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DEI Dungeon Explorers

The Book of Lairs I & II. Did you use these handy books?

These accessories were released in 1986/1987 by TSR for AD&D 1E. They featured classic D&D monsters & the second added some Asian-themed monsters for OA.

Cover of REF3 The Book of Lairs. A heavily armored, bearded fighter with a sword and shield looks at his surroundings. Behind him is a stone portal with a strange horned skull carved into the keystone. The portal is filled with purple and green mist, and a hooded woman with a staff looks toward him. A dwarf in scale mail with an axe and pointy helm looks into the portal. On the fighter's side is a large stone staircase with some human bones scattered on it and a green dragon looking down at the pair. The floor is littered with gold, gems, large pots, and vases. From the look on the fighter's face, there may be another threat in front of him.
A bridge crosses a deep chasm. On the bridge are trolls, kobolds, warriors, an archer, and a person in robes with a staff. They are engaged in heated combat. One of the trolls is throwing a man in robes off of the bridge. One of the kobolds is hanging by one hand from a broken part of the bridge, watching his belongings drop into the chasm.
Cover of REF4. A mounted man in upper body armor with a sword and shield charges at a golden dragon with a broken horn emerging from a large crevasse. To the left, a cloaked man with a sword and a blonde woman with a shield and mace approach the dragon from the side. The ground to the right is littered with the remains of the last person who bothered the dragon.
A large somewhat furry creature with pointy ears and three eyes sits on a mat with a bat-winged toothy creature and two armed but naked people. A monster with a large nose and tiny spikes growing out of its head stands nearby.
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Later books featured DragonLance, the Realms, Spelljammer & the Outer Planes. Each encounter provided stats & the lairs setup for the DM. Strangely, there were very few maps & the DM had to provide their own. These were great for wandering monsters & I used them extensively.

Michael Breault & Jim Ward authored the first. The cover of Book of Lairs I was done by Clyde Caldwell & originally graced the cover of Dragon Magazine #65. The Cover of Lairs II was by Jeff Easley

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Are those guys attacking a gold dragon?

The second book was authored by David Cook, Jennell Jaquays, Anne Gray McCready, Bruce Nesmith, Jeff O'Hare, and Steve Perrin. Quite the lineup of authors for both books. Lots of great ideas & some neat monster combos.

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www.etsy.comThe Book of Lairs TSR9177 Vintage TSR Advanced Dungeons & - EtsyThis Role Playing Games item is sold by DEIGames. Ships from Cedaredge, CO. Listed on Jan 24, 2023
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@deidungeon I think I was still using them as recently as 2010. Like I always say, "I paid for all those rulebooks, so I'm going to use all those rulebooks!"

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@contrarian That's our theory too, we're mostly playing 3.5 these days, but there are always AD&D, and Original D&D books close by.😁

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