The Defiler Edition
This thread is meant to discuss Lovecraft's Works and other related media like tabletop games, video games, etc
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>>47707112
The Texts of Lore that Men were not meant to know:
http://www.eldritchdark.com
http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/
A good playlist about the gods and other entities of Lovecraft:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-aprpylMuCdnaFEYwTzAobqUZGxS1D5p
>I'll swallow your soul!
>Swallow this.
>Please create a new thread when the Bump Limit has been reached and we are in the Lower Pages.
>If you don't horrors beyond your comprehension will shitpost.
I'll start with the conclusion to Neonomicon to spare you all the pages leading up to it.
>>47768780
>>47768782
>>47768791
This is actually Neonomicon edition.
Fugg.
>>47768798
>>47768798
As bad as Neonomicon is (it's about 50% Deep One rape and people commenting on Lovecraft beign asexual, which isn't even quite true), its idea of Leng was pretty neat.
Also, I added some spells on the sequel to the DnD Cthulhu thing I'm working on, although I have no idea whether they're broken or not (there's not much guildelines in making spells in the DMG, aside from how much damage/healing is appropriate for a spell of given level). I should still add some more spells, and would like to hear if anybody has good ideas.
>>47768814
>>47768838
>>47768826
Of course, Moore stole the time-cast 4D imagery from Morrison, who probably stole it from Moorcock somehow.
>>47768826
I really like Noden's Rebuke. It conjure pictures of a badass priest being attacked by a monster and howling 'NOT TODAY, ABOMINATION' while the creature is literally blasted away.
I sorta like the idea of /ysg/ being completely nameless, It gives off an eldritch vibe.
Anyone else digging the idea of the nameless general?
>>47769090
No, I'm just a moron.
>>47769090
As a concept it's pretty neat. In practice? Eh... Makes it harder to spot at a glance and harder to search for(although the latter isn't a big deal as long as the OP contains key words such as lovecraft).
>>47769113
that explains why you don't like the idea
>>47769120
always cross link the threads at the end of the old one and at the start of the new one.
problem solved
>>47769133
That only kind of solves the problem for people who are obsessed with the topic, not for those with only casual interest.
>>47769153
if they are casually strolling on the board then they aren't the target audience of the thread so it doesn't make sense to put effort so they can find it easier.
If someone is interested in this then there is the search option. still
So wait, you're telling me, that Azathoth dreamed up all of the Yog-Sothothery and that the Dreamlands exist inside of the Dream. And didn't H.P L write this stuff based of of his dreams? So its a dream inside of a dream based of a dream.
>>47769331
The nightmare swirls and churns unending.
>>47769331
>yogception
>>47768791
Wait.. Is that the actual text or some fan rewrite? I chuckled eitherway.
>>47768842
>the "timeless world" is a metaphor for plagiarism
>>47769445
Yeah, the heavy laid in sexual shit makes it seem like some weird porno, I can't tell if it's serious.
>>47769445
>Is that the actual text or some fan rewrite?
It's Neonomicon, so it's both.
I'm trying to give my group a sampler of various lovecraftian horror games to try to find one that works best for us. So far we've gone Call of Cthulhu, Trail of Cthulhu, and Delta Green. Anyone have any other good systems to recommend?
>>47768838
New adventure idea: kill the pregnant lady.
>>47769490
Nemesis.
>>47769445
>Wait.. Is that the actual text or some fan rewrite? I chuckled eitherway.
Did... did you not read the issue before that where she jerks off a Deep One?
Currently re-reading The Laundry Files while waiting for The Nightmare Stacks.
Still as neat as it was first reading.
>>47769490
You can try Cthulhu Dark first, see if it fits the group.
I heard good things about Achtung! Cthulhu, a WWII setting with players from the allied faction fighting against a Nazi Cult that uses the mythos as weapons. For Savage World and CoC systems, although it include rules for FATE Core too.
