Due schechulling (or lack of it...) im ahead of my current campaing and last year a was asked several times if i plan some chrismas game (ofc i was asked like 23th december...)
So this year i decided to use some "free-time" and start with my "chrismas special".
I have plot (save Santa ofcourse) and some ideas. No need to mentionen that i already bought minies :P (Forge Guardien for Santa little helper and Pit fiend as Santa himself) but i would use some tips how to mash tham together.
The start and hook is simple - player have in their possesion magical amulet which grants some benefits but it also belongs to some forogtten order. That order was more like agency and its main agenda was saving world.
Thats long gone and players are teleported against their will into pocket dimension which is no more than shabby old prep-room with some basics, magical tablet with instructions and lever to start the mission. I may throw in some minir challanges.
Instruction will say something like Santa is missing and your mission is to find im, you will be transported to our safe house and our field agent will provide you with details. Extraction will be provided upon completing the mission.
Yeah, they will be transported in some destroyed in house, blood everywhere and what else? ou yeah, they are in hell. One of fire level (already forgott the name).
Now they are in some sort of devils settlement (something like/it is city of Dis - Matt Mercers version) and they will have to find theirs way to Santa.
There will be mechanics of "corruptions" which will eventuely turned them in devilish creatures (finally i can use my collections...) and you guess it right, Santa is already corrupted.
Moreover Santa wasnt kiddnaped, he just wen to help to make his little Helper (Forge guardian mini). Last battle should be around active volacon, with pools of lava and so....
So far im not sure about mechanisc of corruption - i mean there will be standard environment one (probably two saves just because you are outside) and some morale ones, when failed they get one point and they get some abillities according to devil which they eventually turn (i let tham to roll for it whit firs fail and they will not know whats happening), the thing is... What i will do with that succesfull ones? :D
I will also need some encounters, some clue seraching and journey. And ofcourse some tempting with contract with devil
It is Xmas Themed! You need to have a "Naughty or Nice" mechanic, where every choice / save gains them either "Naughty" points or "Nice" points and the more points the have either direction the more abilities they get - Naughty gets you Fiendish characteristics, Nice gets you Fey or Celestial characteristics. You can add in a special item - e.g. a sugar plum or maybe chocolate chip cookies or candy cane hot chocolate - that "cures" Naughtiness that they need to force-feed to Santa to save him.
For encounters you can borrow from BGDiA and say that various other christmas-associated beings have already visited Hell looking for Santa, some of them got further than others but they have each to caught, enslaved, or corrupted, and the party has to save them in order to get the information they have about Santa's trail.
Examples:
1. Frosty the Snowman might be being tortured by being trapped in a cage over some fire and threatened with melting unless he sings for the devil overlord. 2. Rudolph and the reindeer might be enslaved pushing a bellows at an infernal forge. 3. Some elves might have been corrupted into imps but still wearing their santa hats and working at a tavern.
now you listen to me and you listen to me good. Krampus
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About Me: Godless monster in human form bent on extending their natural life to unnatural extremes /general of the goose horde /Moderator of Vinstreb School for the Gifted /holder of the evil storyteller badge of no honor /king of madness /The FBI/ The Archmage of I CAST...!
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Fun Fact: i gain more power the more you post on my forum threads. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
KRAMPUS or make corrupted santa an Anti-Claus character. (then he has an insane and sickly twisted idea) Or make a combo of both.
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In the words of the great philosopher, Unicorse, "Aaaannnnd why should I care??"
Best quote from a book ever: "If you love with your eyes, death is forever. If you love with your heart, there is no such thing as parting."- Jonah Cook, Ascendant, Songs of Chaos by Michael R. Miller. Highly recommend
Due schechulling (or lack of it...) im ahead of my current campaing and last year a was asked several times if i plan some chrismas game (ofc i was asked like 23th december...)
So this year i decided to use some "free-time" and start with my "chrismas special".
I have plot (save Santa ofcourse) and some ideas. No need to mentionen that i already bought minies :P (Forge Guardien for Santa little helper and Pit fiend as Santa himself) but i would use some tips how to mash tham together.
The start and hook is simple - player have in their possesion magical amulet which grants some benefits but it also belongs to some forogtten order. That order was more like agency and its main agenda was saving world.
Thats long gone and players are teleported against their will into pocket dimension which is no more than shabby old prep-room with some basics, magical tablet with instructions and lever to start the mission. I may throw in some minir challanges.
Instruction will say something like Santa is missing and your mission is to find im, you will be transported to our safe house and our field agent will provide you with details. Extraction will be provided upon completing the mission.
Yeah, they will be transported in some destroyed in house, blood everywhere and what else? ou yeah, they are in hell. One of fire level (already forgott the name).
Now they are in some sort of devils settlement (something like/it is city of Dis - Matt Mercers version) and they will have to find theirs way to Santa.
There will be mechanics of "corruptions" which will eventuely turned them in devilish creatures (finally i can use my collections...) and you guess it right, Santa is already corrupted.
Moreover Santa wasnt kiddnaped, he just wen to help to make his little Helper (Forge guardian mini). Last battle should be around active volacon, with pools of lava and so....
So far im not sure about mechanisc of corruption - i mean there will be standard environment one (probably two saves just because you are outside) and some morale ones, when failed they get one point and they get some abillities according to devil which they eventually turn (i let tham to roll for it whit firs fail and they will not know whats happening), the thing is... What i will do with that succesfull ones? :D
I will also need some encounters, some clue seraching and journey. And ofcourse some tempting with contract with devil
Any ideas?
It is Xmas Themed! You need to have a "Naughty or Nice" mechanic, where every choice / save gains them either "Naughty" points or "Nice" points and the more points the have either direction the more abilities they get - Naughty gets you Fiendish characteristics, Nice gets you Fey or Celestial characteristics. You can add in a special item - e.g. a sugar plum or maybe chocolate chip cookies or candy cane hot chocolate - that "cures" Naughtiness that they need to force-feed to Santa to save him.
For encounters you can borrow from BGDiA and say that various other christmas-associated beings have already visited Hell looking for Santa, some of them got further than others but they have each to caught, enslaved, or corrupted, and the party has to save them in order to get the information they have about Santa's trail.
Examples:
1. Frosty the Snowman might be being tortured by being trapped in a cage over some fire and threatened with melting unless he sings for the devil overlord.
2. Rudolph and the reindeer might be enslaved pushing a bellows at an infernal forge.
3. Some elves might have been corrupted into imps but still wearing their santa hats and working at a tavern.
Krampus
now you listen to me and you listen to me good. Krampus
Pronouns: Any/All
About Me: Godless monster in human form bent on extending their natural life to unnatural extremes /general of the goose horde /Moderator of Vinstreb School for the Gifted /holder of the evil storyteller badge of no honor /king of madness /The FBI/ The Archmage of I CAST...!
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Fun Fact: i gain more power the more you post on my forum threads. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
KRAMPUS or make corrupted santa an Anti-Claus character. (then he has an insane and sickly twisted idea) Or make a combo of both.
In the words of the great philosopher, Unicorse, "Aaaannnnd why should I care??"
Best quote from a book ever: "If you love with your eyes, death is forever. If you love with your heart, there is no such thing as parting."- Jonah Cook, Ascendant, Songs of Chaos by Michael R. Miller. Highly recommend
Well, he essentially is Keampus in my version - i mean im using pit fiens mini for him...
[IMG-20240925-134520.jpg](https://postimg.cc/nMWtdJsS)
The thing is, we are in Czechia and over here Krampus isnt big thing...