This temple’s shape is rather flat and stands atop a
small hill of stone. Two sphynx statues seem to
Temple of the Seven Suns –
Inspiration for your session
A battlemap & dungeonguide created by miks.maps
In this file I want to tell you how I imagined this
map to play out. There is no real level-suggestion,
as you, the DM, are to choose which encounter you
include or which encounter you want to leave out.
Please feel free to add anything to this dungeon.
I didn’t really think of any lore nor did I have a
specific goal in mind other than just having fun
with this. So if you have any cool ideas for this
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excited to hear your thoughts.
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Entrance
It was a long and exhausting marsh through the
beige emptiness of this uninhabitable land. Boiling
hot days and frosty nights wore hard on you. You’re
thirsty for water, but what you desire even more is
the reason you even set out – The treasure within
the Temple of the Seven Suns.
stand watch before its open entrance. Their
eyesockets are decorated by perfectly cut
gemstones, which almost seem to watch the party
before them.
Each gemstone is worth 150gp. Trying to take them
from their sockets will automatically trigger all the
traps thus increasing the difficulty of every trap on
this map by +2.
Room 1 – The Pillars of time
As you enter these chambers you immediately feel
a difference in temperature. Even though the
entrance was open, the heat of the desert doesn’t
seem to enter. The walls of this room are decorated
by long forgotten words cut into the sandstone,
here and there you can find bits and pieces of
sentences you can’t make sense of.
>> This is a nice opportunity to give your
players tips for any upcoming riddles or to give
them some lore of this place <<
In the room itself you can see the remains of four
5ft. wide pillars, of which only two are left standing
– time has taken its toll on this place. Between the
rubble of the pillars there is a large golden sundial
(diameter 6ft.).
The Sundial is rather odd inside this room, as there
is no way sun ever gets to it, other than when it
shines through the entrance. Tip: For this piece I
was thinking about combining it with the
unreadable walls. If the players can’t make out
the words (e.g. because of a failed Skillcheck)
they get another chance. Casting a Light Spell
the Sundial suddenly makes sense again. The
players can adjust the lightsource, thus
manipulating the shown time. They can reverse
time in this room to fix the walls, making them
readable for the amount of time of the spell. You
could also show them phantoms of earlier raids,
etc.
Being too loud in this room or using a light spell
will awaken a group of 1d8 scorpions.
The Entrance Map is 20x32 squares.

