Daggerheart General Thread [+]

[darjr]

I have never in my 40 year gaming history seen genuinely "scared" players. I have sent them disturbed and perplexed and even tense, but never scared. The medium just doesn't support it IME.

Level drain.

 

[zakael19]

You also don’t need to like, jump scare players to have a good horror game with plenty of “oh screw you” moments and shudder inducing imagery.

 

[overgeeked]

You also don’t need to like, jump scare players to have a good horror game with plenty of “oh screw you” moments and shudder inducing imagery.

Yeah. It’s far more about tone and mood and punishing mechanics than actually, honestly scared players sitting at your table. You don’t want people at your dining room table to be scared. Creeped out, unsettled, etc yes absolutely. People do weird, stupid, and potentially dangerous things when they’re scared. You don’t want to be in close proximity to that.