Often overlooked as a stupid brute the cunning otyugh is nevertheless a peerless hunter in its noisome lair. Use these tables, to add depth and favour to an otyugh’s lair.

Major Lair Features

1. Effluent dripping from above forms large stalagmite-like growths in the corridors and chambers.

2. A thick crust of dried sewage has formed atop the effluent and is seemingly solid until stepped on.

3. The many points of a deer’s skull stick up from the depths of a deep pool.

4. A section of wall has collapsed into the passage, creating a field of slimy, jumbled rubble.

What’s Going On?

1. The otyugh casually throws stones into a pool and seems to enjoy the splashes.

2. Half submerged in a pool the otyugh catches clear dripping water from above on its tongue.

3. The otyugh struggles to clear a blockage in the channel of effluent that redirects the flow away from its lair.

4. The otyugh noisily rips apart the body of a thief who it recently caught; his loot lies nearby amid the muck.

Otyugh’s Appearance

1. The otyugh’s thick blue tentacles float on the surface of the muck, as it rests.

2. A thick crimson pattern decorates the the otyugh’s back.

3. With chalk grey skin speckled with browns and greens the otyugh blends into the surrounding sewage.

4. Heavy spatters of russet brown mar this ochre-skinned otyugh’s rubbery hide.

Treasures to Find

1. Elegant, but filthy, silk slippers laced with pearls and amethyst adorn the feet of a female human’s skeleton.

2. This small ceramic pot contains grey paste that destroys, or possibly repairs, rust when applied.

3. Gold and silver coins fill this large box. The chest’s rotted bottom disintegrates when it is moved, dumping the treasure into the sewer.

4. A winged helm rest on the surface of the effluent; its flying charm failed its previous owner at the worst possible time.

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