 Cover of the first edition | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
The Temple of Elemental Evil is a 2001 fantasy novel by Thomas M. Reid. It is set in the world of Greyhawk and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, specifically the adventure T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil.[1]
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Plot summary
The heroes entering the Temple seek to find a way to save the world from a demon struggling to escape captivity and an evil demigod working to gain control over the demon.[2]
Development
The Temple of Elemental Evil was published in May 2001.[3]
This book is a novelization of the original T1-4 adventure and features characters based on those that Reid and his friends developed while playing the module as part of a Greyhawk campaign in college.[citation needed]
Reception
The novel got both positive and negative reviews. One common criticism was that the pacing felt rushed and that entire sections of the original module were not present in the novelization.[citation needed] For example, the characters in the novel do not spend time in the village of Nulb, and the elemental "nodes" from the module's climax are entirely missing from the novel.[citation needed] Reid has subsequently stated that these issues were caused by the 90,000 word limitation Wizards of the Coast enforced for the book, leading him to cut out significant sections of his initial draft.[citation needed]
Reviewing the novel for Science Fiction Chronicle, Don D'Ammassa wrote that although it is "not earthshaking", the story is "well paced and logically developed, and there's even some reasonably good characterization."[4]
References
- ^ "The Seven Greyhawk Classics of the Ancient World". Black Gate. 25 September 2011.
- ^ Slavicsek, Bill; Baker, Rich; Mohan, Kim (2005). Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies. For Dummies. p. 375. ISBN 978-0-7645-8459-6. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ "WotC Product Library: The Temple of Elemental Evil". wizards.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2001.
- ^ D'Ammassa, Don (September 2001). "Greyhawk: The Temple of Elemental Evil", Science Fiction Chronicle 22 (9): 42–44.
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