Re: Hallowe'en Hero
This is pretty neat. I really dig mixing horror into my fantasy games. Have you considered the idea of taking a classic horror type villian and giving it a twist? One of my most successful adventures involved a vampire and his castle. Only the vampire wasn't "evil" in the classic sense. Play the so called bad guy with as many human traits and ideals as your comfortable with. In my particular scenario, the vampire was what he was because of love - it was his castle that was downright evil. In the end, the players weren't sure of themselves or if they had done the right thing when they finnally had to kill the vampire. To keep the evil of the castle contained, one of the pc's stayed behind so its evil wouldn't spread, knowing it would slowly turn him into a vampire. I've toyed with the idea of an insane liche, something along the lines of being schizophrenic. Can't die, but one of his personalities really wants to. The mummy idea is very workable, but leave most of the common mummy shtick out. Use a mummified Orc warlord who has returned from the dead for one last campaign. Or maybe the remains of an anient and highly revered elven king who is fed up with what his bloodline has become. The possibilities are almost endless - expand the horizons and incorporate elements that normally aren't associated with such a thing. Keep us posted.
