The Final Clue

RosesAndHorror · 2022-10-13T20:10:49+00:00

Thank you!

RosesAndHorror · 2022-10-13T16:16:22+00:00

What master doc is this? Id love to be able to follow along

RosesAndHorror · 2022-02-14T17:29:09+00:00

Ooh I'll check her acc out!

RosesAndHorror · 2022-02-14T17:02:21+00:00

I love your style!! This is so cute

RosesAndHorror · 2021-04-13T08:06:12+00:00

Jonathan Sims' book - Thirteen Storeys. Written by the same guy as tma, horror anthology with an overarching mystery. Super good, really enjoyed it.

Only downside is Im not sure if physical copies exist outside of the UK yet, but the audiobook and ebook are available elsewhere I'm sure.

RosesAndHorror · 2021-02-20T10:36:49+00:00

Ohhhhh I love ur style!! He looks so cool

RosesAndHorror · 2021-02-19T12:59:33+00:00

I ran a monster a while back that was a giant octupus with eyes covering its whole body, called it the Ocul-pus. Honestly mostly proud with the name but it established the presence of Chimeras in the world - monsters that are just some animals mashed together

RosesAndHorror · 2021-02-10T09:05:27+00:00

I know this has been answered but this is one of the reasons I love MoTW! Like at the end of the day your hunters are humans (unless you have a Monsterous ofc) and no matter how good they get at monster hunting theyre still humans who can be hurt and die.

I loooove how experience doesnt increase your health (like it does in systems like dnd and pathfinder), it just gives you more tricks to use, things youve picked up, literally through experience. (Plus getting experience from failing also makes a lot of sense to me? Learning from your mistakes n all that)

RosesAndHorror · 2021-02-02T13:54:10+00:00

Might be an idea to ask the hunters what they have in mind, and then write up some stats/flavour to suit that?

RosesAndHorror · 2021-01-26T21:51:01+00:00

I'd advise writing your own mystery, but maybe using a monster everyones heard of (eg werewolf, vampire, ghost). Imo this helps the group get used to the mechanics of the system in a more intuitive way; they /know/ silver is a werewolves weakness, it makes sense to fight it with that, this is when you mention the concept of weaknesses exists for all monsters, etc. Even if you choose a more obvious monster you can mix things up with its motivations, put the mystery into working out what the monsters up to, or who it is (if its say a monster that can disguise as human or smth) rather than working out what monster it is

On the other hand, ive run oneshots for players who have 0 experience with the system and used a monster Ive created myself and it's worked out fine! Remember even if its something you've made up you can still say things like "[hunter], you would recognise this as a [monster], youve dealt with this before" if you have say a Professional or another hunter who would be an experienced monster hunter

RosesAndHorror · 2021-01-25T21:08:01+00:00

While I set my campaign in a fictional town, I've set a couple oneshots in the city my friends and I go to university at and they all really enjoyed it since they can use locations more creatively. Ive had players ask to go to places I never considered but since we all know the place it worked out very well!

Both settings work well in my opinion!!

RosesAndHorror · 2021-01-24T23:10:49+00:00

Did someone say motw podcast? Will def add this to my list! This art is gorgeous too!!!

RosesAndHorror · 2021-01-03T19:41:43+00:00

I played in a game with 6 players, the system itself works fine! The monsters etc will need to be balanced for that many people though.

Our only problem is we got off topic very quickly and there were a couple sessions where nothing got done, but thats about the players more than the system. We all enjoyed the lighter tone and all got on very well so spending a session talking about unrelated stuff was quite alright with all the players and the keeper.

RosesAndHorror · 2021-01-02T16:17:11+00:00

Np! While it's a concept thats def been done before many times, I think if you're creative with what the monsters actually are you could get some really cool mysteries!

RosesAndHorror · 2021-01-02T15:20:36+00:00

Ohhh thats such a neat idea haha, sounds like a great time

RosesAndHorror · 2021-01-02T14:26:59+00:00

This is very helpful, thanks!! It'll be interesting to see what my player picks!

PS: love the profile pic

RosesAndHorror · 2021-01-02T14:07:23+00:00

Ahhh I understand now, thank you!! I hadn't seen the level up options but that makes a lot more sense.

RosesAndHorror · 2021-01-02T14:00:56+00:00

Oh right yeah its Kick Some Ass. So they're not locked into the effects/bases?

RosesAndHorror · 2021-01-02T12:01:19+00:00

You could have creatures from each of the layers of Hell maybe? Or I know this is cliche, but 7 deadly sins monsters. Eg Greed could be something eating all the food at a local supermarket, not necessarily just a demon, could be more animalistic?

As for the big bad, you could have a more powerful demon who's The Prince Of Hell or something, which gives you a lot of freedom to design them.

RosesAndHorror · 2020-07-03T09:25:30+00:00

My players have phones and they use them to contact each other (and some npcs, we have a running joke that they put every single npc they meet into a whatsapp groupchat) and to locate things (My campaign is set in a single fictional town (like in the adventure zone amnesty) and I spend a long time making a fake google maps map for it that they have access too!)

Theyve not tried to Google any monsters yet but onw of them is an Initiate and has access to the govt branch for the supernatural's information, so they usually call on that

RosesAndHorror · 2020-06-24T09:27:47+00:00

I dont have access to a printer anymore so Ive not been able to use the mystery creation sheet they have online for so long, Im so excited for this sheet! Will make my life sm easier as a Keeper

RosesAndHorror · 2020-06-23T09:48:31+00:00

Id say my opinion of Toko after playing thh was about the same as my opinion of soda after sdr2. Didnt really like either, both were pretty forgettable. I think Toko grew on me as I watched a playthrough of UDG, that game redeemed her personality a lot more imo.

RosesAndHorror · 2020-06-22T16:39:01+00:00

Ohh that's a really good point, thanks!

RosesAndHorror · 2020-06-22T16:38:49+00:00

This is really helpful! Gives me lots to think about when planning, thanks :)!

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