Stepping out of the strict CoC formula, we got Cthulhutech (Cthulhu mechs and robots), Cthulhu Invictus (Call of Cthulhu during the roman imperium), and pulp games that can be played with a mythos background like Atomic Robo and Spirit of the Century.
I get that some /tg/ is based off of Lovecraft, but this thread is still off topic.
/lit/ would be better to discuss the works of an author. You can't slap on "other related media like tabletop games"at the end to try and make it on topic, especially if you're just going to continue on with "vidoegames, etc" in the same afterthought.
Like potentially you will just have a thread about a Lovecraft videogame. Will that still be on topic?
Most of this is just a /co/ dump anyway.
>>47769711
Thank you for your insights, self-appointed mod
>>47769711
are you on drugs right now?
>>47769720
>>47769770
You can't even try to explain yourselves?
>>47769832
Well we did just have an orc slave, elf slave, and kobold slave what do thread back to back where we justified each one with OP saying he'd be using all related replies ingame at some point. Blam. Suddenly and entirely bannable offense that mods crack down on is fine. At least this shits more interesting than thatgirl, cyoa, filename, and armor threads we have nonstop 24/7.
>>47769832
I'm trying to comprehend your stupidity because I give you the benefit of the doubt which means that you are clinically retarded instead of just a troll.
>>47769885
Speaking of which thats 5 CYOA threads, 2 paladin what do threads, another one about diversity dungeon where OP swears the author is serious. Again. , 2 MTG threads, an alignment thread, and another fucking That -insert- thread. All within the first 2 pages.
>>47769945
Oh and a blatant foot fetish thread. Yeah, our lovecraft thread is definitely THE cancer killing this board.
>>47769672
Never seen this before, I honestly thought it was some comic someone had rewritten the dialog for.
I'm kind of morbidly curious how the fuck one jerks off a old one though.
>>47770127
deep one, not an old one. Jeez, get your facts right
>>47768791
>swastika carved into head
>never been with a woman or a man
average /r9k/ user
So guys i’m creating my first campaign from scratch, tell me what you think about the rough idea, which i kinda like. That might be a bit out of the subject of the thread but there is no other Cthulhu themed one at that time and I don’t feel like opening a new one just for this, especially since all the interested people are probably here.
>Players are part of the crew of a small bulk cargo in south east asia seas just post WW1, pic more or less related.
>Contraband, transport of shaddy people and their untld cargo, a bit of piracy here and there, adventures on the high sea, a woman in each port, etc
>Captain takes passengers on board for free, seems incredibly anxious around them.
>Turns out they are separatists trying to rise the whole SEA colonies against the colonial powers post WW1
>is actualy infiltrated and framed by a group of cultists of the Red Flame, very wild avatar of Nyarlathotep, who plan to turn the whole region into an absolute bloodbath of pure insanity with the help of dreams and surpernatural encouragement of said avatar, for the glory of Nyarly, and usher the new era of the human race, wild and free of the fake construct of morality, etc, you know the thing. Captain being under their control which is why he is taking them on board, will end up being murdered one way or another which will give the players control of the ship.
>hopefully at that time the players will have a good idea of the fucked up things the cultists plan (though not necessarily of its supernatural part) and not be too enthusiastic about it
Cont.
>>47770211
>contacted by german agents who, of all people, plan to stop it
>member of the proto-Ahnenerbe (which didn’t exist under that name before 1935 so I will have to find some nice new one)
>ask them to help them in stopping the separatists’ projects
>aventures in the jungles of Cambodia, tcho-tchos hunting, naval pursuits, ensues
>end up canceling the apocalypse (hopefully)
>discover before the end the germans are actually cultists of the Black Man, other avatar of Nyarlathotep, who plan just as much as the Red Flame the destruction of the world, but think the Red Flame cultists plans will prevent WWII from happening as France and UK will not grow complacent in the interwar period, WWII that they expect will finish in a global nuclear end of the world as we know it. Which may or may not be the subject of another campaign, depending on the success of this one.
Verdict?
>>47770151
Misread, but honestly does it make the scene any less tasteless?
