Killing Your Fellow Man: Tips and Tricks to Murder Those Around You (Slasher)

Recently I had started a slasher with three friends. I have a genius, a maniac, and a mask. I had the game start of with them imprisoned in a high security prison facility that holds slashers before transporting them to Lansing. Either way, a select group of prisoners were selected to be apart of a convoy. Those prisoners were the players and some of the NPCs.  Through out the course of the game, the Genius and Maniac tried their damndest to escape through implementing their intellect while the mask fought the against restraints and the tranquilizer darts.

  Anyways, they broke free due to a traffic "accident."  The Genius and Maniac used the mask as a diversion as they escaped from the sewers. Now the Genius and Maniac are playing mental chess with one another, but through the course of this game the Genius and Maniac have been killing their preffered victims (dregs and those with an abnormal quirk about them.) Though they did murder a farmer out of neccessity, it was the only time they got "physical."  Things usually involving poison or inducing cardiac arrest through massive amounts of horse steroids.

  Either way, I was wondering. What are some ingenius ways to kill your fellow man beyond the scope of physical assailment? Or if you have a link to something that already has that I'd appreciate the read. How about your killers? NPC or players, any gruesome tales of the macabe that are worth mentioning?

Watch Harper's Island.
Usual gang of Yuppies on an Island with a serial killer.
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/harpers_island/
It might not work if you are outside the USA (I've stopped taking for granted the idea that the internet is truly "international", some sites truly are "localized" to be accessible to a domestic audience only).
IF it does work, the show has some excellent scenes of 'kills" that you could apply.

Watch Dexter, CSI and NCIS as well.
there are also some episodes of the x files that are good for ideas

You could also give either of the Manhunt video games a playthrough*, since they encourage some interesting methods of killing people using what's close at hand and the environment in general.

*Assuming that they're legal to purchase/own in your country of residence.

The Agatha Christie novel Curtain featured a serial killer by proxy, one who broke people down so they "decided" (as in they thought it was their idea) to murder someone they had a grudge against.  The killer didn't who ended up dead, his victimology was in whom he made a killer.

Two killers I know of are;

1) SKX from condemned 1 and 2. His MO was to kill serial killers using their own MO. An interesting idea to a maniac, relishing in the irony of the situation, not so much a genius though, seeing as he prefers traps and elaboration over irony.

2) The Torturer (from condemned 1). His MO was to torture people until they commit suicide. It takes a depraved individual to play this, but it's an idea.

DrCropse:

Two killers I know of are;

1) SKX from condemned 1 and 2. His MO was to kill serial killers using their own MO. An interesting idea to a maniac, relishing in the irony of the situation, not so much a genius though, seeing as he prefers traps and elaboration over irony.

2) The Torturer (from condemned 1). His MO was to torture people until they commit suicide. It takes a depraved individual to play this, but it's an idea.

Let's not forget the Matchmaker!

And his mannequins. Can't forget them.

Octavian_5:

Let's not forget the Matchmaker!

And his mannequins. Can't forget them.

True. This may be more of a legend or an avenger, I suppose his MO works for anyone. I didn't mention him because his MO is more of body disposal than killing, but I suppose it works fine.

Indeed, Condemned is a great inspiration when thinking of deranged murderers and their modus operandi, but I was thinking of methods of killing people by way of accident or not having to get your hands "dirty." I was thinking that Hitman Blood Money was excellent at providing you with ways to kill people without you having to reveal yourself.

  I watched some episodes of Harper's Island, and thanks to you I'm hooked on watching it, though other than Mr.Wellington's rigged death, there has not been a lot of tricks and traps. Well, not many. Still, it is a great show and I have watched the first season of Dexter, though it does provide a lot of inspiration, not necessarily the answer to my question.

  The Curtain seems appealing, I'd like to get my hands on that novel and give it a read.

  Think of the Maniac's mentioned in the Slasher book... Slicking stairs,  exploiting allergic reactions, and such. Poison is always classic, though can get a bit old.  Rigging electrical malfuctions seems like something fun,  unleashing rabid animals is fine and dandy. As in Snatch, beware the man who owns a pig farm. 

  I have a character playing a Slasher who was an old goon for a criminal lord in a game I ran a long time ago. He was actually quite excited to be able to retrieve his long "dead" character and provide my game with a burned husk of a man with the motives of killing other murderers (hitmen in general.)  He had giant merit when he was a normal characters, and his choices were always morally grey, but he provided enough personality to the character that it stopped him from straying from the realm of humanity. Now though, he seems to relish in his liberation from morality as his grey choices becomes more of a dark reddish color. Still, he is left with the humanity from before as he tries in vain to reconnect with the rest of society, but his horrid visage usually pushes him away from being accepted. It's hard to say if he is a Anti-Hero, because I do not believe redemption is an option.

VIM40:

  I watched some episodes of Harper's Island, and thanks to you I'm hooked on watching it, though other than Mr.Wellington's rigged death, there has not been a lot of tricks and traps. Well, not many. Still, it is a great show.

 The series seems to have an issue with not every death actually being a "plot point".

I'm beginning to think that at least some of the deaths that SEEMED the work of the killer actually weren't or were attacks to hide the means of underground movement through the tunnels, etc.

VIM40:

  I have a [PLAYER?] playing a Slasher who was an old goon for a criminal lord in a game I ran a long time ago. He was actually quite excited to be able to retrieve his long "dead" character and provide my game with a burned husk of a man with the motives of killing other murderers (hitmen in general.)  He had giant merit when he was a normal characters, and his choices were always morally grey, but he provided enough personality to the character that it stopped him from straying from the realm of humanity. Now though, he seems to relish in his liberation from morality as his grey choices becomes more of a dark reddish color. Still, he is left with the humanity from before as he tries in vain to reconnect with the rest of society, but his horrid visage usually pushes him away from being accepted. It's hard to say if he is a Anti-Hero, because I do not believe redemption is an option.

That's an excellent moment, reviving an old character and giving it a second chance at life as a Slasher.

killing your mates is fun!!! leave it util they have helped you and trust you enough, then kill them. one time i was storytelling and the fate of the world was in the hands of the choosen ones mate....and as cliched as it sounds he betrayed him and he became stronger apart from the loss in morality.

I had an idea about a killer (it was going to be a Guardian of the Veil) who made it look like his victims had killed themselves by way of their own negligence/stupidity, mostly by electrocution (something falling in the bath or sink), fire (started with cigarettes if they smoke, wrong type of fuse in an appliance and a box of fuses in the press) or simply a slip (down the stairs or onto a open dishwasher drawer filled with knives).

I'm not sure that this fits with the type of serial killer that wants his crime to be seen, but I'm sure there are those who like to flirt with the chance of their crime being recognised as such.

What about Jigsaw from the Saw movies? His MO is very interesting, putting people in situations where they will usually end up either killing themselves or someone else.