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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5701300" data-attributes="member: 19675">its not the monsters, its not the kinds of threats, its how believable you make the threats.  I actually scared my players once...with music.The PCs had fought a good battle, but had ultimately been overwhelmed by sheer force of numbers.  When they awoke to the smell of BBQ, they were naked on a beach, surrounded by the tiger-men they had been fighting.  They were told they had fought so well, they had been brought to the royal hunting preserve so they could have a chance to live, instead of being slaughtered, roasted & eaten.<point to spitted, rotating cabin boy over large fire>The rules were:1) if they made it to the other side of the island, they were free.2) their gear was scattered all over the island, to give them a chance.3) they would be given a head start based on how long it took the elites to finish lunch...and then they would hear the hunting drums.They were then released- still naked- to run through the jungle.*After they RPed their flight for about half an hour, and having recovered some items, I pressed the "play" button on my CD remote.  Kodo's theme to The Hunted played...My players' voices became strained as they realized what they were hearing.  Their volume increased.  Some of them got snippy with each other.  They were having genuine stress reactions.I left that song running on a continuous loop as they had a series of encounters with their hunters until they reached a certain clearing within the jungle, in which stood a single dwelling...* I did not use the John Fogerty song of that name.</blockquote>

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