The (not really) Official Endgame Summon Thread!

[Wrana]

In any case the Cthulhu Mythos is already represented in the game quite well. Except that Starspawns don't fly - probably for game balance reasons...

[MaxWilson]

[smacks forehead] Oh! So *that's* why they call it R'lyeh!



I still think the Mythos might possibly provide more summons. I considered suggesting the Hounds of Tindalos but all I could think of was teleport + assassination, which didn't seem quite evocative enough.

-Max

[TheMenacer]

I'm really surprised that the Mi-go don't show up in any capacity. They might be a little immediately identifiable as a lovecraft property, but there's no rule against having some vaguely recognizable flying fungus beast that removes peoples' brains for kicks, is there?

[Zeldor]

Try to implement Crxyxll if you are so smart

[Wrana]

IIRC there is no 'Lovecraft property' as such. He didn't have a so-very-smart son, unlike JJRT.

[thejeff]

Lovecraft also wrote (or at least published) earlier than JRRT. Some of his work is old enough to not fall under the various retroactive copyright extensions. It's not clear whether others are covered due to lack of renewal.

More importantly he encouraged other writers to refer to his mythos and there have been many Cthuloid stories written since his death. Many by hacks, but some quite good. Without that it's likely he would be all but forgotten.

[llamabeast]

Interesting. Kind of the novelist's version of an open source approach, I guess.