Page 146 – #dnd #ravenloft Godefroy and his ghosts are… disturbing. You know Godefroy is the boss because he is the only ghost in history with spectral argyle socks. Some early development sketches: pic.twitter.com/z1JqKcw8Lh

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) May 18, 2021

A Ravenloft Eve drop… Some early mummy explorations inspired by @Dan_Dillon_1 's cat. I think it made into a BG illo. To me though, this guy is the Dread Lord of my heart. #ravenloft #dnd. Okay, off with you. Go buy the book. Make scary things. Tomorrow… vampires? pic.twitter.com/1TDtr5Z6uz

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) May 18, 2021

And so, we come to it. Some new vampires. Some old vampires? Some- Shawn we can't publish that it is too gross – vampires. Pot-belly vampires are real. You all know the truth now. Nosferatu – pg. 239. Just so we are all clear- these guys have New Zealand accents. #ravenloft #dnd pic.twitter.com/GSGL5hIjrp

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) May 18, 2021

Both these sentences are true:

D&D wasn't designed to do horror as well as it does some other things, and there are TTRPGs with mechanics that better support a horror story.

You can play a horror D&D game, get scared, and have fun.

— James Introcaso (@JamesIntrocaso) December 25, 2021

Also a deep dive: https://t.co/lw6wVfFwM0

— James Introcaso (@JamesIntrocaso) December 26, 2021

One of the interesting things is that some groups will have a better experience running Horror with D&D rather than a game specifically designed to run horror scenarios, just because they relate to the style of D&D mechanics and/or playstyle better. There are many systems that people love that I like the genre of, but I find the system very hard to relate to.

For example, I enjoy cosmic horror (Call of Cthulhu) and that system, but I've had a lot of trouble grokking Trail of Cthulhu.

— Merric Blackman (@MerricB) December 26, 2021

Sometimes I think people just trip over themselves to dunk on D&D.

I definitely get the impression that there is a group of people out there that see D&D as lesser and will always interject some shade when given the chance. I actually don’t think this is the case. Lots of folks who rightly point out that D&D isn’t designed with certain genres or stories in mind are people who play and design for the game in my own experience.

— James Introcaso (@JamesIntrocaso) December 26, 2021

which horror mechanics from other games do you like? Check out the use of Jenna tower in Dread and the Wretched. I like health and luck from Monster of the Week. Zweihander’s peril track (and fate points for survivability in horror) and channel power. Bluebeard’s Bride for like everything.

— James Introcaso (@JamesIntrocaso) December 26, 2021

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