Snow Fall 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 20 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 piracy is a problem in the Sonora sector – the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space – and the characters are contacted by the representative of an insurance company who wants them to find some special cargo that was being transported on a destroyed freighter.
Patron has details on the employer.
Complications are things that are not known or which can go wrong.
The Jyntina System has details on the system where the ship was lost.
The Jyntina Planet Five Map notes the points of interest on the planet.
Encounters in the System has a 2d6 table of these.
Encounters on This World has a 2d6 table of encounters, and another 2d6 subtable.
Weather Conditions has details on the world’s constant snow.
Local Animals has stats for these.
The Kleon Insurance Company Mercenaries has stats for a rival group looking for the cargo.
The Jyntina System Pirates has stats for the pirate ship and crew that attacked the freighter.
Finding the Escape Pod looks at the search for it.
The Escape Pod has details on this.
New Gear has details on equipment needed for the weather.
The Kleon Team looks at how fast they will find the pod.
The Ilsuni Blue Diamonds looks at the missing item.
Fake Ice looks at what happens if the diamonds are fake.
Mission Completion explains that recovering the diamonds means the mission succeeds and that the employer may have future jobs.
The final page of content has a map of the planet.
Snow Fall in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that these would have been useful. Navigation is okay. The text maintains a single column format and some minor errors were noticed. Bar the map and covers, there are no illustrations. Presentation is okay.
This is a simple enough adventure; the characters need to head to the system, find the missing cargo and bring it back. The difficulties are the conditions on the planet, the rival recovery team and the pirate ship that may potentially be encountered. Snow Fall can be found by clicking here.
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