna]], who is concurrently [[Die Vecna Die\|plotting his own route to godhood]] although, good Lord, not nearly as ambitious. (Maybe he can blow off Not-Orcus-In-This-Edition.) Want an alternative to the ending we got? Refigure that conclusion to GETTING THE FUCK OUT OF THE FORTRESS OF CONCLUSION so that the party cleric can commune with... ''anybody''. Saint Cuthbert's dog if s/he has to.

	Meanwhile ~~Acererak's~~ filled the Fortress ''and'' Moil with traps partly because he's a dick like that; also because the higher levels adventurers attain, the more potent are their souls to fuel his Apotheosis. Here the heroes get to foil Acererak's plan - in fact, even to destroy his phylactery. To much rejoicing by literally everybody else ever. But, wait for it . . .		Meanwhile Ace has filled the Fortress ''and'' Moil with traps partly because he's a dick like that; also because the higher levels adventurers attain, the more potent are their souls to fuel his Apotheosis. Here the heroes get to foil Acererak's plan - in fact, even to destroy his phylactery. To much rejoicing by literally everybody else ever. But, wait for it . . .

	In the third of 3.5's ''[[Tome of Magic]]'' that's actually good, Acererak returns as a [[Vestige]] for the [[Binder]] class.		In the third of 3.5's ''[[Tome of Magic]]'' that's actually good, Acererak returns as a [[Vestige]] for the [[Binder]] class.

1d4chan>HyperionEinherjar at 21:47, 17 June 2022

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	In the third of 3.5's ''[[Tome of Magic]]'' that's actually good, Acererak returns as a [[Vestige]] for the [[Binder]] class.		In the third of 3.5's ''[[Tome of Magic]]'' that's actually good, Acererak returns as a [[Vestige]] for the [[Binder]] class.

	Somehow the Devourer shows up alive, or undead?, again as the [[BBEG]] of [[Tomb of Annihilation]]. His new plan is to create a god he can control instead of becoming one himself using a "soulmonger" to suck up the souls of the dead all over the world and also slowly kill those who previously died and came back and use those souls to supercharge an [[Atropal\|aborted god fetus]] into a full god. deep breath In this adventure Acererak is depicted as a lich instead of a demilich. ~~It is unclear if this is because he somehow came back~~ to ~~unlife as a lich again~~, ~~or because this is actually a prequel to~~ Tomb of ~~Horrors, or because of WotC not caring about maintaining continuity (probably the last one considering how they treated~~ the [[~~Ravenloft~~]] ~~setting)~~.		Somehow the Devourer shows up alive, or undead?, again as the [[BBEG]] of [[Tomb of Annihilation]]. His new plan is to create a god he can control instead of becoming one himself using a "soulmonger" to suck up the souls of the dead all over the world and also slowly kill those who previously died and came back and use those souls to supercharge an [[Atropal\|aborted god fetus]] into a full god. deep breath In this adventure Acererak is depicted as a lich instead of a demilich.

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			So according to the '''Doomed Forgotten Realms''' supplement, the whole thing with the Tomb of Annihilation was an elaborate ploy to clear the way for [[Vecna]] to manifest in the Forgotten Realms mostly unopposed. Acererak's lich body was a disposable clone of sorts made by Vecna to allow the elder lich purchase in Toril without alerting many of the big-name do-gooders on the planet.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

1d4chan>Zimriel: I reread the original content

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I reread the original content

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	[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):		[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):

	Acererak, the [[cambion]] son of a Tarnhem balor [[tanar'ri]] (''sic'': ''Return'' is 2e) and a human woman he'd raped, lived a long life doing dark arts. Somewhere in the [[Ethereal Plane]], the man found Moil, "The City That Waits", which was no less a horror than ~~when~~ [[Orcus]] had ripped it off the planet Ranais. Later, nearing death himself, he chose to become a lich. He set up his own tomb, in that swamp which (later) separates the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] and more civilised folk. This tomb is, in the remake, Acererak's gateway to Moil.		Acererak, the [[cambion]] son of a Tarnhem balor [[tanar'ri]] (''sic'': ''Return'' is 2e) and a human woman he'd raped, lived a long life doing dark arts. Somewhere in the multiverse ([[retcon]]ed as part of the [[Ethereal Plane]]), the man found Moil "The City That Waits" - which was no less a horror than [[Orcus]] had ripped it off the planet Ranais - now floating in its very own demiplane, gravitationally "above" the Negative Material. Later Acererak, nearing death himself, chose to become a lich. He set up his own tomb, in that swamp which (later) separates the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] and more civilised folk. This tomb is, in the remake, Acererak's gateway to Moil.

