Pirate Error 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 an 18 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 the characters are hired to go to a pirate-infested system on the edge of the Sonora sector – the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space – to recover some cargo from a shot-down merchant ship.
Patron has details on the employer.
Complications are things that aren’t known or which can go wrong.
MN5-34Z has details on the planet.
The Arachnids has details on the giant spiders that are the dominant lifeform on the planet.
Encounters on the Surface is a small table of encounters.
Encounters in the Colony Lair has encounters within.
Beneath the Surface details the locations in the lair.
The Ship Wreck briefly covers the crashed ship.
The Cargo explains this is missing; it’s in the previously described lair.
Double Cross explains that the patron isn’t what they seem.
The Red Pelican covers this pirate ship.
Crew of the Red Pelican has stats for the crew.
The Nuclear Weapons has details on the cargo, information not given to the characters.
Mission Completion looks at what’s needed to complete it.
The final two pages of content have maps of the planet and the lair.
Pirate Error in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that these would have been useful. Also, the crash details would have been better placed before the lair, not after it. Navigation is okay. The text maintains a single column format and some minor errors were noted. Bar the map and covers, there are no illustrations. Presentation is okay.
This is at first glance a straightforward, albeit potentially dangerous, adventure, but the patron isn’t what they seem to be and this adds a further level of risk and danger to it. It’s still possible for the characters to come out ahead, but this is more difficult. Pirate Error can be found by clicking here.
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