Monstrous Lair #80: Fane of Elemental Earth by Creighton Broadhurst is a role playing game supplement published by Raging Swan Press. The supplement is stated to be system neutral, but also compatible with any version of Dungeons & Dragons, and is therefore covered by the Open Game License with some parts considered to be Open Game Content as a result.
The supplement is available as an 8-page PDF for $1.65 from DriveThruRPG but was purchased at a reduced price thanks to a special offer. The supplement comes in two versions, a plaintext file and a PDF. Two pages of the PDF are the front and rear covers, two pages are ads, about half a page the front matter and Contents and one page the Open Game License.
Using this Monstrous Lair is a standard piece of text for the series and explains what the tables are and that the supplement makes two assumptions; the GM has a map of the lair and stats for monsters and details of any treasure.
The first paragraph has some brief details on adherents to elemental earth before moving onto the tables.
1: Outside the Lair has features to find outside the lair
2: What’s Going On? is what may be happening in the lair.
3: Major Lair Features has major features of the lair.
4: Minor Lair Features is similar, but lesser features, though one is practically identical to a result from table 1.
5: Elemental’s Appearance has descriptions for elementals.
6: Treasure is potentially valuable items that can be found, though no values are given.
7: Trinkets & Trash is mostly rubbish.
Monstrous Lair #80: Fane of Elemental Earth in Review
The PDF is bookmarked with major and minor sections linked. The Contents are to a similar level of depth and is hyperlinked. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. There is a single piece of black and white stock art. Presentation is okay.
In some ways this has similar problems to Monstrous Lair #79: Fane of Elemental Air; some of the results don’t appear to be focused enough on the primary element. It’s not quite as bad as the air fane, but there’s still quite a bit that just doesn’t seem to fit a pure earth fane. Monstrous Lair #80: Fane of Elemental Earth can be found by clicking here.
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