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{{quote|'''Gabe:''' I ran the Tomb of Horrors last night.
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* [[For the Evulz]]: Acererak doesn't have any reason to put all the horrible stuff he does in the tomb. It doesn't even contain remotely the amount of treasure that would make those defenses worthwhile, and they clearly cost more than anything it contains. He's just ''that much'' of a [[Jerkass]].
** As it turns out, though, he ''wants'' strong adventurers to reach the final chamber - so he can [[Your Soul Is Mine|steal their souls]] in an attempt to [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|become one with the Negative Energy Plane]], which would basically [[A God Am I|make him a god]] with total control over ''all'' undead including Vecna and Nerull.
* [[Gender Bender]]: There is a hallway filled with mist that reverses gender and alignment when you pass through. If you try to step back through it to reverse the effect, it instead teleports you outside the
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: The remake has to explain, in great detail, how all the adamant and [[Mithril]] gates and doors are just magically hardened to resemble these mythical metals; and if removed would lose this enchantment. This is because in the original version, savvy players would find ways to detach and steal them, as these metals are ''very'' valuable.
* [[Killer Game Master]]: The kind of person needed to run this.
* [[Jackass Genie]]: In the form of a cursed gem that purports to grant wishes.
* [[Hand in the Hole]]: One of the more infamous [[Death Trap
* [[Hyperspace Is a Scary Place]]: Don't go ethereal. Ever.
* [[Lava Pit]]: One hallway ''tilts'' to dump you in.
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* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: {{spoiler|Towards the end of the campaign, when the PCs find and destroy Acererak's phylactery, the final battle has him making a last-ditch effort to keep hold of the power he has gained until he can create a new phylactery -- and he does this by using the [[Artifact of Doom|Eye Of Vecna]]}}.
* [[Doppelganger]]: One encounter has the players facing themselves, and they have to roll to make sure there isn't any [[Friendly Fire]].
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