A Review of the Role Playing Game Supplement Psion

Psion by Joseph 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 17 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 an alien was taken into custody on a planet in the Sonora sector; though not stated, the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space. The alien is part of a species from a neighbouring, unexplored, sector, who are highly intelligent with powerful psionic abilities. The alien recently escaped and the characters are asked to retrieve her, as she’s a dangerous psychotic.

Patron gives some details on the person hiring the characters.

Complications are things that can go wrong, or which are not known, such as the fact that the characters will lack the full truth.

Rodariria and Jamus Rumours is a 2d6 table of rumours about the planet the alien was in custody on and the corporation hiring the characters, some true, some false.

The Vuk gives details on the alien species.

Or’eil gives details on the specific alien.

Hasrous gives details on the world the alien escaped to, with a 2d6 table of true and false rumours to hear.

The Jamus Armament Corporation gives some details on the company hiring the characters.

Cheng’s Other Operators are others who have been hired to retrieve the alien.

Competitors of the Jamus Armament Corporation gives details of two other companies who have sent teams after the alien.

New Psionic Powers of the Vuk gives details on some new psionic abilities.

Mission Completion Objectives are what’s needed to succeed at the task the characters have been hired for.

Psion in Review

The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that these would have been useful. Navigation could be better. The text maintains a single column format and some minor errors were noticed. Bar the covers, there are no illustrations. Presentation is adequate.

This appears to be a straightforward mission, to find and capture an escaped fugitive, but it has quite a few dangers. The alien herself is dangerous, and then there are the others looking for her, who aren’t going to want to let the characters have her without a fight. Psion is a potentially dangerous adventure and it can be found by clicking here.