D&D 5E Turning Playgrounds into Lairs

[Tonguez]

This reminds me of the RPG Feng Shui, which, if I recall correctly, suggested creating a list of bullet points of wacky things that could happen in a fight scene. For example, if the scene was a junkyard, then someone should get hit by a wrecking ball, a big magnet should pick up and drop cars, there should be a junk avalanche, etc.

In 5e some of those could be lair actions, or even lair reactions!

Lair actions are awesome - Lair reactions even awesomer

 

[BookTenTiger]

Lair actions are awesome - Lair reactions even awesomer

Curse of Strahd inspired me to start thinking of lair reactions... in the catacombs below Castle Ravenloft, there are thousands of roosting bats, and if a spellcaster uses an area of effect spell it conjures up a few bat swarms. It was a really fun effect!