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String comment = 'What are some ideas for ghost encounters in a haunted mausoleum?
Not necessarily looking for just combat encounters, but also puzzle rooms where you need to find out how the ghost functions, or generally cool ideas for ghosts in an RPG. Setting is traditional fantasy, but really anything goes.
>in a room full of mirrors, the ghost (who was in life obsessed with beauty) can attack from different mirror images or create doppelgängers from them.
>the ghost, mad with grief, is lingering in the world because he wants to see his beloved friend one last time. He confuses a party member for said friend (“Is it really you? After all those years!"), and will cooperate, like opening a magic door, as long as the party member is capable of keeping up the act. Once the ghost finds out the truth, he attacks in rage.
>the ghost was the student of a great wizard, and is capable of reproducing every spell the party throws at him after only just seeing it once
>the ghosts power is linked to the illumination in the room. The brighter the room, the stronger the ghost. The trick is to fight him at candle light.';
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'>>92603589
>You hear a spectral screme as the ghost of a woman falls through the ceiling, arms outstretched as though begging you to catch her, before she passes through the floor and out of sight. A few seconds later you hear the screm again, from right above you.
The ghost will keep falling through the ceiling toward the party now that she's seen them, damaging them as she passes through their bodies. She doesn't want to hurt anyone, she just wants someone to arrest her fall.';
'>>92607828
Spooky idea, how do you catch the ghost though? Or is it just an obstacle meant to be avoided?';
'>>92608436
>how do you catch the ghost though?
With a trap, you absolute baboon';
'>>92603589
Just play Fatal Frame. I recommend 2, 3 and 4';
'>A ghost sleeping in a healing potion that possesses whoever drinks it.
>A bodiless poltergeist who attacks the party with random shit laying around in the room. He can only be damaged by destroying the things he chucks at the party before he chucks them (as he puts his essence into them while interacting with them).
>A ghost blocking a door from the other side. He sometimes attacks through the door with intangible weapons, which allows for a small window of counter attacking.';
'I take it, /tg/ is not interested in cool ghost ideas.';
'>>92603589
>Ghost is trying to warn the party of the traps/dangers ahead, but can only communicate with gestures and looks scary as shit';
'>>92616700
There's no need to bump this shit 7 hours later, just let it die.';
'>>92617940
Hey now, if he wanted to post in the thread he wanted to post in the thread. Atleast he contributed something. I have a personal rule of bumping a thread 3 times before giving it up, so unless sonething miraculous happens this is my last post.';
'Only ghost encounter I can think of is this thread';
'One hall has a statue of a mighty warrior/king and his ghost is insane with rage. somewhere just outside the hallway there is a trapdoor with spikes on the bottom and a rotten corpse.
The corpse is a thief who stole part of the statue (the king's sword or crown or something) and fell down the trapdoor because the newly awakened ghost chased him. The ghost is unable to rest until his item is returned and decades of unrest have driven him mad.
the party has to figure this out, get the item from the trap (which has closed again) and return it to the statue while distracting the ghost. afterwards the ghost can be calm and regal or just go back to rest.
one room has a king and queen in a sarcophagus next to each other and statues opposing each other on the sides and a game table in the middle. chess, checkers, a fantasy game, whatever.
in life, they played all the time, so their heirs put up a table to honor their obsession.
up to you if you want the players to play a game or figure out that the game is broken (chess with illegal positions they have to fix or missing pieces they have to return).';
'>>92603589
>feminine hand with expensive bracelets hanging onto the ledge of a pit, with screams for help coming from below
>if a player is to try to save the "damsel" by grabbing her hand she will completely deglove the player's hand
>comedy/horror ensues';
'>>92619336
Delightfully devilish.
>>92603589
One that I used involved the spirits of a much older culture in a disused part of the tomb. They would have been hostile (being none too happy about their tomb being reused, or trespassed in by strangers), buy a scholarly player recognized their mein and addressed them in their language. Pretty basic and ho hum.';
'>>92619336
Deglove? Rip the flesh off or what?';
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