Frostbite

Oh the weather outside is frightful,

but adventure is so delightful,

and since we’ve got dice to roll,

let it snow let it snow let it snow!

Frostbite is a set of hardcore, gritty, simulationist, system-neutral mechanics for implementing weather and weather survival into your tabletop roleplaying games.

It is meant to be mostly realistic, based on my years of experience living, working, and recreating outdoors, as well as my high-school education, and the vast wisdom of Google-Sensei. Everything that is not completely realistic is a necessary sacrifice for the sake of ease, because this is a game, after all.

But if you’re ready to get your grit on and survive the harshest of Winters, then grab some warm boots and extra rations. You’ll need them.

Created for the Winter Horrorland Jam!

This current release is Version 0.9 because I couldn’t totally finish it in time for the jams I meant to submit it to! You might notice the final page looks a bit less polished than the others. My goal is to have a fully polished V1 within a couple weeks.

Absolutely no generative AI of any kind was used in the making of this module.

This module is free and open to everyone under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License.