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I mean, HPL wrote that story in 1928 - a big steamship was huge and leading technology at the time, and Cthulhu pops and reforms unhurt...

Yes, yes and yes.

I gotta disagree with you there. It’s a slow burn, but many of the best horror stories are.

Not to defend HPL, but that's a strong statement considering who all is in Appendix N. That said, he's dead. His characters are public...

By way of agreeing with you, Dan O'Bannon literally described "Alien" as being an inverse Lovecraft story - in HPL, aliens from beyond...

I could definitely see using the mythos -- although probably not by that name, since it's too familiar and not mysterious enough for...

I HATE the idea that "adventure" has morphed into meaning 12 or 14 level campaign. Yuck.

Elves.

I have, in this conversation, repeatedly advocated for pastiche. By all means, bring on the Lovecraft Pastiche to Ravenloft, that would...

Just because it has tentacles doesn't mean it's Lovecraftian.

That is for the best. D&D needs more unanswered questions and less canon answers. Who is the Lady of Pain? What are the Dark Powers...

Yeah, Ravenloft's horror is about human evils and understandable villains. You can kill Strahd and free the people of Barovia (for a...

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Yeah the Yith from what I've read are one of the most belevant species of Lovecraftian lore.