Wererats of the Roach-Run Sewers by Landon Bellavia is a role playing game supplement published by Raging Swan Press for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. 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 34-page PDF from DriveThruRPG for $3.99 but was purchased at a reduced price as part of a special bundle. Two pages are the front and rear covers, one is blank, three the front matter and Contents, one is ads and one is the Open Game License. The PDF comes in two versions, one intended for print and high-end devices, one intended for low-end and mobile.
Reading Stat Blocks is a standard page for the publisher explaining how to use these.
Wererats of the Roach-Run Sewers starts with a paragraph on wererats and sewers before moving onto ecology & society. There are two wererat families mentioned here. The wererats alignment and religion, lairs and combat and tactics are covered. Sidebars cover using the wererats in your campaign and lore.
The Roach-Run Sewers gives some basic details on sewers with sidebars covering features and hazards.
Encounters with the Roach-Run Wererats has several encounters to have of different levels of danger.
Alternative Race & Class Features starts with the Filth, a new cleric domain and witch patron, with a new hex. There are some options for sewer druids and a new familiar for wererat sorcerers, wizards and witches, the cockroach. There are some new rogue talents and rage powers.
New Feats has some new battle feats for wererats.
New Spells has some new appropriate spells with a sidebar on memory and manipulation applied to new lycanthropes by existing ones.
New Magic Items has some new items.
Wererats looks at running them as a GM, their shape changing, the curse of lycanthropy and curing it.
Following this are some different wererats to encounter, in broad groupings, with stats and tactics, as well as an example of each with name, appearance, mannerisms, background and personality. The different groupings are sewer savage, sewer shaman, sewer thief and sewer trainer.
Persona: Drinala Greentail covers one wererat in more detail, with a description, overview, name, appearance, mannerisms, background and personality, along with stats. Persona: Mkadi Litaboui and Persona: Lady Ladonna Tarmaine covers two more NPCs in the same way.
Wererats of the Roach-Run Sewers in Review
The PDF is well bookmarked with everything except sidebars linked. The Contents is brief but is hyperlinked. Navigation is very good. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of error. There are a number of pieces of black and white stock art. Presentation is decent.
Compared to some of the similar Villains and Tribes offerings by Raging Swan Press, this one is a bit blander. There is no specific group covered in any great detail; mostly just some general wererat information and options which could be easily inserted into many different places, bit don’t stand out. The three Personas at the end provide much more detail on specific individuals, but the supplement as a whole doesn’t cover a tribe or group; more like a framework and tools for creating such. Wererats of the Roach-Run Sewers can be found by clicking here.
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