[map making] - Cthulhu R'lyeh

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Originally posted by ywl:
And a side notes, even though Cthulu is the most famous among these beings, he's just a pussy cat comparing to the real ones .

Got even hit by a steam ship with noticeable effect in one short story, if I remember correctly. Such wimpyness, indeed.

Anyway, according to the mythos Cthulhu is supposed to be sleeping in sunken city of R'lyeh with his Starspawn servants 'until the stars are right' or something. At the same time coastal provinces are harrassed by Deep Ones, which serve the Starspawns (and also two beings known as Father Dagon and Mother Hydra).

I don't know if time-related events are scriptable in scenarios, but I wondered if following would be implementable: At first R'lyeh (at least those guys in the ocean) army would consist mostly of 'Deep ones' (different atlantian slave types, I'd guess), but after a set amount of time the stars are indeed right and R'lyeh capital is supplied with a huge horde of Illithids led by Great Cthulhu himself, and hell would truly break loose for other nations. Of course this could be told by opening story that it has just happened, I just happened to fancy the idea of impending doom.

As for the named sea provinces and themes for them, I don't think I remember of a lot of them portrayed in books I've read (which is not lot, by all means). Mostly sea would be the deep unknown. Sure, Deep ones have built cities there, but who is going to come back to tell about them?

Dreamland is basically a realm that is reached only during dream (when our denial of the other dimension is the lowerst?) - I'm only on-and-off reading those novels. Outer-gods (?) have a large presence there. It's also more similar to your normal fantasy world could be translated that into a Dominions map.

And of course in addition to extra dimensions the time travel is indeed a possibility. I liked the notion about using a map like Hollow World because different floors could indicate different dimensions and/or eras, as in FF8-stylish "to win this war we must win it across the time" or such.

About those names asked for. Well, to throw in a few (*flips open Call of Cthulhu 5th ed RPG rulebook*), the king of aforementioned Dreamland is called Nodens. He doesn't personally fight but summons nightgaunts (little like those ummm void demons (flying, poison attack, those guys) but with paralyzation attack instead of poison). Okay, he's supposed to be friendly towards humans but hey, you can't always win.

There's serpent people, degenerate barbarians when compared to their former glory (think of indep lizards compared to C'tis) worshipping their snakeman god Yig (Father of Serpents general generating sacred serpents, with a few fortified provinces for lizard prod?).

Most guys mentioned before would eat Dominions nations for breakfast if strict to Mythos, but if they are a bit downgraded for play balance, who complains?

There are more, I'm sure, but I'm running a fewer so better stop while I think I'm still making sense.