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Message: <blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 313928" data-attributes="member: 426">Funny, you should mention it.  My group covered that territory some time back, years before the worship of any deity by the illithid was addressed by TSR.The illithid was clearly designed to evoke "Lovecraftian" themes, so we decided why not?While some attention is paid to other deities, Cthulhu seems a logical choice.  Alignment aside.  Possibly the lawful evil alignment came about out of the need to run an empire.  Or perhaps the Old One is viewed as a force of nature to be emulated, feared, and placated.  In the Illithiad, Bruce Cordell posited various theories on the origins of the illithid.  The illithid (in the official books) worship Ilsenine, their primary deity.    However, I feel Cthulhu works well if you are not dealing with copy right issues.(Okay, which is more frightening.  Illithids worshipping Ilsenine or illithids seeking to emulate an Old One?)</blockquote>