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Ghost Hunt TV: Portland Mausoleum | One-Shot
$15.00
/ Session
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Once / Saturday - 5:00 PM UTC
Mar 9
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
0 / 4 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Monster of the Week: Ghost Hunt TV takes your team of reality show Monster Hunters on quests to find and deal with supernatural events in the most chilling places your producers can find. Using Monster of the Week rules, you'll have more resources, and possibly powers, at your disposal than the average ghost-hunting reality show cast. But you'll also face real monsters, all while trying to make your TV show look like a TV show rather than showing your viewers the true darkness that lies behind the veil. Every game is different, so come for more than one!
Game style
Theater of the Mind
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(47)
5 years on StartPlaying
127 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Teacher
About me
Hi! In addition to being a professional game master (both here on Start Playing Games and live-and-in-person), I'm a published short story horror author, and host of the horror-and-humor actual-play audio drama, The Gothic Podcast. I started gaming in the Way Back, beginning with the D&D Basic box set that I asked for for Christmas because I liked the dragon on the cover. And though I still love playing and running D&D (and its cousins, Pathfinder 1e & 2e), I have gleefully embraced many other systems, especially Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) games such as Monster of the Week. I also loves me some Ten Candles, City of Mist, Alien RPG, and many others. Oh, and Catthulhu! Meow...aaaarrrrrhhhhhhll! To keep up with what I'm offering and other gaming commentary check out my blog at https://www.c-patrick.com
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Creating your character
Monster of the Week is a role-playing game based on the Powered By the Apocalypse game engine. It is rules-light with easy character creation based on 'playbooks' -- character archetypes. I'll have you pick out a playbook beforehand (one 'type' per player, so we won't have two Monstrous, or three Wronged) and then we'll work our way through character creation during the first part of the session. It is, in fact, one of the mostest funnest parts of the game, methinks.
In this episode, the Ghost Hunt TV crew is headed to the Portland Mausoleum in Portland, Oregon for a live show. A sprawling, multi-level place, the Portland Mausoleum features shadowy, maze-like corridors, a three-story indoor fountain, a storied history...and something dark that stalks its halls...and its visitors. Can the crew hunt down and stop the real monsters while playing up unrelated bumps and noises for the TV audience? Let's find out!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You'll need a computer/phone/tablet/something and a decent mic for connecting to our Discord voice channel. And you'll need to logon to Roll20 before the game (SEE Prep Materials) to choose a Playbook and create a hunter. And that's about all you'll need.
What GM Mr Patrick brings to the table
I will bring the descriptions. Loads and loads of descriptions (though you'll have a chance at doing some of that, too), plus ambient music, imagery, and ... monsters. Lots and lots of monsters.
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Safety
How GM Mr Patrick creates a safe table
This game will contain horror, gore, and mature themes not suitable for every gamer. That said, the GM likes to keep things PG-13 to Lovecraftian-horror R-Rated. During our character creation we will also talk about, and implement, gaming safety tools such as lines, veils, and the X Card.
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