Whispering forest

[Deimos]

Hi, i got another question.
I want to run a scene in a haunted forest but dont know how to handle the "scare" factor of it. The idea is to the players to cross but not engage in any combat, just be harassed by whispers all the way. I need to know how to apply "fear" into rules.
The ghosts can be use as a scene aspect, compelling the players?

[bobjob]

Scene aspects, compelling the players works nicely or you could present the forest as a monster of it's own with an incite fear ability. I wouldn't make it potent, probably weapon:0. Just occasionally hit them with it when a ghost or something appears.

[Sanctaphrax]

Aspects, compels, and mental attacks work well for scaring the characters. If you want to scare the players, then that's gonna be much harder.

Which are you going for?

[umdshaman]

I'm just guessing here, but if your objective here is to give the players a sense of tension then attempting to mechanize "fear" is going to have the opposite effect. A critical element of fear is a lack of control. So, maybe crank some spooky music (chanting in Latin can work well), but really just keep them responding verbally. Keep the pressure on in an indirect way so that the players are so busy trying to figure out how to deal with the situation that they never think of picking up the dice. It's worked well for me on the few occasions I've needed it.

[Jabberwocky]

Heh, this topic reminds me of something: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOfy1Fad_8M

By the way, speaking of CoF, this chant might actually come quite handy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHAqT-8CIlE