What Random Tools Help Create Atmosphere in Horror Games?

Generators for Vampires and Ghosts, Witches and Zombies! All you need for Horror and Halloween.

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Starting Points for Horror and Halloween

This is a guide to generators you can use for a Horror or Halloween themed evening, adventure, one-shot or campaign. Themes I'd associate with horror are night, spirits, the undead, fear, the unknown and our inner doubts

Horror adventures cover stories of urban fantasy with vampire, investigators of Call of Cthulu, adventurers caught in dark realms such as Ravenloft and classics such as full moons, the evil that comes at night and cheesy horror films.

Related generator guides include dark fantasy and ravenloft & DnD horror. Tools supporting a post-apocalyptic theme are found in the Post Apocalyptic Generators Guide

For random table pdfs and titles try the PDF Guide for Horror.

Aug 2024: Tidied up guide and culled dead tools. Need to find new batch to add.

Characters and Settings for Horror

Faceless Ghost, Spirit Faun, Monster Golem, Corrupted Harpie, Skeleton Cyborg

...from Halloween Costume Ideas at Fantasy Name Generators. Also on the site are true horrors, Evil Clown Names.

Maybe you just want a Horror Creep or Monster Person from springhole.net. Both also list many other horror-related generators from springhole.net

At 7th Sanctum, we have some general Evil Name, or try something more Cthulu or Lovecraftian sounding. Then there are some Harry Potter Characters. Also there is a B-Movies you can try or write a plot for.

The Horror Text Generator gives hooror-themed gibberish for general inspiration.

Creepy and Spooky PDFs

Lots of horror to choose from for your dark fantasy, cthulu or other horror games. From a larger guide to horror titles.

Grinning Skull has a Horror Mega-bundle with lots of d100 titles. It also has a smaller Strange and Weird Stuff Bundle with 8 d100 titles.
The Book of Random Tables: Eldritch from dicegeeks has 24 d100 tables for Lovecraftian-themed games such as Call of Cthulu. It is complemented by The Great Book of Random Tables: World Between Wars for settings in 1920s and 1930s
100 Cursed Places for all Horror RPGs from Grinning Skull Design Studios.
If you want to play a vampire, then journalling game Thousand Year Old Vampire from The Hutchingsonian Presents-PlaGMaDA is the game for you!
A bit different is Sidequest Decks: Lovecraftian/Paranormal from Inkwell Ideas, 55 cards with maps and adventure ideas.
For system-neutral group or solo goodness, Larcenous Designs has The GamesMaster's Apprentice: Horror Deck. A deck of 60 cards with prompts, dice rolls, npc traits, names and more for solo inspiration. There is also the GameMaster's Apprentice: Weird Horror.

Haunted Places and Undead

Belong to long gone race, sees current folk as invaders and murderers

...from Reasons to Haunt a Place at Chartopia. Also there are Creepy Places.

Springhole.net has a Haunted House where monsters might linger. There is also a full Ghost generator

Then we have some Graveyard Names or Ghost Town from Fantasy Name Generators where the undead might be found. Spirits haunt these places so give them Ghost Names and . Ghosts are often the victims or givers of curses, so here are Curse Names. And also zombies by Zombie Type

And you can generate a model of your perfect Mansion from watabou

Vampires and Other Monsters

This energetic vampire has narrow blue eyes that are like two sapphires. His fine, wavy, brown hair is worn in a style that reminds you of a lionfish's spines. He is tall and has a graceful build. His skin is pale. He can command his body parts, even if they are severed. He subsists on the blood of other vampires. His outfits are usually gray.

From full vampire description at 7th Sanctum

Vampires are found across genres, often found in cities. We have gens for Vampire Names and Clan Names at Fantasy Name Generators. For werewolves lurking in the wilds try Werewolf Name and Werewolf Packs. Or how about naming a Demon and having a Demon Description to go with it

At springhole.net, discover How Your Character Became a Vampire. Plus a detailed Character-Driven Vampire and there is a Goth Sounding Vampire Name Generator. Plus the star of Halloween, the Jack O'Lantern

At Chartopia there's a list of a 100 Demons Lords. Plusat dndspeak, 100 Eldritch Horrors to be behind all the conspiracies.

Witches and Mad Scientists

Start with a Witch Name from Fantasy Name Generators, or maybe a Necromancer Name. Then they might be part of a Coven or Cabal. For an alternative take try Mad Scientists in their Laboratory

You might interrupt their Dark Ritual from 7th Sanctum. Or weird Experiments.