by sniderman » Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:21 pm
A few additional notes on the scenario:
* There are no decorations representing the birth of Christ anywhere in the home. No mangers, no wise men, no Star of Bethlehem, no nativity scenes, etc. This is deliberate as Charlotte's taste ran more toward the secular.
* The bodies of the Drakes. If you wish to have the PCs interact more with the corpses (a horrific discovery!), there are a few ways to do this:
1. While they're investigating the second floor, have the Santa display on the roof break loose and crash to the front lawn. If anyone goes to a window, they'll easily see the bodies for what they truly are.
2. Charlotte may have set the Drakes' bodies up on either side of her Santa collection in the living room. If you decide on this approach, have the "life-size Santa and Mrs. Claus mannequins" seated in chairs on either side of the display. If anyone investigates, removal of their plastic masks reveals their faces locked in a rictus of terror (roll fear checks on column 5). Medical skill rolls are needed to determine that they both appear to have been bludgeoned to death (the snowman using the shovel as seen in a later encounter).
3. The bodies could also be in the attic, propped up on either side of the small Christmas tree display with Charlotte's cremains. In this situation, Charlotte decided to have the Drakes permanently "watch over her" as they neglected to do so when they were alive. This could be used to great effect as the scenario reaches its apex of terror.
