What's the best system for horror?

>>52240974
F.A.T.A.L. I guarantee after 10 minutes you and everyone else in your group will be horrified.

>>52240974
None.

It's hard as fuck to get the atmosphere of the room right, player buy-in is almost impossible to get with most groups and nearly every GM is nowhere near good enough to pull it off right.

Depends what kind of horror. There's a huge number of different options out there, so I'll just list my favourites.

I'm partial to Don't Rest Your Head, which is horror through self destruction, putting players against impossible monsters and giving them all the power they need to survive, but making them ask whether victory is worth the cost. DRYH is a game for short campaigns and one shots, but I still love a system which draws players into an endless spiral of self destruction as they struggle to stay alive, stay awake and stay human, and at the end of the day they can generally only pick two out of three, if they're lucky.

Unknown Armies is another interesting one, postmodern horror which inverts the usual tropes of Lovecrafts cosmic horror. Instead of humanity being a tiny, insignificant speck in an vast and uncaring universe, UA puts humanity at the center of everything. The tagline of the game is 'You did it', and the fundamental horror of the setting lies in that intimate sense of personal responsibility. It really is all our fault, and no matter what monster or abomination might rise from the shadows, you're just cleaning up your own messes. There's nobody to blame but us.

>>52240974
My vote is on Dark Heresy

>>52240974
Dread

>>52242013
Seconding Dread.

>>52242013
>>52243312
Thirding Dread, I've run it many times and it was an absolute blast every time. Use the lighting in your game room to effect, too. As the Tower got more and more unstable I'd cut off a lamp/light/etc. until the party had to use just their cellphone lights to see (which fit the narrative we were going with by the way, adjust to suit your story).

>>52243722
>>52243312
>>52242013

My nigs. Dread is best.

Immersion, regardless of the system.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12130366/

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>>52240974
Can we just dump "no way fag" memes instead?

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>>52244168

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>>52244187

>>52240974
I'm just gonna point out that there would have been nothing wrong if Leon indeed had decided to bang Ashley.

>>52244459
Well, it's not a good idea to bang your boss's daughter.

>>52244168
Is this truly the crowning moment of Plague's lifetime? The very reason for his birth?

>>52240999
Frustration of dealing with unplayable mess isn't exactly horrifying neither is the content which is cringy juvenile sex fantasies.

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>>52244168

>>52245203
somebody tell me they have dat ultra rare TPP redux

>>52245022
>the hotdog

Nice touch.

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>>52245203
i can't stop laughing

>>52245353
The Phantom Pain?

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is this tg related?

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We've got a rule in our group that whenever a player fucks up, they'll get tazed for a period of time, depending on how badly they failed/taken damage. Really adds suspense when the dice have to be rolled or when they're venturing into something unknown.

Although it's getting old and I'm looking for fresh alternatives.

>>52245569
Pepperspray is a great one, I also like waterboarding. Adds a ton.

>>52245509
I REFUSE, HERETIC

>>52242013
Also suprisingly good in conjunction with goofy, high fatality settings.

Had a blast with Paranoia and a Star Trek riff.

>>52245569
How about making them eat ghost peppers

>>52245802
>until I get FOXDIE
My sides

more edits

>>52245105
>Oxidating

that sounds painful

>>52247812

He's a big guy.

>>52242013
>>52243831
Huh. Looks like you already got here. Good.

Dread is unfortunately short of mechanical depth but it is straight up "You cannot fuck this up" tier horror roleplaying.

>>52249264
But that is the glory of it. It doesn't need much set up or fighting over the rules. Just play it as one shots instead of a campaign like a more traditional rpg.

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>>52240974
>What's the best system for horror?

You wake up at 5 in the afternoon. Another day you'd promised yourself you'd be productive- opportunity
missed. You log into 4chan to forget the swiss cheese like holes in your life:
lack of accomplishment,
lack of interpersonal relationships
personal hygiene and so on.

The threads mean a little less today then they did yesterday. You aren't as angry. Fear sets in because this is
what staves off the loneliness. You call your only friend. The guy that barely remembers you- but he's nice
and realizes he's doing you a favor by gaming with you.

He's got a new tabletop game. Something you haven't heard of before.
Your eager to try it out. New rules, New systems to get lost in. New Lore.
He opens his bag of loose mini's and rule books.
He tells you the name of the game is War-hammer 40k.

>>52249526
Anon It's too late for crushing existential despair.

>>52249003
For Salazar.

>>52251203

Saddler is small-time.

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>>52251171
>Anon It's too late for crushing existential despair.

Nonsense, there's always time for crushing existential despair.
I don't want to hear talk like that from you again. There's always
hope for personal realization, the recognition of self defeating
attitudes. The adoption of different healthier NON-destructive
behaviors meant to place a person on a better, brighter path to
a future filled with more plentiful positive opportunities.

But, taking it all in, in the wider sense. Yeah 40k is that bad.

>>52240974
Maid.

No so much the system but the people you`ll end up playing with.

>>52251560

the beauty of it is that you only are going to do one session with them and never see them again, though. that's not scary.

>>52245509
Why is Darkseid a space marine?

>>52245569
Forceful sodomy

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>>52251203

>>52244459
Apart from the fact Leon is an awkward virgin and wouldn't know what to do with a woman if he actually got her into bed

Goddamn Wannabe 007

>>52244459
>fucking the president's daughter
>fucking your boss's daughter
>fucking the pile of annoyance that is Ashley

Leon is a pretty man. It's doubtful that he's hurting for trim. He's just hung up on Ada.

> I thought the topic said For Honor
> This post >>52245017 still make sense

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>>52254082
what the fuck

>>52254187
For Honor doesn't have any sexual content, does it?

>>52245181
Got me, I'm dying.

>>52242013
This. It can get a little corny and outdated, but that's the magic of it. The werewolves campaign was one of the most memorable ones I have DM