Origins 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 a 15 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 hear a voice coming from nowhere, not a transmission, that wants them to visit a world in the neighbouring sector to the Sonora sector – though not stated, the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space. The voice says this is a matter of urgency, that they are a species called the Omhen that used to travel the universe, seeding worlds, possibly including humanity.
Should the Travelers Choose Not to Visit explains that the adventure is over at this point.
Should the Travelers Choose to Make the Trip explains that the travellers will arrive at a system with only one, irradiated, planet, with only a landing field clear.
Complications are things that can go wrong or are not known or explained.
Key to the Caverns maps out the location where the origin of the voice is found, a crystal containing an Omhen.
Building an Android explains how the travellers can do this for the Omhen.
Powers of the Omhen are what the species is capable of.
Once He Gets What He Wants is what the Omhen who summoned them does once the android is built.
The Android Krasen has stats for the android.
An Ancient Enemy Still Waits is another Omhen that isn’t dead.
Mission Completion Objectives are what’s needed for success.
The final page of content is a map of the caverns.
Origins in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and, though short, has enough sections that these would be useful. Navigation could be better. The text maintains a single column format and some minor errors were noticed. Bar the map and covers, there are no illustrations. Presentation is adequate.
There isn’t an employer for this adventure, so success is pretty straightforward and there’s no monetary reward for succeeding. Failure will probably result in death, though. Origins is a straightforward but potentially dangerous adventure and it can be found by clicking here.
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