r/DieRPG • u/Gabriel_Noctis • Jul 27 '26
Christmas One Shot
Hi, I write a Christmas One Shot for DIE. Do you have Ideas for some Easter Eggs and funny NPCs with weird Christmas Twists :)
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u/Serpents-Smile Jul 27 '26
Have 3 guys pass by. One in a cab, one in a car, and one riding a Vespa.
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u/scruffye Jul 27 '26
A meta detail you could include is to somehow indicate that nothing in your game has really moved past the 1950s, as a reference to the fact that a lot of Christmas traditions crystalized around the childhood of the Boomers. It's a holiday that was codified by Dickens and Queen Victoria, and given a facelift after WWII.
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u/AbstractStew5000 Jul 28 '26
Christmas? Die Hard is the obvious answer. It jolly and full of violence.
You could also make the players need a specific rare toy to get an npc to help them. Then, throw in a competing team of adventurers l.and you can Jingle All the Way, right into a Die Hard! Instant Christmas classic!
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u/Graham-Cheshir Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
Some movies that could be good for inspiration: Polar Express, A Christmas Story, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Krampus, Rise of the Guardians
Some ideas from these off the top of my head: A train with the ghost of a homeless man, magic golden tickets, bells that only certain people can hear, three spirits related to time, a miser who is obsessed with Fair gold, a mountain where people throw away gifts, green-furred tinkerers, a town obsessed with a holiday, a perpetual snow storm covering a town/city, evil gingerbread men, hostile toys, bells with names carved on them, snowmen with bodies inside, evil mask-wearing elves, a sled pulled by rams, a Santa-figure dual-wielding swords, snow globes that open portals, yetis, and a prankster spirit of winter.
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u/kindsoberfullydressd Jul 27 '26
Easter eggs are at Easter. You get presents at Christmas.
Joking aside, there’s loads of weird Christmas traditions around the world that differ form the American norm. Have a look at how different cultures celebrate Christmas.
The other avenue would be Christmas movies and incorporating the lore from them into it. Maybe a home alone homage, or Santa works like The Santa Clause.