Fifteen essential components of an evil lair:
Bottomless pit (no safety rail)
Vat of molten metal, giant, easily tipped
Cavernous room illuminated by single spotlight
Big dial that’s marked in percentages but goes up to 300%
Wall of CRT televisions
Laser hallway
Monolith, enigmatic
Blast doors that open or close when button is destroyed, whichever would be most convenient for person doing the destroying
Barrels, acid
Barrels, exploding
Barrels, acid, exploding
Control panel with exposed high-voltage cables routed directly across its surface
Steam pipes, numerous (note: actual steam-driven infrastructure not required)
That room where the floor is always wet for some reason
One (1) random cylinder liquid nitrogen

















