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I haven't had the opportunity to play F.E.A.R., but when I finish BioShock, I'll see if I can get around to it.

Whose point of view are you attaching it to?

That's a good question...I don't think I could legitimately do Nualia if she's actually still alive. Maybe I'll fudge the story so that the baby was born alive, but died shortly thereafter. Then the perspective can be the baby's, and it might offer an interesting dramatic component of not knowing what it looked like, just that it was hideous.

Also, I realized that putting the haunt underneath Hannah's house didn't make any sense. I think Nualia would basically have been a shut-in after her father found out she was pregnant, so the birth probably happened in the cathedral. I'll just get my PCs to go to the basement for some reason.

I'm not sure whether the haunt should be tailored specifically to one PC or universal. I really want them to see it, so maybe the more the better? But having only one could make it creepier. I also haven't worked out an effect yet...any ideas?

Thanks for all the suggestions. Right now, I may end up combining Jodah's and Kassil's ideas. Basically, the PCs seek out Hannah to help resolve an unrelated issue (something involving a certain employee of the Pixie's Kitten), and have a chance to talk to her and encounter the foxglove-style haunt in her basement, which would further help establish/foreshadow this mechanic.

For the Haunt, I think a vision of Nualia's birth would pique their interest in her history. Nualia's screams of agony, and then the inevitable shrieks of terror from the midwives as they recoil in fear...perhaps inducing a fear effect? Charisma drain? Nausea?

I've been thinking about running a side quest where the PCs can learn more about Nualia; one idea I've been toying with is having her miscarried child, now an Attic Whisperer, causing some trouble around town.

I'm not sure how to present it though; rescuing another child after the goblin closet thing seems lame. Anyone have any suggestions?