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[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 36 points 1 year ago

Rule #1 of Horror writing is ADD SOME FUCKING HUMOR! If your story is doom and gloom all the time, it stops being scary and dark and becomes insufferable and boring.

[-] KurtDunniehue@ttrpg.network 20 points 1 year ago

A tale that is perpetually dark in tone becomes tiresome very quickly. It needs to feature the occasional ray of light for contrast and to create a sense of hope. Monsters and other terrors must be offset with creatures that are kind and lovable, giving the characters even more reasons to stand against the darkness. Here are a couple of ways to add glimmers of light to a tragic tale:

  • In a land as dreary as Barovia, take the time to describe the occasional scene of beauty, such as a pretty flower growing atop a grave.
  • Make sure that the heroes have contact with NPCs who are honest, friendly, and helpful, such as the Martikovs in Vallaki or the Krezkovs in Krezk.

-Curse of Strahd, Introduction. Marks of Horror. 2016.

[-] LockeZ@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

This comic is not what that rule means.

[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Because the comic is a strawman argument.

[-] Aquila@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Sounds like Icewind Dale - Rime of the Frostmaiden to me.

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 12 points 1 year ago

This was drawn while I was running Rime of the Frostmaiden, and is loosely based on that, but changed to give no spoilers.

[-] tempestuousknave@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

In Icewind Dale it was a Loris. No other text was changed.

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Spoiler: the lemur is actually a halfling child that RinkyDink wants to serve to some hobgoblins in exchange for a Jar of Endless Mayonnaise.

[-] Aquila@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I am currently running it and I am absolutely not sure how to get everything neatly together. It is an absolutely great campaign but here and there (at least to me) it gets quite hard to run.

[-] vatril@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

If you want some tips, I feel I ran it quite successfully a few months ago. Can share some thoughts or prep I did.

[-] Ryudos@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I love the lemur's expression at the trap, half dismissal half curiosity.

[-] Kenraali@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

What is this meme referring to?

[-] ManWithAHammer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

WoTC's schizophrenic writing quality.

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

Clearly it's based on Teddy Ruxpin

[-] Syncrossus@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

I would back this on kickstarter

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