They travel to a town that is supposed to be a great place to earn fortunes, defeat enemy creatures, and even lose one's life. The module is recommended for first-level characters, who begin the adventure 'weary, weak, and practically void of money'. The adventurers travel through Hommlet and are drawn into a web of conspiracy and deception. The adventure begins in the eponymous village of Hommlet, situated near the site of a past battle against evil forces operating from the Temple. 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. These classic, early D&D adventures helped first popularize the World of Greyhawk campaign setting.

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. 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 is also the title of a related 2001 Thomas M. It was written by Gary Gygax and Frank Mentzer, and is an expansion of an earlier Gygax module, The Village of Hommlet (TSR, 1979). in 1985 for the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules. The Temple of Elemental Evil is an adventure module for the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting. For the 2003 Atari PC game, see The Temple of Elemental Evil (video game).

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