The Monarch of the Glen – a Vaesen adventure in Scotland by Alistair Smith is a role playing game supplement published by Free League Publishing through the Free League Workshop Community Content Programme for use with Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying.
The supplement is available as an 11 page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. One page is the front cover and a quarter the credits.
The opening paragraphs explain that the adventure is set in September 1860 in Scotland and has little need for combat. It may be started in Edinburgh.
Background explains that the glen is in the east of Scotland and where it is, along with some background on Culloden.
The story so far explains that the son of a laird fled Culloden and returned home. He hid from pursuing cavalry in an ancient tomb and was nursed back to life by the wife of a fairy king. He stole a cup left with him and left for New Jersey. Since then, the estate has suffered poor luck thanks to a curse and now his heir has returned to rebuild the house. The various conflicts are listed.
Preparation looks at how the characters are summoned, and there’s a connection to Something Fishy in Fife if wanted. The summons wants the characters to do something about the problems that have been suffered during the rebuilding. There are also some details on the fairies and the local kirk.
Glen Shee and its inhabitants describes the valley briefly, as well as some notable NPCs.
Locations in Glen Shee describes the important locations themselves.
Countdown to Catastrophe has the timeline for disaster and has some clues.
Confrontation has the possible ways of dealing with the fairy king and the stats for him and his court.
Aftermath wraps things up.
The Monarch of the Glen – a Vaesen adventure in Scotland in Review
The PDF is bookmarked with the various sections and subsections linked. Navigation is good. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. There are a number of stock black and white illustrations. Presentation is decent.
This adventure, if the players do it properly, should be pure investigation, with the characters finding out why there is trouble and dealing with it without violence. However, if they fail to do this, they could end up in a rather dangerous combat with a fairy king and his court. The Monarch of the Glen – a Vaesen adventure in Scotland can be found by clicking here.
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