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<blockquote data-quote="ccs" data-source="post: 6853417" data-attributes="member: 6803664">Horror shouldn't be dependent upon character lv.&nbsp; If it is you're doing something wrong....But what could be more horrifying than finding out that your STILL vulnerable - even though you're likely the most powerful group around? The real question though is: Does horror work as a game at all?&nbsp; Especially a D&amp;D game?For me that answers always been NO.&nbsp; And I suspect that this is the case for a lot of us.&nbsp; Including game designers - who often have to rely upon rules gimmicks to enforce the genre.&nbsp; Sanity tracking in Cthulu type games, lists of alterations to spells/abilities in the old RL campaign setting, etc.&nbsp; Sure, if the dice indicate my character goes mad or whatever I'll play along.&nbsp; But as a player?&nbsp; Eh, you described something (creepy) &amp; the dice roll said &quot;Apply x effect.&quot;The thing that made the original Ravenloft module (I6) standout wasn't that it was trying to be a horror story, but that it was an INTERESTING vampire encounter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ccs, post: 6853417, member: 6803664"] Horror shouldn't be dependent upon character lv. If it is you're doing something wrong.... But what could be more horrifying than finding out that your STILL vulnerable - even though you're likely the most powerful group around? The real question though is: Does horror work as a game at all? Especially a D&D game? For me that answers always been NO. And I suspect that this is the case for a lot of us. Including game designers - who often have to rely upon rules gimmicks to enforce the genre. Sanity tracking in Cthulu type games, lists of alterations to spells/abilities in the old RL campaign setting, etc. Sure, if the dice indicate my character goes mad or whatever I'll play along. But as a player? Eh, you described something (creepy) & the dice roll said "Apply x effect." The thing that made the original Ravenloft module (I6) standout wasn't that it was trying to be a horror story, but that it was an INTERESTING vampire encounter. [/QUOTE]

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