Something Fishy in Fife – a Vaesen adventure in Scotland by Alistair Smith is a role playing game supplement published by Free League Publishing through the Free League Workshop Community Content Programme for use with Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying.
The supplement is available as a ten page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. One page is the front cover.
The opening paragraph explains that the adventure is set in Scotland in August 1860 and is for 2-4 investigators. It explains the best skills and that there is little need for combat.
Background gives some details on Fife.
History explains that the last coven of druids in the region was attacked by the Romans and that the druids sealed themselves into trees for safety. The trees have since been chopped down, and one piece of timber was carved into a figurehead, then a dummy.
The story so far explains that a travelling fair had a fire sweep through it, it thanks to the efforts of the tradesmen of Pittenweem, it was got back up and running, though with a problem that no-one knows about. A sidebar covers Scotland in 1860.
Conflicts covers the two main conflicts of the adventure.
Preparation has the investigators summoned after an event at a school.
The town of Pittenweem and its inhabitants looks at the town.
Key NPCs covers the major NPCs.
Locations in Pittenweem looks at the most important locations for the adventure.
Countdown to Catastrophe covers the countdown to things coming to a head, and clues the characters can find.
Confrontation has the characters confronting the druid’s spirit.
Aftermath wraps things up.
The final three pages of content have handouts.
Something Fishy in Fife – a Vaesen adventure in Scotland in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and, though short, has enough different sections that they would have been appreciated. Navigation is okay. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of error. Bar the cover, there are no illustrations. Presentation is okay.
Perhaps one of the biggest problems that the characters will face is the secondary conflict, in that the locals don’t want them around and the characters might even get arrested if they annoy the wrong person. The only likely combat encounter, unless the characters make a serious mess of things with the locals, is the final confrontation, which could cause problems. Something Fishy in Fife – a Vaesen adventure in Scotland is a decent little adventure and it can be found by clicking here.
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