I really wanted this to be an experience, rather than just another gaming session.
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I also made an effort to give some guidance around how to really set the mood right for running it, with advice around playing certain types of ambient music and playing it by candle light to really set the player on edge and keep the tension up. It has earned a bit of a reputation for being actually spooky for players at the table. I think the fact that it has become a bit of a staple for Halloween has helped the book’s success with yearly resurgences. Honestly, I am very humbled by the fact that it has gotten such an awesome response from both DMs and players alike. I was curious about that The Haunt might have done differently to find such success, and so asked Phil. After all, D&D is a game in which characters are rarely defenceless and often have ways to detect the unnatural. If you’ve not tried, then you might be surprised at how hard it is. It is the first in a trilogy, because every good horror series needs sequels right?Īttempts to make D&D spooky aren’t rare. It has some very iconic encounters, especially those with a certain slasher style evil doll, which stalks the party though the house, spooking them, taunting them, and eventually attempting to murder them from the shadows. In the adventure, players explore the haunted Montarthas Manor as the horrific past of this accursed place can be discovered as they move around manor and learn more and more. The Haunt is really a love letter to old school 80’s horror movies via D&D.
I asked the game’s designer Phil Beckwith to introduce The Haunt in his own words.
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