Monstrous Lair #85: Orc Village by Robert Manson 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 orcs and that sometimes they live in villages.
1: Outside the Lair has various things to see around the village.
2: What’s Going On? has what the orcs might be doing.
3: Major Lair Features has some major features for the village.
4: Minor Lair Features has similar, but smaller, features.
5: Orc’s Appearance has descriptions for ten orcs.
6: Treasure has items that are generally valuable, but no value is given.
7: Trinkets & Trash is basically junk.
Monstrous Lair #85: Orc Village 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.
This definitely assumes a certain type of orc, and though that is perhaps the most common, it’s definitely not the only one. The orcs look to be those who raid and pillage and aren’t much into building stuff themselves. For that type of orc, this does work; for any other type, it doesn’t. Monstrous Lair #85: Orc Village can be found by clicking here.
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