SoulDragon298 |
One of my friends I play PF with is a pretty awesome player. He likes to play witty, albeit smarta** characters. However, ever since I introduced him to Call of Cthulhu D20 (which I know is probably gonna be given hate in some replies, as I know it's reputation), he doesn't want to play Pathfinder at all. I'm not good at writing horror campaigns and I prefer PF, so what should I do to convince him to play PF again? I'm thinking about getting Carrion Crown and running that with him or a homebrew PF horror campaign (even though as I said, I can't write horror, plus I'm horrible at dungeon design, treasure hoard design, and encounter design.)
Any help is appreciated.
Pan |
I will give one warning about the insanity rules though be careful of the random table. There are really cool effects on the table that make for fun gaming. Like multiple-personalities and phobias. Totally fun to play out at the table. Then of course, there is amnesia which pretty much turns your character into a commoner. Seriously, look it up. I have no idea how they put role play effects into a table with a mechanical neutering condition. Something to be mindful of.
HowFortuitous |
A point of suggestion for horror campaigns. Pathfinder and D&D in general is designed around empowerment. You start with something weak and average, and build it into something heroic. Horror games are about dispowerment. The exact opposite. Take a horrifying setting, monsters and terrible, foreign creatures stalking the corridors, and give the players a ghost touch bastard sword and a wand of lightning bolt and it's just an action game. Give them a lantern with a half hour of oil, no dark vision, but no weapons and suddenly they are scared.
If you want to draw in a person who plays campaigns centered around horror and mystery, you have to disempower him a bit and force him to find some way to survive against all odds, not just beat up a few monsters that would be at home in a CoC game.
LazarX |
One of my friends I play PF with is a pretty awesome player. He likes to play witty, albeit smarta** characters. However, ever since I introduced him to Call of Cthulhu D20 (which I know is probably gonna be given hate in some replies, as I know it's reputation), he doesn't want to play Pathfinder at all. I'm not good at writing horror campaigns and I prefer PF, so what should I do to convince him to play PF again? I'm thinking about getting Carrion Crown and running that with him or a homebrew PF horror campaign (even though as I said, I can't write horror, plus I'm horrible at dungeon design, treasure hoard design, and encounter design.)
Any help is appreciated.
At some point, you may simply have to respect his life choices.