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Grand Lodge 4/5 ** Venture-Agent, Colorado—Denver

Looking for some spooky PFS 2e scenarios, quests, and bounties to run during the month of October at my lodge. What are some of your favorite spooky scenarios?
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Bounty #3: Shadows and Scarecrows
Bounty #5: Witch's Winter Holiday
PFS2 1-02: Mosquito Witch
Grand Lodge 4/5 ** Venture-Agent, Colorado—Denver
Nefreet wrote:

Bounty #3: Shadows and Scarecrows

Bounty #5: Witch's Winter Holiday
PFS2 1-02: Mosquito Witch

Awesome! Thank you.

I guess I should just look at the titles for which ones to run.
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Those are just what immediately came to mind while I was in line to get tacos.

You can also check out:

  • 1-03: Escaping the Grave
  • 1-13: Devil at the Crossroads
  • 1-22: Doom of Cassomir
  • 1-25: Grim Symphony
  • 2-08: A Frosty Mug
  • 2-09: The Seven Secrets of Dacilane Academy
  • 2-17: Lost Maid of Anactoria

    And probably the new Season 3 Scenario, East Hill Haunting, but I haven't checked it out yet.

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    Just my thoughts on what Nefreet already listed having played and/or GM'ed all of these but quest #5.
    Bold = absolutely yes I agree they fit the theme
    not bold = yeah maybe
    strikeout = I don't think they really fit the theme.

    Nefreet wrote:
  • Bounty #3: Shadows and Scarecrows
  • Bounty #5: Witch's Winter Holiday
  • 1-03: Escaping the Grave
  • 1-13: Devil at the Crossroads
  • 1-22: Doom of Cassomir
  • 1-25: Grim Symphony
  • 2-08: A Frosty Mug
  • 2-09: The Seven Secrets of Dacilane Academy
  • 2-17: Lost Maid of Anactoria

    And probably the new Season 3 Scenario, East Hill Haunting, but I haven't checked it out yet.

    • Doom of Cassomir is one of my all time favorites and have run it 5 times, but I don't really see it as "spooky".

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    I mean, it all depends on how you GM them. They all provide a framework for classic horror/creepy/halloween tropes.

    My top three would be 1-13, 1-25 and 2-09. They need no additional narrative descriptions and can be run out of the box as horror.

    But really? You don't consider...

    1-22:
    A cult of Groetus, God of the End Times, who's literally the full-moon incarnate...
    Bloody clumps of eyeballs hung from buildings as occult "security cameras"...
    A shapeshifting hag who attempts to sacrifice the most beautiful PC...
    And a slime-coated cabin-in-the-swamp guarded by giant frogs...

    ...to be classic horror?
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    I will concede that I might not be the best judge of classic horror, as I don't care for that genre of film/book, but I always saw #1-22 as a mystery/who done it adventure.
    Grand Lodge 4/5 ** Venture-Agent, Colorado—Denver

    Thread Necro! Asking for suggestions from season 3 & 4 now.
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    3-02: The East Hill Haunting (1-4):
    A classic murder-who-dunnit with a murder scene, a ghost, a haunt (or 2!), and lots of spiders.

    3-15: Cavern of the Sundered Song (9-12):
    A mix of chaotic fey goodness and super creepy underdark aberrations.

    4-01: Year of Boundless Wonder (1-4):
    A talking skull, nightmares coming to life, hoards of fiendish vermin, and a disgusting hag. Plus, it's Repeatable!

    4-02: Return to the Grave (1-4):
    Zombies, Skeletons, and a Necromancer. Honestly not terribly horror, but can definitely be played up as that.
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    Here are a handful that I've played recently, enjoyed a great deal, and think would be good choices for Halloween/spooky games:

    PFS One Shot: Head Shot the Rot (level 3 pregens):
    Zombie survival scenario. With guns!

    #3-09: The Secluded Siege (5-8):
    Undead invade a lodge. I haven't played the sequel (#3-14: The Tomb Between Worlds) yet, but it's on the schedule for next month.

    #3-18: Dacilane Academy's Delightful Disaster (1-4):
    A much lighter tone than the two above, with a sort of Scooby-Doo meets planar weirdness vibe, but has a couple genuinely creepy moments.

    And I'll second #4-02, Return to the Grave. I just played that at a con earlier this month!
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    And to reply to a much older comment, #1-22 was a bit of very personal horror for the very first outing for one of my PCs.

    Spoiler:
    Guess which bloodline I chose for my sorcerer? Yup, that one. Girl's got some serious family issues, and was NOT expecting to have to confront them so soon! And she's met one other hag since then, also 100% by accident. After I played Year of Boundless Wonder recently, I was a little sad that Millicent is too high level now to ever get to play it. I guess she'll just have to wait for a certain infamous hag's inevitable next appearance...
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