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Eldritch Lairs 5E
To seasoned adventurers, the doom-laden chanting of priests and the cackling of evil wizards means only one thing: deadly peril and the chance for treasure! (Okay, that’s two things.)
Eldritch Lairs brings you eight complete 5th Edition compatible adventures for 4th‑ to 8th-level player characters, set in magic‑blasted wastes, dungeons, and deserts. Venture into the dark depths of the earth, through the twisted alleys of a town stricken with a supernatural plague, and beyond, to brave the dangers:
- A trap-laden lair that requires stealth and clever tactics to survive!
- A labyrinthine mausoleum, where wormhearted invaders sow chaos and madness among the dead!
- The schemes of a demon cult of thieves and unscrupulous wizards!
- An unstable magical artifact built in a ruined ley line conduit!
- A flying palace seized by an army of gnoll bandits!
- And much more!
Eldritch Lairs brings you eight complete 5th Edition compatible adventures for 4th‑ to 8th-level player characters, set in magic‑blasted wastes, dungeons, and deserts. Venture into the dark depths of the earth, through the twisted alleys of a town stricken with a supernatural plague, and beyond, to brave the dangers:
- A trap-laden lair that requires stealth and clever tactics to survive!
- A labyrinthine mausoleum, where wormhearted invaders sow chaos and madness among the dead!
- The schemes of a demon cult of thieves and unscrupulous wizards!
- An unstable magical artifact built in a ruined ley line conduit!
- A flying palace seized by an army of gnoll bandits!
- And much more!
64 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2018
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April 5, 2025
I grabbed this at the same time I picked up Book of Lairs. Where that book was pretty generic Fantasy, in a way that you could plug the scenarios into most typical Fantasy games, Eldritch Lairs is highly linked to Kobold Press's particular setting. Not to say you couldn't strip setting-specific stuff out of it, but it feels very integrated.
Overall, that more direct link, because I have very little knowledge of the setting (Midguard, I think), didn't really help capture me or make the scenarios seem like anything I'd want to run. Don't get me wrong, they seem like fine scenarios. But they don't have the utility, for the most part, that I was looking for and hoping for, especially after reading Book of Lairs. If you're running a game using Kobold Press's world, I suspect you'll have a different feeling, and find more use in this book.
Though 5e compatible, there's really very little system mechanics present in the book. I don't know that I'd go so far as to call it system agnostic, but it's closer to that side of things. That said, a lot of the critters it references are specific to Kobold Press's books, so if you don't have those, you're on your own to create whatever a Dust Goblin or a Fellforged might be.
Not for me. But if you're into Kobold Press's stuff, it'll likely have a lot more functional use for you.
Overall, that more direct link, because I have very little knowledge of the setting (Midguard, I think), didn't really help capture me or make the scenarios seem like anything I'd want to run. Don't get me wrong, they seem like fine scenarios. But they don't have the utility, for the most part, that I was looking for and hoping for, especially after reading Book of Lairs. If you're running a game using Kobold Press's world, I suspect you'll have a different feeling, and find more use in this book.
Though 5e compatible, there's really very little system mechanics present in the book. I don't know that I'd go so far as to call it system agnostic, but it's closer to that side of things. That said, a lot of the critters it references are specific to Kobold Press's books, so if you don't have those, you're on your own to create whatever a Dust Goblin or a Fellforged might be.
Not for me. But if you're into Kobold Press's stuff, it'll likely have a lot more functional use for you.
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