Let’s Play D&D in ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’
Take your D&D party to a post-mission dinner at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. In fact, make a sleep-over of it. I’m sure nothing weird will happen.
Five Nights at Freddy’s has been one of the most popular horror video games since 2014. After nearly a decade of terrorizing patrons of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, they’ve finally made the jump to the big screen. And with a fanbase this big, it’s no surprise that the movie has been doing pretty darn good at the box office.
But with a mostly-enclosed dungeon full of terrors, puzzles, and a fight-for-your-life sort of game style, Five Nights at Freddy’s is also a great setting for your next D&D one-shot. So if you have a love-hate relationship with Freddy and the band, enjoy a weird setting for your RPGs, or just want an excuse to terrorize your players even though Halloween is over, try playing D&D with a few…
Evil Animatronics
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Sheet made using the homebrewery.
Five Nights at Freddy’s has a few different kinds of haunted animatronics and sentient toys, including a full band of main monsters, which are all a little different. But for your purposes in a quick D&D game, having an army of the same general animatronic monstrosities with maybe one extra buffed big bad is probably the way to go. So for this sheet, I took a little inspiration from all over the games in a general sense. This isn’t Freddy per se, but it can be. Or it can be any of his buds. Or it can be a completely other legally distinct musical pizza monster of your creation.
There are a few key aspects to these characters—and the horror genre in general—that I wanted to be sure to incorporate. There’s a feeling that they are always following you and always in pursuit so you’re never really safe or able to rest. It’s a common trope in lots of horror games, and it’s very effective at making the stakes and tension feel extra high. So our Evil Animatronic always knows where you are, and is always heading in that direction.
This is especially unnerving because once you do see them, you may not recognize the threat for what it is because they can look like harmless not-possessed, not-evil animatronics. But with extra stealth and a knack for sticking to the shadows, you may not have the chance to see them coming at all.
For actual attacks, we’re keeping it a little simple and a little generic. This isn’t to say they can’t do real damage or slip back into the shadows for a quick escape if you’re a bit too good at defending yourself. But these guys go for more of a hit, grab, and bite approach as opposed to a magic one.
That said, they do have the ability to effectively use the Cause Fear spell. In fact, I didn’t even bother changing the name. They’re scary. If you see one coming at you in the dark you’d probably get scared. I sure would.
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Have you seen Five Nights at Freddy’s and did you think the film held up to the game’s legacy? Which game is your favorite? What movie, show, game, book, or comic should we make sheets from next time? Let us know in the comments!
Happy adventuring!
