one of my favorite d&d podcasts is doing a one-shot based on the friday the 13th movies. except the DM hasnât told any of the players that itâs based on friday the 13th. he has them convinced itâs based on a sex-comedy coming-of-age film theyâve never heard of (that he made up). which is so fucking genius. because the characters in a slasher flick donât know theyâre in a slasher flick, why should the players? if youâre going for genre accuracy, make your players think theyâre acting out animal house or something, or else theyâll end up weirdly genre savvy. itâs perfect.Â
and like, throughout the whole session, to keep the players convinced that the fake not-horror movie is real, the DM keeps mentioning weird, specific details about the fake movie, like, âoh yeah, didnât i mention? your character is played by crispin glover before he was famousâ or âso in the actual movie, you got lost and had a nice scene in an orchard, but so-and-so succeeded on his navigation rollâ
and this has the players lulled into a false sense of security for the most part. but over the course of the game they get more and more suspicious of all the weird, doom-harbinging horror-movie details the DM keeps sprinkling in. every once in a while a player will be like, âokay so these identical hitchhiking twins are hot, right? wait, why are they speaking in unisonâÂ
itâs so genius. the DM introduces a small child who creates and collects ultra-realistic, cinema-quality latex monster masks, and none of the players even bat an eye. they donât clock this creepy horror movie child at all. theyâre too busy trying to hit on his older sister, just like their characters would be.Â
at one point one of the players gets weirdly, genuinely angry, and is like, âWHY DO I CARE??? so this old couple is talking about a tragedy at the local hospital, SO WHAT????? arenât i just supposed to want to get laid right now?! why did you put this in the story, man?!?! was this couple even in the original movie? i donât know, because you wonât let us look it up on IMDB, even! what is going on?!â and i know itâs an auditory medium, but fuck, i could SMELL the shit-eating grin the DM mustâve had on. thatâs so fucking awesome
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