Gone Fishing 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 22 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 new product is the hottest one in the Sonora sector – the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space – as it’s said to cure many ailments and its primary ingredient, unlike its predecessor, isn’t known. The characters are hired by a rival corporation to find out about this ingredient.
Complications are things that aren’t known or which can go wrong.
Patron has details on the employer.
The Baphomet Corporation has some details on the patron’s employer.
The Malicious Mega Corporation has details on the product’s manufacturer.
A Lead has something that the characters can discover that leads them to an unexplored world in the adjacent sector.
A Water World has details on this planet.
An Island in a Vast Sea has encounters and details of the locations on the island chain.
The Seas explain that almost all the world is water and almost all the inhabitants work for the company.
Weather Events has a weather table.
Whaling explains how this is done.
Ships Operated by the Malicious Mega Corporation has brief details on their whaling ships.
Bringing in the Whale has rules for capturing them.
Manufacturing and Processing has brief details on the processing of the whale blubber.
Roster of the Island is a 2d6 table of NPC employees.
Roster of the Two Ships has the crews of both whaling ships.
Roster of Visitors to this Planet is a 2d6 table of visitors.
Random Ships that Might be Visiting is a d6 table of starships.
A Sample explains what’s needed.
One Possible Method of Accomplishing this Mission explains one way to get success.
Mission Completion explains what’s needed for success and the bonus.
The final two pages of content have maps of the island and the world.
Gone Fishing in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that these would have been useful. Navigation is okay. The text maintains a single column format and some minor errors were noticed. Bar the maps and covers, there are no illustrations. Presentation is okay.
This is a comparatively straightforward adventure, though neither the company employing the characters nor the one manufacturing the product is a particularly nice one. Though one sample method of achieving success is presented, there will be others, perhaps stealthier ones. Gone Fishing can be found by clicking here.
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