What Horrors Lie In Wait is a love letter to the Horror genre, inspired by and incorporating many of the different sub-genres, themes, elements, and tropes of the countless forms of media that it comes in. With this system, you will find all of the resources you may need to tell a tale within the setting provided, recreate your favorite Horror movies, video games, comic books, or weave a truly terrifying tale of terror or your own!
This version of What Horrors Lie In Wait is Rules-Lite in nature, making it easy to pick up, learn, and play for those that are new to tabletop roleplaying games and veterans alike. Although the provided setting, lore, and organizations are rooted in a modern time period, the tools and mechanics are not necessarily bound to the setting of this system. The Fate Weaver can choose to tell a tale that takes place in the future, the past, or even on a completely different planet or plane of existence! Anything that your twisted little mind can come up with, this system has the tools to help make your nightmare a reality!
There are several mechanics to choose from, using as few or as many as desired for the tale that’s about to unfold. Players may find themselves in a classic Slasher scenario, where they constantly question who the killer among them really is, which could be an NPC or one of the players themselves! For those that are strong of stomach and not weak of heart, a tale could see the players coping with drastic and horrific changes in themselves or those around them, experiencing Body Horror firsthand. Maybe the players will come face-to-face with a creature beyond comprehension, Cosmic Horror so unimaginable that it makes them question the fabric of reality and their place among the cosmos, mentally crushed by the realization of how insignificant and powerless they are by comparison.
If all of that sounds a little too heavy, What Horrors Lie In Wait can also be played more like a pulp Horror adventure, where elements of tension and terror might still come into play, but it all takes a backseat to the player’s journey and their exploits. Something more along the lines of the Supernatural TV show, B.P.R.D. series of comics, or even the Army of Darkness film.
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