T1 4 Temple of Elemental Evil 1e Wizards of the Coast AD D 1st Ed. Adventures AD D 1st Ed. A sinister force, long thought destroyed, stirs from the black hole that spawned it. Adobe Encore Vs Media Encoder Adobe on this page. Like an ebony darkness it prowls the land and safety is but an illusion, for it watches from every shadow and ponders possibilities. What began years ago, with the introduction of the players to the quiet village of Hommlet and the amazing lands of Greyhawk, at last is complete. Here is the long awaited campaign adventure, featuring the ruins of the Temple of Elemental Evil, where a great evil broods and grows beneath its blasted stones. GM_ub0/VT2wcGSn4VI/AAAAAAAAD6A/rdUNGFb9rNc/s1600/211waterdeeptolarch.jpg' alt='Temple Of Elemental Evil Module' title='Temple Of Elemental Evil Module' />This is your chance to drive it back and scatter its force again. This product includes the village of Hommlet, the filthy shire of Nulb, and reveals the ruins of the Temple of Elemental Evil and the labyrinths that lie beneath, a warren of darkness. And beyond these ruins, even more is revealed. For the first time, this product provides a complete campaign adventure, which will take beginning characters from 1st all the way to 8th level and possibly beyond Hours of adventuring await youProduct History. T1 4 The Temple of Elemental Evil 1. Gary Gygax and Frank Mentzer, was published in August 1. AD Ds biggest year ever for the publication of major books. The Long Wait. The first part of this mega adventure was published years earlier as T1 The Village of Hommlet 1. That adventure into Hommlets Moathouse set up an expedition to the Temple itself, and the expectation was that TSR would publish what was being called T2 The Temple of Elemental Evil just a short time later. Unfortunately, as early as 1. Gygax reported that the adventure was delayed. It would in fact be six years after Hommlet before the Temple finally appeared. Part of the problem was with Gygaxs design of the Temple itself. Hed run it as his house campaign mainly to explore ideas about random dungeon generation. Temple Of Elemental Evil CampaignHowever, he didnt feel that the random dungeon hed created was appropriate for a published adventure, so he thought it would have to be redone. Tension over this work probably increased when T1 Village of Hommlet received considerable critical acclaim. Now, Gygax had to both recreate the Temple and do it at a level of quality that matched its already well regarded predecessor. The other problem was Gygaxs role at TSR. From 1. 97. 9 onward, he was increasingly doing business development and management, leaving him less room for creativity. He recognized this by creating a Design department, but he wasnt willing to turn the Temple over to them so it sat and waited not unlike the Temple in the adventure itself. The likelihood of Hommlets successor being produced decreased even more in 1. Gygax was effectively exiled to the West Coast by the Blume brothers. The Do or Die Year. Temple Of Elemental Evil Windows 10' title='Temple Of Elemental Evil Windows 10' />In 1. TSR, then under the Blume brothers, took a hard stumble, and Gygax came rushing back. Returning to TSR, he found the company a million and a half dollars in debt. To help correct the deficit and get TSR back on his feet, Gygax proposed five major releases four of which would bear his name as a creator. T1 4 The Temple of Elemental Evil was one of these five projects. The Format. Temple was published as a super module, a format used for the first time a month earlier by Lankhmar City of Adventures 1. The 1. 28 page book was 2 to 4 times the size of any of TSRs adventures to date, and it also included a 1. GM could use to easily cross reference locations with details. The format would continue to be used in the years afterward for TSRs most prestigious adventure releases. The Adventure Continues. Temple forms the start of a major Greyhawk adventure path, which continues in two more super modules, A1 4 Scourge of the Slave Lords 1. GDQ1 7 Queen of the Spiders 1. Though connected, they werent as closely knit as the adventure paths later created from their ashes by Paizo in the pages of Dungeon. Ironically, you can probably trace the origins of adventure paths back to the original GDQ adventures 1. However, the new TAGDQ path formed a much more extended campaign of the sort that had originated with TSRs own Dragonlance saga 1. DGPs Grand Tour for Traveller 1. About the Creators. The Village of Hommlet was entirely the creation of Gary Gygax. He also gave Frank Mentzer what has been described as 2. Temple from that source, Mentzer created the finished adventure. While Mentzer was working on Temple, he was one of the major designers at TSR. He was right in the middle of producing the BECMI edition of Basic D D 1. AD D Second Edition. As it happens, Mentzer never got to work on 2e instead, he joined Gygax in forming New Infinities Productions in October 1. About the Product Historian. This history of this product was researched and written by Shannon Appelcline, the author of Designers Dragons a history of the roleplaying industry told one company at a time. Please feel free to mail corrections, comments, and additions to shannon. Its been modded into The Temple of Elemental Evil. The Keep on the Borderlands, for The Temple of. Temple of Elemental Evil Campaign Primer for Players The Temple of Elemental Evil is one of the most elaborate and sophisticated of the campaigns in the. Return To The Temple Of Elemental Evil MapsFor The Temple of Elemental Evil on the PC, FAQWalkthrough by KaosReynes. Annotated Hommlet Map 147kb View A handy map of Hommlet with all the locations numbered and named. The Temple of Elemental Evil Bonus Map. Audith shows his map to the Six. Demon and helped build the Temple of Elemental Evil. When the temple was destroyed.