Mauro Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Spoilers for Last Will and Testament of Professor McTavish below. . . . . . . . I signed up to run "Last Will and Testament..." at GenCon online, but frankly found the scenario really lackluster. It's just a "just enter this crypt and fight a zombie", and it's the kind of thing that drove me away from D&D. I know it's supposed to be an introductory, under 2 hour scenario, but just having the investigators enter a room and be attacked by a mindless zombie is not my idea of what a first-time experience of CoC should be. My first and simplest idea was just to make McTavish more of a lych than a mindless zombie, give him some dialogue while he's still sitting on his wheelchair with the mask on, and maybe give him a Wither Limb spell to horrify the players with. But maybe someone has made some more interesting changes to the scenario while still keeping it short, and wouldn't mind sharing it? Thanks! Link to comment
Jeremiah Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 I ran this one in person during GENCON and I added in an exploration of his dilapidated manor home near the grave yard. This gave the investigators some time to try out other skills and build up to them discovering more concerning his attempted transformation. I made the zombie thing an accident, he was going for an undead revenant creature but failed in his ceremony with the Mask. This addition made the scenario come in around 1.5 hours. Link to comment
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