20 Things #7: Haunted House (System Neutral Edition) by Alexander Augunas, Cole Kronewitter and Creighton Broadhurst is a generic role playing game supplement published by Raging Swan Press. The supplement is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result.
The supplement is available as a 12-page PDF for $3.75 from DriveThruRPG but was purchased at a reduced price thanks to a special bundle. The supplement comes in three versions, two PDFs, one designed for print and high-end devices, the other for mobile and low-end devices, and a plaintext file. Two pages of the PDF are the front and rear covers, two pages are ads, one page is the front matter and Contents and one the Open Game License.
10 Things to See in a Burned Out House has a paragraph on these, with the other tables having similar, followed by a d10 list of things.
10 Things to See in a Plague-Infested House is similar, but for plagues.
20 Things to Find in an Abandoned House is again similar, with an introductory paragraph, but this time with a d20 list.
10 Abandoned House Perils has a brief sentence then a d10 table of hazards.
20 Things to See in a Haunted House has a paragraph followed by a d20 list.
20 (More) Things to See in a Haunted House is very similar to the previous list.
10 Rumours About the House has a d10 table of rumours.
20 Treasures to Find in a Haunted House follows the same format with 20 potential things of value.
10 Things to Find in a Rats’ Nest has ten things to find in such.
20 Unfortunate Discoveries to Make in a Haunted House has 20 events and encounters.
10 Things to Find in a Spider’s Web has ten things for such.
20 Things #7: Haunted House (System Neutral Edition) in Review
The PDF is bookmarked with major and minor sections linked. The Contents is to a similar level of depth and is hyperlinked. Navigation is good. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. There are a couple of pieces of black and white stock art. Presentation is decent.
One initial problem is that many of the tables are not actually on the haunted house theme. They may or may not be relevant to such a house, but in many cases, they are far more generic and more suitable for an abandoned house, and such don’t have to be haunted. This does make the supplement more generally useful but less specifically appropriate; it would have been better to have had tables that hewed closer to the theme. 20 Things #7: Haunted House (System Neutral Edition) can be found by clicking here.
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