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<blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 1184236" data-attributes="member: 5328"><p>Back in the good old days when I used to GM at a livelier pace, I used to consider the material of a 100-minute Hollywood movie about right for a four-to-five hour session. So if you keep everyone's eye on the ball (easier with a small group) you ought to be able to use the structure of a horror film.</p><p></p><p>As for setting a horror mood, the key is to undermine the characters'/audiences' faith in the things that they rely on to feel safe. Isolating them from those things is easy, but making them feel that those things cannot be trusted works better. To get at those things, the more the setting is like the player's world the better. That's why Hannibal Lecter is so much more horrifying than Count Dracula.</p><p></p><p>But if you're set on supernatural horror, your could send me your e-mail address (to MYNICK followed by THISYEAR @yahoo.com, unless you have worked out who I really am and what my e-mail address is (it isn't hard)), and I will e-mail you "The Good, the Bad, and the Hairy", a neat little adventure for ordinary folk getting caught up with vampires, a werewolf etc.</p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p></p><p></p><p>Agback</p><p></p><p>That's agback2003@ a certain webmail service.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agback, post: 1184236, member: 5328"] Back in the good old days when I used to GM at a livelier pace, I used to consider the material of a 100-minute Hollywood movie about right for a four-to-five hour session. So if you keep everyone's eye on the ball (easier with a small group) you ought to be able to use the structure of a horror film. As for setting a horror mood, the key is to undermine the characters'/audiences' faith in the things that they rely on to feel safe. Isolating them from those things is easy, but making them feel that those things cannot be trusted works better. To get at those things, the more the setting is like the player's world the better. That's why Hannibal Lecter is so much more horrifying than Count Dracula. But if you're set on supernatural horror, your could send me your e-mail address (to MYNICK followed by THISYEAR @yahoo.com, unless you have worked out who I really am and what my e-mail address is (it isn't hard)), and I will e-mail you "The Good, the Bad, and the Hairy", a neat little adventure for ordinary folk getting caught up with vampires, a werewolf etc. Regards, Agback That's agback2003@ a certain webmail service. [/QUOTE]
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