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The Temple of Elemental Evil is an adventure module for the fantasyrole-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, set in the game's World of Greyhawkcampaign setting. The module was published by TSR, Inc. in 1985 for the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules. It was written by Gary Gygax and Frank Mentzer, and is an expansion of an earlier Gygax module, The Village of Hommlet (TSR, 1979).^[1]The Temple of Elemental Evil is also the title of a related 2001 Thomas M. Reid novel and an Atari computer game, and the term is used by fans of the setting to refer to the fictional Temple itself.

The Temple of Elemental Evil was ranked the 4th greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004, on the 30th anniversary of the Dungeons & Dragons game.^[2]

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Plot summary[edit]

In the module T1 The Village of Hommlet, the player characters must defeat the raiders in a nearby fort, and thereafter Hommlet can be used as a base for the party's subsequent adventures.^[1] The adventure begins in the eponymous village of Hommlet, situated near the site of a past battle against evil forces operating from the Temple. The adventurers travel through Hommlet and are drawn into a web of conspiracy and deception.

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The module is recommended for first-level characters, who begin the adventure 'weary, weak, and practically void of money'.^[3] They travel to a town that is supposed to be a great place to earn fortunes, defeat enemy creatures, but also to lose one's life. While the town initially appears warm and hospitable, the characters soon learn that many of its inhabitants are powerful spies for minions of evil.^[3]

The T1 adventure stands alone, but also forms the first part of T1–4. In The Temple of Elemental Evil, the characters start off at low level, and after establishing themselves in Hommlet, they gradually work their way through the immense dungeons beneath the Temple, thereby gaining experience.^[1] T1 culminates in a ruined moathouse where agents secretly plan to re-enter the Temple and free the demoness Zuggtmoy, imprisoned therein. The Village of Hommlet module has been described as a beginner's scenario, which starts in the village, and leads to a nearby dungeon, while The Temple of Elemental Evil continues the adventure.^[4] In the next section, T2, the adventurers move on to the nearby village of Nulb to confront several nefarious opponents, including agents from the Temple. Based on the outcome of these encounters, the player characters can then enter the Temple itself to interact with its many denizens and test their mettle against Zuggtmoy herself.

History of the temple[edit]

The temple referenced in the module's title is an unholy structure located in the central Flanaess not far from the city-state of Verbobonc. In 566 CY, forces of evil from Dyvers or the Wild Coast constructed a small chapel outside the nearby village of Nulb. The chapel was quickly built into a stone temple from which bandits and evil humanoids began to operate with increasing frequency.

In 569 CY, a combined force was sent to destroy the Temple and put an end to the marauding. This allied army clashed with a horde of evil men and humanoids, including orcs, ogres and gnolls, at the Battle of Emridy Meadows. Men-at-arms from Furyondy and Veluna united with dwarves from the Lortmils, gnomes from the Kron Hills, and an army of elven archers to face the threat of the Horde of Elemental Evil, consisting largely of savage humanoids such as orcs, ogres, and gnolls. The arrival of the elves from the shadows of the Gnarley Forest turned the tide of battle, trapping the savage humanoids against a bend in the Velverdyva where they were routed and slaughtered.

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At some point in this battle, Serten, cleric of Saint Cuthbert and member of the Citadel of Eight, was slain. The Citadel was notable for its absence at this pivotal moment in the history of the Flanaess, and their failure to take part in the Battle of Emridy Meadows contributed to the group's decline and eventual disbandment.

After dispersing the Horde of Elemental Evil, the allied forces laid siege to the Temple of Elemental Evil itself, defeating it within a fortnight. Spellcasters loyal to the goodly army cooperated on a spell of sealing that bound the demoness Zuggtmoy (a major instigator in the Horde of Elemental Evil) to some of the deepest chambers in the castle's dungeons.

The site itself remained, however, and over the following decade rumors of evil presence there persisted. The Viscount of Verbobonc and the Archcleric of Veluna became increasingly concerned, and cooperated to build a small castle outside the Village of Hommlet to guard against the possibility of the Temple rising again.

For the next five years, Hommlet gained in wealth thanks to adventurers who came to the area seeking out remnants of evil to slay. Things quieted down for another four years as the area returned to peace and normalcy, but in 578 CY evil began to stir again, with groups of bandits riding the roads. In 579 CY, the events in the T1–4 module occur.

Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil is set 12 years later, in 591 CY.

Publication history[edit]

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The adventure module The Village of Hommlet was a 24-page booklet designed by Gary Gygax, and published by TSR in 1979.^[3] The original printing featured an outer folder and a two-color cover; the book was reprinted in 1981 with a color cover.^[1]The Temple of Elemental Evil was originally intended to bear the module code T2 and serve as a true sequel to The Village of Hommlet. Gygax began writing T2 soon after the publication of T1, but often stopped to work on other products, such as The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (Gygax 1981). The T2 version was never completed, and no module bearing the codes T3 or T4 was ever independently published. Instead, the material for the sequel was combined in 1985 with the original T1 storyline and published as an integrated adventure bearing the module code T1-4.