>>47770237
a deep one is humanoid but may or may not contain materials outside of human comprehension.
Old one is not humanoid, at all, but more or less flesh and blood. I mean they reproduce by spores and have an odd number of wings and a lot of tentacle like stuff but no hand or leg like stuff.
So yes it's a big fucking difference
>>47769711
>/lit/
>ever welcoming something that isn't the meme trilogy
Namecalling and deflecting and no explanation to how this thread is /tg/. I'm not attacking this thread or saying it's ruining the board, just asking for an explanation. But the responses are that it's off topic and you're flaunting it so I guess I got what I came for.
>>47770360
This general is here for the same reason we have a Star Wars general, gathering material for upcoming games and worldbuilding.
>>47770360
look, nowdays every second thread has someone who starts screaming that this or that isn't /tg/. Because everyone has a very clear and precise idea of what is and isn't /tg/ but everyone has a different idea.
But apart from that here is the thing: nobody reads lovecraft anymore because it's boring. there are a lot of cameos in various media but those never go deep into the fluff.
But if you want to run a CoC or DG game you MUST know a fuckton about the fluff, otherwise you can't really create the atmosphere.
If you look closely the questions in these threads are usually very specific on how this or that work, how to make this or that work in X scenario or if an X scenario is viable or not. There is always some degree of noise but there are very little reason to talk about these stuff if you aren't interested in the CoC games.
So saying that it isn't /tg/ related because there are books about it is just so fucking retarded I have a hard time to comprehend it.
I mean that is like going to a /co/ thread about the batman comics and telling them to go to /tv/ because it has a few movies about batman so it belongs to /tv/
>>47770127
yeah Alan Moore's a weird guy
>Itt: /tg/ devouring its own guts with pointless bickering while ignoring the only guy bringing OC to the thread and asking for feedback.
Never fail to disappoint, /tg/
>>47770211
I like the two aspects of same god fighting eachother and the "I accidentaly put WWII back on track". Plus, naval adventures.
>>47768842
Might have stolen it from Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five.
>>47770127
Neonomicon is a truly awful piece of writing. OP wasn't kidding when they said they were sparing us.
However, The Courtyard, which is ostensibly in the same universe, is the best Lovecraft fan fiction I've seen. Pick it up if you can find it.
>>47770441
As I understand it, Moore isn't entirely responsible for this. He was contractually obligated to provide a story outline and he was in a real shitty mood. Somebody else did the awful dialogue.
>>47770218
>Verdict?
9/10 would play.
>>47770127
>>47770784
https://kat.cr/neonomicon-the-courtyard-2003-2010-digital-scans-nem-t12423949.html
>>47770436
>saying that it isn't /tg/ related because there are books about it
This not what I'm saying. This thread, in the OP description, is framed as a thread to talk about the books.
To use your own logic
>it's like going to a /lit/ thread about Lovecraft books and telling them to go to /tg/ just because there are a couple of games about it so it belongs on /tg/
There's no need to call me a screaming retard because this isn't even close to that. If you have to resort to namecalling instead of even trying to justify your beliefs then there's really nothing more to be said. Enjoy your /co/ dump, buddy
>>47770803
Like, and obviously the direction. You can't tell me Alan fucking Moore would have that conversation just be talking heads with two weird Leng panels
>>47770912
you're a screaming retard. now hide this thread and let us talk about the games
>>47769490
>>47769695
our GM pitches
>>47770211
>>47770218
game mods
>>47768826
and inspirational material.
This thread is /tg/ as FUCK
So a while back I read an article on writing cosmic horror creatures/deities and it had an interesting method, you take the things which scare you the most, merge them together, then inflate it to end-of-the-world scale.
For instance my worst fears would be:
>a loss of individual identity
>my body slowly wasting away
>sentient things which cause harm for no purpose, they don't need to feed, you're no threat to it, it doesn't mean to do anything, just harmful by nature of existing
The results of my doing this can be seen in the last thread >>47759128 >>47759128
So /tg/ what cosmic horrors can you make from your worst fears?
