Play this Game Part 1 of 4: Killer Horror - Setting the scene

10/19/20 • 9 min

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This is a four-part video where we will walk you through setting up a multiple game session horror story where a killer is hunting down NPC's one by one. It has mystery, intrigue and horror. If the players aren't fast enough time itself will reset and they will live the events again until they can stop the killer from resetting time.
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Now back to the story. In this episode, we will detail out the scene. A small village in a valley surrounded by mountains. This allows you to have a closed-loop scenario. Once the players are in the village they have walked into a pocket dimension. Only a plane shift spell would free them, so this is best for characters of lower levels.

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How to use "Killer Horror" in your RPG

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Killer horror is what most people think of when they think of the horror genre. This is where you have a group of people (teens or young adults typically) that are being stocked by a killer (think Jason, Freddie, Scream, etc.).
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In these movies there is typically one lone survivor and that wouldn't work well for an RPG gaming group. Instead, you will learn how to incorporate this into a group.
Also stay tuned to the next 4 episodes as we will help you plan out an entire game session (probably 2 - 4) with a scene, a killer monster, a cast of NPC's.
I think you will enjoy using this killer horror in one of your games.

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Play this Game Part 2 of 4: Killer Horror - Choosing the Killer

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Having an intriguing villain is critical for running a game in the horror genre, but especially true for the killer horror genre. The killer needs to be able to get in and out of places quickly, or unseen.
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Well the Pashisha from D&D 5e fits the bill with a slight change - the flesh eating demon really loves humanoid brains.
Each victim is killed in a different way, poison, tiger or wolf attack, stabbing, pushed from a wall, but each and every one of them is missing their brain.
The Pashisha can turn invisible and polymorph into a couple of different animals. If you want more of a challenge you can have multiple Pashisha's or see that they dwell with other creatures and could have a lair.
This is great for lower level characters as the challenge rating of the 5E Pashisha is just 3. But you could give is some additional levels to make it harder if your players are higher level.