The Book of Lairs II
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| Author | Jim Ward and Michael Breault |
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| Genre | Role-playing game |
| Publisher | TSR |
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1986 |
| Media type | Print (Perfect bound) |
The Book of Lairs is an accessory book for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, first published by TSR in 1986. It contains an assortment of monster-themed mini-adventures. A second volume was published in 1987. TSR coded the accessories REF3 and REF4 respectively, as part of a series of similarly-coded accessories. Both volumes were received well by critics, with the second being seen more positively than the first.
The Book of Lairs was first published for the Dungeons & Dragons game system by TSR in 1986 as a ninety-six page volume.Michael Breault and Jim Ward designed the original, which had a cover by Clyde Caldwell.
The Book of Lairs II was published by TSR in 1987, also as a ninety-six page volume. The authors included David Cook, Paul Jaquays, Anne Gray McCready, Bruce Nesmith, Jeff O'Hare, and Steve Perrin, and it featured a cover by Larry Elmore.
The Book of Lairs contains a series of one- and two-page adventures centered around various Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game monsters. There are over sixty mini-scenarios, indexed by monster type and terrain, designed to be inserted into other campaigns or adventures.
The original The Book of Lairs contains details of the lairs of various monsters drawn from the AD&D Monster Manual, Fiend Folio, Monster Manual II, and Oriental Adventures books. Each mini-scenario includes a brief encounter with the creatures, which is designed to be used as a short adventure or as part of a campaign, at the Dungeon Master's (DM's) discretion. Each also has an introduction detailing basic information on the type of terrain, total party levels, and experience points involved, plus rumors designed to bring the location to the attention of the player characters. In addition to the monster lairs, there are a few Non-player character hideouts. The bulk of the encounters are meant for parties of 3rd-7th level, although some are for any level, and a few go as high as 12th level.
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