We just finished running Foundations of Flame, and had a memorable last encounter with Hookface. (Emergency plane shift away to save a fighter getting slowly chewed to pieces as Hookface flew away from Cauldron, defeated but still alive and bringing a snack with him.)
Now the players plan to visit his lair once other events give them some breathing room, fully prepped and ready to do battle.
Has anybody done any work on creating a good lair for Hookface and his mate? The SCAP intro suggests minions and traps, along with his more-powerful mate. All of which suggests a lair considerably more complex than the sample red dragon lair in Draconomicon.
I mean to look through Dungeon's Maps of Mystery to see what I can find, but in the mean time, I thought I'd throw out my request to the SCAP crowd...
--Steve
One of the maps of mystery has a really good volcano lair for a red dragon. I think it actually came in two parts. Lava makes a nasty barrier for PCs who don't have access to flight and heat resistant magics, and a volcanic lair kinda fits with the SCAP.
Try the
Web Enhancement for the draconomicon.
Good luck!
-c
Try the
Web Enhancement for the draconomicon.Good luck!
-c
Very nice, thank you.
Try the
Web Enhancement for the draconomicon.Good luck!
-c
Oooh. That one's nice. I think I'll manage a combo between the map of mystery in Dungeon 102 and the encounter write-ups in the web enhancement. And maybe something more. The SCAP mentions hookface's "minions"; I've been scouring my monster books to find some kind of minion I actually like. The mephits work; though I think I'll throw in a band of kobolds as well, though at their power level they won't be much more than a bit of environment. The lair beetles in Draconomicon are fun, too.
But I'm still looking for a minion that really works for me. Haven't found one yet.
--Steve
The mephits work; though I think I'll throw in a band of kobolds as well, though at their power level they won't be much more than a bit of environment.
Kobolds can be half-dragon.
Kobolds can also be 20th level sorcerers.
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The mephits work; though I think I'll throw in a band of kobolds as well, though at their power level they won't be much more than a bit of environment.Kobolds can be half-dragon.
Kobolds can also be 20th level sorcerers.
True - and not only that, I've been a firm believer that kobolds (being draconian heritage in nature) should come in varied backgrounds.
I believe there should be some differences of kobolds from varying chromatic draon parentage. Red Dragon kobolds should be different from White dragon and Black etc. Each has different traits about them that is keyed to their heritage. For instance - whiter skin, redder skin, climate preferences, etc. You could really customize your Hookfaces red-dragon kobold minions.
AND mephits are a good add-on. So are Azers, Magmin, fire elementals, Fire beetles, salamander, and I cant remember the name but its a little worm with a hard drill-like head in the Monster Manual.
Robert