Masters & Minions: Dinner of Dark Secrets by Eric Hindley, Lucus Palosaari, Kalyna Conrad and Kiel Howell is a role playing game supplement published by Fat Goblin Games 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 22 page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. Two pages are the front and rear covers, one and a half the front matter, one the Contents, one the Open Game License and two are ads.
The opening paragraphs explain that this supplement has a band of NPCs that act in concert that could be used as rivals or antagonists, or possibly even allies or support. The groups draw more heavily on influence from comic books and action movies, adding a colourful bunch. This volume has a mob family of monstrous criminals. This is also a charity product and some details are given on the Roleplaying Game Creators Relief Fund.
The Introduction explains that most cities have a seedy side and criminal element and that this supplement describes such an element that controls crime in the city, with some details on other abilities the criminals possess, how new recruits are treated and that the godfather owns a large mansion and where it is in the city.
Following this, the most important characters in the organisation are covered, starting with the godfather and covering an “uncle” and “cousin.” There are also details on the mansion’s garden staff. These are all given stats and descriptions as to their personality.
The Extended Family has generic details for enforcers and nephew/nieces (new recruits).
Magreme Manor describes the manor and the locations in it.
Hooks/Plots has several adventure hooks for getting characters involved.
The final three pages of content have maps of the manor.
Masters & Minions: Dinner of Dark Secrets in Review
The PDF is bookmarked with the various sections and subsections linked, though errors were noticed in this, namely that it was done back to front in order. The Contents is to a similar level of depth and is hyperlinked. Navigation is good. The text maintains a two-column format and some minor errors were noticed. There are a number of custom colour illustrations. Presentation is good.
The criminal organisation detailed in this is substantial enough that it could have an effect on a city, therefore integrating it with one with an existing detailed criminal underworld will be tricky. However, it can be used to add one to a city that lacks anything detailed. It’s perhaps not quite as good as some of the entries in the series, though it’s decent enough, and is Pay What You Want. Masters & Minions: Dinner of Dark Secrets can be found by clicking here.
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