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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorhook" data-source="post: 4892192" data-attributes="member: 58401">Interesting stuff. It sounds like this now-classic module had pretty humble beginnings.*Since we're engaging in the thought-experiment of deciding what the Tomb of Horrors should be in 4E, the most obvious question is how we should "open it up" to players, if we should at all. In the time since the original, Acererak has becoming something of an icon in D&D, and given that WotC plans on stretching this adventure out for twelve levels, they obviously think there's a lot of room to develop this guy, his machinations, and his dungeon.*For some reason this reminds me of the story of the scepter that's used for official proceedings in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta" target="_blank">Alberta legislature</a>: The official one used now is made from metal, and is what it looks like. However, the original scepter used in 1905 -- which looks nearly identical to the one used now -- had to be made in a hurry in order to be ready in time, and ended up being constructed from assorted junk including (IIRC) a brass bedpost and a toilet float-ball, all painted gold. If I remember the story correctly, that scepter ended up being used for quite a while.</blockquote>