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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8099985" data-attributes="member: 18">I'd definitely agree with the thread premise. As [USER=6563]@Azzy[/USER] says, you're fighting (ice-skating?) uphill trying to make horror work in D&D. I'd also agree with [USER=467]@Reynard[/USER] that the fact that PCs in D&D generally have little to lose, and the lack of mechanics for losing control of oneself really detract from the horror potential.I've succeeded at it myself, quite a few times, but it's something where almost any other system is going to be more suitable, especially outside T1. I definitely wouldn't want to run a horror campaign in D&D. Ravenloft doesn't really seem like a horror campaign, though, as much as a campaign set in a scary/gothic place, so that's still on the table.I think this is potentially important. Probably the only times I've really felt a horror adventure or campaign was working in D&D as a player myself was when I was dealing with systems/monsters/diseases etc. which were not out of a book, and didn't follow established patterns.</blockquote>