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colored water on the map) is challenging terrain,requiring a DC 15 Athletics check to negotiate.✦ Illumination depends on the time of day. Thecanopy’s density blocks the sun, so even duringmidday, the forest is in dim light. However, the hilland the Lake of Dreams are brightly lit during theday.Approaching the LairWhen the PCs approach the hill, read:FEYWILD LAIRA grassy hill rises 80 feet from the floor of the ancientforest, pushing back the trees and ubiquitous brambles todrink in the sunlight. The hill is perfectly rounded except atits top, where a dark hole burrows into the earth. Tendrils ofmist curl up from the pit.Area 1: Circle of StonesThis stone circle was once a holy place where eladrinmystics gathered to commune with the land and withnature spirits and to conduct mysterious ceremonies.The circle was abandoned when Razcoreth arrived,and signs of its disuse are everywhere.When the PCs approach the circle of stones, read:Menhirs stand arranged in a circle around a flat stonealtar. This place seems to be long abandoned; moss andcreepers cover the stones, as if the land were reclaiming therocks, pulling them back into the ground from which theycame.Although the mystics no longer come to the circle ofstones, Razcoreth’s servants are wary of the menhirs,believing them to hold the spirits of deceased druidsfrom another time. While the PCs remain in the areaof the stone circle, they cannot trigger the SylvanAllies tactical encounter.Area 2: Lake of DreamsThe Lake of Dreams spreads far beyond the edge ofthe map, extending a few miles to the south. Here, onthe lake’s shores, the PCs can sample its power.When the PCs come within 10 squares of thelake, read:The trees give way to a pristine lake, sunlight dancingacross its surface. Through the clear water, you can seethe bottom, which features a jumble of stones, aquaticplants, and fish darting back and forth or nipping waterbugs. Weirdly, nothing disturbs the surface of the lake,not even the waters that feed it from the river that wendsthrough the woods. When a fish, a bird, or even thecaress of the wind brushes against the surface, it remainsas flat as glass.RICK SARDINHASoon after Razcoreth came to the Feywild, he used hispowers of persuasion and his mind-altering abilities totake control of a number of fey creatures in the area of hisnew lair. Although they are not adversely affected (suchas dominated), they have come to see the green dragonas their lord and king and gladly defend him. As the PCsexplore the forest around the lair, they might trigger a tacticalencounter featuring these minions. The encounter canoccur any place outside the dragon’s lair and is triggeredif any of the following conditions is met.SYLVAN ALLIESThe characters damage a tree.The characters make use of a teleporting tree (seearea 3).The characters start a fire.The characters come within 5 squares of area 5.The PCs cannot trigger the encounter while in area 1.Tactical Encounter: “Sylvan Allies,” page 114.CHAPTER 3 | Dragon Lairs111