Acererak congratulates you on your powers of observation, so make of this whatever you wish, for you will be mine in the end no matter what! Go back to the tormentor ( the torture fresco over the door ) or through the arch ( at the end of the hall ), and the second great hall you'll discover.

Acererak uses his talisman of the sphere to move the sphere of annihilation under his control up to 90 feet. In the description of the item, it says: A creature whose space the sphere [ of annihilation ] enters must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be touched by it, taking 4d10 force damage.

If Acererak is to penetrate the 50 temporary hit points to reach PC's actual hit points and get any PC in any for of life threat, Acererak must use his Staff of the Forgotten One to Invoke Curse to make a PC unable to heal. Then, assuming that succeeds, Acererak must use Disintegrate and/or Finger of Death to chip away, round by round, 10-25 ...

Sep 21, 2017 · It is functionally identical to an Action (happens within a single turn), except the monster can use it at the end of someone else's turn. This is a case of Specific beats General. The same way that a goblin can Hide or Disengage on a Bonus Action, Acererak can cast any At-Will spell as a Legendary Action. \$\endgroup\$ –

In this dungeon, the players will get the following message from Acererak (p. 215; spoilers ahead): Acererak congratulates you on your powers of observation, so make of this whatever you wish, for you will be mine in the end no matter what! Go back to the tormentor or through the arch, and the second great hall you'll discover.

Once Acererak is reduced to 1 intelligence and charisma, given disadvantage on Charisma and Wisdom saves, and made to make a Wisdom save on each turn or lose its action, you should have allied casters with access to bane (e.g. a drider or Koa-Toa whip created via true polymorph and controlled via dominate person via glyph of warding to bypass ...

Jan 21, 2020 · In the 4e Tomb of Horrors, Acererak's phylactery can only be destroyed by completing the skill challenge, disrupting the flow of energy when it is connected to the Astral Engine, which will cause the Engine to explode and destroy the phylactery

Dec 27, 2021 · The heretics who claim this story to be true, say that the stillborn child thrown into the pool, yet lives, and will one day rise to seize his parents' place in the Heavens. Well: the prophetic mudmaw has foretold that the Forsaken One, the stillborn baby from Savras and Leira, is indeed the atropal that Acererak is attempting to revive.

Aug 25, 2010 · Revenge of the Giants features the legendary lich Acererak before he became a lich. You can gain some insight into the process there, although it's not worth buying the book just for that one bit. The Dungeon Master's Guide includes a lich template on page 179. You'd probably want to apply this template to the cult leader if his or her plans ...

Oct 2, 2017 · Each time a creature other than Acererak expends any of the staff’s charges, there is a 50 percent chance that the life force tries to possess the staff wielder. The wielder must succeed on a DC 20 Charisma saving throw or be possessed , becoming an …