Mineral Rights 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 16 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 planet was discovered on the edge of the Sonora sector – the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space – that was also discovered to be inhabited after a mining company discovered valuable minerals. The characters are hired to remove the inhabitants and relocate them.
Patron has details on the employer.
Complications has things that can go wrong or which are not known.
The Kilgari Corporation has details on the mining company.
Borus Prime has details on the planet.
Borus Secunda has details on another planet in the system that the inhabitants could be relocated to.
Reporter has details on an independent reporter currently living with the native species.
Public Sentiment in the Sonora Sector explains that the public may be on the verge of protesting the treatment of native species.
The Berzan has details on the inhabitants. Despite having lived for millions of years, they are on the verge of extinction as there are only about a hundred left.
Possible Outcomes explains that this adventure is essentially a no-win; whatever the characters do has potential problems, as even moving the locals to another world will kill them.
Mission Completion Objectives is how to complete the mission.
The final page of content has a map of the planet.
Mineral Rights in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that these would have been useful. Navigation could be better. The text maintains a single column format and some minor errors were noticed. Bar the map and covers, there are no illustrations. Presentation is adequate.
This is one adventure that the characters would be better off declining to do. The easiest options are to relocate or kill the inhabitants; the second only works for characters without much in the way of morals and the first has the same result anyway. Doing so risks the characters getting in trouble with the law. There are so many potential negative consequences, whatever the outcome, that the characters would be best off letting someone else do it. Mineral Rights can be found by clicking here.
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