This week in my HtV game the players hunted down their first proper Slasher and killed him. He'd gone on a bit of a rampage earlier that morning and killed 3 people, putting his body count at 6 which tipped him over the threshold into becoming a Scourge. His body was twisted and he found it absorbed whatever he touched. He'd stolen a dog last session, and when the PCs caught up with him later in the day, the dog had merged with his spine, back-to back as the Bodybagger was carrying the dog by its collar over his shoulder, like a binbag.

Rather than let the Slasher lick his wounds and recover, the PCs raced there straight after work. Unbeknownst to them, the Bodybagger had some Dread Powers now, so they were caught completely unprepared when all of the lights including their flashlights suddenly went out and he rushed them in the dark. Rebecca, the PE teacher got lucky however and caught him with a cricket bat. Duncan, our game hunter managed a shot off in tthe dark also and then Rebecca secured the kill by cracking the slashers head into chunks of bone and meat.

Some other Slashers have recently made themselves known as well. A mail order Thai Bride has brutally murdered her abusive husband and will kill again if she finds other men mistreating their partners. A Bouncer has awoken from an induced coma after a fight outside a nightclub, and killed an orderly before escaping.

I'm really enjoying running this game, but I really don't like CofD's reliance on Conditions and Tilts.