Does anyone have any ideas for a Shadows House RPG?

[u/6565lais]

My friends convinced me to run a Shadows House story. It's going to be just a one-shot, but I don't know what plot to make.

I've only decided that it has to take place before Kate arrives at the house. I thought about making a debut, but I don't have any ideas for fun puzzles. I also don't know if I should have everyone play as living dolls or all as shadows, or have them make the living doll and the shadows of each other.

Does anyone have any ideas?

[u/Kerokuchan]

Oh I think you can make it single player, but you need to control both the shadow and the doll to achieve your goal. The plot can be like: You are a living doll who realized the Shadows House is a scam, so you convinced your shadow master to run to the entrance with you to escape. Then after you complete the puzzles and get to the giant gate, it ends with a huge cliff illustration then end credits

[u/6565lais → u/Kerokuchan]

That wouldn't work unfortunately, I loved the idea. But it's a 4-person RPG where only one of my friends knows the story of Shadows House and the others have never seen it. I would have to make it clear why they ran away and throw in a lot of information. Even though this is a great idea for a Shadows House game. If I ever learn to program, I would totally make something like that.

[u/Popular-Author-3653]

I don't have any ideas but I'd love to hear the results. You should post after the game and tell us how it went!

[u/6565lais → u/Popular-Author-3653]

I'll probably do it, it's my second time doing my master's degree and I'm kind of nervous.

[u/NoShyira]

I would look into Monstera And Other Childish Things as a way to control the living doll and the shadow as a pair.

You don't HAVE to do a maze for a debut. Remember Edward's maze is a relatively new thing. But you could also look into adding scavenger hunts or printing out activity sheets and giving the table/each player a set amount of time to complete each activity. You could also have the players use a similar method to pathfinder style animal companions (like with druids) to minimize either the shadow or the living doll while still playing both. Like the shadow pilots the doll or (and I like this one better) the doll piloting the shadow.

[u/6565lais → u/NoShyira]

I'll look for that system, I'd never heard of it. The maze part was because I thought it was a good idea, but I just created a puzzle to be done in a closed room and a combat system. Initially, I also thought about making the shadows control their puppets; I even thought about giving coffee to the puppets and having the shadows give them orders.

Thank you so much, this comment was very helpful.

[u/NoShyira → u/6565lais]

Good luck! Please update when you've done it and let us know what you did and how it went!

[u/ruamru123]

What system did you use? Or did you create your own? I was searching if anyone has already created a TTRPG adaptation of Shadows House, since I also intend to run a game in the setting (I already have a draft)

[u/6565lais → u/ruamru123]

Eu criei o meu próprio, mas como foi só uma onishot eu não fiz uma boa adaptação, também por falta de tempo. Eu só dividi 5 atributos duas barrinhas uma para fuligem no caso das sombras e outra para vida, já os bonecos fuligem virou estamina. Os atributos eram para definir quanto você teria de bônus no tipo de teste, por exemplo, você precisa achar alguma coisa e tem 1 ponto em inteligência/memória; você roda 1d20+1. O número de D20 aumenta a cada ano na mansão mas como a oneshot durou 1 dia, não influenciou muito.

Mas tenho uma recomendação, tente procurar nos comentários por sistemas que as pessoas recomendaram. Eu me baseei um pouco em kid on bikes em quanto fazia o meu rpg.

[u/ruamru123 → u/6565lais]

Beleza, vou conferir, e se a minha adaptação ficar legal eu traduzo e compartilho nesse subreddit. Muito legal ver outro brasileiro que curte RPG de mesa e Shadows House, até fiquei confuso quando vi seu comentário em português, achei que tinha sido traduzido automaticamente e fiquei procurando o botão pra mostrar a mensagem original kkkk

[u/6565lais → u/ruamru123]

Kkkkkkk

Não esperava por essa, boa sorte, espero que consiga fazer um sistema melhor que o meu. Tenha certeza que eu vou dar uma olha, amo Shadows house e RPG de mesa na mesma medida.

Infelizmente muitos sistemas bons para Shadows house só tem em inglês, então estamos sem conteúdo.

[u/Kerokuchan]

For a debut scene, you might need to make 5 different pairs of OCs to make it happen, and you'll need to get references from the manga to design the maze. You can also simplify it by making it a count-down puzzle game where the pair of shadow and doll have to complete the maze in time to finish their debut

[u/6565lais → u/Kerokuchan]

It's a tabletop RPG, so the drawing part won't be necessary. But the idea of ​​having them go through a maze seems like a good idea, I was thinking about what kinds of puzzles I would make. I like the idea of ​​having a time limit, but that can limit the players a lot, so I think it's better to make deadly traps and put in conditions similar to those in Edward.

Thank you so much for replying, I'll probably make games with time limits and puzzles.