Talk:Temple of Elemental Evil

Temple timeline (Date correction)

Regarding: "Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil is set fifteen years later, in 594 CY."

Shouldn't it be 591 instead? See 591 CY.

Although the adventure has some contradictions, e.g.:

p.3: "This adventure assumes that the adventurers who assaulted the Temple fifteen years ago undertook certain actions"
p.4: "Fifteen years have passed in the campaign world since the defeat of the Temple of Elemental Evil"
p.5: "Twenty-five years ago, the forces of evil and darkness gathered north and east of Hommlet and constructed a huge temple."
p.10: "He still blames Y’dey for the death of his brother Otis twelve years ago, when she and he fought together against the second rise of the Temple of Elemental Evil."
p. 40, "If the PCs spread the word that there’s a “new” Temple of Elemental Evil in the Lortmil Mountains, adventurers from all over begin to descend upon the area, just like they did with the original temple twelve years ago."

—Requel (talk) 18:38, 24 October 2023 (CDT)

I'm not sure whether those are contradictions, or not. It may be that it describes the timeline ...

Using the 591 CY date from 2001 (since WotC's policy at the time was 1 CY=1 IRL year) ...

The "first rising" of the temple—it was built when evil forces gathered 25 years before RttToEE, in 566 CY. ... which was later put down 22 years ago in 569 CY.
The "second rise" of the temple occurred 12 years before RttToEE, in 579 CY in the events of T1-4..

So, in those regards, 25 and 12 years seem accurate.

However, I think the 578 CY date from the page may be inaccurate.

I think the "15 years ago" is likely when "evil began to stir again, with groups of bandits riding the roads", etc.—i.e. perhaps 576 not 578.
The the "second rising" is put down 12 years ago (579 CY).

So, TL:DR: Yes, it is not set in 594 CY. There's nothing that would indicate that. ... though I'm uncertain about one of the other dates.

—Jawal Severnain (talk) 07:10, 25 October 2023 (CDT)