Luke Hart

Lair Magazine #31 for 5e and PF2 is out!

Added 2023-07-05 13:58:10 +0000 UTC

The next issue of Lair Magazine, Map Pack, and bonus adventure have dropped.

Both Lair Magazine and the Bonus Adventure are available for both 5e and PF2 in full-fledged beautiful PDFs!

Click the link below that corresponds to your patronage level to access your benefits. Note: The new files are available at the bottom of the posts as attachments.

If you became a $5 or $10 patron in 2022 or prior, access your benefits with these links:

This Month's Patron Digital Benefits

Here's the loot DM Lair patrons get this month:

Map Pack 26: Wastelands - $10+ patrons
Get tons of tavern maps for your games! The map pack contains 4 ten-room "dungeon" maps and 6 "encounter" maps. Each map comes as an image file with both gridded and non-gridded versions and both low- and high-resolution versions. (So four versions of each map.)

Mirth & Muck, Lair Magazine #31, July 2023 Issue - $15+ patrons
This month's issue delivers the following 5e and Pathfinder 2e compatible resources:

Ribbiting Puzzles - Five puzzles themed around frogs, toads, warts, and lily pads.
Amphibious Antagonists | Monsters - Ten new Crolka and Krur'ka creatures to hop, net, and spear characters with: crolka, crolka bleater, crolka protean, crolka swamp lord, crolka toad shaman, krur'ka, krur'ka darkspeaker, krur'ka deep priest, krur'ka wallcrawler, and krur'ka warper.
Amphibious Encounters - Five encounters, designed for levels 3 to 5, and featuring the new Crolka and Krur'ka creatures. Includes digital maps.
The Froggy Fears Adventure Arc - Three adventures designed to played sequentially, featuring the new Crolka and Krur'ka creatures, and designed for parties level 3 through 5. The three adventures are detailed below.
Under Stillwater - Level-3 adventure.
The Settlers of Stillwater Outpost have been dealing with trouble for weeks now. Tools vanish, livestock disappear in the night, and strange forms seem to flit through the darkened bows of the Deepfen. The townsfolk are seeing monsters. Two days ago, they finally caught one.
Frogsong - Level-4 adventure.
A bonfire burns in the choked depths of the Deepfen. Those who light the fire of war sing and dance in its glow, preparing for the glorious battle to come. But the sleepy settlement of Stillwater doesn’t hear their battle cries. All they can hear is frogsong.
Frogs in the Well - Level-5 adventure.
The settlers of Stillwater have been watching the swamp fearfully for weeks now. Maybe they should have been looking down instead.

A Drought of Thorns (level-3 fifth-edition adventure) - $25+ patrons.
The adventure comes with digital maps for online play.
Angering a king is a dangerous enterprise. Kings have a penchant for not only extracting their due but also drawing out the process, ensuring that offenders understand the severity of their error. The Pumpkin King is no different. Thus, when he decreed that the Sovereign would be responsible for extracting his tithe from Windvale, she immediately identified Ravannae “the Thorn” as a prime candidate for the task at hand. Ravannae would ensure the locals never forget that one does not simply anger a king.

Discount Codes - 5-15% off all digital products in the DM Lair Store

Bloopers Video - $15+ patrons
Clips of me at my finest! This will be released when available.

Sign-Up for Monthly D&D Game - $15+ patrons
I run one monthly D&D one-shot game, and I choose the players from my patrons. The signup form for this will be released next Monday via a Patreon post.

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Thank you all so much for your patronage and happy gaming!!!

-Luke and the DM Lair Team