	As a lich, Acererak rediscovered Moil still floating around the ~~Ethereal~~, so he went there and recruited the local [[undead\|deadites]] to build his new, ''real'' tomb of horrors: the Fortress of Conclusion.		As a lich, Acererak rediscovered Moil still floating around the multiverse, so he went there and recruited the local [[undead\|deadites]] to build his new, ''real'' tomb of horrors: the Fortress of Conclusion.

	Along the way the party learns Acererak is going for an Apotheosis - to pick up where Orcus left off. (Again: 2e. But ''late'' 2e. Orcus is here going by "Tenebrous"; he's handled [[Dead Gods\|in inferior work]].) This would merge his consciousness with the negative energy plane and thereby ''become'' the negative energy plane. Yes, that dimension/plane which is the source and power for all undead. Let this sink in: he'd control ''all undead across the multiverse''.		Along the way the party learns Acererak is going for an Apotheosis - to pick up where Orcus left off. (Again: 2e. But ''late'' 2e. Orcus is here going by "Tenebrous"; he's handled [[Dead Gods\|in inferior work]].) This would merge his consciousness with the negative energy plane and thereby ''become'' the negative energy plane. Yes, that dimension/plane which is the source and power for all undead. Let this sink in: he'd control ''all undead across the multiverse''.

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	Acererak, the [[cambion]] son of a Tarnhem balor [[tanar'ri]] (''sic'': ''Return'' is 2e) and a human woman he'd raped, lived a long life doing dark arts. Somewhere in the [[Ethereal Plane]], the man found Moil, "The City That Waits", which was no less a horror than when [[Orcus]] had ripped it off the planet Ranais. Later, nearing death himself, he chose to become a lich. He set up his own tomb, in that swamp which (later) separates the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] and more civilised folk. This tomb is, in the remake, Acererak's gateway to Moil.		Acererak, the [[cambion]] son of a Tarnhem balor [[tanar'ri]] (''sic'': ''Return'' is 2e) and a human woman he'd raped, lived a long life doing dark arts. Somewhere in the [[Ethereal Plane]], the man found Moil, "The City That Waits", which was no less a horror than when [[Orcus]] had ripped it off the planet Ranais. Later, nearing death himself, he chose to become a lich. He set up his own tomb, in that swamp which (later) separates the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] and more civilised folk. This tomb is, in the remake, Acererak's gateway to Moil.

	As a lich, Acererak rediscovered Moil still floating around the Ethereal, so he went there and recruited the local [[undead\|deadites]] to build his new, ''real'' tomb of horrors: the Fortress of Conclusion. Acererak is going for an Apotheosis - to pick up where Orcus left off. (Again: 2e. But ''late'' 2e. Orcus is here going by "Tenebrous"; he's handled [[Dead Gods\|in inferior work]].) Meanwhile Acererak's filled the Fortress ''and'' Moil with traps partly because he's a dick like that; also because the higher levels adventurers attain, the more potent are their souls to fuel his Apotheosis. Had he succeeded he would have been able to merge his consciousness with the negative energy plane and thereby become the negative energy plane. By becoming the dimension/plane that is the source and power for all beings undead, it would have allowed him to be able to control all undead across the multiverse--a move that would have ragedly pissed off many including Orcus, the Raven Queen, and even his former mentor/bestie Vecna.		As a lich, Acererak rediscovered Moil still floating around the Ethereal, so he went there and recruited the local [[undead\|deadites]] to build his new, ''real'' tomb of horrors: the Fortress of Conclusion.

