D&D 5E (2024) Cthulhu Confirmed!

dave2008 · 2026-03-05T15:55:08+0000

Not sure if this has been noted elsewhere, but I ran into the image below from the artist of the Ravenloft: The Horrors Withing cover on my Artstation feed. You can see just behind Strahd a page for Cthulhu with a statblock. Just thought people might be interested.

GarrettKP · 2026-03-05T15:57:22+0000

dave2008 said:
Not sure if this has been noted elsewhere, but I ran into the image below from the artist of the Ravenloft: The Horrors Withing cover on my Artstation feed. You can see just behind Strahd a page for Cthulhu with a statblock. Just thought people might be interested.

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This image was in the announcement article and has been discussed a lot in that thread already.

dave2008 · 2026-03-05T16:03:37+0000

GarrettKP said:
This image was in the announcement article and has been discussed a lot in that thread already.

thank you for clarifying - I'm just late to the game as usual!

Reynard · 2026-03-05T16:18:00+0000

Is there a more overused thing in TTRPGs than Cthulhu?

Remathilis · 2026-03-05T16:20:02+0000

Reynard said:
Is there a more overused thing in TTRPGs than Cthulhu?

Elves.

Whizbang Dustyboots · 2026-03-05T16:20:03+0000

Reynard said:
Is there a more overused thing in TTRPGs than Cthulhu?

Dark elves? Hot demon ladies? The d20?

zottel · 2026-03-05T16:33:32+0000

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
Dark elves? Hot demon ladies? The d20?

Can you truely have to many hot demons in your life?

Reynard · 2026-03-05T16:40:48+0000

Remathilis said:
Elves.

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
Dark elves? Hot demon ladies? The d20?

there are non-elf games that include Cthulhu, while nearly all elf games ALSO include Cthulhu. Ergo, Cthulhu is more over used than elves (dark, hawt or otherwise).

Whizbang Dustyboots · 2026-03-05T16:51:28+0000

Reynard said:
there are non-elf games that include Cthulhu, while nearly all elf games ALSO include Cthulhu. Ergo, Cthulhu is more over used than elves (dark, hawt or otherwise).

I don't think you can get your ergo on without some numbers attached to that.

Let's say there are six or seven Cthulhu-centric RPGs. It's probably a few more than that, but not much more, since Call, Trail and Delta Green soak up 90% or more of that audience.

For elf-including fantasy RPGs that include Cthulhu we have Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder. Any others?

And then for RPGs that include elves we have dozens, maybe hundreds of them.