I've not been a big horror fan but I loved the stories that ran in the SFman that had the Cthulu vibe going (One was called "Bug Hunt" IIRC)<br /><br />The movie Alien was a masterwork of horror in its time and really had left me tense. It was not the slash and gore flick of the Freddy Krugar ilk but more of a throw back to classic horror. Sure the chest burster scene had gore but it was interesting.<br /><br />Horror is certainly not alien to sci fi. Even Disney's The Black Hole had a strong gothic horror vibe going which was certainly intentional.<br /><br />Is it possible to work in more horror elements into Star Frontiers?<br /><br />It would certainly be possible to go more the route of Aliens than Alien in this endeavor and I would certainly have fun playing an Aliens style adventrue but primarily I'm interested in the more atmospheric Alien or classic horror. Perhaps more of a Ravenloft adventure than a dungeon crawl. <br /><br />Star Frontier certainly has some elements that could be mined for horror:<br /><br />Cybots as an analog to frankenstien. Cybots running amok like old Franky- looking to take a wife? desirous of the pleasures of the flesh that are now impossible to it? (I thought that the scene in Pirates of the Carrib with Barbossa wanting to taste an apple again was fantastic- not a lobster or steak dinner just a green apple)<br /><br />sathar in the brain- the hypnotism angle and loss of control of your own PC, perhaps some madness going on<br /><br />Cloning was introduced in a Dragon article "Fist Full of Credits" I think- clones going mad and trying to eliminate their original?<br /><br /><br />Other classics of horror:<br /><br />Werewolf- could be an alien infestation of some sort that triggers changes <br /><br />Vampire- (my gut says to work a sathar angle on this one but not everything need be a sathar plot)<br /><br />Mummy- tetrarch nanites animating a corpse- by consuming biological material the nanites are rebuilding the 10,000 year dead tetrarch, the nanites are not very discriminating as to what sorts of biological material they use. At some point the tetrarch takes shape and the nanites direct it to a chamber or device that will allow the consciousness of the being be downloaded to the reconstructed body. Naturally the tetrarch views itself as being akin to a god and the PCs as being mere mortal worms and thus there is a problem. perhaps this tetrarch desires to transcend because he is the one T that did not but the transcendance process involves the release of energy on the level of nuclear or fussion explosions and if this happens on Laco it will wipe out whole human settlements and plunge the world into a nuclear winter.<br /><br />Monster from the Black Lagoon- really just the xenomorph in Alien if you think about it.<br /><br />Clan Shadow's or Hir-Cal of the yazirians- ghosts <br /><br />Cthulu style creature that should not be disturbed at some isolated location<br /><br />have I missed anything?<br /><br />
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