That’s a Rich Tale by Crystal Mazur is a role playing game supplement published by Onyx Path Publishing through the Canis Minor Community Content Program for use with Pugmire. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result.
This is a five page PDF that is available from DriveThruRPG for $1.99 but was purchased at the reduced price of $0.79 as part of a special bundle. One page is the front cover and one the Open Game License.
This is billed as an adventure and it starts with the characters in The Salty Dog tavern. There are a group of dogs playing poker and one leaves accusing another of cheating. In another area there is a dog with glowing red eyes (oddly, nobody seems to consider this weird) and several old dogs talking at the bar.
The characters can follow the poker player or sit with any of the three groups apparently. Then what happens if they sit with the poker players is described, and the players ask them to follow the dog who lost.
The dog lost a medallion and the characters are welcome to investigate where it came from. This results in the other two groups contributing and telling them that the medallion probably came from hills beyond the Fearful Forest. The characters are welcome to head that way.
That’s a Rich Tale in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and for the amount of content doesn’t need them. Navigation is okay. The text maintains a two column full colour format and the most glaring error seen was the duplication of half a page of text, reducing a 3 page supplement down to two and a half pages. There are some stock Canis Minor illustrations. Presentation is okay.
This is billed as being an introductory adventure. It isn’t an adventure. It could be considered to be an adventure hook, with the entire piece in The Salty Dog being setting it up. The actual adventure itself, which would be heading through the Fearful Forest, climbing the hills beyond and exploring the cave is a single paragraph essentially describing what has been done in one line. No encounters, no stats, no anything.
This reads like a piece of fiction. Almost all of the text is the Guide telling the players what they see. There are no opportunities to interact with the story and no decisions to make. No scenes either, and scenes are how Pugmire adventures are laid out. That’s a Rich Tale is frankly not worth getting, not even at the discounted price which was still more than the far superior Digging Up Trouble was bought for, and should you wish to waste your money on it, it can be found by clicking here.
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