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<blockquote data-quote="Bardsandsages" data-source="post: 3124047" data-attributes="member: 28771">The key is to know what scares them in real life.&nbsp; For example, I have a friend with arachnophobia.&nbsp; So simply introducing spiders to the game gets his skin crawling.&nbsp; &nbsp; One friend is easily creeped out by squishing sounds, like the sound of something dragging itself out of muck.&nbsp; I happen to have developed a sound I can make to describe such, and it makes her shiver when I do it.Fake scares are always good, particularly when it comes at a point they aren't expecting.&nbsp; For example, a decomposing body will sometimes seem to move, and even sit up, due to the build up of cases during the decomposition process.&nbsp; So the party comes across a few dead monsters or adventurers.&nbsp; They seem to have been dead for a couple of days.&nbsp; What is the natural instict of a gamer?&nbsp; Loot!&nbsp; As they start to loot, the body sits up.Borrow a line for Hollywood horror movies.&nbsp; The party is camping for the night.&nbsp; The person on watch sees a pair of shiny eyes watching through the bushes, but it darts off.&nbsp; Upon investigating, it's a wolf cub (or something obviously cute to tug at the heartstrings).&nbsp; Not far from the camp, the mother wolf is dead, torn to shreads by something.&nbsp; Maybe the cub cautiously starts to approach the PC.&nbsp; Particularly if it is a ranger or soft-hearted type, the instinct will be to focus on the cub and try to get it to approach.&nbsp; Suddenly the cub runs off the other direction...and the PC hears heavy breathing behind him...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bardsandsages, post: 3124047, member: 28771"] The key is to know what scares them [I]in real life.[/I] For example, I have a friend with arachnophobia. So simply introducing spiders to the game gets his skin crawling. One friend is easily creeped out by squishing sounds, like the sound of something dragging itself out of muck. I happen to have developed a sound I can make to describe such, and it makes her shiver when I do it. Fake scares are always good, particularly when it comes at a point they aren't expecting. For example, a decomposing body will sometimes seem to move, and even sit up, due to the build up of cases during the decomposition process. So the party comes across a few dead monsters or adventurers. They seem to have been dead for a couple of days. What is the natural instict of a gamer? Loot! As they start to loot, the body sits up. Borrow a line for Hollywood horror movies. The party is camping for the night. The person on watch sees a pair of shiny eyes watching through the bushes, but it darts off. Upon investigating, it's a wolf cub (or something obviously cute to tug at the heartstrings). Not far from the camp, the mother wolf is dead, torn to shreads by something. Maybe the cub cautiously starts to approach the PC. Particularly if it is a ranger or soft-hearted type, the instinct will be to focus on the cub and try to get it to approach. Suddenly the cub runs off the other direction...and the PC hears heavy breathing behind him... [/QUOTE]

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