>>47771916
damm linked pt.1 twice
>>47759142
Continued from the last thread: Lovecraftian space opera! Not quite happy with this section, but I've been meaning to cover it.
>THE FUTURE RACES OF MAN
Humanity is changing. This is inevitable; evolution pauses for nothing, and the sudden introduction of humans to such a wide variety of environments has kicked it into high gear. In the enclosed environments and low gravity, people grow tall, thin, and pallid. in the thin air of the Martian highlands. People are already beginning to speak of distinct Martian, Lunar, Station-born, etc. races, and the great debate is- what to do about it?
There are four general strains of thought. The first holds that the human form must be preserved, as close to the original as possible; that tampering with it will eventually lead down dark paths.
The second holds that humans should be adapted to the environments they find themselves in, pointing to examples as diverse as the 'new deep ones' of Ganymede and Europa to how well Tibetans do in the thin air of the Martian highlands.
The third argues that this will ultimately lead to the disintegration of humanity into warring sub-species, and argue for a gradual program of universal augmentation, to maintain humanity as a single race even as it changes.
The fourth advocates anarchy, every man pursing his own path to enlightenment; only barely an intellectually coherent movement, it is a thing of back-alley cybernetics shops and DIY geneticists, haphazard and often suppressed as dangerous and unwholesome.
And then, of course, there is the oldest method of becoming something more than human, still practiced by outcasts in the dark corners of the solar system.
>>47768842
>>47769449
>>47770709
I just want you all to know you're wrong and there's nothing new under the sun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Duchamp_-_Nude_Descending_a_Staircase.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroboscope
>it's a /tg/ argues about what's /tg/ thread
Anyway, I saw this and was thinking about picking it up. Concept looks neat; players are real-life surrealist artists (Dali, Bunuel, Magritte, etc.) in Paris in the 1920s, who enter the Dreamlands and change it through the power of their imaginations. I have two questions for the fine folks of /ysg/:
1. Has anyone played this? Does anyone at least own it? How is it?
2. I'm under the impression that Trail of Cthulhu is focused on investigation, but this game looks like the least investigative Cthulhu game ever. Is it?
>>47774072
>THE VACUUMORPHS
Mankind's first attempt at a servitor race, rushed and desperate. The Exodus demanded that an vast orbital infrastructure be built swiftly, and fragile non-vacuum-breathing humans were inadequate to the task. Thus, the vacuumorphs- intelligent, space-dwelling, sterile- were created, to perform the tasks which humans could not.
It worked, for a time. Then they began to hear voices.
The Vacuumorphs are, like Elder Things, immune to the mental influence of Cthulhu; when the remaining ones can be drawn to speak of it, they say that as creatures of space they are not beholden to the gods of Earth. No, they have their own gods; they say they can hear the stars speak to each other, in whispers carried on solar wind and cosmic ray. No human can hear it; even the Elder Things are lightly baffled.
They chose the moment for their rebellion well; in the latter stages of the Exodus, with Earth burning in madness below, any attempt to bring the entities maintaining the evacuation stations would have been insane and self-destructive. MAD held, and when humanity pulled out of cislunar space, they were happy to leave the Vacuumorphs to their own devices.
Now, they nest among the great space-reefs growing on the shattered debris of Earth orbit. They occasionally contend with the cultist-pirates scavenging in the same places, occasionally trading- but mostly they simply sit still, for days or weeks or months at a time, inside the machines they've built to listen to the million voices of the gibbering sun.
Would anyone like me to cover something in particular next?
>>47774459
These entries are all pretty fantastic. I reckon you could adapt Eclipse Phase pretty neatly to it.
Is there any life in Jupiter or Saturn? Not on the moons, but floating in the clouds, or down in the depths?
>>47774760
Well on Saturn there's Eibon and a wizard hunter, and a few old ones.
There's probably a few of these around as well.
>>47769711
>>47768826
Neonomicon is actually pretty dope if you read it alongside Moore's latest dip into the Mythos.
