Remathilis
Legend
WayneLigon said:Probably the biggest shock came in a Call of Cthulhu game. We were, as players, a little jaded. The GM had thrown innumerable cosmic horrors and devious plot twists at us long-timers and while our characters behaved appropriately, the edge was perhaps off for us, a bit.
Right up until the Baskerville case. Yes, those Baskervilles. We were thinking the infamous Hound was a hound of Tindalos or somesuch, and so we didn't pay all that much attention to how creepy the family was. My character at some point needed to look up some family history and found a couple fundamental disconnects in the last generation. "Wait.. these.. OK, these are misprints. Huh. Usually you don't misprint something like death and birth dates...."
Then, in a wheezing interview with the old maiden aunt who lived in the attic we found out how Roger Baskerville was spurned at the altar by his bride-to-be, and she raced out into the moor only to trip and drown in the swamps. Roger, though, was determined that there be a wedding.. and so there was. And nine months later, Roger Jr. was born...
That realization sent the players up out of their chairs, shaking heads, rubbing eyes, going to the kitchen, out for a walk, etc.
Permission to YOINK, sir.