A Lake Full of Mystery is a short, two-hour adventure for 2^nd-level characters. It is full of misspellings, strange capitalisations and poor grammar. I want to mention that first, as they are prominently featured throughout the product.

In the adventure, the adventurers are hired to deal with a “Small pest problem”. The person who hires the adventurers is a shady person, so he won’t tell the adventurers that the “small pest” is actually a dragon. However, as he’s a shady person, he will provide a Small Boat and tell them of witnesses to the attack. I’m not sure exactly why being a shady person means that he’ll let the adventurers have a boat and tell him about witnesses that might contradict him, but the adventure has all this information underneath a large heading proclaiming he’s a shady person, so I guess it’s relevant.

The two witnesses refuse to tell the adventurers anything useful, but the author kindly suggests that any chaotic evil adventurer feels compelled to kill them. So, if you have chaotic evil adventurers in your group, you know what to do!

The best part of the adventure is the Oceanbound Encounter chart, which has such entries as “Floating Healing Potion’s” and “Geyser”. I particularly like “One Character Falls”, which I reproduce below:

Roll 1d6/1d4 to decide which PC gets affected

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(PC’s Name) Is thrown from the ship, and is forced to make a DC 10 (Strength) Saving throw to get back in, otherwise taking 1d4 bludgeoning damage from the waves, unill success.

The final monster is a Snake Whale. I guess it could pass as a dragon if encountered in the dusk with a light behind it.

Despite all the problems with this product, it does present an adventure, and – with some work – it could be quite entertaining. There is invention here. It’s just poorly put together and in great need of an editor. Not recommended.