Maybe I'm missing something.... I just received Return to the Tomb of Horrors. In my first quick read-through, I noted that there is mass panic in Pitchfield, as Count Hazendel and his family have disappeared (and their pets were all found dead). Now, as far as I could tell, this is not addressed in the remainder of the adventure. Sure, you can go to the Negative Material Plane and destroy Acererak once and for all, but does anyone know where the ruler of Sunndi is???
AFAIK Hazendel is still alive as of the LGG, RttToH being semi-canonical I guess that would be up to the individual. I never bought that adventure, how does it look otherwise?
Well - given that he's mentioned as Count Hazendel and not King Hazendel, we have to asssume that this happened before the Wars (or at least the proclamation of the the Kingdom of Sunndi).
We also have to assume that Hazendel and kin were saved somehow (or that the Hazendel on the throne of Sunndi isn't in fact the real Hazendel...).
Either that or the novel - like a lot of that era of novels (Against the Giants and the Justicar <bleach!> stuff anyone?) - is non canonical...
AFAIK Hazendel is still alive as of the LGG, RttToH being semi-canonical I guess that would be up to the individual. I never bought that adventure, how does it look otherwise?
I haven't been over it with a fine-tooth comb yet, but, based on my first reading, I'd give it a B+. On the plus side, it's creepy, it's old-school, and it includes an eight-page journal as a player handout (very Cthulhu-esque). On the minus side, there is the aforementioned plot hole involving Hazendel's whereabouts, a reference to a map of the Tomb's location that doesn't appear to be included, and not as much Greyhawk material as I'd hoped.
Also, I was disappointed that the original Tomb was not updated. Sure, a reprint of S1 is included, but with simply one page of explanatory notes such as, "Add this item to this room," and, "Ignore material that refers to Acererak's motives being unknown." I would have preferred to have the revised Tomb included, even at the expense of the reprint. In addition, being that RttToH is a 2E product, it is incumbent upon the DM to convert the original Tomb to the 2E rules. (Granted, that's not an issue for me personally, as it saves me the trouble of ret-conning it , but it seems a poor editorial choice nonetheless.)
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Although this is definitely no answer to your question, friend Prata, I personally would suggest you leave the (mediocre) prequel and the City of Skulls out of the story, and just play ToH and continue it with the trip on the demiplane. All the preliminaries are far too long, IMO. _________________ "A Minstrel's Memory": PBPs & Other Games, since 2005.
Not having the books in front of me, I can't be sure if this is an option, but given the size of royal famalies in the real world as an example, is it possible that Count Hazendel is just another member of the royal family, not the monarch himself?Brother, cousin, nephew, whatever. If not, then that does rather make for an easy fix. Count Hazendel, son of Duke Hazendel, nephew of his royal majesty King Hazendel has vanished, go find him you adventures! Hole filled?
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, but it seems a poor editorial choice nonetheless.)
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