Villains & Lairs III Free is produced by Savage Encounters for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. Contributing authors for this product include: Casey Bax, Celeste Conowitch, D.W. Dagon, G.M. Lent, Hannah Rose, Janek Sielicki and Jeff C. Stevens.
This product is intended to help the overburdened dungeon master by providing a selection of detailed non player characters to use in a campaign. These characters can be used as villains, quest givers, patrons, allies or in many other ways.
Each character comes with a full statistics block and a detailed background. The character’s history, motivations and weaknesses are presented for the dungeon master to use as needed. Each character is far more than a wooden npc. Each comes with extensive background. Some come with specially made artifacts and magic items.
What I like about Villains & Lairs III Free
It is a very professionally made product. There is extensive artwork. And each NPC is presented in a beautifully made format.
Villains & Lairs III Free presents several characters which are well designed. Each of these characters can be plugged easily into a campaign without modification. This can save a dungeon master a great deal of time and effort.
This product is pay what you want. It says free in the title but it technically is not. But essentially it is free if you choose not to pay anything for it. You can find it on Drivethrurpg at the following link:
What I do not like about this product
Not a lot. I suppose it could be longer. And include more NPCs. But since it is free…….
Would I recommend this product to others?
Of course. It is basically free. So why not download it and use it? It could save you time. It could give you some good ideas for your own non player characters. It is definitely worth downloading and looking at.
Would I use Villains & Lairs III Free with my own players?
If I was running 5th edition at my own gaming table I definitely would use this product. Right now I am running 1st edition AD&D so I can see little use for it in that campaign. But as I write works, occasionally, for 5th Edition I likely will take ideas from this product to use in my own 5th edition adventures.
