D&D 5E (2024) Cthulhu Confirmed!

[Parmandur]

You could make the argument Orcus, Tiamat and Vecna shouldn't either, but here we are.

 

[500 Toads]

Cthulhu should never have stats imo.

Kinda goes against the point!

Eh. It even has stats in Delta Green; but, (1) even if you manage to destroy its corporeal form with, say, a Tomahawk cruise missile or GBU-12 bomb, you've bought a temporary reprieve, because it'll reform its body; and (2) you've probably already lost control of the situation in terms of needing to be able to cover it up and keep the rest of humanity blissfully unaware.

The authors of this particular manifestation could always stipulate that any "defeat" of it is temporary, with no permanent means of ending it known, and perhaps with long-lost magic (re: campaign objective) required to even banish or seal it away.

 

[Reynard]

Cthulhu should never have stats imo.

Kinda goes against the point!

Why? He was killed by a boat.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

You could make the argument Orcus, Tiamat and Vecna shouldn't either, but here we are.

How was 12 year old me going to get the Wand of Orcus if the big guy didn't have stats? Think, @Remathilis!

 

[Remathilis]

How was 12 year old me going to get the Wand of Orcus if the big guy didn't have stats? Think, @Remathilis!

I do have a character whose final words were "screw you, what's Thor's Armor Class?"

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I do have a character whose final words were "screw you, what's Thor's Armor Class?"

Honestly, all non-MCU versions of Thor are pretty insufferable. I'm sure he had it coming.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Honestly, all non-MCU versions of Thor are pretty insufferable. I'm sure he had it coming.

I seem to recall that DC Comics has their own Thor, and that he's a Bad Guy, and that he's much closer to mythology than Marvel's.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I seem to recall that DC Comics has their own Thor, and that he's a Bad Guy, and that he's much closer to mythology than Marvel's.

There's a version in Sandman who is obnoxious as hell. I'm not sure about any others, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's one in Wonder Woman comics.

 

[Charlaquin]

You could make the argument Orcus, Tiamat and Vecna shouldn't either, but here we are.

I dunno, I think becoming powerful enough to kill a god and take their place is kinda part of the tradition of D&D.

 

[Remathilis]

I dunno, I think becoming powerful enough to kill a god and take their place is kinda part of the tradition of D&D.

Certainly A tradition, and one that some people like. And for them I got no problem giving Tiamat or Chthulu stats. Follow your bliss