Location: Chinny’s Lair

Rumors

  • Somewhere beyond the jungle there is said to be a hidden lair full of gold, books, and strange games.
  • Some travelers speak of a horned host who invites adventurers to gamble with their lives for treasure.
  • There are stories of contestants walking away rich and others dying in spectacular fashion.

What is Known

  • Chinny’s Lair is a lavish hidden lair reached through magic portal travel.
  • The party entered it after being invited by Chinny while resting in Bone Speaker Ruins.
  • The lair is built within an underground cavern or cave system but is furnished with surprising luxury.
  • It contains treasure, artifacts, paintings, and a vast library of old books.
  • Chinny treats the place as both home and stage, using it to host elaborate games for adventurers.
  • The lair includes private guest quarters, dining space, and multiple purpose-built challenge rooms.
  • Known challenge spaces include a ladder room, a large chamber for illusion contests, a room with concentric glowing rings over a spike pit, a lava room with a tightrope, and a final room with numbered cards.
  • Unseen servants operate within the lair, serving food and tending to guests.
  • Contestants can win large amounts of gold there, but some of the games are deadly.

History

  • The party first reached Chinny’s Lair after Chinny opened a portal for them during a night spent sheltering in Bone Speaker Ruins.
  • There the party met other contestants and took part in a sequence of competitive games hosted by Chinny.
  • Over the course of those games, contestants were eliminated through portals, dangerous traps, and at least one fatal lava challenge.
  • The party survived the competition, left with substantial winnings, and was later returned to the jungle with their original task still unfinished.

People

Chinny

  • Master of the lair and host of the games

Loose Threads

  • What is Chinny’s true nature?
  • Is Chinny truly a brass dragon, or something else entirely?
  • How long has he been gathering treasures, books, and contestants?
  • How many adventuring groups have died in his games?
  • Where exactly is the lair when reached without a portal, if it can be reached that way at all?
  • What rare knowledge is hidden in Chinny’s library?