Monstrous Lair #93: Mercenary Camp 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 opening paragraph has some brief details on mercenaries.
1: Outside the Lair has descriptions for the area around the camp.
2: What’s Going On? has what might be happening at the camp.
3: Major Lair Features are the major features of the camp.
4: Minor Lair Features has items of minor dressing.
5: Mercenary’s Appearance has descriptions for ten mercenaries.
6: Treasure is valuable items though no values are given.
7: Trinkets & Trash is basically rubbish.
Monstrous Lair #93: Mercenary Camp 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 a rather specific supplement and it’s really only useful in particular circumstances, as it’s currently presented. It’s less useful than one on bandits might be, because bandits could be more easily adapted to mercenaries than vice versa; also, the range of quality for mercenaries means that camps can widely differ. Monstrous Lair #93: Mercenary Camp is perhaps one of the less useful supplements in the series and it can be found by clicking here.
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