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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 3303529" data-attributes="member: 926">1. Gradual revelation of hidden cosmic evil, as if the entire universe were opposed to the very morality of humanity, provoking madness (or at least severe unease) in the discoverer(s.)2. Blasphemous, noisome, eldritch beastes with difficult to pronounce names which are difficult (if not impossible) to harm without a hidden spell or item, which must be discovered through research.3. Cults of madmen devoted to alien (possibly insane) gods4. Locations which seem mundane and bucolic on the surface, but have a twisted, sinister aspect that gnaws at the subconscious.5. Decaying ancient civilizations, possibly long lost, that have fallen into decadence, and are now devoted to elder evils.6. Tentacles and cold blooded water monsters, especially fish-men7. Implicit and profound statement of how insignificant humanity (humanoids in general) is (are) compared to the rest of the universe. 8. Ancient tomes of lost knowledge of elder evils from before the birth of humanity (and humanoids in general.)9. Alien architecture with non-Euclidean geometry and gigantic, cyclopean buildings.10. Elements of space travel, either creatures from space, locations on other planets, or knowledge of alien civilizations.11. Naughty Tentacles.My homebrew setting is heavily influenced (almost based) on Lovecraftian principles, and most of these elements are present in almost all of my adventures (well, except for Naughty Tentacles.)  I absolutely love Lovecraft, if not his actual writing, then the ideas behind it.  His has been the biggest influence on my DMing style, more than any other writer.  I would recommend Lords of Madness, especially the section on the aboleth, which actually spells out that the Elder Evils the aboleth revere are Outer Gods and Great Old Ones, comparing them to Mythos beings, even going so far as to say which Elder Evil is which Outer God/GOO by a different name.PS I wrote this before reading what the others wrote, now I'm going to go see what ideas they had, and what I missed!</blockquote>

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