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M I N O TA U R ’ S D E N M I N O R L A I R F E AT U R E S

Savage, bestial creatures of rage and violence— 1. Deep gouges in the rock show where the minotaur has
minotaurs are terrifying enemies. Often solitary hewn at the wall.
beasts haunting labyrinthine dungeons, or similar 2. Bones and mouldering equipment cover the oor,
locales, they delight in hunting and terrorising their prey. throughout the lair.
Minotaurs are innately cunning—surprising given their 3. A loose stone or brick in the oor hides a small, hard-to-
bloodthirsty, atavistic tendencies—but employ simple, brutal spot storage niche.
battle tactics. Legends tell of their origins—of how the gods 4. Jammed into small niches in the walls, skulls leer down
created them; most minotaurs, however, believe their roots into the chamber. Several skulls are cracked or smashed
to be more demonic. —testimony to the minotaur’s strength.

OUTSIDE THE LAIR


M I N O TA U R ’ S A P P E A R A N C E
1. Brownish green mould covers one wall where water
oozes down from above. 1. A thick mane of red hair grows half-way down the
2. A faded chalk cross decorates one wall at roughly a minotaur’s back.
man’s shoulder height. The cross has obviously been 2. The minotaur has but one horn; only a patch of terribly
there for quite some time. scarred hide remains where the other once grew.
3. Shards of a broken wooden shield lie on the ground. 3. The minotaur is missing the tip of one horn; only a
4. The shard of a spear, complete with a wickedly barbed jagged stump remains.
point, stands propped against one wall. (The weapon is 4. Partially healed burn marks on its legs and hips speak to
sized for a larger-than-man-sized individual.) the minotaur’s recent encounter with re.

W H AT ’ S G O I N G O N ? TREASURE

1. Loud snoring greets the characters—the minotaur is 1. These knee-high black leather boots are in good repair.
sleeping (or perhaps it sham sleeps). 2. Securely wrapped in oilskin, and written in a beautiful
2. The minotaur is elsewhere, but it returns as the owing script, this book contains dozens of local recipes.
characters search its lair. 3. This pouch of spell components contains strange, exotic
3. Blood and gore coat the minotaur’s face, neck and chest; items suitable for low-level wizard spells. It hangs from a
it is gorging itself on the remains of its last victim. fragment of torn and bloody belt.
4. The minotaur is working out its homicidal rage on the 4. Missing the inlaid gems that decorated its rim, this
corpse of a recent victim. Gore and body parts are goblet of tarnished silver was once much more valuable.
scattered about its lair.

TRINKETS & TRASH


M A J O R L A I R F E AT U R E S
1. Dried blood covers the back of this torn, shredded
1. An iron-shafted spear driven deeply into the rock pins leather backpack.
the mouldering corpse of a once-powerfully built human 2. Missing one leg, this brass incense burner is also slightly
male upright against the wall. squashed—probably from one mighty blow.
2. A tapestry—depicting a endishly complex maze— 3. The fragments of a ripped and torn letter lie
decorates one wall. intermingled with the minotaur’s other treasures.
3. A sinkhole pierces the oor. Two hundred feet deep, the 4. Dented and missing its stopper, this cracked hip ask
sinkhole intersects with an otherwise inaccessible will never again hold liquid.
rubble- and trash-strewn cave.
4. The walls, oor and ceiling of the lair’s entrance are
scorched and soot-stained (as if some particularly strong
magical re once burnt there). CREDIT
This is a short system-neutral extract from Monstrous Lair
#06: Minotaur’s Den.

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