A Plague of Lizards threatens millions with starvation. Compliance Officer Aasha Kumari accompanies your cargo run to the Banquo Mining Facility, looking for the source. An accident during docking entangles you and your crew in a web of malfeasance, corporate secrets and spreading madness. Can you survive the evil about to be unleashed by the Instruments of Darkness?
Instruments of Darkness is a 32-page half-size booklet (5.5" x 8.5") written for Mothership 1E. It contains:
optional integration with ship mechanics from the Ship Builder's Toolkit
12 illustrated NPCs
8 optional Survive, Solve or Save events
Murdered Sleep: a d10 table of recurring visions
a Villain Monologue
cosmic horror
end-of-adventure consequences for one-shots and campaign play
The cosmic horror aspects of the module are an homage to the Hellboy comics; the illustrations have been crafted to reflect that.
ALSO INCLUDED:
audio recordings of the Villain Monologue and an unhinged pilot
print-friendly pdf for self-printing
a "Welcome to Banquo" rack card
an optional player character sheet (pdf) for the Compliance Officer in US Letter and A4 format