The UFO Investigator's Book Review

This week the newest Dark Places and Demogorgon's release, The UFO Investigator's Book went live.

While I really liked the Werewolf and Vampire sourcebooks, this is my favorite of the smaller DP&D supplements. There's definitely stuff form the GM, but this book has a lot of new player content too.

There are four new classes: UFO Investigator, Conspiracy Theorist, Alien Hunter, and Alien In Disguise. While I like the Conspiracy Theorist a lot (it makes me think of Dipper from Gravity Falls), Alien in Disguise is my favorite. It's the first non-human class in the game. To create your alien you can either choose or roll on two different charts. The first chart is your true form and the second is your mission on Earth. After the new classes, player's get a list of new equipment.

For the gamemaster, there's plenty of new stuff too. I think the d20 alien/UFO adventure hook and misreported UFO charts are great, as was the UFO terms section.

There are some new encounters/adventures/organizations too. There are three that directly feature aliens (the Hexpost Monster, alien probers, and little green men). In addition K.U.F.O.O. (Kentucky Unidentified Flying Object Organization) is introduced along with a slew of G-Men to have descend on J-Town. Sadly there are no Killer Klowns From Outer Space, but that just means I have to stat them out myself

The book ends with recommended media.  .

This is definitely a book you should snag for DP&D. It's all useful and one of the session ideas includes stats for Conway Twitty impersonators! How awesome is that?! However if you play other SURVIVE THIS!! games you'll find it quite helpful too. The zombies in your game could be from an alien virus. This is also a great book for Vigilante City. The agents could be good npc's, the little green men and other aliens could be foes, and I think the Alien In Disguise would be a great class for a vigilante from beyond the stars (that's not overpowered). If you allow the Alien though, you'll need to decide what happens when they get to higher levels. because VC goes to 10 and the class only goes to 7.

Currently only in pdf form, purchasing it will early will secure a coupon for the Print on Demand version when it becomes available.

Full disclaimer, I did some proofreading for this book and was given a pdf to review.