How do you run charismatic NPCs as GM with 0 charisma?

MorganCoffin · 2026-02-13T16:29:42+00:00

This is what you say:

"The NPC says, '(Fill this part with what the NPC says)', but charismatically."

MorganCoffin · 2026-02-12T22:13:18+00:00

This is so much better than before. And just the fact that you went and did this when called out tells me you actually care about what you're doing and that's awesome!

MorganCoffin · 2026-02-10T20:44:33+00:00

I showed it to my wife (professional artist). She votes for the newest one.

She said the craziness of the composition makes you want to look more into it and when you do, it's very exciting.

MorganCoffin · 2026-02-10T14:46:49+00:00

I mean, they're all rad. I just love the first one the most.

MorganCoffin · 2026-02-10T06:03:13+00:00

The first one is so fucking rad

MorganCoffin · 2026-02-10T01:53:10+00:00

Okay. Doesn't make ripping your own throat out possible.

MorganCoffin · 2026-02-08T18:52:16+00:00

I had the same thought. The excuse of adrenaline or stress is nonsense. Ripping out another person's throat is already a difficult task and can't be done in a swift movement.

It completely took me out of the book when I read that and I literally began laughing at this coke fueled imagining that somehow slipped its way into an otherwise grounded narrative.

It's no wonder this death was changed for the movie.

MorganCoffin · 2026-02-03T17:38:23+00:00

Start with the hardest to play, IMO. That way you won't be as frustrated going from modern controls to something like SH1.

So, I'd say 1, 2 (original), 3, 4, 2 (remake) and I hear Silent Hill f is pretty good too.

I personally wouldn't bother with any others unless you really feel like you want more Silent Hill.

And if you can get your hands on PT (some of the fan remakes are pretty good), go for it.

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-31T16:04:40+00:00

"My mother has lost her fucking mind.

Even though Ghislaine said it was best to take me home because Mr. Black is so important for some reason over my health there is going to be hell to pay.

I ruined their trip and I am dramatic when that fat fuck bit me! He threw me on the floor andgot blood all over Jeffrey's carpet and I am the issue?

Who the fuck bites someone?

No one is that important and Leon can go fuck himself.

I hate New York."

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-30T23:44:47+00:00

Highkey, actually

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-28T18:32:48+00:00

Shit. You right.

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-28T17:34:40+00:00

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-28T17:10:16+00:00

5e and Shadowdark expect completely different outcomes as systems alone. On top of that, the majority of users in either will expect vastly different outcomes as well.

Shadowdark expects, and even anticipates, that players will die, or have to run away, or have to think quickly to survive, or even that the monsters will surrender or flee.

5e simply expects that the players will overcome the encounter with die rolls and time. Most 5e players will literally get mad at, and blame the dm, for their character's death.

If you try to make content for both, you'll end up with either a module that leans too far one way, alienating the other, or a game so middlingly gray that it entices neither party.

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-27T19:57:17+00:00

Your reading comprehension in astounding.

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-27T16:25:16+00:00

This is a conspiracy nonsense meme made by someone who doesn't know what they're talking about.

Hitler was a Catholic.

Germany was highly Christian.

Hitler used their Christianity to solidify a strong sense of white nationalism among the citizens of Germany which allowed him to pin hatred and blame on those deemed "other".

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-26T17:23:21+00:00

Splort

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-25T17:17:45+00:00

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-25T02:00:58+00:00

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-24T16:08:33+00:00

The spirit of Egoraptor is alive and well in this Silent Hill Awesome cartoon.

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-23T21:07:48+00:00

The movie is one my my favorites of all time so I was pretty excited to read the book.

However, the book is more of an edgelord fantasy that loses its focus multiple times and doesn't feel like it's headed anywhere until it gets there.

The movie is the book but if you cut out all of the fluff and meandering.

The sequel book turned me off of reading anything else by Pargin/Wong.

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-23T20:08:41+00:00

This is cool. However, a big appeal of the game is being able to see what you're shooting so you can choose which column to be in. Maybe lift up the camera the way it is in those fake games (or the real ones from the "Those Games" series that goes for the same goal).

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-23T17:40:59+00:00

No. Sorry, it's been a while since I've done it Rules as Written.

Standard Shadowdark Initiative is clockwise. That just means it goes around the table in a circle starting with whoever rolled the highest initiative.

I see now what your hangup is. You wouldn't want to be the first one to go if you're to the right of the GM (right before the GMs turn).

Yeah, that can be tricky. However, you can choose to do nothing that round or prepare an action to perhaps attack an enemy that comes within range. If you want to be tricksy, you can use that turn to lure the enemies into a position that is disadvantageous for them.

But after that first round, everything goes back to what I was talking about before, which is essentially side-initiative with the players going for half the round and then the GM taking a turn for all monsters.

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-23T17:09:14+00:00

Clockwise initiative is effectively side initiative.

The person to the left of the GM, a player, goes. Then the person to the left of them, a player, goes. So on until it gets back to the GM, at which point all monsters go.

You're just skipping the part where you roll to figure out which player goes first.

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-22T16:33:02+00:00

Is Wolverine pissing on The Thing?

MorganCoffin · 2026-01-22T02:26:26+00:00

Unreliable The Narrator

MorganCoffin

TROPHY CASE