Temple of the Seven Suns – Entrance Map [Dungeondraft] – 20x32 squares – made by miks.maps
Room 2 – Forgotten by time
Wandering through the halls there is a hole in the
wall leading into an open space. Sun comes
through from the top and the sand being carried by
the winds outside falls through. Within a small
dune there are the remains of a traveller.
a.) Kruthik Nest
A small family of
Kruthik has made
their nest here.
The group consists
of one Adult
Kruthik + two
Young Kruthik. 1
They will fight
until killed or until the Adult Kruthik reaches half
HP before they will try to burrow and flee.
The remains of the adventurer are bone dry.
There’s nothing to be found here.
Room 3 – The Trial
As you descend the stairs you enter a long room. At
the end of it stands a large statue made out of
sandstone. Its headgear and scepter are covered in
uneven chunks of Ruby.
>> If the players already alarmed the Sphynx
statues at the entrance, this statue will instantly
cast a fireball from its scepter2, which is going to
hit the first person coming in by surprise <<
A large portion of the wall to the left is covered in
pure gold, it seems like a large door. As you get
closer a deep voice enters your mind.
If the statue is not alarmed, it will communicate
with the PCs, asking them why they think they are
worthy of entering.
Tip: Here I was thinking of a riddle including a
mirror they’ll get in Room 6. Any unsatisfactory
answer of any of the players will make the statue
attack the players with a fireball and a firebolt
1 BOTH CAN BE FOUND IN M ORDENKAINEN ’ S TOME OF F OES
every round after. The players will have to come
back later.
Corridor to 4:
b.) Spike Pit
This Pit Trap is a simple, hidden, or locking Pit
Trap with sharpened wooden or Iron spikes at the
bottom. A creature falling into the pit takes 11
(2d10) piercing damage from the spikes, in
addition to any Falling damage. Even nastier
versions have poison smeared on the spikes. In that
case, anyone taking piercing damage from the
spikes must also make a DC 13 Constitution saving
throw, taking an 22 (4d10) poison damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful
one. (Roll20)2
Room 4 – A quick glance
Wandering through this dark and narrow corridor
you notice the smell of stale air changing and
notice a fresh grassy aroma. Through the light
coming from a crack in the wall you notice the
heavy greenery surrounding you.
One PC gets the chance to get a glimpse into Room
7. That player rolls 1d6, tell this player as many
facts as he rolled (rolling a 2 => 2 facts about the room)
before something appears before the crack making
it impossible to see anymore.
2
You can also find a similar trap here:
https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Traps#content –
“fire-breathing statue”
Room 5 – Gathered Knowledge 3. Other options might be an actual key, a
password, etc…)<<
As you climb through the
rubble of a broken down wall >> Another idea is rewarding them for things
you are met by a huge they did. Maybe have them drink the water,
sandstone table, on which after they gave an answer to a riddle. A right
surface you can find relics of a answer will reward them with fresh water,
forgotten era. Scrolls, coins, quenching their thirst and maybe even a point
gold and a whole lot of dust. of inspiration, potion of healing, etc. A wrong
Among these items you see a answer makes them realize, why the person next
book resting on a wooden to them is dead, as the water rapidly turns to
lectern decorated with gold. sand, leaving the PCs with dry, hot sand in their
throats.<<
>>The book is another
chance for you to implement Room 7 – The Sphynx’s Lair
lore into this dungeon or you can help your PCs
After destroying the statue you again find yourself
out by giving them instructions to open the door
in front of this giant golden gate. You speak the
in Room 3. <<
password 5 and the ground shakes as this heavy
A successful Skillcheck will make clear, that the door is lifted by a mechanism. As soon as you all
book itself is very brittle and should not be touched, enter the door falls back with a loud bang and it
thus the PCs may only read the page, which is won’t budge. The room is littered with gold, gems
opened at the moment. Trying to pick the book up, and riches. On both sides there are sarcophaguses
will trigger a Spike Trap from the wall behind the and in the middle there is a giant statue of a sphynx.
reader (see b). After the PCs have read through the
pages, the two mummies3 in the corridor will wake A fight’s about to happen. At some point the
up and attack the PCs. sphynx statue will crackle and reveal an
Androsphynx6/ Gynosphynx7. See the dndbeyond
Room 6 – Mirror, Mirror in the Pool… pages for more info about the monsters and its lair.

A pool filled with crystal clear water awaits you in

this room. Your dry throats are aching as you see
this pool of fresh water and you want to quench
your thirst. If only, there wasn’t this corpse lying at
the stairs. At the end of the room there’s a statue of
a fish (Tilapia - The Egyptians used images of the
tilapia fish as a symbol of rebirth and
regeneration).4

As soon as a PC comes close to the water, they

again hear a voice in their mind. The fish statue is
talking to them.

>> Here I’d give the PCs the keyitem to Room 7,

which is in my case a Mirror with which they are
able to reflect the attack of the statue in Room

3 5
https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/mummy Include it in any of the earlier opportunities
4 6
https://www.penn.museum/blog/museum/somethings- https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/androsphinx
7
fishy-in-the-palace-of-merneptah-graffiti-in-ancient-egypt/ https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/gynosphinx
Victory:
After dealing with the Sphynx there is no statue left
revealing stairs which lead even deeper into this
crypt.

