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A World of Horrors: Lets create a Tabletop setting where most horrors coexist.

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Martin Noctis said:
Survivor: Perhaps they held their own in an outbreak of zombies, vampires, giant spiders, or the like, or where stranded from civilization while being attacked by supernatural forces (this happens more often then you'd think), these men and women have faced slim odd with equally slim supplies and lived to tell the tale. Proficient in scavenging, stealth, and crafting, able to make makeshift weapons out of everyday objects. While experienced in dealing with the strange, their pasts tend to leave them with a fragile mental state, more often then not.

Psychic: Maybe you've got the Shine (Stephen King), or a connection to The Upside Down (Stranger Things), but you have abilities that can't be explained away by traditional science. While the exact powers varies from person to person, reading the minds of others and lifting things with your own tend to be the most common, although more powerful ones like reality bending and overcoming death have been heard of (may want to save that kind of stuff for antagonists or late game powerups). While they can be great assists to have, it is also difficult to train these gifts even in the best of circumstances, and the security risks these prove means the government will want to keep these people on a tight leash. Taking an unregistered psychic in your party runs the risk of getting on the bad side of some very powerful people. Additionally, the Gifted attract the attention of others like them, for better and for worse...
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These seem more like backgrounds than classes to me at least
 
I forget, was Courage the Cowardly Dog brought up?

I recall enjoying that show, let alone the crossover with Scooby Doo and how it explained why the strangeness happened.
 
Does PvZ count for the project? Either the classic Tower-defense Original, or one of the many "Horror AU"s I've seen popping up as of late.
 
DaviProGamer27 said:
Does PvZ count for the project? Either the classic Tower-defense Original, or one of the many "Horror AU"s I've seen popping up as of late.
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I would say NO, because PvZ is not a horror game at all, despite the zombie theming. It's also best not to touch AUs with a ten-foot pole, as people getting into the project are going to be confused if they see AU lore as opposed to the original lore. PvZ will also force us to confront every possible zombie IP added in relation to PvZ, which isn't the end of the world, but could get messy.

I guess its important to emphasize that we should, in general, focus on actual horror as opposed to horror theming - just because a setting has zombies, ghosts, or other similar things doesn't necessarily make it a good fit.
 
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What about willys wonderland or the banana splits movie those Canon to thus amalgamation?

Also it would be fun to have the janitor wondering around taking on minor to midling issues
 
Can S.T.A.L.K.E.R. be part of the setting? It would add artifacts from the Zone on the black market.

Speaking of East Europe, I've also thought about Metro 2033, but that's a pretty post-apocalyptic. Any ideas how that could work here?
zack omega24 said:
I wonder if the webcomic Erma would fit into this world of horror.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/Erma
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I'm in favor of having this slice-of-life horror here, since when you look at the expanded universe material, it is a world of horror, with Erma's antics being the exception then the rule. Plus, it'd give two new species (Youkai and Rat(man)).
Tempest Warden said:
I forget, was Courage the Cowardly Dog brought up?

I recall enjoying that show, let alone the crossover with Scooby Doo and how it explained why the strangeness happened.
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I love the show, grew up with it, though this would add talking animals in the world. Not against it, just be aware that's something you're adding.
 
zack omega24 said:
So, You're An Animatronic! Now What? (A Fnaf Survival Guide)

View: https://youtu.be/yyRxCAVV7Us?si=ya9Hi7DNUQWOIE0x

No, I'm not a Human official trailer.

View: https://youtu.be/1e7pfUjvr_I?si=ZLAk8EXcLrhzQFFr

The Backworld - Trailer 2025

View: https://youtu.be/yHgf07FnbOc?si=gj0VabUKqZ4_e-cA

I Turned The Backrooms into a RPG

View: https://youtu.be/aXazrnCnH3Q?si=kW1bJv1vq2jKL36_
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You know, the first video is one in my backlog of things to watch. Have seen someone playing the second game. But the last two are new so adding to my watch later list....I might get to them in 5 months to 3 years.


KFSCrimson said:
What about willys wonderland or the banana splits movie those Canon to thus amalgamation?
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I forgot about Willy's.

silvershark said:
I love the show, grew up with it, though this would add talking animals in the world. Not against it, just be aware that's something you're adding.
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Well there would also be Scooby doo and the others from that series. But granted are plenty of of things with talking animals...or talking things in general like dolls in this setting. Seems like adding talking animals could be interesting especially if a more supernatural reasoning or something could be applied for why. Would also lead to interesting things for the movie industry like talking animal actors.

