Crafting Horror Monsters for TTRPGs

Making scary monsters is easy, right? You just pick from the list of things humans are afraid of. Well… maybe not. The ways that humans acquire fears and what makes them horrific is an interplay of different psychological mechanisms, but by understanding them we might have an easier time crafting things that appeal to our sense of horror, and that’s what we’re going to do today, so join me on exploration of how to craft things that will help incite the kinds of fear and curiosity that only horror knows how. Hi! I'm Matt and this is The Tomb of Lime Gaming, a channel about TTRPGs, role-play and game design philosophy. Join me as I write my first RPG! Twitch: twitch.tv/thetomboflime 00:00 INTRODUCTION 01:24 MISMATCH 05:06 SANDWICH 11:45 WOOKIE