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A demilich is an advanced form of lich that has sought other avenues to attain knowledge, turning away from the physical realm, using astral projection to travel across other planes of existence. Due to traveling across planes of existence, its body gradually deteriorates until only a skull or even a single skeletal hand remain, but stays a ...
The party discovers the haunted spirit of Amry Wolover, who tells them the true horror of Icelia and the spawning grounds of her unholy army. Finally, the party challenges the demilich Icelia and her ghostly companion Zhorach. This module includes a fold-out color poster map of the labyrinth.
Return to the Tomb of Horrors is set in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting and is a sequel to Gary Gygax's 1978 module Tomb of Horrors. [2] Part of TSR's "Tomes" series for AD&D, the boxed set included a reproduction of the monochrome version of Tomb of Horrors, [3] along with an introductory note by Gygax.
Vecna was rescued and brought to safety by one of his wizard generals, a cambion named Acererak (who would one day himself become a mighty demilich). Vecna eventually recovered. On the verge of conquering Fleeth, the officials of the city came before him to beg for mercy.
The module's plot revolves around the tomb of the demilich Acererak. The player characters must battle their way past a variety of monsters and traps, with the ultimate goal of destroying Acererak. Tomb of Horrors was considered the third greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by the staff of Dungeon in 2004. [3]
Acererak first appears in the original Tomb of Horrors adventure (1978) by Gary Gygax as the main adversary. [1] One of the areas in the Tomb is a "Chapel of Evil", described as "obviously some form of temple area - there are scenes of normal life painted on the walls, but the people have rotting flesh, skeletal hands, worms eating them, etc." [3]: 5 The adventure described him as "a human ...
[4] [7] Sutherland and Gygax designed the module, which was published in 1980 as a 32-page booklet and map folder. [5] The module had two outer folders, with a cover by Jim Roslof and interior illustrations by Erol Otus and Jeff Dee. [4] Queen of the Demonweb Pits was intended as the final adventure in a series of seven adventures by Gygax. [5]
Demilich may refer to: A type of lich, a creature in fantasy fiction; Demilich (band), a Finnish death metal band; Demilich (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of lich found in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game