Kobold Warren
Thought of as nothing but pests and scavengers by commoners and adventurers alike, kobolds are cunning masters of ambush and stealth. Intricate traps fill their warrens to welcome foolish intruders daring to invade the kobolds' home.
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Outside the Lair
Wind-chimes of sticks and bones rattle eerily in the gentle breeze.
Shallow spike-filled pits litter the sides of the path.
Swarms of flies and wasps cover a barrel beside the track. Hundreds of bitter rotting apples lie inside the barrel, which is ready to be rolled down the path.
Fist-sized stinking brown puffballs grow in the ground, ready to be thrown.
What’s Going On?
Yipping excitedly, the kobold tosses a small wooden ball to a friend. The ball contains a poisonous spider that bites whoever holds it too long.
The kobold dips small darts into black, putrid oil.
Pulling sharp teeth from its cat skull headdress, this kobold adds them to tiny darts.
The kobold meticulously ties a dagger to a long length of wood.
Major Lair Features
A many-horned deer skull hangs from the ceiling among a tangle of ropes. (It is filled with stones to make it heavier when it falls).
Tiny tunnels and crawlspaces form a maze connecting the warren’s main passages.
Teeth and claws adorn a large throne of stacked bulette scales. A padded cushion adorns the throne.
Two long blood-red banners, covered with symbols of watching eyes and scrawled writing, hang on the walls.
Minor Lair Features
A stone bowl contains crushed, powdered eggshells and sour milk. It rests carefully on a small ledge.
Two pebbles apparently decorated with painted eyes appear to be inspecting a skull. The pebbles are actually tiny venomous spiders.
Tiny flat fungi grow on the walls. The kobolds harvest and dry out the fungus because they can be thrown at enemies. When the fungus hits something, it explodes, covering the target in itchy spores.
A shallow pit contains sharp sticks and ashes. The real pit trap is cunningly concealed just beyond it; this is a decoy. Perceptive characters spot a safe path through the sticks and ash.
Kobold’s Appearance
Pearly white scales and furs cover the kobold. Consequently, the kobold wears particularly voluminous clothing when sneaking about.
The kobold grips an unwieldy staff topped with a large jar of eyeballs in its tiny, clawed hands.
The kobold covers its tiny emaciated body in rags and furs. It coughs and looks around with rheumy eyes.
Poison drips from the darts held in this kobold’s hands. More darts fill the kobold’s crude bandoleers.
Treasure
This golden ring has a cat’s-eye gem in the centre. The jewel glows with a dim orange light, in the dark.
Intricate carvings of dragons cover this bone spear. The weapon has a wickedly serrated point.
A mummified gnome’s hand clutches a carved river pebble, a single eye etched on its side.
Amazingly light, this armoured shirt made of hundreds of tiny, iron-hard bright red scales is amazingly flexible but stinks of cinders.
Trinkets & Trash
The remains of a stinking black paste coat the inside of this small clay pot.
This small stained leather purse contains rusting fishing hooks and several lengths of thin twine.
Stones and wood, some painted with eyes, fill this wide, shallow bowl.
Several broken eggshells have been crudely painted with dragons and demons.
Credit
This is a short system-neutral extract from Monstrous Lair #22: Kobold Warren by Steve Hood.
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