"JFWWFE: TOMB OF HORRORS - EPISODE IV: THE END" By KmScMT (https://pastebin.com/u/KmScMT) URL: https://pastebin.com/4bp4Me50 Created on: Monday 24th of July 2017 05:43:53 PM CDT Retrieved on: Friday 30 of October 2020 11:52:26 AM UTC Watch on as five brave adventurers delve deep into the TOMB OF HORRORS, last haunt of the DARK AND TERRIBLE LICH, ACERERAK THE ETERNAL. Will they find the gold and glory they seek? Or will they be driven to their dooms by the dastardly deceptions of the dreaded dungeon? Only time will tell... In this fourth and final episode, our two remaining heroes march on forward to find the lich's crypt and end this journey, one way or another... The OCHRE JELLY is SPLIT IN MANY PIECES by the valiant TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN'S greataxe, only for those still-living pieces to overwhelm him, NEARLY KILLING THE HARDY HERO, only stopped by TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN'S QUICK THINKING and THE FUNK'S WITTY REMARKS! Half of a strange key is found at the bottom of the now empty vat, and the two EASILY DEDUCE the location of the other, tipping over the water vat and PAINSTAKINGLY EMPTYING THE ACID INTO IT over the course of HALF AN HOUR! At the bottom of this cauldron they indeed find the second half, and stick the pieces together to form the FIRST KEY! Having solved the puzzle of the laboratory, our heroes head into the hallway beyond, where they find the HUGE PIT FILLED WITH 200 SPIKES, though at the moment of the presence of these spikes is UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM. Rightly suspecting some trickery from this DUBIOUS DITCH, the great and powerful TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN heaves THE FUNK into his arms and JUMPS THE CHASM, landing UNHARMED on the OTHER SIDE! Moving forward, the two come across the AGITATED CHAMBER, which BUCKS VIOLENTLY under the feet of TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN, leaving him DAZED AND CONFUSED! After much running about, a SECRET DOOR is discovered behind one of the HARMLESS TAPESTRIES OF SEA LIFE! Then, after some more running about, said secret door IS OPENED, revealing YET ANOTHER HALLWAY! Despite careful watching of the floors and walls, THE FUNK falls victim to the latest PIT FALL TRAP upon coming to an intersection in this hallway, BUT HE IS SAVED! After falling upon some large and meaty object inside the very pit, THE FUNK is pushed up and out, soon followed by STEVROS AL-JAMAIN GANTUUL, KNUCKLE-HEADED NOBLE! After introductions are made, STEVROS AL-JAMAIN GANTUUL decides to show his new friends his old friend, leading them to THE CAVERN OF GOLD AND SILVER MISTS, in which they find the FEY BEING KNOWN AS SIREN! Following much discussion and distrust, STEVROS AL-JAMAIN GANTUUL kindly asks if SIREN WOULD COME WITH THEM! And lo, SHE JOINS THE THREE ON THEIR QUEST! Moving north, the party easily solves the puzzle of the FALSE/TRUE DOOR! Or so it seems... Ahead, they find a suspicious set of double doors, which are flung open, releasing the deadening gases of KNOCKOUT CORRIDOR! Thankfully, STEVROS AL-JAMAIN GANTUUL and TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN resist the CALL TO SLUMBER, and so are not immediately pulverized by the STONE JUGGERNAUT OF DECIMATION, and quickly move their incapacitated allies OUT OF HARM'S WAY! Unsure of what fate has come upon their friends, TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN and STEVROS AL-JAMAIN GANTUUL ponder their next move carefully, thankfully giving the DROWSY DUO time enough to wake up, seconds before TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN was to step into the GOLD AND SILVER MISTS, narrowly avoiding the COMPLETE AND TOTAL EXPUNCTION OF HIS MENTAL FACULTIES! The four then move to explore the hallway north of the FALSE/TRUE DOOR and, through complete and total happenstance, happen upon the FINAL TRUE DOOR, solving the fiendish puzzle of the FALSE/TRUE DOOR! They follow the trap door down, through a hidden crawlway, finding an ADAMANTIUM DOOR which they deduce CAN ONLY BE OPENED BY INSERTING THREE SWORDS SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO IT, ONE FOR EACH SWORD-SIZED SLOT! As the group only has two swords to their name, TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN quickly searches the AGITATED CHAMBER to find a third, and open the door, entering the massive PILLARED THRONE ROOM! After some time searching the north end of the hall, our heroes come upon the OBSIDIAN THRONE AND DAIS, upon which sit the CROWN AND SCEPTER OF GOLD AND SILVER! But this band of adventurers has developed keen minds for puzzles like this, and they quickly SUSS OUT THE SECRET OF THE SCEPTER'S SILVER SIDE, revealing the HIDDEN PASSAGE BEHIND THE THRONE, where lay the CYLINDRICAL SECOND KEY and yet another GIANT DOOR! The previously mentioned GIANT DOOR features a ROUND INDENTATION, into which STEVROS AL-JAMAIN GANTUUL inserts the gold end of the scepter, opening the door wide and revealing the FALSE TREASURE ROOM! A giant urn stands in the middle of the room, leaking MYSTERIOUS VAPORS from its brass stopper, which THE FUNK eventually decides to pull out, releasing KADJAR THE EFREETI, who then grants the party THREE WISHES! STEVROS AL-JAMAIN GANTUUL immediately wishes for his intelligence to be returned, A WISH EASILY GRANTED! TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN follows quickly with TWO WISHES! The first RETURNING ALL OUR LOST HEROES IN THEIR OLD GLORY, the second RESTORING ALL TO THEIR FULL POWER! Immediately after being revived, HATE ORB COMMITS SUICIDE, and ELGIN GARAIDH and SCHMEBELS (restored to good) INSTANTLY FALL ASLEEP, leaving the others to continue WITHOUT THEM! From here, TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN, STEVROS AL-JAMAIN GANTUUL, PAUL 'THE FUNK' SPUD, AND SIREN easily find their way past the rest of the obstacles between them and the VILE LICH ACERERAK, coming upon his FINAL RESTING PLACE! Acting quickly, TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN LEAPS INTO ACTION, WAKING ACERERAK WITH A TOUCH and beginning THE FINAL BATTLE! STEVROS AL-JAMAIN GANTUUL seems to be doing significant damage to ACERERAK THE FLOATING SKULL, but is UNDONE IN AN INSTANT and SUCKED INTO THE DEMILICH'S LEFT EYE! TOESUCKER VOREBJÖRN finds his trusty greataxe to be COMPLETELY USELESS against the FIEND, and is summarily TRAPPED IN THE MONSTROSITY'S RIGHT EYE, JOINING STEVROS IN DEATH! SIREN RUNS AWAY! And THE FUNK, whose CLOUDS OF DAGGERS had been steadily chipping away at the SKULL OF THE LICH, is left alone. Disabled by the ANTI MAGIC FIELD, he is unable to escape before ACERERAK FORCES HIS SOUL FROM ITS MORTAL CELL, ENDING BOTH THE BARD'S LIFE AND THE JOURNEY OF THESE GREAT CHAMPIONS! And so, we end in failure. Acererak the Eternal gains yet more souls to feast on, and all these brave heroes suffered and died with no gain. Will Acererak ever be stopped? Why does he call adventurers to his tomb and devour their essence? What is his goal? We may yet find the answers to these questions and more next time, in... THE TOMB OF ANNIHILATION!