Rat 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 19 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 a natural drug has become a serious problem in the Sonora sector – the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space and the Sonoran Interstellar Police want to take more direct action to stop the problem. The characters are hired to infiltrate the biggest organised crime outfit in the sector in order to take it down.
Patron has details on the employer.
Complications are things that can go wrong are which aren’t known.
Zayon IV has some brief details on the world the characters are heading to.
The Courier has details of a courier of counterfeit furs from another syndicate.
The Main Players has details on the most important NPCs.
Roster of Assorted Goons is a 4d6 table of goons.
Zayon IV Law Enforcement has six cops.
Other Shipments has details on three other shipments the targeted cartel would like to see intercepted.
Local Pirates covers the pirates already operating in the system.
Crossing the Gang has stats for NPCs who will be sent after the characters if they refuse to work.
Mission Completion Objectives explains what will be needed to be done in order to infiltrate the syndicate and help bring it down.
Alternatives are what the characters might do instead.
The New Kids has a hit team that will be sent after the characters if they steal the courier’s shipment.
Rat in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and, though short, has enough 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 is a potentially dangerous adventure with multiple ways the characters could fall foul of multiple different criminals, from pirate ships to the criminals they are infiltrating to the shipment they are supposed to steal. The adventure could also end up going in unplanned ways. Rat can be found by clicking here.
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