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Most of CoC spells involve sanity loss or Pow loss. So beyond Elder Sign, a couple of Dust spells (I don't remember the names - Ibn-Ghazi's and Suleiman's? - , but one of them can harm Mythos creatures and the other one allows to see invisible beings)... maybe an enchanted weapon to fight minor...

Yes, Death on the Reik is part of The Enemy Within campaign (the best one, IMO). The prelude with Mistaken Identity is a great starting point for the campaign, and Shadows over Bogenhafen resembles Cthulhu adventures a lot without the unbeatable monster at the end (the worst part of Chaosium...

The RPG system is too important. For example Call of Cthulhu relies in just checking the skills you have used.

I guess you need flexibility. The pirate lady discovers her lost husband was kidnapped by other pirates, so she can plunder (as a pirate) ships to get the money for the ransom, or she can muster a pirate force to attack them. The dwarf discovers that a bunch of paladins and clerics ousted the...

Dragons of Autumn Twilight Dragons of Winter Night Dragons of Spring Dawning A perfect trilogy.

It depends on your character. If you are a martial caster spell user Warcaster helps a lot.

Short answer: Mary Sue characters are hateful. The Realms are full of those pests. I have not read every novel (in fact I liked Azure Bonds veru much), but Ed Greenwood's Magic Fire is by far the worst fantasy novel I've ever read.

And of course the summoning is unavoidable, e.g. you cannot kill the main summoner to prevent the demon from coming into this plane. If your players see you watching this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrhnt1h_lMI just before that battle maybe they understand what is about to happen.

Check your favorite spells. If you are the only front-liner, you will need Warcaster for rolling concentration with advantage.

One of warlock's otherworldy patron is the Great Old One. I looks pretty Lovecraftian.

it also depends on the rpg. For example if the game mechanics relies on tactics (as D&D 3.5) the map is a must.

Sci-fi ranges from dystopian Cyberpunk to soap opera like Star Wars: it includes a lot of minor sub-genres. Medieval fantasy is far more limited (the key word is medieval, because urban fantasy grows plentiful). I also agree with the origin and budget poinjts.

Maybe being the first time you play D&D you could make a character without magic, as it would be easier. If youi like the concept of Eldritch Knight, go ahead. Be careful with Dancing Lights cantrip, as it require Concentration, and Protection from Evil/Good too. Perhaps Light would be a...

We switched from AD&D to 3.5 (our DM told 3.0 seemed too bugged), from 3.5 to Pathfinder (as a D&D 3.75), from Pathfinder to D&D 5, and after checking it, from D&D 5 back to Pathfinder. For low complexity rpgs we chose Savage Worlds. Better than the void of D&D 5. By far.

On our first play the Dm decided not use feats: this increased classes unbalance. Ah, and most of the characters multiclassed. Optional? Yes. Do they make D&D more interesting? Yes.

I don't mean lack of humor elements, but the atmosphere of having to check every step. If you have played (or DMed) the Grand Conjuction campaign you know what I mean.

Ravenloft is a no-nonsense setting (everyone can remember those vorpal goblins). If your players know how the setting goes, no problem. If they know nothing (or almost nothing "oh, yes, vampires, werewolfs, just tell me CRs") you should warn them. Oh, and tell them about Jeren Surenblade.

I prefer X-Men (and Spiderman, whose right Sony is not going to sell - cheap or at all, despite Civil War the next Spidey film will be 100% Sony ) away from Disney tentacles.

Maybe Forgotten Realms is too bland, too generic. But I'd love movies based on the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy.

Concentration, bane for the non blaster-hobo casters.