How to make your D&D campaign scary

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Жыл бұрын

Looking to try out a horror D&D session for Halloween, or another creepy RPG and want to really spook your players with it? We're here to take you through seven ways to leave your players screaming - whether that's turning off the lights to create a creepy atmosphere or making use of classic horror tropes like jump scares. No matter what monster you introduce or which creepy mansion they enter, by following just a few of these tips you'll all have a horrifyingly great Halloween to remember.
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@johnpotts8308 Жыл бұрын

One trick that worked really well (too well, in fact!) was having "the traitor" (possession victim, in my case) be one of the players. Players instinctively have an "Us (Good Guys) and Them (Potential Bad Guys)" to Players and NPCs, even if the characters haven't met before. You'd have to check the possessed player is OK with it first, as it's likely to get their character killed.

@williamblack6912 Жыл бұрын

My players had to face "evil counterparts" of their former characters...got them pretty good.

@jackprice4959 Жыл бұрын

that's pretty awesome

@Ixnatifual Жыл бұрын

Freak them out even more by making them face "good counterparts" of their current characters.

@dicebreaker Жыл бұрын

Oh that's such a fun idea!

@merissaj4518 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Maddy. These were great. Covid put a damper on my in-person gaming but we do play on Fantasy Grounds with voice via Discord. These tips could be integrated into an online setting as well.

@J4Cinema Жыл бұрын

I’ve been wanting to run horror themed games lately and am not too confident in my horror skills, these tips are perfect!

@drian3444 Жыл бұрын

That video has a +10 editing and production bonus

@seanfsmith Жыл бұрын

My favourite unsettle mode comes from an rpg I'm distendedly familiar with: *EXUVIAE*. At chargen, players state a character they've leverage over, and someone with leverage over them. Often the game will throw interruptions at players --- you'd think it'd be more unsettling when someone who's already got a bead on you turns up where you don't want them, but it's so much weirder when someone who you think you know and trust is suddenly also down in this restricted submarine, _despite the fact that they were the ones to drive you here_

@KyleMaxwell Жыл бұрын

Checking in and setting expectations and boundaries with your players is the most important thing. For example, I do NOT like jump scares, but I do love body horror.

@scottperkins5038 Жыл бұрын

It's always spooky season.

@jackprice4959 Жыл бұрын

I think music and sound are key to a good horror experience. but I don't know any way to make a good musical sting whenever I want it.

@Nattler Жыл бұрын

Anywhere you can source a theremin on the cheap??

@kalleendo7577 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@JoePlinkelton Жыл бұрын

Very well presented!

@hallking7441 Жыл бұрын

Good video. 🎃

@LPDani123 Жыл бұрын

Or it's the perfect opportunity to convince your dnd purist players to finally try another system, maybe one that's designed for horror theme instead of trying to cram things into 5e For 1920s there is Call of Cthulhu, For Sci fi the popular Mothership, Nordic gaslight horror Vaesen from Free League, For nearly any setting the rules light Dread

@sebastiangerstl466 Жыл бұрын

I disagree on #5. Or at the very least: Physically splitting up the players by going into seperate rooms detailing encounters with an individual should be used VERY sparingly, and only for short scenes! Leave players alone with no clue what's going on for too long, and they start talking to one another off-game and OOC. The individual scene might be great for the single character that's been split from the group, but the others will have nothing to do and nothing to entertain themselves with - if the scene gets too long, they WILL get bored. and nothing kills a horror atmosphere faster than bored players talking OOC.