NO monsters in the M-U hall is going to creep the hell out of my little shinigami this nightshift, more than PHead being in there would.
Seriously, not knowing if you're going to have to fight someone in that hall is more psychologically wearing than having to do battle after battle. Perhaps have there be no monsters for a few M-U nights in a row and then throw one back in after the patients start to think there isn't going to be an antagonist and then go back to nothing?
Randomizing it like that will increase some of the horror factor, in my opinion. Especially if you've just fought something big and bad the previous rescue and then all that happens this next one is a single rat that jumps out and scares the crap out of your character. It also make splanning for the rescues harder because we don't know what will be in the hall. At this point, the characters are expecting big nasty creatures guarding it.
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Seriously, not knowing if you're going to have to fight someone in that hall is more psychologically wearing than having to do battle after battle. Perhaps have there be no monsters for a few M-U nights in a row and then throw one back in after the patients start to think there isn't going to be an antagonist and then go back to nothing?
Randomizing it like that will increase some of the horror factor, in my opinion. Especially if you've just fought something big and bad the previous rescue and then all that happens this next one is a single rat that jumps out and scares the crap out of your character. It also make splanning for the rescues harder because we don't know what will be in the hall. At this point, the characters are expecting big nasty creatures guarding it.