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Modern Dispatch 69: Holiday Horror

thumbnail of the cover for Modern Dispatch 69: Holiday HorrorThe joyful season is upon us. Despite being a time of joy and giving, many people feel lost, lonely, angry, and suicidal. Holiday Horror provides you with three quick holiday adventure starters. In this issue we endeavor to provide scenarios for small encounters that you may place in your games as you see fit, and hopefully give you some tools and options to help you introduce some seasonal oddities into your game. We give you some details and background to kick off the action and the rest is up to you.

Holiday Horror includes 3 adventure starters plus bonus material:

  • Home Invasion, in which the heroes’ holiday party is abruptly interrupted.
  • Bad Santa, in which the ghost of a criminal doesn’t let death stop his reign of holiday terror.
  • Payback, in which an old enemy decides to strike back while the heroes let their guards down during the holidays.
  • Pinebox News, news from 12 to Midnight’s fictional town of horror–including five more adventure seeds.
  • Three new creatures for your holiday horror fun!

Don’t wait! Even if the holidays pass you by, these adventure starters are evergreen and easily adaptable to any time of year!

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