A Review of the Role Playing Game Supplement Monstrous Lair #15: Bandit Camp

Monstrous Lair #15: Bandit Camp by Steve Hood 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 bandits and where they live. The d10 tables follow.

1: Outside the Lair has features to find outside the camp.

2: What’s Going On? are things that the bandits may be doing.

3: Major Lair Features are the more major features of the camp.

4: Minor Lair Features is similar, but has smaller bits of dressing.

5: Bandit’s Appearance has descriptions for ten bandits.

6: Treasure has various items of value, though none are given actual values.

7: Trinkets & Trash has essentially bits of junk.

Monstrous Lair #15: Bandit 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 one of the entries in the range that sticks more closely to the theme. Some of the material could be more generally useful, but most of it works best with bandits, making it a more useful supplement for designing a bandit camp. Monstrous Lair #15: Bandit Camp can be found by clicking here.