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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mgrasso" data-source="post: 1638650" data-attributes="member: 5487">Taking some more cues from existing products, both Call of Cthulhu and D&D:Lovecraft was all about inbred, failing gene pools ("The Shadow Over Innsmouth"). You could go REALLY dark with the Dragonmarked Houses and make them a bunch of inbred, insane aristocrats. Maybe the marks are turning the more-damaged House members into dragonkin (use the dragon bloodline rules from UA) or something even more inhuman. And just why does House Lyrandar's crest feature prominent tentacles...?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Xen'drik is where the brave and stupid go to meet their fates. Ancient knowledge lies there in cyclopean ruins. Perhaps an adventurer comes back possessed like Professor Peaslee from "The Shadow out of Time" and starts acting strange. I think the possession rules in the Eberron book are going to be a big part of any Eberron/Cthulhu mashup.Psionics are a gift from beyond, from capricious beings who foster the talent in sensitive humanoids. The kalashtar move through our world, beautiful and terrifying. Those who encounter them without the proper training are forever changed. Like an encounter with Nyarlathotep, the kalashtar act mysteriously and inscrutably and leave those they meet with disturbing and unwanted prophecies.More later perhaps, as I work through my Lovecraft bibliography... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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