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Our walls are stone, our shields are steel. Our faces are many, our soul is dwarf. And thus is there no foe against whom Overlook cannot stand.”  \nIt is an ancient Overlook proverb—some would even call it a prayer—and it’s about to be put to the ultimate test.  \nby Ari Marmell  \nillustrations by Michael Komarck, Rob Alexander and William O'Connor  \n✦  \ncartography by Mike Schley  \nTM & © 2008 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All rights reserved.  \nthe  \nAn adventure for 9th-level characters  \nDecember | DUNGEON 16 1  \nber 2 0 0 8 | DUNGEON 16 1  \n4  \nThe Temple Between  \nThe western end ofElsir Vale has been greatly troubled in recent days. The threat of the orc hordes from beyond the Stonehome Mountains, though turned back at Bordrin’s Watch, still lingers in the people’s minds. Peculiar and hostile creatures of  \nother worlds. In the course of the Adventure Path, the PCs have already discovered one, traveling to the Shadowfell through the caverns beneath the Happy Beggar poorhouse. What they do not yet know—though they might discover it soon enough—is that a  \nWHAT IS AN ADVENTURE PATH?  \nScales of War is the fourth Adventure Path to appear in the pages of Dungeon® Magazine. But  \nshadow lurk in the caverns and caves below. Political squabbling grows among the city’s powerful dwarf clans.  \nAll this makes the city particularly vulnerable to an enemy nobody saw coming—that nobody even imagined. This enemy has goals and objectives far beyond the ultimately unimportant Elsir Vale, but the first step is the utter subjugation of Overlook.  \nAn enemy who, at least in part, is already here.“The Temple Between” is an adventure for 9thlevel characters, and it is challenging enough to take them to 11th level by the time all is said and done. Although intended as the final chapter of the heroic tier portion of the Scales of War Adventure Path, it can be run as a standalone adventure, or as an adventure in a campaign of your own making, with a small degree of modification. It contains elements of urban investigation, dungeon delving, and even wartime conflict, making it a suitable adventure to players of many tastes and preferences.  \nBACKGROUND  \nFew today are aware of it, but the western regions of Elsir Vale have long been rich in planar magic. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the giants, soldiers, and servants of the primordials once dwelt nearby in large numbers, driving their dwarf slaves to great works. Whatever the cause, the region is run through with “cracks” in reality—portals that lead to  \ngateway to the Astral Sea waits in a great cathedral beneath the Stonehome Mountains, and a doorway to the Feywild lies hidden where the Elsir River flows from the mountains. (The region might well also contain a portal to the Elemental Chaos, but if so, it does not influence this adventure.)  \nNo, the humans and elves and dwarves of Elsir Vale know nothing about this, but not everyone is so ignorant. A few sages know. A few priests know.  \nAnd the githyanki know.  \nIndeed, at the behest of their leaders in the astral city of Tu’narath, they have caused much of Elsir’s worries of late. They arranged the theft of the platinum sword from Brindol, and they employed the shadar-kai, not only as weapons suppliers but to encourage the orcs of the west to rise. For the githyanki want Elsir Vale, badly, and particularly the planar portals it contains. Using it as a beachhead, they could easily launch an incursion, not merely into the mortal realm, but other worlds besides. And there is no reality, no plane of existence, on which the githyanki do not have some design or other.  \nThe semi-disgraced General Zithiruun is in charge of this operation, or at least commands the forces seeking to carry it out. Forced to make use of mercenaries and lesser soldiers, to keep the githyanki involvement secret, he has carefully set up his pawns, maneuvering and manipulating, and now the time draws near to take Overlook by force.  \nUnknown to Z","cbCaie3TlSy3z65N","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaie3TlSy3z65N","pdf",4692360,68,"English","# The Temple Between\n## What is an Adventure Path?\n## Background","[{\"question\":\"What is “The Temple Between” and what character levels is it intended for?\",\"answer\":\"“The Temple Between” is an adventure for 9th-level characters, with difficulty intended to carry them to 11th level by the end.\"},{\"question\":\"Where is the adventure set and what threatens the region?\",\"answer\":\"The adventure is set in the western end of Elsir Vale, where fears of orc incursions linger and planar-linked threats operate beneath the surface.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the githyanki influence events leading to Overlook’s subjugation?\",\"answer\":\"At the command of leaders in Tu’narath, the githyanki orchestrate theft and enlist shadar-kai support to encourage western orcs to rise, aiming to seize planar portals as a strategic foothold.\"}]","The Temple Between - Level 9 - An adventure for 9th-level characters | PDF",1791292793]