Horror monster help.


Advice

Grand Lodge

Alright, Short of opening the bestiaries and just reading every special ability entry for every monster, I've tried thinking of ways to put the fear in my players. Here's the long of it:

I'm beginning a horror campaign with Slenderman as my primary antagonist. I have rules for him and his fear qualities and for the minions he creates. What I need is filler. I need creepy and fear inspiring critters to load up my campaign, it is horror after all. I know monsters like the boogyman can inspire literal fear in people and things like animated dolls and attic whisperers can provide a creepy atmosphere over and beyond, especially to already traumatized characters.

I was curious if any of you guys knew things off the top of your head or if any of you were possibly motivated enough to seek out this information in an effort to assist a fellow GM.

All thoughts and suggestions are valid, if you can think of them maybe come up with some ways to help me vex the players with the creature, I'm open to suggestion. Also, we are starting at 1st level, so low level critters are good too.


Totenmaskes are pretty scary in and out of combat.

Most evil fey can be terrifying at their level, what with fey tending to turn invisible and/or teleport. Good for suddenly attacking the party and then disappearing before they can really react.

Grand Lodge

I've got a growing list but I feel a lot of low level emptiness. I can't seem to fill that void and I'm really looking for ways to passive aggressively put out some real wisdom damage. The players were warned about it and I'm wanting it to be rough.

sanity damage is one thing is love without bringing godlike creatures into it. No chuthulu or insanity gods please, but real insanity monsters. I feel like I'm missing a lot of them.


You could use a Broken Soul (Bestiary 4, pag 24) npc, it could be a previous victim of slenderman, now working with him under coercition/after becoming crazy. If done nicely, it could spook your party with in character discussions about if it's better to try to kill him/her or try to save him/her. This can be done from really low levels and gives you the broader personalization possible if you have the right character in mind.

Dark folks of any kind (for example Dark Caller, Bestiary 4, pag 42) could be of use.

I second kikidmonkey's suggestion about evil feys.

Hungry Flesh (B4, pag 152) is low level and between upsetting and disgusting!

On a second thought, bestiary 4 has a lot of creepy/evil themed monsters :p


Also, tooth fairies, those things are HORRIFYING. I think my group would rather face orcs with greatswords than half a dozen of those things.

Community / Forums / Pathfinder / Pathfinder First Edition / Advice / Horror monster help. All Messageboards

Want to post a reply? Sign in.