Monstrous Lair #90 Shadow's Haunt

A Review of the Role Playing Game Supplement Monstrous Lair #90 Shadow’s Haunt

Monstrous Lair #90 Shadow’s Haunt 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.

Monstrous Lair #90 Shadow's HauntUsing 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 gives some brief details on shadows. Following this are the d10 lists

1: Outside the Lair has general features for outside it.

2: What’s Going On? is what might be happening.

3: Major Lair Features are the more important features of the lair.

4: Minor Lair Features are the lesser features.

5: Shadow’s Appearance has ten descriptions for shadows, which is odd for something that is basically a humanoid shadow.

6: Treasure is valuable items, though values aren’t given.

7: Trinkets & Trash is mostly trash.

Monstrous Lair #90 Shadow’s Haunt 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 is one of the less theme-specific entries in the series, which does make it more generally useful. Most of the tables could be used for many different kinds of undead. Monstrous Lair #90 Shadow’s Haunt can be found by clicking here.


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