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101 clues of the nearby presence of an evil cult

Started by Turanil, April 09, 2016, 02:00:32 PM

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Opaopajr

#30
April 10, 2016, 10:06:21 AM Last Edit: April 10, 2016, 10:25:13 AM by Opaopajr
79. Their potlucks feature an abundance of elaborate aspics and gelatin salads. :jaw-dropping:

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Majus

#31
April 10, 2016, 10:20:14 AM
I ran an idyllic valley once in a post apocalyptic campaign. The players made there way in and found well tended fields, an effective militia, excessively friendly locals, and a strictly maintained curfew. They freaked the fuck out and wouldn't even stay in the town.

Happy days.

80. In other words, rather than specific clues, you might do better by making the local area tonally strange and unsettling (even if it's nicer than they expect). Then let the players' own fevered imaginations do the worst: "What do you mean I can stay here for free and they're offering me apple brandy? Don't they know what the world is like out there? What kind of evil is going on here!"

Ravenswing

#32
April 10, 2016, 06:23:43 PM
Quote from: Majus;890634I ran an idyllic valley once in a post apocalyptic campaign. The players made there way in and found well tended fields, an effective militia, excessively friendly locals, and a strictly maintained curfew. They freaked the fuck out and wouldn't even stay in the town.

Happy days.

80. In other words, rather than specific clues, you might do better by making the local area tonally strange and unsettling (even if it's nicer than they expect). Then let the players' own fevered imaginations do the worst: "What do you mean I can stay here for free and they're offering me apple brandy? Don't they know what the world is like out there? What kind of evil is going on here!"
There are times that a reputation as a GM can really work to your advantage.  I'd mentioned the Arduin Grimoire monster "Kill Kittens" once to some of my players, and a couple months down the road, one of my groups encountered a crying kitten in the wilderness.  My cat-loving foster sister immediately went apeshit, screaming "Kill it!  Kill it!" with the other players wondering if she'd slipped her trolley ...
This was a cool site, until it became an echo chamber for whiners screeching about how the "Evul SJWs are TAKING OVAH!!!" every time any RPG book included a non-"traditional" NPC or concept, or their MAGA peeners got in a twist. You're in luck, drama queens: the Taliban is hiring.

kosmos1214

#33
April 10, 2016, 06:42:36 PM
81. the sounds of  loud orgys in the church every night after sun down

AsenRG

#34
April 11, 2016, 02:47:04 AM
Quote from: kosmos1214;89077881. the sounds of  loud orgys in the church every night after sun down

Nah, that's pretty much par for the course, if we believe history books:D!
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soltakss

#35
April 11, 2016, 08:08:24 AM
82. Strange plants grow in certain areas nearby
83. Locals buy a lot of odd things from the markets and don't buy what you would expect
84. Old Folk Tales from the area have wizards and witches with the same family names as modern locals
85. There is a Temple to on the top of that there hill
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Elfdart

#36
April 11, 2016, 11:47:16 AM Last Edit: April 11, 2016, 11:50:29 AM by Elfdart
Quote from: DavetheLost;89056222. Barmaids start doing naked dances in the inn.

23. That giant figure in the town square made of wicker...

You bastard! :rotfl:

86) No one knows much of anything -they're playing dumb for some reason.

87) They are annoyingly friendly and polite, but with a hint of insincerity.
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soltakss

#37
April 11, 2016, 02:09:01 PM
Quote from: Ravenswing;89059052) Something you tell one person seems to spread to the rest of the town instantly.  Mention on your first trip into the town to the waitress at the diner as you're paying your tab that you're a writer for the Patriot Ledger, when you cross the street to get a pack of smokes at the corner store, the proprietor affably says, "My, bein' a reporter must be an excitin' job, eh, sir?  I keep reading of all them criminals in your paper!"

I thought that happened in every small town/village.
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Doughdee222

#38
April 11, 2016, 02:19:41 PM
88. The TV set is permanently set to Fox News.

89. The radio is permanently set to Rush Limbaugh/Bill O'Reilly/Sean Hannity/Etc.

90. Everyone is wearing "Make America Great Again" hats and shirts.

Certified

#39
April 11, 2016, 02:50:01 PM
Quote from: Doughdee222;89100688. The TV set is permanently set to Fox News.

89. The radio is permanently set to Rush Limbaugh/Bill O'Reilly/Sean Hannity/Etc.

90. Everyone is wearing "Make America Great Again" hats and shirts.

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#40
April 11, 2016, 04:27:20 PM
Quote from: Doughdee222;89100688. The TV set is permanently set to Fox News.

89. The radio is permanently set to Rush Limbaugh/Bill O'Reilly/Sean Hannity/Etc.

90. Everyone is wearing "Make America Great Again" hats and shirts.
Pretty much describes the town I live in.

Spinachcat

#41
April 11, 2016, 11:35:08 PM
Quote from: Ravenswing;89059156) There's a popular vanished brand of consumer goods in town, one no longer extant in the real world.

This is brilliant. Thank you for the many great ideas here!!

Ravenswing

#42
April 12, 2016, 06:32:39 AM
Quote from: Spinachcat;891129This is brilliant. Thank you for the many great ideas here!!
Why thank you!  It's from a long-ago list on "small-town horror" items, but it occurred to me that almost all of them could be a hallmark of -- or else be attributable to the doings of -- an Evil Cult.
This was a cool site, until it became an echo chamber for whiners screeching about how the "Evul SJWs are TAKING OVAH!!!" every time any RPG book included a non-"traditional" NPC or concept, or their MAGA peeners got in a twist. You're in luck, drama queens: the Taliban is hiring.

kosmos1214

#43
April 12, 2016, 08:33:35 PM
Quote from: AsenRG;890867Nah, that's pretty much par for the course, if we believe history books:D!

on the church lawn then :P

AsenRG

#44
April 13, 2016, 08:01:18 AM
Quote from: kosmos1214;891322on the church lawn then :P

In a fantasy setting? If they are neither lynched nor slain arrested by local law enforcement, you know everybody is on their side and should get lost:).
In a modern setting, this might not mean anything sinister;).
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