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#1 evan2 Jan 18, 2015 14:42:46	Hail fellow DMs. I'm in need of some assistance in interpretation. The issue I have is with the layout of Tiamat's Temple in the Rise of Tiamat. I can't seem to wrap my head around it. The text seems to contradict itself.  The interior of the temple is a single open expanse. Though divided into distinct areas, the cathedral-like space has no interior walls or upper floors. Five chapels are devoted to one of the five aspects of Tiamat and the matching branch of chromatic dragons, all surrounding a central apse. The apse and all five chapels rise into separate spires, culminating in the sanctuary at the pinnacle of the central spire. Level 2 as shown on the map is a zone 50 feet above ground level; level 3 is a zone 100 feet above ground level, both of which can be reached only by flying.
#2 Devils-Advocate Jan 18, 2015 15:34:44	q Think of it like a big open space, but towards the top it starts to narrow out at multiple points. "Level" 2 is not a separate space, it's the point where those five sections have narrowed out enough that they are effectively separate at that height. Likewise, "level" 3 is also part of the same space, but at that height the surrounding sections have tapered off completely and only the big, middle section reaches that high. The picture is shown from a bird's-eye-view and the upper levels are lightly superimposed over the first just as a visual cue to show how the "levels" layer on top of each other within the same open space. So, for example, a character who was in the southwest section of level 1 flew up high enough, they would hit the celing, unless they were within that superimposed portion of level 2, in which case they would effectively be in that portion of level 2. It's the same room, but at that height they wouldn't have line of sight to the other spires because of the celing, and would have to fly down a bit to get to another section. Only a character in the center can reach level 3 because that's the only section that reaches that high.
#3 CCS Jan 18, 2015 19:34:50	Rough description: It's a circular building. With hollow towers rising from the roof right over the red/green/black/blue/white alters. And an even taller hollow tower rising above the central alter. The ground floor with the alters is "lv.1". The towers over the chromatic alters are "lv.2". The central tower is "lv.3".
#4 SonidZero Jan 18, 2015 23:11:25	It's Sonic's head.
#5 evan2 Jan 20, 2015 13:39:24	Devils-Advocate wrote:
#6 Devils-Advocate Jan 20, 2015 23:38:54	evan2 wrote:
(Reply to #5) Huscarl	evan2 wrote: