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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orryn Emrys" data-source="post: 1031318" data-attributes="member: 6799">RAVENLOFT is kinda my forte... though I largely attribute that to long relationships with the type of players who respond well to tension and despair....  Though my technique may vary somewhat with other settings and styles of play, for the Demiplane of Dread I always pull out the candles and mood music.  In fact, we play in a windowless room, so the candlelight is the sum total illumination involved, and in good roleplaying sequences I'm prone to blow out my own candle behind the screen - or, nowadays, I use a lantern I simply turn down as far as it will go - and the only thing my players can see is each other.Combined with some basic theatrics... in my case, I use a microphone with an reverb unit and a library of sound effects... it can really take on a life of its own.  In my experience, once you get the players into the mood, they tend to keep it there.</blockquote>