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<blockquote data-quote="robus" data-source="post: 7889428" data-attributes="member: 6801558">The rules simply help you resolve uncertainty, so I’m not sure how they get in your way? Apart from rolling initiative that is, as the AngryGM notes, nothing kills tension like rolling initiative <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Get that done at the end of the previous encounter/start of the session, then your narration can smoothly enter combat situations.The section on Dread seems particularly apropos to running a successful campaign.&nbsp;[SPOILER=&quot;Death House Spoiler&quot;]For example if I ever run Death House I would replace the pathetic shambling mound in the dungeon with a flesh golem that has the spirit of the baby. As the PCs explore the house they will learn about the missing baby and get hints of the cult and their experiments and begin to worry about they might find in the secret dungeon...(Dread) When the flesh golem suddenly appears (Fright) it will call out for its&nbsp; “mama” (revulsion) and attack the PCs in a fit of depraved rage.[/SPOILER]Also I’d recommend the Book of Beautiful Horrors PDF for some nicely horrible monsters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="robus, post: 7889428, member: 6801558"] The rules simply help you resolve uncertainty, so I’m not sure how they get in your way? Apart from rolling initiative that is, as the AngryGM notes, nothing kills tension like rolling initiative :) Get that done at the end of the previous encounter/start of the session, then your narration can smoothly enter combat situations. The section on Dread seems particularly apropos to running a successful campaign. [SPOILER="Death House Spoiler"]For example if I ever run Death House I would replace the pathetic shambling mound in the dungeon with a flesh golem that has the spirit of the baby. As the PCs explore the house they will learn about the missing baby and get hints of the cult and their experiments and begin to worry about they might find in the secret dungeon...(Dread) When the flesh golem suddenly appears (Fright) it will call out for its “mama” (revulsion) and attack the PCs in a fit of depraved rage.[/SPOILER] Also I’d recommend the Book of Beautiful Horrors PDF for some nicely horrible monsters. [/QUOTE]

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