Pretty much anything in D&D, from a goblin up, would be horrifying if encountered in the real world. But to a fantasy hero it’s just another day at the office (see Conan).
You can horrify players with what the monsters (who might be human) have been doing though.
There is nothing paricularly horrifying about the genetic nature of Deep Ones.
PC Tiefling: "So, your daddy was a fish person? My grandpa was Dagon - the real one who is a demon lord. Would you like to see my tail?"
Sahuagin hybrids have appeared in D&D before, in Eberron for a start. And we...
As has been stated several times already, Cthulhu is confirmed to be the dark lord. And a key point is the Innsmouth domain is much larger than the town of that name. It’s like Barovia in that respect. The domain includes a large island on which the town is situated at one end, and, in true...
Full plate has a 15 STR requirement. A dex build can dump stat strength, with all the initiative, stealth and ranged benefits that come with it. Also, I use dual scimitars now. Dual scimitars are cool.
These two are interesting, the only domain labelled slasher in VGR was Valachan, and occult detective stories was the Varge Agency (which I think was cool, but it wasn’t really fleshed out). I ran a slasher in the Carnival though, and I guess occult detectives might be found in Innsmouth.
Sithicus isn’t a new domain, it’s an old domain that wasn’t in VGR. Innsmouth is new - it has never been in any previous product.
They are putting Soth front and centre in the marketing, and we have seen his page. He isn’t not going to be in the book, and therefore his domain is in too.
The...