The original printings of T1 featured monochrome cover art by David A. Trampier, who also contributed interior art along with David C. Sutherland III. The 1981 and subsequent printings of T1 featured a new color cover painting by Jeff Dee surrounded by a lime green border. The expanded T1-4 book from 1985 features cover art by Keith Parkinson and interior art by Jeff Butler, Clyde Caldwell, Jeff Easley, Larry Elmore, Parkinson, and Trampier.

T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil was written by Gary Gygax with Frank Mentzer, and published by TSR in 1985, incorporating T1 The Village of Hommlet.^[1] The module was a 128-page book with a 16-page map booklet, and featured a cover by Keith Parkinson and interior illustrations by Jeff Butler, Clyde Caldwell, Jeff Easley, Larry Elmore, and Dave Trampier.^[1] The module includes descriptions of two towns, the Temple itself, and four large dungeon levels.^[1]

Although initially written as a stand-alone series, T1-4 was made to dovetail into A1-4 Scourge of the Slave Lords when these two campaigns were revised in 1986 as supermodules. The combined campaign then culminates with the GDQ series, incorporating modules G1-G3 Against the Giants; D1-D3, which introduced D&D fans to drow elves for the first time; and finally Q1, Queen of the Demonweb Pits, in which the heroes fight against the spider demon Lolth herself. These last adventures were also combined and republished as a supermodule bearing the code GDQ1-7, Queen of the Spiders.

In 2001, Wizards of the Coast published a novel by Thomas M. Reid also bearing the title The Temple of Elemental Evil.^[5]

Wizards of the Coast also published a sequel to the T1-4 adventure in 2001, the 3rd Edition module Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil.

Wizards of the Coast published a remake of The Village of Hommlet adventure for Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition and released it through the RPGA.^{[citation needed]}

The original TSR product code for module T1 (bluetone and full color cover) is 9026. Techtool pro 5 serial.

Reception[edit]

Kirby T. Griffis reviewed The Village of Hommlet in 1981, in The Space Gamer #35.^[3] Griffis found it a very playable module, noting that the module could be very fun if run by a good DM. Griffis commented: 'Players 'get into' their roles, the thieves stealing from the revellers at the inn, the fighters getting drunk under the table.'^[3] He also found the map to be well-keyed, and noted that important buildings have floor plans mapped out. Commenting on the imbalance of power, he noted that 'some of the evil spies are entirely too powerful for the party to tackle, and the local high level good characters are hardly ever interested in aiding the adventurers.'^[3] Overall, Griffis found The Village of Hommlet to be a very good introductory adventure, and recommended it as an introduction to D&D.^[3]

Legacy[edit]

The Temple of Elemental Evil was ranked the 4th greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004, on the 30th anniversary of the Dungeons & Dragons game.^[2]

Dungeon Master for Dummies listed The Temple of Elemental Evil as one of the ten best classic adventures, calling it 'the grandfather of all huge dungeon crawls'.^[6]

Lawrence Schick, in his 1991 book Heroic Worlds, says of The Temple of Elemental Evil, 'If you like huge classic dungeon crawls, this is probably the best of the lot.'^[1]

The original drawing of the cover art for the Burzum albums Burzum, Det Som Engang Var, and From the Depths of Darkness are all inspired by the art for The Temple of Elemental Evil.^[7][8]

Computer games[edit]

In 2003 a computer game, The Temple of Elemental Evil, based on the original T1-4 module was released. It was developed by Troika Games and published by Atari. It remains the only D&D related computer game set in the original Greyhawk setting.^[9]

In an update to the game, Dungeons & Dragons Online has made an in-game version of the adventure.^[10] In the same month that DDO's update went live, the online D&D game Neverwinter also released an in-game version of the Temple of Elemental Evil.^[11]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdefghSchick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 114. ISBN0-87975-653-5.
2. ^ ^abMona, Erik; Jacobs, James; Dungeon Design Panel (November 2004). 'The 30 Greatest D&D Adventures of All Time'. Dungeon. Paizo Publishing (116): &nbsp, 68–81.
3. ^ ^abcdefgGriffis, Kirby T. (January 1981). 'Capsule Reviews'. The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (35): 28.
4. ^Livingstone, Ian (1982). Dicing with Dragons, An Introduction to Role-Playing Games (Revised ed.). Routledge. ISBN0-7100-9466-3. (preview)
5. ^Reid, Thomas M.The Temple of Elemental Evil (Wizards of the Coast, 2001)
6. ^Slavicsek, Bill; Baker, Rich; Grubb, Jeff (2006). Dungeon Master For Dummies. For Dummies. p. 322. ISBN978-0-471-78330-5. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
7. ^'Interview with Varg Vikernes'. burzum.org. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
8. ^http://burzum.org/eng/library/a_burzum_story01.shtml.Missing or empty |title= (help)
9. ^Cain, Tim. The Temple of Elemental Evil. New York: Atari, 2003
10. ^'A sneak peek at Update 24's dungeons … and beyond'. www.ddo.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
11. ^''Neverwinter' Level Cap Increases, Offers New Oathbound Paladin Class With 'Elemental Evil' Expansion'. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

Further reading[edit]

• Cook, Monte. Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (Wizards of the Coast, 2001).
• Gygax, E. Gary. 'More 'Meat' for Greyhawk.' Dragon #55 (TSR, 1981).
  • Gygax, E. Gary. The Village of Hommlet (TSR, 1979).
• Gygax, E. Gary and Frank Mentzer. The Temple of Elemental Evil (TSR, 1985).

