Terror in the Woods
It's 1925, and some criminals kidnapped the daughter of a local bigwig. A search party is formed to find the girl deep amidst the ancient trees.
$15.00
/ Session
Details
Once / Tuesday - 5:00 PM UTC
Jun 16
Session Duration / 4–6 hours
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
An Introductory Call of Cthulhu one-shot straight from the core rulebook. Amidst the Ancient Trees is a spooky story where I will help you create your characters, and then send them into a one-shot adventure where they may save the day, lose their lives, or return forever changed from what they saw deep within the woods.
Game style
Theater of the Mind
Roleplay Heavy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(5)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Inclusive
About me
My name is Sam, I have a musical theater degree and a board game collection worth thousands of dollars. I have a passion for sharing things I love with people who have yet to experience them, teaching rules and sharing experiences. I've been running games since early high school after I played one disastrous game of D&D and all my online friends went "But you *played* D&D, so teach us!" and that's been about my position ever since! Since then I've run games in many systems, always excited to find what some systems will do better than others. D&D is alright, but I love teaching people what other systems have to offer. The narrative dice of the Genesys system, the sanity and realism of Call of Cthulhu, the zany character creation of Icons. Star Wars by Fantasy Flight and D&D are probably my strongest systems, but I'll learn and run any system at least once if anyone shows any interest.
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Creating your character
I would love to get together with everyone prior to the game, either as a group or individually, and go through character creation. I'll guide through creating your characters and what motivations will be helpful.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
We'll play over Discord, so just have a discord account and I'll take it from there.
What Sam brings to the table
I'll be doing voices for the characters and playing ambient music. If any combat occurs, it'll be theater of the mind. The game will be rules as written for the most part both to teach, and to keep the game dark and grounded. But of course, we're still playing, so come ready to have fun and enjoy yourself as well.
Homebrew rules
I don't have any established homebrew rules for Call of Cthulhu.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Webcam
Platforms used
Safety
How Sam creates a safe table
I will ask everyone prior, whether in a session 0 if able to be arranged, or individually, for lines and veils in particular. While not marked down, if anyone wants to make X, N, and O cards and hold them up to the camera and/or type them in chat, I will certainly respect them. Otherwise, anyone is always welcome to stop the game and/or walk away, call for a break, whatever is necessary for comfort while I try my best to creep you out and horrify you for our collective enjoyment.
Content warnings
Safety tools used