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<blockquote data-quote="Hippy" data-source="post: 4767443" data-attributes="member: 63574"><p>Doug wrote-</p><p>If D&D was horror, they'd never have had to write Call of Cthulhu. Like Buffy, D&D has the trappings of horror but isn't. The PCs have far too many successes, there are lots of monsters and they mostly die. To make D&D horror you have to do away with the standard dungeon, make the game more like Cthulhu - each adventure would have only one monster, which should be powerful enough to win even if the PCs do everything right.</p><p> </p><p> Quote:</p><p> Originally Posted by <strong>JimLotFP</strong> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/255006-d-d-horror-game.html#post4767140" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/enw/buttons/viewpost.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p> <em>I consider most of the classic fantasy, and certainly the pulpy stuff, to effectively be horror as well.</em></p><p> </p><p>Well you're wrong.</p><p></p><p>My response:</p><p>I agree with the majority of posters who have said that D&D has elements of horror in it. It all depends on how you want to play it up or down in your own game. For those that want a heavier horror game there has been materials available to help you do this (i.e. Ravenloft setting, modules, books). However to say his opinion is wrong, is hardly fair. It is his opinion and is just as valid as yours, mine or anyone elses. We are not talking about mathematical certainty (i.e. 2+2=4) where there can be no other logical answer, but an interpretation of a literary genre.</p><p></p><p>Just my own two coppers worth,</p><p></p><p>Hippy<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hippy, post: 4767443, member: 63574"] Doug wrote- If D&D was horror, they'd never have had to write Call of Cthulhu. Like Buffy, D&D has the trappings of horror but isn't. The PCs have far too many successes, there are lots of monsters and they mostly die. To make D&D horror you have to do away with the standard dungeon, make the game more like Cthulhu - each adventure would have only one monster, which should be powerful enough to win even if the PCs do everything right. Quote: Originally Posted by [B]JimLotFP[/B] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/255006-d-d-horror-game.html#post4767140"][IMG]http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/enw/buttons/viewpost.gif[/IMG][/URL] [I]I consider most of the classic fantasy, and certainly the pulpy stuff, to effectively be horror as well.[/I] Well you're wrong. My response: I agree with the majority of posters who have said that D&D has elements of horror in it. It all depends on how you want to play it up or down in your own game. For those that want a heavier horror game there has been materials available to help you do this (i.e. Ravenloft setting, modules, books). However to say his opinion is wrong, is hardly fair. It is his opinion and is just as valid as yours, mine or anyone elses. We are not talking about mathematical certainty (i.e. 2+2=4) where there can be no other logical answer, but an interpretation of a literary genre. Just my own two coppers worth, Hippy:) [/QUOTE]
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