Oceanus 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 open paragraphs explain that Oceanus is a star port on a water world on the edge of the Sonora sector – the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space – which has had a few problems and are looking to hire the characters to sort these out.
Patron gives some details on the employer.
Complications are things that aren’t known or which can go wrong.
Veliere II has some details on the planet.
Events at the Star Port has a 2d6 table of potential events that could affect the port.
Encounters at the Star Port has a table of encounters.
Star Port Personnel has a 4d6 table of NPCs working there.
Visitors to the Star Port is a 4d6 table of travellers.
Breaking Quarantine has a d6 table of living things that people may be trying to smuggle in.
Smugglers has a d6 table of smuggled items.
Ghost Ship at Dock 9 has some details on a strange freighter.
Sabotage at the Star Port has what may happen with this.
The Missing Freighter has some information on a freighter that apparently arrived and was unloaded but which isn’t present.
Strange Behavior of the Computer Terminals looks at the port’s computer issues.
The Dangerous Fugitive Expected to Arrive Here has some details on them.
Parts Shortage has details on a pirate ship.
Alien Contact covers an alien craft arriving.
Mission Completion explains what the characters need to do to achieve success.
The final page of content has a map of the planet.
Oceanus 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 map and covers, there are no illustrations. Presentation is okay.
The two main NPC lists are, as is common, longer than needed, as only a handful of stat blocks are needed and may are not much more than a name. The adventure itself isn’t a single adventure, but a range of different issues that the characters will need to investigate to try and solve them; once they solve enough, they are considered to have fulfilled the job. Oceanus can be found by clicking here.
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