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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6218751" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>annnnd this would be where we respectfully ask that you turn in your D&D treehouse membership preferred player card [tm]. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Someone's already mentioned his (its?) involvement in the RttToEE...and then there's this...</p><p>[ATTACH]59605[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure in the D&D lexicon he is also the first (originally only?) deity that is referred to as both "mad" and dead/lost/imprisoned or whatever. The idea that there was something in the game multiverse that the <em>gods</em> couldn't handle...and best they could do was, basically, pack him away somewhere was...a big concept with a big "Oh c---" factor.</p><p></p><p>Not [legally] having access to Cthulu and not yet codifying the concept of a "Far Realms" [the very idea of codifying such begins to give me a headache], Greyhawk had Tharizdun. So, yes, there is definitely a Cthuluesque flavor and draw. The other idea, that I think caught people off guard (and sparked the imagination) was the idea of a god of...insanity?! Not a demon. Not a devil. A GAWD!? A deity that was insane itself?!...but still knew what it was doing...? Not interested in conquering the world. Not interested in Evil eliminating Good. Interested in destroying EVERYthing, EVERYbody, ALL of the other gods, demons and devils...Tharizdun wants NOthing to exist! That was a big [and friggin' scary] idea.</p><p></p><p>Tharizdun is just a part of D&D's long, treasured [and begun decades before 3e was a glimmer in its daddy's eye] canonical history, as much as Hommlet, Bree Yark, Markessa, Eclavdra and Acererak.</p><p></p><p>So now, that card please. ;P</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6218751, member: 92511"] annnnd this would be where we respectfully ask that you turn in your D&D treehouse membership preferred player card [tm]. :p Someone's already mentioned his (its?) involvement in the RttToEE...and then there's this... [ATTACH=CONFIG]59605._xfImport[/ATTACH] I'm pretty sure in the D&D lexicon he is also the first (originally only?) deity that is referred to as both "mad" and dead/lost/imprisoned or whatever. The idea that there was something in the game multiverse that the [I]gods[/I] couldn't handle...and best they could do was, basically, pack him away somewhere was...a big concept with a big "Oh c---" factor. Not [legally] having access to Cthulu and not yet codifying the concept of a "Far Realms" [the very idea of codifying such begins to give me a headache], Greyhawk had Tharizdun. So, yes, there is definitely a Cthuluesque flavor and draw. The other idea, that I think caught people off guard (and sparked the imagination) was the idea of a god of...insanity?! Not a demon. Not a devil. A GAWD!? A deity that was insane itself?!...but still knew what it was doing...? Not interested in conquering the world. Not interested in Evil eliminating Good. Interested in destroying EVERYthing, EVERYbody, ALL of the other gods, demons and devils...Tharizdun wants NOthing to exist! That was a big [and friggin' scary] idea. Tharizdun is just a part of D&D's long, treasured [and begun decades before 3e was a glimmer in its daddy's eye] canonical history, as much as Hommlet, Bree Yark, Markessa, Eclavdra and Acererak. So now, that card please. ;P [/QUOTE]
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