Uvien Station 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 21 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 a research station studying a gas giant on the edge of the Sonora sector – the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space – has gone dark. The characters are hired to investigate what happened and to bring the scientists back alive if possible.
Patron has details on the employer.
Complications has things that aren’t known or which can go wrong.
The Uvien System has some details on the system along with a d6 table of encounters.
Uvien 4 has some details on the gas giant being studied.
The Scientists has some brief details on them, or what they’ve been turned into.
The Weapon has details on a weapon being built.
A Planet that Lives explains that that unknown radiation has made it into a sentient lifeform.
A Station that Lives explains the research station has been transforming and covers the various locations.
Destruction of the Station looks at how it could be destroyed.
Scientist Roster has stats for the creatures that the scientists have become.
Mission Completion looks at what’s needed for success.
The final five pages of content have maps of the station.
Uvien Station 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 maps and covers there are no illustrations. Presentation is okay.
This adventure is one with a definite horror bent to it, bordering on cosmic horror in some places with an intelligent planet with what could be considered to be malevolent goals, though it believes it’s acting in self-defence. This type of adventure is not suited to every campaign, and might best be served as a Halloween-style one-shot. The horror could admittedly be dialled up a few notches in such a case. Uvien Station can be found by clicking here.
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