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<blockquote data-quote="kengar" data-source="post: 351648" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>Okay, keepers! Put on yer thinking caps. Here's the situation:</p><p></p><p>I have a group of five players, all familiar with the d20 system from 3e, but have never played or even really read CoC (d20 or otherwise). They are not big horror fans but love to game in general. I -however- have been a fan of HPL-genre fiction since jr. High (hint: Reagan was prez) and love the CoC game (BRP & d20).</p><p></p><p>Now, I managed to convince these yahoos to play a CoC one-off <strong><em>on Halloween!</em></strong><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> I am reeaallly stoked to run it, but need some advice and ideas to make this fun for everyone. Here's what I'm looking for:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">ways to help the group make the transition from "high fantasy" to horror</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">ideas about pacing and complexity: I want it to be interesting, but it really should finish in one night (5-6 hrs. max)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">general GM advice: run D&D, played in occasional CoC PBM's, but never GM'd CoC</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">plot/plot twist ideas are appreciated as well.<br /> [/list=1] <br /> <br /> I want to get started now so I have plenty of time to get things ready. I'm thinking of preparing 5 characters and letting them choose which one they want to play. This group is 2 women, 3 guys, all 25-35 yrs old and have all played together for months.<br /> <br /> In a perfect world, this one-off would get them into the idea of playing additional one-offs, even if they never got into the idea of a CoC campaign. I'd be thrilled if they just had fun this one night. Thanks.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kengar, post: 351648, member: 3230"] Okay, keepers! Put on yer thinking caps. Here's the situation: I have a group of five players, all familiar with the d20 system from 3e, but have never played or even really read CoC (d20 or otherwise). They are not big horror fans but love to game in general. I -however- have been a fan of HPL-genre fiction since jr. High (hint: Reagan was prez) and love the CoC game (BRP & d20). Now, I managed to convince these yahoos to play a CoC one-off [b][i]on Halloween![/i][/b][i][/i]:cool: I am reeaallly stoked to run it, but need some advice and ideas to make this fun for everyone. Here's what I'm looking for: [list=1] [*]ways to help the group make the transition from "high fantasy" to horror [*]ideas about pacing and complexity: I want it to be interesting, but it really should finish in one night (5-6 hrs. max) [*]general GM advice: run D&D, played in occasional CoC PBM's, but never GM'd CoC [*]plot/plot twist ideas are appreciated as well. [/list=1] I want to get started now so I have plenty of time to get things ready. I'm thinking of preparing 5 characters and letting them choose which one they want to play. This group is 2 women, 3 guys, all 25-35 yrs old and have all played together for months. In a perfect world, this one-off would get them into the idea of playing additional one-offs, even if they never got into the idea of a CoC campaign. I'd be thrilled if they just had fun this one night. Thanks.[/list] [/QUOTE]
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