Spicing up the finale of KotS

[Klaus]

I wasn't looking forward to the final fight of KotS. I just want the adventure to be over so the PCs can move to another adventure (Dungeon Delve-inspired short adventures).

So, I'll do the entire second level of the keep in a single session. The PCs have already dealt with the Hobgoblin Guard Room, so it's now Barracks time. After that, I'm removing the Ooze and the Statues. It's undead, then a slimmed-down Subtemple, and then the big surprise:

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I'll make Kalarel into a Young Black Dragon devotee of Orcus (notice the matching skulls!), the first my PCs face. Actually, it'll be an Adult dragon, but he is using the Shadow Rift to become a dracolich. His lifeforce is being drained, which is why he'll only have the stats for a Young.

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[Daern]

That's how I felt too. I'd just bail on the whole sub-temple map also -save it for another game. Go straight to the big K-Dragon