Monster Challenge: Build a Cthulhu

[Robtheman]

I'd like to see EnWorld's collective vision of Cthulhu as a 4e statblock. Eager to see the results.

 

[DracoSuave]

I don't see how you can stat up 'devours 1d4 investigators' as a viable attack in 4e.

Simply because no player has the investigator keyword.

 

[TarionzCousin]

At Will Power: Range (all senses). When anything living sees, smells, hears, feels, tastes, or in any way senses Cthulhu.

Ranged Attack: +87,583 vs. Will.
Hit: (Your Total Hit Points x 11)^13 Plus Cranial Explosion.
Miss: Half Damage and Cranial Explosion.
Effect: Cthulhu gets a free Standard Action.

 

[Pour]

Check out the Lovecraftian Bestiary from Goodman if you're curious, too. He's a Level 35 Soldier, I think...

 

[ArcaneSpringboard]

It's quite excessive actually. If I recall correctly, not only is it a Lvl 35 Solo Soldier (with all the defensive craziness that implies), but it also has a power that gives a -5 to attacks.

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

It's quite excessive actually. If I recall correctly, not only is it a Lvl 35 Solo Soldier (with all the defensive craziness that implies), but it also has a power that gives a -5 to attacks.

You should see the CoC version then, or even the Deities and Demigods version, lol.

OK, in the spirit of fun lets see what we can do, spinning it off the old Deities and Demigods version...

Cthulhu Level 40 Solo Controller
Gargantuan aberrant humanoid XP 555,000
Initiative +18 Senses Perception +35; truesight
Aura of Insanity aura 100; Any creature which begins its turn within the aura takes 5d10+9 psychic damage.
HP 1,432; Bloodied 716
Regeneration 30 (Whenever Cthulhu is in the water)
AC 51; Fortitude 56; Reflex 49; Will 54
Immune cold
Saving Throws +5 (see Resilience of the Old Ones)
Speed 6 , Fly 10 (clumsy), Swim 6 , Teleport 20
Action Points 2
m Tentacle (standard; at-will) • Acid, Psychic
Reach 5; +45 vs AC; 3d8 + 10 Psychic and Acid damage
M Tentacle Flurry (standard; at-will)
Cthulhu makes 10 Tentacle attacks.
r Mind Thrust (minor; at-will) • Psychic
+45 vs AC; 5d12 + 9 Psychic damage and the target is dazed until the end of Cthulhu's next turn.
Brush Off (immediate reaction; at-will)
Cthulhu makes a Tentacle attack against any creature which misses him with a melee attack.
Resilience of the Old Ones (no action; at-will)
Whenever Cthulhu is subjected to any effect he immediately makes a saving throw against that effect.
Summon Deep One (minor; recharge 4 5 6) • Summoning
A Deep One appears in the nearest square of terrain containing water.
Alignment Unaligned Languages —
Skills Arcana +36, Intimidate +33
Str 36 (+33) Dex 12 (+21) Wis 30 (+30)
Con 30 (+30) Int 33 (+31) Cha 27 (+28)
© 2009 Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. This monster statistics block has been generated using the D&D Adventure Tools.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

You all forgot:

Racial Ability: Pick World Cup match winners.

 

[Mirtek]

The thing is that Cthulhu would not be that powerfull in D&D. In 4e he might not even be a solo but only an elite (a treatment that several demigods suffers in 4e).

Cthulhu has the advantage of being from a setting that has only crappy mortals in it. Cthulhu mortals lose sanity upon seeing monsters that merely make a D&D hero yawn.

Cthulhu has not to deal with entities such as Orcus or Pelor in his own setting and even in his own setting Cthulhu is not the biggest fish but pales before the likes of Nyarlathotep & Co.

In 3e Cthulhu received offfical D&D stats and he was a divine rank 5 demigod (Azathoth was a divine rank 20 greater god).

Building from there, a 4e Cthulhu could easily be a level 29 elite while Azathoth would stand as a level 39-40 solo on eyelevel with the likes of Moradin of Tharizdhun).


But a level 29 elite Cthulhu can't eat 1d4 heroes per round? Sure, because these heroes are not mere investigators but are demigods, primordials, archfey, .... in their own right

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

The thing is that Cthulhu would not be that powerfull in D&D. In 4e he might not even be a solo but only an elite (a treatment that several demigods suffers in 4e).

Cthulhu has the advantage of being from a setting that has only crappy mortals in it. Cthulhu mortals lose sanity upon seeing monsters that merely make a D&D hero yawn.

Cthulhu has not to deal with entities such as Orcus or Pelor in his own setting and even in his own setting Cthulhu is not the biggest fish but pales before the likes of Nyarlathotep & Co.

In 3e Cthulhu received offfical D&D stats and he was a divine rank 5 demigod (Azathoth was a divine rank 20 greater god).

Building from there, a 4e Cthulhu could easily be a level 29 elite while Azathoth would stand as a level 39-40 solo on eyelevel with the likes of Moradin of Tharizdhun).


But a level 29 elite Cthulhu can't eat 1d4 heroes per round? Sure, because these heroes are not mere investigators but are demigods, primordials, archfey, .... in their own right

That is certainly a valid way of looking at it. My quick hack Cthulhu (Hackthulhu?) is a bit tongue-in-cheek. Certainly even a level 29 elite would easily crush mid-paragon heroes between his toes without really noticing.

Azathoth OTOH I think would fall into that 4e category of 'gods' that just don't even have stat blocks. You can't fight Moradin, you SURE as heck can't fight Azathoth, Yog-Sothoth, or Nyarlathotep! Heck, I know, I was eaten by their minor servitors, wasn't I?