....Now my mind went to talking cats and that then lead to me thinking of the Hoocus Pocus movie.

Also Halloween Town.




On another note, thinking about the Dead by Daylight game.
 
KFSCrimson said:
What about willys wonderland or the banana splits movie those Canon to thus amalgamation?
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Both are in the settings. As would be the firs Megan movie.
silvershark said:
Can S.T.A.L.K.E.R. be part of the setting? It would add artifacts from the Zone on the black market.
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Maybe. As for Metro that is out due to obvious reasons
zack omega24 said:
I wonder if the webcomic Erma would fit into this world of horror.
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Yeah sure
 
AlienXTimesX said:
By Halloween Town, do you mean Nightmare Before Christmas?
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That also works, but originally talking about the Halloweentown as in the movie series.

Granted now randomly remembered about Phantom of the Megaplex which might fit more with a Scooby Doo style. Also amusement from Megaplex and Pizzaplex. Though is more of a comedy mystery so if included would be more just a case of a Scooby doo case going on where the gang arn't involved.



Goosebumps series.
 
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    • Tempest Warden said:
    On another note, thinking about the Dead by Daylight game.
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    I think to summarize my thoughts on this, I feel like its worth making a general guideline of what really works for this setting.

    Inherently, each setting has a certain level of Scope and Implications, representing how it affects the setting, with Scope representing how widespread the situation is, and Implications representing how its basic features affect the world as a whole.

    Some settings, like Friday the 13th, have very specific regional Scope and Implications. Jason doesn't really wander around, and him being revived by first mad science then happenstance doesn't really affect the rest of the world, so its perfectly fine to include.

    Others, like FNAF, have a regional Scope but global Implications, due to it introducing advanced animatronic technology and Remnant into the setting. This certainly has implications that can't be ignored, but it still gives room for other settings to work in. Hell, I would argue even Lovecraft's work and my previously suggested World of Horror (Video Game) setting work well for this, as the apocalyptic threats remain out of focus and are generally unable to do anything unless something REALLY bad happens.

    Others still have a global Scope but very weak Implications. Resident Evil has a virus which very much has the risk of infecting anyone, but also has an organization that deals with these outbreaks, so they wouldn't regularly affect other settings, though you certainly could have it interact in a self-contained manner.

    The problem comes with settings with global Scope and global Implications, settings like these cannot be ignored and have to be accounted for in every single setting that is added within. This is where the previously mentioned Tokyo Ghoul and Chainsaw Man live in; anything at this point begins to dominate the setting, so its best to exclude it.

    You can mitigate things in the last category to make it work. The Last of Us can be canon, but it doesn't wipe out the U.S. because other settings have ways to deal with the outbreak to make it work.

    This leaves Dead By Daylight, which is in the latter category. The Entity has literal multiversal and throughout time Scope and Implications, as it is far more active than any Lovecraftian god and does more than anything as well. This is a literal entity that took an entire planet into its realm with the work of a single serial killer and some timeline shenanigans. Its very presence warps the setting around it, and there would inevitably be some cultist who is capable of summoning it to doom the world. Its very presence would force the setting around it, and it is also unneeded because we are already bringing all the horror monsters together, separate from it.
     
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    • So I know there's Predator in the setting, plus I belive earlier I've brought up Visceral Cleanup Crew.

    But I wonder about games such as Lethal Company or R.E.P.O.? Granted would probably be something never touched on unless space is involved. Such as stuff on space stations, on the moon, things like Dead Space. So at most only relevant if the focus is more on space related things.
     
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    So I know there's Predator in the setting, plus I belive earlier I've brought up Visceral Cleanup Crew.

    But I wonder about games such as Lethal Company or R.E.P.O.? Granted would probably be something never touched on unless space is involved. Such as stuff on space stations, on the moon, things like Dead Space. So at most only relevant if the focus is more on space related things.
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    Depends Muder Drones company JCJenson as aexample exist but they are are yet to develop the Worker Drones or achieve megacorp stats, at the moment they are a minon conglomerate that dabble in robotics.

    They have the potential to make Worker Drones but they don't have the tech yet.

    Saying that there is the Predadot conpanies also do exist but not like they scape setting and the Predator and Aliens do make trouble on Earth but the incodents are so small and isolated that is unilikely the player will stumble upon it unless if look for it.
     
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