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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 513351" data-attributes="member: 158">It was 2nd edition, and the person telling the story has incorporated both Vecna Lives, and Die Vecna Die into the same tale.In 2nd edition, he didn't have quickened powers, but he could perform multiple actions, as I recall. Cannot recall why however - perhaps it was haste, and the hand's powers were useable more than once per round?------------------------As for Tomb of Horrors, I think that module gets a bad rap consistently. Tomb of Horrors is one of the few modules where, if you die, you only have yourself to blame. Most of the challenges are not what others do to you, but what you do to YOURSELF. This is why it was made - According to Gary in a story a few years back (and also recounted in his preface in RttToH), he made the Tomb' so that he could see if players with bragging rights on how accomplished their characters were, were actually worth their supposed salt. Tomb of Horror's is a thinking person's dungeon, pure and simple, and if you can't think about the challenges, be prepared to lose - your character, your belongings, your gender, everything.According to the same tale, Luke Gygax kept his character intact by teleporting out (Word of Recall or teleport, I cannot recall) and the rest of his regulars died horribly!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 513351, member: 158"] It was 2nd edition, and the person telling the story has incorporated both Vecna Lives, and Die Vecna Die into the same tale. In 2nd edition, he didn't have quickened powers, but he could perform multiple actions, as I recall. Cannot recall why however - perhaps it was haste, and the hand's powers were useable more than once per round? ------------------------ As for Tomb of Horrors, I think that module gets a bad rap consistently. Tomb of Horrors is one of the few modules where, if you die, you only have yourself to blame. Most of the challenges are not what others do to you, but what you do to YOURSELF. This is why it was made - According to Gary in a story a few years back (and also recounted in his preface in RttToH), he made the Tomb' so that he could see if players with bragging rights on how accomplished their characters were, were actually worth their supposed salt. Tomb of Horror's is a thinking person's dungeon, pure and simple, and if you can't think about the challenges, be prepared to lose - your character, your belongings, your gender, everything. According to the same tale, Luke Gygax kept his character intact by teleporting out (Word of Recall or teleport, I cannot recall) and the rest of his regulars died horribly! [/QUOTE]

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