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#1 Greyson Nov 21, 2003 11:08:53

Our party members entered the Moathouse Obelisk (below room 32) in the Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil the first time I played the adventure as a PC in 2001. A couple of us enjoyed the ability score boost - while others were jinxed by the curse of eating two pieces of the damned fruit. But, the bigger problem was the alignment issue relating to eating the fruit given inside of the obelisk. We had to sort through myriad opinions, implications and meta-gaming, which eventually detracted from gameplay. So, as two of us co-DM a second run of the adventure, we will not allow PCs to enter the Obelisk. Instead, we will allow the Torch of Revealing to render a glimpse of the fell power, dread and doom that are elements of the Dark God's character. It became a frame for the party to see how frightening of a being they were dealing with. This is just a note I wanted to make. Judge your adventuring party before they encounter the Obelisk.