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'''Tycho:''' And?
'''Gabe:''' Somebody lost their arm ''in the first room''. After that, it was four hours of poking things with sticks and throwing shit through portals! They left the table haunted and demoralized.
'''Tycho:''' Mission accomplished, then, for the '''Tomb of Horrors'''.
|''[[Penny Arcade]]'', [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/11/10/ That Tomb Tomb Pow]}}
''[[Tomb of Horrors]]'' is a module released for the original ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', written by the game's creator, [[Gary Gygax]]. In it, a group of adventurers travel to the titular tomb to fight the demilich Acererak and recover any loot found along the way. The only problem? The tomb is filled with dozens of deathtraps. Ridiculously hard to figure out and frustrating, ''Tomb of Horrors'' is one of the most infamous adventures for any campaign, and is called a "meat grinder" by many gamers for good reason.
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* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: Up to and including Gary Gygax.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: Acererak
* [[Excuse Plot]]: The original module gives no clear reason why the PCs want to explore the Tomb (
* [[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.
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