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Albromor · 05-01-2003, 01:38 PM

Harkoliar, The Temple of Elemental Evil was a pencil&paper module from the mid-80's that was a continuation of the early 80's module T-1 "Village of Hommlet." It was placed in the World of Greyhawk (WoG) setting that was based on the old 1E rules. It is considered a classic and the people that played/DM'd it say it was excellent. The WoG had vast potential for campaigns and hopefully those who have been raised on Forgotten Realms will be able to get an appreciation for the WoG. As for the book you read I haven't the slightest idea if you ruined the plot for yourself. One thing I do know is that Tim Caine of Troika, who is overseeing the development of the game, has said numerous times that TToEE is following the original module as close as possible. In fact, they scoured the internet for the original module to make sure everyone involved in the development of the game would - literally- all be on the same page. So if the book is anything close to the module I would say you have at least a notion what is going on. However, good modules are not inflexible. They are never played exactly the same way so there is no way that book you read could ever hope to capture the richness of the original module. Besides, Caine himself said that the game allows a greater freedom than any previous CRPGs, i.e., he claims it is actually possible to play an evil aligned party and finish the game triumphantly.

05-01-2003, 01:38 PM	#8
Albromor Mephistopheles Join Date: June 13, 2001 Location: Northfield, NJ USA Posts: 1,417	Harkoliar, The Temple of Elemental Evil was a pencil&paper module from the mid-80's that was a continuation of the early 80's module T-1 "Village of Hommlet." It was placed in the World of Greyhawk (WoG) setting that was based on the old 1E rules. It is considered a classic and the people that played/DM'd it say it was excellent. The WoG had vast potential for campaigns and hopefully those who have been raised on Forgotten Realms will be able to get an appreciation for the WoG. As for the book you read I haven't the slightest idea if you ruined the plot for yourself. One thing I do know is that Tim Caine of Troika, who is overseeing the development of the game, has said numerous times that TToEE is following the original module as close as possible. In fact, they scoured the internet for the original module to make sure everyone involved in the development of the game would - literally- all be on the same page. So if the book is anything close to the module I would say you have at least a notion what is going on. However, good modules are not inflexible. They are never played exactly the same way so there is no way that book you read could ever hope to capture the richness of the original module. Besides, Caine himself said that the game allows a greater freedom than any previous CRPGs, i.e., he claims it is actually possible to play an evil aligned party and finish the game triumphantly.