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As usual, looks like a bunch of good nominations.

@Mannahnin : Okay, first off, how dare you….

Looks good to me.

These are probably worth a look. Fun stuff. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/147948/strange-trails https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/97722/weird-adventures

Thiel’s anti-comprehension of Tolkien is of a piece with Musk’s anti-comprehension of Iain Banks, all the guys who think the Empire are heroes of Star Wars, and on and on. It’s apparently a basic human drive to go from “I like this” to “this must be compatible with my moral and aesthetic...

So here’s something helpful for us old farts. https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/new-fantasy-subgenres-explained/ And so on at some length. (Camestros is good at this.)

Obed Marsh would make a great Darklord, yeah.

I have certain questions.

I’m apparently overplaying my hand a bit. I’d be better off saying I don’t think it’s an automatic gimme that only Cthulhu could be a sensible dreaded choice for Innsmouth as a domain.

The algorithm was in fine form over in YouTube land:

Thanks!

I’d be happier with 3d6 or 2d10 than 1d20. The 3.5 Unearthed Arcana has a section on using 3d6 that, as I recall, really got into the weeds in a good way about it. Here we go: https://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/adventuring/bellCurveRolls.htm

Why everyone else said. Maybe my meta-favorite thing is that there’s no presence of medievalism - it’s unabashedly fantasy with more modern touchstones. I’m good with that.

@Thommy H-H : What I see here is essentially all negative evidence. If the question is “Must there not be any association between Cthulhu and Innsmouth?”, that’s fine. But it seems like most of us are asking if it’s required that Innsmouth be connected to Cthulhu, and does it benefit Innsmouth...

And he’s citing Wikipedia’s quotes from Robert Price, by far the least reliable of prominent Lovecraft experts. Price is the equivalent of that astronomer who keeps claiming unusual asteroids/comets are aliens: he’s got genuine chops in th field, but for a long time now, you learn more about...