	~~Over~~ the ~~course of~~ ''~~Return~~'' the heroes get to foil Acererak's plan - in fact, even to destroy his phylactery. But, wait for it . . .		Along the way the party learns Acererak is going for an Apotheosis - to pick up where Orcus left off. (Again: 2e. But ''late'' 2e. Orcus is here going by "Tenebrous"; he's handled [[Dead Gods\|in inferior work]].) This would merge his consciousness with the negative energy plane and thereby ''become'' the negative energy plane. Yes, that dimension/plane which is the source and power for all undead. Let this sink in: he'd control ''all undead across the multiverse''.

			As an aside you'd think that might annoy all the other factions involved in undead; not least his former mentor/bestie [[Vecna]], who is concurrently [[Die Vecna Die\|plotting his own route to godhood]] although, good Lord, not nearly as ambitious. (Maybe he can blow off Not-Orcus-In-This-Edition.) Want an alternative to the ending we got? Refigure that conclusion to GETTING THE FUCK OUT OF THE FORTRESS OF CONCLUSION so that the party cleric can commune with... ''anybody''. Saint Cuthbert's dog if s/he has to.

			Meanwhile Acererak's filled the Fortress ''and'' Moil with traps partly because he's a dick like that; also because the higher levels adventurers attain, the more potent are their souls to fuel his Apotheosis. Here the heroes get to foil Acererak's plan - in fact, even to destroy his phylactery. To much rejoicing by literally everybody else ever. But, wait for it . . .

	In the third of 3.5's ''[[Tome of Magic]]'' that's actually good, Acererak returns as a [[Vestige]] for the [[Binder]] class.		In the third of 3.5's ''[[Tome of Magic]]'' that's actually good, Acererak returns as a [[Vestige]] for the [[Binder]] class.

1d4chan>Nubnuber at 01:53, 28 February 2022

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	[[File:Acererak S1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Acererak's remains as shown in module S1.]]		[[File:Acererak S1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Acererak's remains as shown in module S1.]]
	'''Acererak''' is the name [[E. Gary Gygax]] bestowed upon THE [[Lich\|LICH]] (no, not [[Vecna\|that]] one) in [[S1: Tomb of Horrors]], technically a demilich ~~as of the 1978 update of S1~~. He's called "The Devourer" after his self-portrait in that module. erRRp		'''Acererak''' is the name [[E. Gary Gygax]] bestowed upon THE [[Lich\|LICH]] (no, not [[Vecna\|that]] one) in [[S1: Tomb of Horrors]], technically a demilich in that module. He's called "The Devourer" after his self-portrait in that module. erRRp

	[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):		[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):

1d4chan>Nubnuber at 01:53, 28 February 2022

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	[[File:Acererak S1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Acererak's remains as shown in module S1.]]		[[File:Acererak S1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Acererak's remains as shown in module S1.]]
	'''Acererak''' is the name [[E. Gary Gygax]] bestowed upon THE [[Lich\|LICH]] (no, not [[Vecna\|that]] one) in [[S1: Tomb of Horrors]], technically a demilich as of ~~module~~ S1 ~~1978~~. He's called "The Devourer" after his self-portrait in that module. erRRp		'''Acererak''' is the name [[E. Gary Gygax]] bestowed upon THE [[Lich\|LICH]] (no, not [[Vecna\|that]] one) in [[S1: Tomb of Horrors]], technically a demilich as of the 1978 update of S1. He's called "The Devourer" after his self-portrait in that module. erRRp

	[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):		[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):

1d4chan>Nubnuber at 01:52, 28 February 2022

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	[[File:Acererak S1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Acererak's remains as shown in module S1.]]		[[File:Acererak S1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Acererak's remains as shown in module S1.]]
	'''Acererak''' is the name [[E. Gary Gygax]] bestowed upon THE [[Lich\|LICH]] (no, not [[Vecna\|that]] one) in [[Tomb of Horrors]], technically a demilich as of module S1 1978. He's called "The Devourer" after his self-portrait in that module. erRRp		'''Acererak''' is the name [[E. Gary Gygax]] bestowed upon THE [[Lich\|LICH]] (no, not [[Vecna\|that]] one) in [[S1: Tomb of Horrors]], technically a demilich as of module S1 1978. He's called "The Devourer" after his self-portrait in that module. erRRp

	[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):		[[Bruce R. Cordell]] two decades later, in ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'', laid out the backstory (with Gary's blessing):