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Running John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) on a medieval abbey

I'm running a The Thing scenario (I expect it to be fairly short, 2-3 sessions) set in a medieval abbey, using Ruination Pilgrimage . Lazy GM that I am, I figured out a way to do it with as little prep as possible. First: Find your monastery I searched the webs for a suitable floorplan for my abbey. I went with the one on this site , complete with legend and all. As per the movie, set it in an isolated location (made it a river tidal island during heavy rain season). Make up a bunch of monks Instead of fleshing out each individual NPC, I made a bunch of tables to generate them on the fly 1d20 NAMES 2 Merrick 3 Kasper 4 Girald 5 Bertran 6 Nadal 7 Bidallac 8 Johannes 9 Helias 10 Andreas 11 Jacobus 12 Guido 13 Matheus 14 Alonso 15 Bernal 16 Amis 17 Enguerran 18 Giles 19 Guiscard 20 Agnolo 1d20 OCCUPATION 1 Butcher 2 Scribe 3 Scribe 4 Abbot 5 Prior 6 Cellarer 7 Cook 8 Brewer 9 Herbalist 10 Novice 11 Novice 12 Novice 13 Novice 14 Librarian 15 Physician 16 Blacksmith 17 Anchorite 18 Cook...

Veteran of the Flame Wars

You saw the best minds of your generation getting ratio'd by overseas bot farms. Sick burns off the creepypasta chans. Shitposting like you wouldn't believe. Part of you never left that battlefield, endlessly coming up with belated epic comebacks. You have the scars to prove it. Possessions   An Online Handle That Lives In Infamy And Strikes Fear In The Heart Of Your Enemies Discharge Papers From St. Peterson's Hospital For The Terminally Online Back Braces (counts as Light Armor) 1d3 Psychic Scar: 1 You are incapable of expressing emotions. You carry a pack of emoji cards for that purpose. 2 You cannot quite focus your eyesight beyond a couple of meters. Ranged attacks are done with Disadvantage. 3 Your thumbs still search the air constantly for a phantom cellphone. Rolls that require fine motor skills are done with a -4 penalty. Advanced Skills 4 Rhetoric 3 Close Quarters Combat 2 Memecraft Special You can use your Rhetoric Skill as a psychic weapon against someone you g...