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<blockquote data-quote="Apepsnake" data-source="post: 7462239" data-attributes="member: 6942353"><p>hey kid...</p><p>you want some tentacle?</p><p></p><p>heres rules for including Lovecraftian type stuff in dnd campaigns</p><p></p><p><strong>Part 1, Power Level</strong>: K, this is the easy part. Go through your handy dandy Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos and read up on the being you're crafting. For instance, most would say Cthulhu himself would only be in the Lesser Deity Category, but there's a story that hints at him traveling through space and destroying stars on his way to earth, so match that up with the divine status that has the power to do what he is implied to have done, and make him either a deity of that rank or make him as powerful as a deity of that rank, which would make him an Elder One, but filtering in him being multiple miles tall and being able to move FTL and across universal bounderies, he would be at least a Time Lord level threat. Nodens, an Elder God (in mythos terms) is never shown to be too powerful, but when you consider he fights an avatar of Nyarlathotep called the Black Pharoah, which is a multiversal threat, in his spare time not fighting other eldritch horrors, he should be slightly stronger than the BP. </p><p></p><p><u><strong>Also, under no circumstances should you dare to use August Dereleth's part of mythos. Don't. Don't you damn dare. No Zilch Nada No Do nat. I will come to your house and give you carpel tunnel. Azathoth and Yog get smashed by a Cthulhu level enemy.</strong></u></p><p></p><p><em>Hastur is half brother to Cthulhu, and is the child of the Outer God Yog-Sothoth, and is at least a Sidereal in terms of power by those feats. This places him in the Elder One category at least, but at most a Time Lord.</em></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Part 2, Appearance</strong>: This is also rather simple, but not as much as Part 1. How does this entity look? With the famous Cthulhu it's rather simple, everyone knows how he looks; Octopoid head, dragon wings, a humanoid shape, not made of normal matter and has an amorphous form, at least 2 miles tall, etc. But Hastur, Cthulhu's half brother, is rarely ever described but is at least known to be yellow in some form, so here's your part: You get to make up his appearance.</p><p></p><p><em>Hastur is yellow in some form. He is described vaguely as a octopoid creature similar to his half-niece Cthylla. Hastur is now a mass of tentacles surrounding a bulbous head with many large eyes, and is sickly yellow. Or, Hastur is a towering yellow Cthulhuesque creature with a shepherd's crook covered with eyes.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Part 3, Powers Resistances and Stature</strong>: This is arguably the hardest part. What are the powers of the created being? Cthulhu has the capability to destroy stars and drive planet's worth of people insane, and is practically omniscient through being able to extend his mind across a universe. Hastur's powers are unknown, but he has the Yellow Sign, a sigil that can be drawn onto basically any surface, and is a sign of Hastur's gaze and power. Tru'Nembra, an Outer God that could possibly be only a Servitor, is made entirely of visible and animate sound, and can literally wipe buildings from ever have existed. </p><p></p><p>Can the being even be harmed? Cthulhu took a boat to the face and was unfazed, but cannot be released from R'lyeh unless the stars are in the perfect positions, the "Stars Align" for any Great Old One slumbering on Earth to bring them from their slumber or imprisonment. Ygolonac is so undescribed that we don't know what he could do in any degree.</p><p></p><p>What size is the creature? Cthulhu is at least 2 miles tall and Ghroth (An Outer God) is the size of a moon. Outer Gods tend to be massive beyond human understanding, or at least the size of astronomical bodies; while the Great Old Ones range from human sized to impossibly large.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Hastur is at least known to be able to manifest his power and to be able to see through the Yellow Sign, and is at least able to match Cthulhu in terms of power. He has no known immunities or weaknesses. He is of unspecified height.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Part 4, Actually Statting out the creature</strong>: This is the true easiest part. Just write a Statblock for the entity. This isn't possible for certain Outer Gods, such as the slurry of chaos and madness known as Azathoth, who is so powerful he dreams all of Time and Space into existence and if woke, will annihilate everything simply because everything's his dream.