The Weekly Scroll Tabletop Podcast · Episode 18 · October 9, 2024 · 2 hr 10 min
Liminal Horror Writing Seminar 2: Writing Short Form Horror
On this episode, we’re joined by Josh Domanski of the Liminal Horror writing team to discuss tips and tricks for writing short form horror content for both your home games and publication. Find Liminal Horror here: https://liminalhorrorrpg.com/ Find Case Files here: https://unenthuser.itch.io/case-files-vol-1 Find the Horrors of the Americas Jam here: https://itch.io/jam/horror-of-the-americas-jam Join the Liminal Horror discord here: https://discord.gg/ptHUNSVDrJ 0:00 Start 0:17 What is LH writing seminar 2 about? 2:10 Hungry Hollow, Twisted Classics, and Horror of the Americas 6:11 What is short form horror? 8:14 Examples of short from horror content 26:24 Tables 36:00 Plot Hooks 41:50 Creatures 50:36 Creating Horrors 59:06 Example lesser horror stat blocks 1:00:42 Example greater horror stat blocks 1:03:08 Resonant Artifacts 1:11:41 NPCs 1:20:12 Example NPCs 1:21:08 Example Key NPC 1:25:04 Factions 1:31:34 Example Faction - The Bureau 1:36:46 Scenarios 1:43:12 Example Scenario - Second Dawn 1:47:44 Key to the Second Dawn Scenario 1:50:39 Second Dawn Scenario setting and locations 1:52:56 Q&A 2:05:07 Wrap up 2:07:39 Shilling All our links here: https://linktr.ee/theweeklyscroll Live Streams on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.weekly.scroll Twitter: https://x.com/Weekly_Scroll YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theweeklyscroll