D&D General Horror or Murder Mystery Set in a Noble Villa?

Yenrak

Explorer

• Oct 11, 2020

• #1

I'm looking for suggestions for published adventures with horror or mystery themes set in a mansion, castle, villa, etc.

Basically, I think my group may wind up at the party thrown by the—SPOILER ALERT, WATERDEEP DRAGON HEIST—Cassalanters where 100 guests will be sacrificed to Asmodeus. If there's any published work out there that I could use for inspiration or framework, I'd love to check it out.

 

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R_J_K75

Legend

• Oct 11, 2020

• #2

Yenrak said:

Cassalanters where 100 guests will be sacrificed to Asmodeus.

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Off the top of my head I cant think of one, but just do a google search for a random noble villa map, go with the premise "The Butler Did It" and you should be all set.

Wasnt Castle Amber based on a dinner party in a manor house?

 

Yenrak

Explorer

• Oct 11, 2020

• #3

Castle Amber! Hmmm. I ran that 30 years ago. I'll definitely look into it.

 

Yenrak

Explorer

• Oct 11, 2020

• #4

I was hoping that maybe there would be a Ravenloft or even Call of Cthulu adventure that would fit.

 

Last edited: Oct 11, 2020

R_J_K75

Legend

• Oct 11, 2020

• #5

Yenrak said:

I was hoping that maybe there would be a Ravenloft or even Call of Cthulu adventure that would fit.

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Found this on DMs Guild, might work.

Murder at Moonveil Manor - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

Murder at Moonveil Manor - You walk across the cobblestone streets in the bustling city of Everhast, following the hastily scrawled map in your han

www.dmsguild.com

 

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Legend

Supporter

• Oct 11, 2020

• #6

Dragon Magazine #35 (I believe) has a haunted mansion mystery module called 'The Ghost of Mistmoor Manor'.

It was originally a 2E adventure, but conversion should be easy enough since it's a mystery and not a big combat scenario.

 

Last edited: Oct 13, 2020

jayoungr

Legend

Supporter

• Oct 12, 2020

• #7

Yenrak said:

I'm looking for suggestions for published adventures with horror or mystery themes set in a mansion, castle, villa, etc.

Basically, I think my group may wind up at the party thrown by the—SPOILER ALERT, WATERDEEP DRAGON HEIST—Cassalanters where 100 guests will be sacrificed to Asmodeus. If there's any published work out there that I could use for inspiration or framework, I'd love to check it out.

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I know a few published adventures with this setting, but I don't quite understand the plan--are you wanting an adventure that takes place in a noble mansion and also can include the sacrifice of 100 guests as part of or alongside the story? Because most of the adventures that leap to mind go in directions that would make that part difficult.

This one might be an option, though, with a bit of tweaking:

DriveThruRPG

www.drivethrurpg.com

 

Last edited: Oct 12, 2020

Yenrak

Explorer

• Oct 13, 2020

• #8

It's still a bit vague, to be honest. What I'd like is to have a creepy, atmospheric adventure where the players have to figure out a mystery. And, in the end, the big reveal is Mass Sacrifice. Like Wickerman but on a much larger scale.

One of the ideas I had was to make it a kind of double mystery. Perhaps one of the guests shows up dead. Players try to figure who killed him and why. Turns out he had discovered the Cassalanters' plan.

Thanks fo the suggestion. I'll check it out.