Haunted House idea (Low to Mid Level) (RM2/RMC/RMSS)

Started by EltonJ, November 02, 2024, 04:53:00 PM

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I have this idea for a Haunted House adventure.  Basically the house is a mansion. Something bad happened in the past that created ghosts.  The current owners of the house hear bumps in the night, strange music, and haunting.  They seek to hire some people to go in and investigate.  Preferably a group with experience in dealing with hauntings.  Basically, ghost hunters.

Although in the real world, parapsychologists use equipment, the party will ostensibly be equipped with magic to deal with the haunting.  The enemies will include:

* A few phantoms.  These are D&D 2e phantoms -- psychic imprints of that something bad.  Perhaps a murder that happened in the past in this house.
* A skeleton.  The "living" skeleton once belonged to the murderer who murdered so many people in this house.  Think of the skeleton scene from Nightmare on Elm Street part 3.
* A mara.  I'm thinking the mara is the Murderer.
* Two ghouls who dig up the dead.  See the graveyard below.

Features:
* Armor collections that move suddenly.
* A group of possessed statues that sing.
* A gypsy woman that tells fortunes with her crystal ball (probably a Seer from the Mentalism Companion).
* A graveyard in back of the Haunted Mansion that is spooky enough.