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Review: The V.I.P. of Gaming Magazine #4 (1986)

External links[edit]

• T1 - The Village of Hommlet at The Acaeum
• Supermodules at The Acaeum (includes information on T1–4, A1–4, and GDQ1–7)
• The Village of Hommlet at the TSR Archive
• The Temple of Elemental Evil at the TSR Archive
• The Village of Hommlet at Pen & Paper
• The Temple of Elemental Evil at Pen & Paper
• Review of The Village of Hommlet at RPGnet (#1)
• Review of The Village of Hommlet at RPGnet (#2)

Only proper patching can kill Temple’s nefarious bugs.

Back before the dawn of time, around 1985, Gary Gygax’s Dungeons & Dragons published its first adventure, using the D&D 1st Edition ruleset. The Temple of Elemental Evil was a romp through vileness populated with the worst sort of fallen priests, undead hordes, and tax collectors. The computer game with the same name should have been a glorious return to the past, a wonderful blend of old and new that would leave both veteran players and new blood who’ve never seen a pen and paper RPG equally impressed. If only. Delayed and pushed back, the game was ultimately released in a somewhat sorry state.

One of Troika’s trademarks, and tenets of real role-playing, is the idea that you should choose your own path and not be shanghaied by the designers. Consequently, the first choice in starting a new game is picking an alignment for the party as a whole, to reflect its overall moral compass and determine how the game starts. Goodie-two-shoes hero types might start out by attempting to save a merchant caravan under attack by bandits, while less scrupulous adventures might begin by torching a small country village for fun and profit. Whether your ultimate goal is world peace or just the biggest piece for yourself, all roads eventually lead to the Temple itself, and all that is entombed within.

Creating your intrepid party is handled in a manner that is likely to please just about everyone. For old-schoolers and power gamers, characters’ stats can be rolled as many times as you can stand to click the reroll button in search of the ultimate badass. For those wanting a faster, more meticulous way, a point-buying system is also available, as well as a full stable of premade characters to choose from. Parties can house up to five player characters, although three more NPC companions can be added during play for a grand total of eight. Though there is a hard experience cap of 10th level, there’s plenty of room for characters to grow from scrawns to studs and the cap doesn’t feel too limiting.

In bringing the rules of Elemental Evil up to date from Gygax’s 1st edition to Wizard of the Coast’s latest version 3.5 and translating it to the computer, Troika has managed to create one of the best and most faithful renditions of D&D style turn-based combat ever. Considering that a large majority of the game involves hacking and slashing your way through the darkened corridors of the Temple, this is a very, very good thing, assuming of course you like turn-based combat. The mostly 2D engine sometimes becomes difficult in the Temple’s narrow corridors where things tend to pile up, and the graphics lean a little toward the dark and muddy side, but these are fairly minor complaints.

The biggest hurdle for some people is learning the D&D rules (about 150 pages of which are included in the manual) if you aren’t already intimately familiar with them, as knowledge of the battle system is imperative if you hope to succeed. A pop-up panel showing all of the rolls made behind the scenes helps tremendously, for newbies and vets alike, and learning the ropes is well worth the effort. With a wide variety of monsters to fight, and a considerable arsenal of (mostly) well-implemented feats and spells to learn for your characters, the combat is a real joy.

Combat alone doesn’t make a role-playing game, however. Ironically, The Temple of Elemental Evil’s open design makes it feel somewhat disjointed. Though quests and story elements are available if you go searching for them, getting to the crux of what’s really going on can be more like pulling teeth than unraveling a tantalizing mystery. A system of skills like diplomacy, bluff, and intimidation are supposed to allow for a deeper level of dialog interaction, but there often aren’t enough options to make it feel like you really have control of the conversation, and it’s sometimes difficult to arrange the right person with the right skill to be the one speaking, not even counting the quests and conversations that are just plain broken.

Which brings us to the game’s greatest flaw, a smorgasbord of bugs, glitches, and blatantly missing features. Whatever motivated the release of the game in this state, it is excruciatingly clear that it was not finished. Granted, most of the bugs aren’t game killers, but they are annoying. From the game’s rich magic item crafting system laid low by elements that simply don’t work properly, to bugs with spell effects and durations that can cripple characters, forcing you to kill them and resurrect them at significant expense to return them to full strength; these lows build up.

Perhaps most shocking are the missing magic item descriptions, leaving you with only the name of the item to derive its function even after the cost of identification is paid. While even RPG novices are likely to figure out what a cure light wounds potion does, only the most intrepid of nerds will know what to do with items like Keoghtom’s Ointment. Such is the fate of The Temple of Elemental Evil, a game that could have been, and still may be, great, but exists now as a disappointment and a warning to be careful what you wish for.

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