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Let’s build a Beholder’s Lair + Advice on how to run one

Tomás Giménez Rioja — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:05:31 +0000

Thumbnail Art by Aaron Ancheta Continuing my ongoing series on how to run some of the best D&D creatures comes the fan-favorite Beholder (or maybe DM’s favorite, as I think players don’t usually like them as much). They are great monsters full of personality and history in the game, coming from the very first edition of it. Inspired by HP Lovecraft’s stories, beholders are megalomaniac aberrations that come to lead and destroy, while gathering trophies and secrets… At first, I […]

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Let’s build a Mummy Lord’s Lair + Advice on how to run one

Tomás Giménez Rioja — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:00:53 +0000

Thumbnail art by Arnaud Valette After being asked to do a Mummy Lord lair in the same way I did with the Aboleth by Christopher McFarland I immediately went look for different things I could do with that monster. The name of the monster alone just gives me The Mummy and Indiana Jones‘ vibes, so I wanted to add a bit of those to the mix. I ended up loving how the first Lair article resulted and I may turn […]

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Let’s build an Aboleth’s lair + Advice on how to run one

Tomás Giménez Rioja — Tue, 28 May 2019 13:00:03 +0000

Thumbnail Art by Yuchen Henry Wang Aboleths are creatures that were in many ways inspired by the Cthulu Mythos from HP Lovecraft. They are awesome Great Old Ones that predate gods themselves. However, they are highly situational enemies as most adventures occur in land. So, when I found out this new Ghosts of Saltmarsh adventure didn’t have an Aboleth in it I thought why not make a separate mini-adventure with one in it? That’s how my idea for this post […]

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