Feel free to reward your PCs with any loot you can
think of. Gold, Magic Items, Gems seem
appropriate and will prove helpful.
Temple of the Seven Suns – Maindungeon Map [Dungeondraft] – 25x30 squares – made by miks.maps
Room 8 – The Crack I
A long set of stairs leads you deeper and deeper
down into the structure. With every step it gets a
little cooler. After wandering through the darkness
for some time, you finally notice a source of light.
You’ve reached the bottom. A gigantic hall opens
in front of you. It’s 90ft long, 45ft wide and its
ceiling is an arch with its highest point at 35ft. In
the middle of this hall a large crack divides the
room. The walls are made of sandstone lined with
golden decorations. Every wall is ornamented by
various hieroglyphs going on over the ceiling
before meeting in the middle flowing into seven
suns.
The most prominent ornament is depicting the dead
rising from the ruins longing for the sun (see below
or in the folder ‘Gathered Art’).
>> Watching this depiction you can give the
players even more lore, maybe implement this
into a riddle or have one of the gems missing,
which they’ll have to find. <<
Possible Combat Encounters might be:
1. (Damaged) Flesh Giants
2. Cyclops
3. Dust Mephits
4. Giant Scorpions
 Find even more fitting monsters here.8
d.) Falling rocks
Whenever a PC enters a field d.) a boulder falls
upon them. They will have to succeed a skill check
to dodge or take 3d6 Bludgeoning Damage.
8 9
dndbeyond; monsters
Room 9 – Bathhouse
Cool, refreshing air fills this long room and
turquoise clear water covers the floor of the
bathhouse. From fountains at both ends of the room
and in the walls water steadily keeps the room
flooded, while in the middle of the room the water
flows into the crack you saw in the room before.
The room is 115ft long and the water makes this
complete room difficult terrain9.
Possible Combat Encounters might be
1. Kraken Priest
2. Various Sahuagin
3. Water Elementals
4. Drowned Assassin
Find even more fitting monsters here8.
e.) Infesting Statues
After being triggered the statues cast Infestation
Cantrip in the shown area. In combat they take
Initiative 20.
f.) The Drain
The Crack from Room 8 also affects Room 9,
pulling any large or smaller creature in its pull.
Creature have to succeed a Skill check in order to
travel on. Failing makes them stay in place for one
round.
Roll20.net; Compendium; Movement
Tip: The huge fish statues on both ends of the
room are a perfect opportunity to include
another riddle or any non-combat encounter
you can think of.
Maybe the doors to this chamber close
completely, slowly filling the room with even
more water, thus drowning the PCs, if they
aren’t able to figure out an answer.
The Drain (f ) might be used as an escape, if all
else fails.
Room 10 – The Crack II
You find yourself on the other side of the large
crack. The room looks exactly as on the other side,
except for the two fox statues guarding a hallway.
Following the Rift you can see another hallway.
Both fox statues aren’t able to talk to the PCs. On
closer inspection it becomes clear, that they are
magically imbued. As the PCs come closer they
may also notice a magic barricade blocking their
way into Room 15.
>> You can again use this opportunity to have
them solve a riddle/ quest or anything else. In
my case, they will have to get the sword in Room
14, which is able to destroy the barrier. <<
Possible Combat Encounters might be:
1. Boneclaw (master in Room 15)
2. Minotaur (Skeleton)
3. Skeletal Juggernaut
4. Howlers (in the crack)
 Find even more fitting monsters here.8
10
See Roll20; Compendium; Mummy
Room 11 – Hallway
Behind the dusty archway you find a 10ft. wide and
30ft. long well-lit hallway leading to a narrow set
of stairs. On the right side the wall is no more than
a bunch of rubble.
PCs may take some time to clear the rubble and
opening their way into room 12.
h.) Spike Pit
see b.)
Room 12 – Locked for Eternity
This room was once sealed and served as a tomb.
It must’ve been quite important people buried here,
seeing the remains of their servants and all those
gathered riches. The skeletons have draconic heads
and seem to be larger than humans. At the end of
this room there are two large sarcophaguses
decorated in gold.
i.) Curse of Greed
This room is testing the PCs greed. There are many
riches just lying around for the PCs to collect and
loot. As soon as a PC tries to open one of the two
sarcophaguses a dense gas fills the room infecting
any creature who breathes it with mummy rot.
If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving
