How the Kami Stole Snowtide is an adventure for level 6-8 characters. It uses a generic setting, although the title should give you a clue that a Japan-themed setting would work best.
It’s an utterly charming adventure, and one I would recommend wholeheartedly, except it’s also frustratingly incomplete. It’s in the process of releasing under an instalment plan. Three of the parts are available as I write this, each of differing lengths, but the conclusion to the adventure is absent. This is a pity since what has been released so far shows much promise.
The first part sees the party coming to a small village, Kami no Mura, which is renowned as an excellent place to celebrate Snowtide, the end-of-year festival. However, it’s not a happy place. Someone has been stealing the decorations, and the gnome apprentice of the village baker has disappeared. The party has the chance to go into the forest to find the missing boy.
The second part details the village and its inhabitants, providing further clues to the mystery and also allowing a lot of role-playing interactions and exploration.
The third part is a single encounter where the characters try to prevent the one behind everything from stealing the Snowtide trees (now all the decorations are missing, the trees are next!)
The adventure isn’t illustrated, has no maps, and uses just a single column of text. However, it’s written clearly (and has obviously been proof-read!), and it’s a very imaginative adventure and setting. The story unfolds in a very entertaining manner, providing clues to the players as to what is going on, and looks to be building to a fantastic climax.
The biggest problem with the formatting comes with the monster stat-blocks. The chief foe’s description takes four pages to detail! If the formatting is improved for the final version, I’d very much recommend placing the stat blocks in two columns.
If you buy the adventure now you can get it at a discount; the price will increase as more parts are released. With any luck, it won’t be long before it is complete, because this looks extremely promising.