Caves of Chaos - Kobold Lair

[Blood Axe]

Id like to convert the Caves of Chaos into DCC RPG- keeping it about 90% the same. I'll provide the map, basic details on each room, and you can give ideas on how to switch it up a bit. If you have The Keep on the Borderlands/ Caves of Chaos- you can follow along in your own copy. Its pretty bare on detail, its basically- kick in the door, kill the monster, take the treasure. Treasure and magic will need to be cut back, mosters switched to DCC stats, add details (sight , smell, lighting, furnishings, etc) monster tactics, traps, tricks.

[Blood Axe]

Entrance- 2 in 6 chance of ambush in the woods around the cave entrance. 8 kobolds with spears- up in the trees, each has d8 silvers


Inside - pit trap- 10' deep, lid slams shut trapping victims

1- Guard room - 6 kobolds with spears- throw spears then alert lair, d6 silvers

2- Giant rats - garbage heap- largest rat wears a necklace (400 gp)

3- Food storage room- locked door- supplies, stolen foodstuffs, wine cask, bits of victims

4- 3 large kobold guards - bows, armor, handaxes - use corner for cover 92d6gold each)

5- Kobold Chief huge kobold with battle axe, 5 females that fight as males, 8 young(non-combatants)
key to storage room #3, necklace ( 1200 gp) old blanket with 50gp hidden, each feamle has d6 gold
chest with 203 copper, 61 silver, 22 electrum

6- Common room- 17 males, 23 females, 8 young
males d6 silver, females d4 silver bolt of silk (150 gold value)

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Pretty plain.

Ive been thinking of a few ideas.
- more traps
- giant weasel pet for Chief
- a half complete tunnel or room (they are trying to expand their lair)

[Raven_Crowking]

Page 180 in the core rules should be your first stop.

[Blood Axe]

Page 180 in the core rules should be your first stop.

The magic mouth spell? I have the 1st edition rules.

These will be dog-lizard kobolds, not evil fey kobolds.

[Raven_Crowking]

Page 180 in the core rules should be your first stop.

The magic mouth spell? I have the 1st edition rules.

These will be dog-lizard kobolds, not evil fey kobolds.

That's okay; the page is 380 anyway.

Variations in humanoids, making them mysterious.

Also for your consideration: http://ravencrowking.blogspot.ca/2015/0 ... n-zed.html

[Blood Axe]

Ive been thinking of a few ideas to change it up a bit.

- the lair being expanded by a room or two, possibly a tunnel for ambushes
- a shaman with a minor magic item allowing him to control a zombie/skeleton bodyguard
- the chief with a giant weasel pet
- a hiding, lazy or drunk kobold in the storeroom
- the kobolds having a few traps or tricks- a jar with a bees nest, a basket of snakes (are they poisonous?), a jar of green slime( not real just disgusting), a blade trap set at head/chest level (kobolds are too short to be effected)
- some wandering creatures - cave lizard, giant spider, stirges
- small mimic posing as something in the storeroom

[Blood Axe]

Kobold Lair
Encounter A
The cave entrance. The entrance to the lair is within a small grove of trees. (about 80' diameter)
(original text)
There is a 2 in 6 chance that as the group of adventurers enters the cave-like tunnel, 8 kobolds will come out of hiding in the trees above and attack.

30' inside the entrance is a pit. There is a 3 in 6 chance that each person in the front rank will fall in unless they are probing ahead. There is a 1 in 6 chance that individuals in the second rank will also fall in, but only if they are close to the first rank and the character ahead has fallen in. The pit is 10' deep and those falling in will take d6 damage. The pit lid will close and persons within cannot escape without aid from the outside. The noise will attracct creatures from areas #1 and #2. Planks for crossing the pit are stored at #1 beyond.

(creatures at area #1 and #2 are: #1 Guard Room: 6 kobold guards, #2 Garbage Heap: Giant rats )

[ThatBunyip]

Keep on the Borderlands was my first experience with D&D and is still my favorite module, so I'm loving this so far.