r/RunnerHub • u/B-Fenn • 27m ago
Help Wanted [Job] Spook-A-Thon: "Nightmare under the Barrens" {2026-10-25 18:00 (UTC)}
{2026-10-25 18:00 (UTC)}
Player Count: Probably 4
Communication: Discord for Voice; Roll20 for Tabletop
Duration: 6-8 Hours Probably
Game Type: Black Trenchcoat / Mirror Shades
Game Theme: Spook-A-Thon! (Adapting various horror movies to shadowrun themes) This one is in the Barrens. Exploration / Combat focuses. Still in planning stages. Maybe some investigation and socials too.
Threat Level: Your nightmares are becoming reality? Something is haunting you. Will you confront your fears? (Medium-High, gonna look at the apps on this one and adjust.)
OOC:
Please provide the following in an OOC response:
- Hyperlink to Character PDF in a Google Drive, Character's Role, and Familiarity out of 10
- Your last run date and if you have less than 5 runs on the HUB
- Your Discord handle and if you have any hardcaps
SPECIAL READ:
Only characters that answer the following IC will be considered.
The premise of the run is that each member of the team is getting nightmares. Nightmares that feel so real. Nightmares that are haunting you. That are instructing you to come with... her. Your last job, you were paid to rescue this girl who had been kidnapped by Tamanous. She is now safely with her family. But you are waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. You are being given glimpses of the future. You, in the sewers. Chased. Haunted. Killed. Is this the future? Is this just an attempt to hurt you? You feel cursed. The nightmare keeps coming back whenever you sleep. You will go crazy if this continues.
What do you see in this nightmare?
(What you answer will be fitted into the run itself, maybe directly, maybe indirectly, etc. What is so terrifying in this dream? Some suggestions that will fit well in the run. Horrifying things done by Tamanous. Look up the lore. It is horrifying. Infected of various types. Sewers. Toxic spirits. Rats SO MANY RATS. etc.)
ALSO,
If your character wouldn't have risked their life to rescue someone from a terrible fate for very little nuyen, it will be hard to justify why your character is involved. The premise does require you had done some initial hooding.
Content Warning:
We will be in the content warning channel.
Think the following type of vibe: significant use of body horror and gore, unsettling images, isolation, madness, disturbing organlegging, etc. Standard shadowrun content warnings such as violence, crime, drugs, etc. are always applicable.
PLEASE READ:
This run is going to be in media res and not a traditional run. You will have an opportunity to make nuyen. Your character has completed a run but are now experiencing nightmares in the coming days. The magical threat is escalating. You need to put a stop to it.
Leaning into the survival-horror scenario, special rules will be used (credit to Guin) that can result in both the temporary and even permanent addition of negative qualities.
These rules boil down to the following:
- When something sufficiently terrifying happens, you will make a Composure check against a certain amount of stun damage. The result of this Composure check reduces the stun damage by the hits you scored on the test.
- When your stun track is filled, you have a choice. Fall unconscious as usual or clear your stun track and gain a temporary negative quality thematically appropriate to the run and the character. This negative quality only lasts until the end of the run.
- If you have a temporary negative quality and your stun track is filled again, the temporary negative quality you gained becomes permanent. You once again can decide to fall unconscious as usual or clear your stun track to gain a temporary negative quality.
Applying to this run is your consent to these special rules.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, reach out to me on discord: B-Fenn#1961.