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Apepsnake, post: 7462239, member: 6942353"] hey kid... you want some tentacle? heres rules for including Lovecraftian type stuff in dnd campaigns [B]Part 1, Power Level[/B]: K, this is the easy part. Go through your handy dandy Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos and read up on the being you're crafting. For instance, most would say Cthulhu himself would only be in the Lesser Deity Category, but there's a story that hints at him traveling through space and destroying stars on his way to earth, so match that up with the divine status that has the power to do what he is implied to have done, and make him either a deity of that rank or make him as powerful as a deity of that rank, which would make him an Elder One, but filtering in him being multiple miles tall and being able to move FTL and across universal bounderies, he would be at least a Time Lord level threat. Nodens, an Elder God (in mythos terms) is never shown to be too powerful, but when you consider he fights an avatar of Nyarlathotep called the Black Pharoah, which is a multiversal threat, in his spare time not fighting other eldritch horrors, he should be slightly stronger than the BP. [U][B]Also, under no circumstances should you dare to use August Dereleth's part of mythos. Don't. Don't you damn dare. No Zilch Nada No Do nat. I will come to your house and give you carpel tunnel. Azathoth and Yog get smashed by a Cthulhu level enemy.[/B][/U] [I]Hastur is half brother to Cthulhu, and is the child of the Outer God Yog-Sothoth, and is at least a Sidereal in terms of power by those feats. This places him in the Elder One category at least, but at most a Time Lord.[/I] [B] Part 2, Appearance[/B]: This is also rather simple, but not as much as Part 1. How does this entity look? With the famous Cthulhu it's rather simple, everyone knows how he looks; Octopoid head, dragon wings, a humanoid shape, not made of normal matter and has an amorphous form, at least 2 miles tall, etc. But Hastur, Cthulhu's half brother, is rarely ever described but is at least known to be yellow in some form, so here's your part: You get to make up his appearance. [I]Hastur is yellow in some form. He is described vaguely as a octopoid creature similar to his half-niece Cthylla. Hastur is now a mass of tentacles surrounding a bulbous head with many large eyes, and is sickly yellow. Or, Hastur is a towering yellow Cthulhuesque creature with a shepherd's crook covered with eyes.[/I] [B]Part 3, Powers Resistances and Stature[/B]: This is arguably the hardest part. What are the powers of the created being? Cthulhu has the capability to destroy stars and drive planet's worth of people insane, and is practically omniscient through being able to extend his mind across a universe. Hastur's powers are unknown, but he has the Yellow Sign, a sigil that can be drawn onto basically any surface, and is a sign of Hastur's gaze and power. Tru'Nembra, an Outer God that could possibly be only a Servitor, is made entirely of visible and animate sound, and can literally wipe buildings from ever have existed. Can the being even be harmed? Cthulhu took a boat to the face and was unfazed, but cannot be released from R'lyeh unless the stars are in the perfect positions, the "Stars Align" for any Great Old One slumbering on Earth to bring them from their slumber or imprisonment. Ygolonac is so undescribed that we don't know what he could do in any degree. What size is the creature? Cthulhu is at least 2 miles tall and Ghroth (An Outer God) is the size of a moon. Outer Gods tend to be massive beyond human understanding, or at least the size of astronomical bodies; while the Great Old Ones range from human sized to impossibly large. [I]Hastur is at least known to be able to manifest his power and to be able to see through the Yellow Sign, and is at least able to match Cthulhu in terms of power. He has no known immunities or weaknesses. He is of unspecified height.[/I] [B]Part 4, Actually Statting out the creature[/B]: This is the true easiest part. Just write a Statblock for the entity. This isn't possible for certain Outer Gods, such as the slurry of chaos and madness known as Azathoth, who is so powerful he dreams all of Time and Space into existence and if woke, will annihilate everything simply because everything's his dream. [/QUOTE]
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