throw or be Cursed with mummy rot. The Cursed target can't regain Hit
Points, and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6) for every 24 hours
that elapse. If the curse reduces the target's hit point maximum to 0, the target
dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the Remove
10
Curse spell or other magic.
(Roll20)
j.) Mind the Gap
The stairs down have a 10ft wide gap. The PCs
have to jump across it in order to reach the bottom
of the stairs. Failing makes the PCs fall into the pit
which is 10ft. deep, thus resulting in 1d6 Falling
Damage.
Room 13 – Oasis
Reaching the bottom of the stairs you find yourself
in a 25ft. by 25ft. large chamber with thick foliage
on the ground, the walls and the ceiling. A hole in
the wall would lead to another room, but thick roots
are covering this portal. In the middle of the room
there is a cat statue in a sleeping position resting
12
on a golden pedestal. It yawns before it wakes up
and glares at you with bright red ruby eyes.
>> This cat statue is the guardian for the sword,
include another riddle, combat-encounter or an
expensive sacrifice for the PCs to venture forth.
<<
Room 14 – The key
As you please the cat’s desire the roots (l) pull back
opening a way into the next room. You find yourself
in a 20ft. long and 15ft. wide room with four pillars
building a way to a stone table. Upon it rests a
longsword giving off a bright light and a note
saying:
‘The fox condemns the trap, not himself –
become the trap. Move on’
The sword is a Sun Blade.11 Using this to
destroy the fox statues in Room 10 will also
destroy the barrier and open the way to
Room 15.
Room 15 – Icarus
You finally breached the barricade and find
yourself in a gigantic room. The ceiling is 50ft. high
depicting a similar ornament as the one you saw in
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dndbeyond; magic items; Sun Blade
https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/sun-blade
the room before. Yet there is a slight difference.
One of the skeletons has reached the suns…
The room is 70ft. long and 30ft. wide. After 30ft a
large stairway between two gigantic statues. On
both sides of the stairway you see sarcophaguses.
At the end there is a throne made of sandstone with
a huge yellow gem emitting bright light through
this chamber.
This is the final room of the dungeon and contains
the final enemy of the group. In my case it’s a
commoner, who wanted to escape poverty and
reach the sun. In order to do that, he made a deal
with an ancient god. With his new-won power he
was able to reach the seven suns and take their
place. The second he succeeded he had to pay the
price and was burnt alive and sealed into this tomb
to experience eternity.
For the final fight here are some possible enemies:
1. Any form of (Draco-)Lich
2. Mummy Lord (Gorka Tharn)
3. Deathpact Angel
4. Archon of Falling Stars
 Find even more fitting monsters here.8
Tip: While fighting have the statues l.) may cast
spells at the PCs, the statues take Initiative 20.
Also make the mummies stand up and join the
final boss in its fight. If you feel like the space is
not sufficient, I included an optional Fighting
Pit Map with 22x17 squares (You can find it on
the last page).
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art from elderscrolls.fandom;
https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Dawnbreaker_(Skyrim);
Dawnbreaker
Victory
As the monster lying in the sand before you draws
its last breath, a tremor shakes through the entire
building. Cracks start to form on the sides and the
walls of the room. This temple is going to collapse
and you have to flee.

>> If the players are in the pit and they don’t

have any spells/ potions/ items granting them
flight, let them find an item like a rope or even a
magic item granting them this ability.<<

Tip: This is the perfect opportunity to present

the players with one last exciting encounter. An
escape encounter. Over the course of ~ 5 skill
checks have them flee through the dungeon.

Possible skill checks might be:

1. Getting through a bunch of rubble blocking

the way
2. Jumping over the rift between room 8 & 10
3. Escaping quicksand
4. Navigating through the darkness
5. Dodging a collapsing pillar

After escaping with their lives and all the loot they
found within, there is nothing left but watching the
Temple of the Seven Suns being taken from the sun
forever, as the sand of this desert consumes it.
The Fighting Pit - Battlemap is 22x17 squares.
The actual pit is 110ft. long, 65ft. wide.

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