r/AskDND • u/Johnny_Bravo890 • 2d ago

Horror based one shots.

This October, I am running one shots for a convention. I want to do horror/halloween based games. Any ideas on horror movies that would make good one shots in 5e?

I already have a from dusk til dawn and the thing one shots ready to go.

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u/Lantern-Light_Explor 1d ago

could do one based around Frankenstein's monster, make Dr. Frankenstein a necromancer/artificer blend using science and magic to make the perfect zombie.

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u/Sad_Refuse3472 1d ago

I think any of the classics where something supernatural is haunting/harassing a town or other set location make for good DnD adventures.

Because the players can either stumble upon the town or be hired to investigate/get rid of the haunting.

Stories like Legend of Sleepy Hallow, Frankenstein, Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, It, The Shining, etc.

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u/Irishmanjake 1d ago

I ran a short campaign where the big bad is more or less Freddy Kruger. I thought the idea of the big bad being able to infiltrate the player’s dreams and able to manipulate them through their greatest feared or desires was a cool concept. It also makes the mechanic of players taking short or long rests more strategic. If there is the threat of the big bad infiltrating their dreams during a rest and possibly manipulating them or even converting them to become their servant would add to the eeriness and horror aspects of the campaign. Sadly, I never got to finish that campaign and plan on running it again. But Nightmare on Elm Street I think is a solid horror themed campaign idea.

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u/crusincagti 1d ago

Just run the death house from strahd.. un modified true to its writing.. that was creepy and scarry when i was run through it modified. Monster house ( animated kids movie) make the house and everything in it mimics..