fireinthedust
2007-10-03, 02:39 PM
John Carpenter's The Thing, to be precise.
My brother-in-law is a cthulhu fan, and we're due another rp session. He doesn't know much about rpgs, neither do any of the players. I want to run d20 call of cthulhu, or d20 modern. I've got the stats regardless for the alien. I don't think they've seen the film, but it's possible. I also don't usually run RL games, as it's hard to find players.
anyhoo: how should I go about running the session? What should I do to get either the feel of the movie OR a movie-like setting?
things I want:
1) they're stranded in an arctic locale for X days (until rescue, the radio is down, etc.)
2) There's something up there, unsure what it is
3) They're a group of scientists (although I've thought about Marines. Heck, I could run an Eberron game at low level) with the point being thinking through the situation: it's cold, limited resources with straightforward uses (no level-based attacks if it can be avoided: a gun is a gun, a flamethrower is a flamethrower, etc.)
how should I run the creature?
NPCs who may or may not be turned?
getting that air of suspicion?
should I have extra characters, in case the PCs go at each others' throats?
My brother-in-law is a cthulhu fan, and we're due another rp session. He doesn't know much about rpgs, neither do any of the players. I want to run d20 call of cthulhu, or d20 modern. I've got the stats regardless for the alien. I don't think they've seen the film, but it's possible. I also don't usually run RL games, as it's hard to find players.
anyhoo: how should I go about running the session? What should I do to get either the feel of the movie OR a movie-like setting?
things I want:
1) they're stranded in an arctic locale for X days (until rescue, the radio is down, etc.)
2) There's something up there, unsure what it is
3) They're a group of scientists (although I've thought about Marines. Heck, I could run an Eberron game at low level) with the point being thinking through the situation: it's cold, limited resources with straightforward uses (no level-based attacks if it can be avoided: a gun is a gun, a flamethrower is a flamethrower, etc.)
how should I run the creature?
NPCs who may or may not be turned?
getting that air of suspicion?
should I have extra characters, in case the PCs go at each others' throats?