Feral cave dwellers, troglodytes are the fallen scions of a once mighty empire. Now they are little more than savage scavengers.

Use these four lists, to breathe depth and flavour into the troglodyte warrens in your campaign.

What’s Going On?

1. Two troglodytes wrestle good-naturedly, while their fellows look on. All the troglodytes are distracted.

2. A troglodyte mindlessly throws pebbles against the wall. The soft clack of stone on stone heralds each throw.

3. The troglodytes recently ate and loll about sated.

4. Alerted by some kind of sixth sense, the troglodytes are lurking in the shadows ready to spring an ambush.

Major Lair Features

1. A jagged chasm partially cuts the warren in twain; in several places, thin stone bridges cross the gap.

2. A stream filled with tiny albino fish flows through the warren. In places, the troglodytes have dammed the stream to create small nursery ponds for the fish.

3. Ancient drystone walls partition off larger spaces within the warrens in a series of private dwellings.

4. An ancient stone stelae stands upon a low, worn plinth decorated with faded, unreadable carvings.

Troglodyte’s Appearance

1. With mottled dark and light grey hide, this troglodyte is hard to spot when lurking in a cave or cavern.

2. The troglodyte has sharpened, blackened teeth which it reveals in a hideous grin or leer.

3. Covered in scars, boils and other unwholesome growths, this troglodyte gives off a particularly unpleasant stench.

4. The troglodyte has only one eye—its left eye socket is nothing but a gaping, black hole.

Treasure

1. This slender deadly-looking spear has a finely tapered point and an iron shaft.

2. Four irregularly shaped flecks of glimmering black stones (all shards of onyx) lurk in a small pouch.

3. Although unfinished this carving of a skull cut from a chunk of rock is simplistic but possesses a certain raw, and unsettling, attraction.

4. Hanging from a loop of sinew, the four skull fetishes comprising this necklace are a macabre decoration.

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