A Prison Without Walls by Jospeh Mohr is a role playing game supplement published by Old School Role Playing for use with Cepheus Engine. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result.
The supplement is available as a 21 page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. Two pages are the front and rear covers, three the front matter and three the Open Game License.
The opening paragraphs explain that the characters are approached by a representative of a criminal cartel who wants them to go to a prison planet owned by the Sonoran Interstellar Police – the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space – in order to recover a chemist who is needed for their drug operations.
Patron has details on the employer.
The Scientist has details on the prisoner.
Complications are things that are not known or can go wrong.
Kurine II has some brief details on the planet.
Encounters in the Kurine System has potential ship encounters.
Hiding a Ship on Kurine II looks at ways to do so.
Protecting a Ship on Kurine II looks at how this can be done.
The Risks of Landing on this World explains that inadequate concealment and protection will result in the characters likely losing their ship.
SPOL Response to Intruders Here looks at how the police respond.
Encounters on Kurine II has encounters for the different kinds of terrain.
Key to the Kurine II Land Map briefly covers the different encounter areas.
The Various Gangs on Kurine II doesn’t cover them in any detail.
Gang Members Roster is a 6d6 table of gang members with the last ten being the leaders of the various gangs.
The final page of content is a map of the world.
A Prison Without Walls in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that they would have been useful. Navigation could be better. The text maintains a single column format and some minor errors were noticed. Bar the map and covers, there are no illustrations. Presentation is adequate.
The adventure involves the characters working on behalf of a criminal syndicate that is likely to betray them in order to go to a world occupied by dangerous criminals and recover a scientist who makes a drug that kills people, in the process annoying the interstellar police, who have a good chance of spotting them. This is one adventure where the characters would best be served by declining. A Prison Without Walls can be found by clicking here.
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