This 55-page digital product--available for both 5e and Pathfinder 2--contains the following game master resources: martial villain creation guidelines, martial villains, martial templates, traps, and two adventures for levels 11 and 12.

Creating a Martial Villain - Guidelines and tips for creating engaging martial villains for your games.

A Melee of Miscreants | Villains - Three vile villains and their followers (all with stat blocks): Red Callus, Audria "the Asp" Ausperi, and Jonas Nerduum.

Monster Transformations: Martials - Nine templates that can be applied to any martial creature to breathe new life into them: Brute (berserker, skull cracker, and primal), Rogue (master of disguise, poisoner, and thief), and Warrior (brawler, champion, and dirty fighter).

Mechanical Mayhem - Ten devious traps to keep your players on their toes: hot seat, book of handcuffs, oh dam, electrifying, wheels? not anymore, scrap storm, well played, reversing platform, flippin' and flingin', and pull couch.

When Magic Came to Halcienda - Level-11 adventure.
The town of Halcienda is a quiet place. Trade comes and goes through its streets thanks to fortunate positioning, and many remark about the grandeur of the Old Clifftop Keep that looms over the town. Alas, it may all be burned to the ground if nobody can stop the Magical Inquisition…

Ghrecti at the Docks - Level-12 adventure.
The port of Tasselbrook calls again. This time, a quieter threat has surfaced, though most are blissfully unaware of its presence. The gnome Nekky, on the other hand, knows some adventurers are needed…

Digital Files You Get

Full-Color PDF and Print-Friendly PDF
Image files for all maps, both GM and player versions

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Mortals & Mechanisms - Lair Magazine #32, August 2023 Issue