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<blockquote data-quote="Ripzerai" data-source="post: 5698632" data-attributes="member: 38324">The answer is kind of both. It's a sequel to Return to the Tomb of Horrors, referencing its events but taking place about a century later. However, it uses fourth edition gods rather than Greyhawk gods and uses the 4th edition cosmology rather than the 2nd edition cosmology that Return to the Tomb of Horrors used. Acererak's domain is still essentially in the Negative Energy Plane, but it's described as a voidlike region within the Shadowfell rather than a plane in its own right.I think this is true of a number of 4th edition things. For example, 4th edition's Monster Manual 2 refers to the events of the Savage Tide Adventure Path, 4th edition's Underdark contains a version of Erelhei-Cinlu that continues the storyline established in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd edition, and 4th edition Forgotten Realms refers heavily to previous-edition events. And the Scales of War Adventure Path that was serialized in 4e Dungeon Magazines is an explicit sequel to the Incursion storyline that appeared in 3e Dungeon Magazines, taking place about 25 years later.So there's definitely some continuity between editions, but they've changed some things as well. For me, at least, it's not as simple as 4th edition things taking place in an entirely different multiverse than 3rd edition things. Rather, I see many of the designers trying to continue old storylines and plot threads, with some constraints.So anyway, I think 4e's Tomb of Horrors is a valid source for information on Acererak's relationship with Orcus, since the changes they made to the continuity don't affect this (and anyway, the Wikipedia article should cover all editions). I'd also check out &quot;Return to the Tomb of Horrors&quot; by Bruce R. Cordell, in Dragon #249.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ripzerai, post: 5698632, member: 38324"] The answer is kind of both. It's a sequel to [i]Return to the Tomb of Horrors[/i], referencing its events but taking place about a century later. However, it uses fourth edition gods rather than Greyhawk gods and uses the 4th edition cosmology rather than the 2nd edition cosmology that [i]Return to the Tomb of Horrors[/i] used. Acererak's domain is still essentially in the Negative Energy Plane, but it's described as a voidlike region within the Shadowfell rather than a plane in its own right. I think this is true of a number of 4th edition things. For example, 4th edition's [i]Monster Manual 2[/i] refers to the events of the Savage Tide Adventure Path, 4th edition's [i]Underdark[/i] contains a version of Erelhei-Cinlu that continues the storyline established in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd edition, and 4th edition Forgotten Realms refers heavily to previous-edition events. And the Scales of War Adventure Path that was serialized in 4e Dungeon Magazines is an explicit sequel to the Incursion storyline that appeared in 3e Dungeon Magazines, taking place about 25 years later. So there's definitely some continuity between editions, but they've changed some things as well. For me, at least, it's not as simple as 4th edition things taking place in an entirely different multiverse than 3rd edition things. Rather, I see many of the designers trying to continue old storylines and plot threads, with some constraints. So anyway, I think 4e's [i]Tomb of Horrors[/i] is a valid source for information on Acererak's relationship with Orcus, since the changes they made to the continuity don't affect this (and anyway, the Wikipedia article should cover all editions). I'd also check out "Return to the Tomb of Horrors" by Bruce R. Cordell, in Dragon #249. [/QUOTE]

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