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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Meeki" data-source="post: 3853674" data-attributes="member: 17257">I like it! wait.. no, who takes showers in D&D, jeez?I'm not really asking how to find horror ideas, I already know how to do that.  I am asking for people's ideas.   I have a ton just looking for different ones.The main problem with D&D horror type games is that the character are suppose to progress and be "heroic"-ish, doing deeds that normal folk can't.  However the key to most horror stories is helpless characters that struggle to survive and often don't.  Thus movies and TV plots do not really provide much but the characters may.  I did steal some of the spell casting ideas from Cthulu, I have a mishap table for rolling critical failure on a spell cast and what not.   I use a modified demon, where they are more like spirits than actual corporeal creatures.  The demons can possess creatures and do have corporeal forms but really do not enjoy being in them.  The abyss, in this game, is actually over layed on the material plane, it is the dwelling place of demons.  I did this to differentiate them from devils and make the world more interesting.Anyone have any ideas for a situation/story/etc where the PC's must barter with one evil, probably harmful force in order to defeat another?</blockquote>