>>47769711
everything on /tg/ thats not 40k is off topic
http://civilization.wikia.com/wiki/Cynosure_(CivBE)
I feel like this is somewhat relevant, especially because I've seen a few anons asking about AIs as Mythos-type entities.
>>47775264
>The first Inquiry put to Cynosure was: "What is the shape of the universe?"
>To which Cynosure answered: "This question is not even wrong."
>Cynosure then terminated the connection with the Operator.
>>47774760
Eclipse Phase is my main secondary influence; as I said in the last thread, swap out 'Cthulhu' for 'Skynet' and you're halfway there. Now,
>JUPITER
Down. Down past the mere howling near-supersonic gales. Down past the vaults of clear air where you can see ten thousand miles without impediment. Down past the lightning-bolts the diameter of lost Earth. Down past the boundary where gas is crushed into metal. Down past the diamond continents. Down.
Of course there's something down there. The Lovecraft universe, no matter how it might look to crawling maggoty humans, is not one of chaos, it is one of order. There is no environment so hostile, no physical order so counter-intuitive, that it will not give rise to mind and hungry, hungry mouth. Azathoth dreams of life.
But humanity doesn't need to worry about the Thing in Jupiter. As far as it's concerned, anything above the metallic hydrogen is boring freezing void.
No, what humanity needs to worry about is all the life on its moons. Jupiter's sixty-four moons provide a great deal of space for Byakhees and stranger things to cavort and breed, in thrall to strange gods that have never known humanity. Their names, powers, and forms are uncertain, and exploration has largely been tentative. While the lesser creatures of Jupiter can generally be shot to death, few want to risk running into a god unprepared.
Despite all this, there is nearly human colonization on the moons of Jupiter, in that the colonists are nearly human.
>THE MARE INTERNUM- GANYMEDE, EUROPA, AND CALLISTO
Fat with blubber, those Deep One/human hybrids who elected to follow humanity offworld have taken to the vast subsurface oceans of these moons. These lightless abysses are hardly welcoming environments in human eyes, but then, the colonists aren't human.
Ganymede has already been detailed at >>47743363. Now, I turn to Europa and Callisto.
(cont.)
>>47775620
I just like the idea of humanity having created something that's totally out of their control, but is also blessedly non-hostile. A giant artificial big brother.
>>47775743
>Lovecraft meets Schismatrix+
Neat.
>>47775743
Oddly, the same intelligences found on Ganymede also recur on Europa and Callisto. Parallel evolution has been ruled out by genetic analysis; current theories focus on 'physical movement through the Dreamlands', as the worm- and crab-men have significant Dream presence, and magical teleportation. Regrettably for the Deep One invaders, the natives of Europa and Callisto are not as helpless as those of Ganymede.
The colonization of Callisto has been complicated by the 'maws'- rifts in the water that soundlessly swallow up colonist and native alike. Their nature is uncertain; manifestations of a minor god? Extra-dimensional predators? Conventional warding is ineffective, as is duplicating the rites of the natives, but they almost never form in well-lit areas. Instead, they seem to cluster at the edges of the light, waiting for someone to come out, or the light to fail.
Deep One presence on Callisto is now limited to a handful of fusion-lit domes, whose inhabitants almost obsessively maintain the lighting, for fear of what will happen if they go out for even a second.
On Europa, the threat takes a different form. The inhabitants of Europa are expert Dream-walkers, and appear to be capable of physically entering the Dreamlands. (The population of Europa is also the largest and most genetically diverse, placing greater credence on the Dream migration theory.) More dangerously, they can attack targets in the waking world from the Dream, using knives of unknown make. These blows do not cause physical wounds, but instead cause the afflicted to fall into a coma. The Deep Ones of Europa have taken to sleeping in shifts, so that someone will always be on guard in the Dream. The Europan colony has also proven much more capable to trade and diplomacy with the natives than the Callisto colony.
While several knives have been captured, they have a tendency to vanish. They almost certainly were not made by the natives.
>>47776380
Are there artificial intelligences in this setting? What are they like?
Alright. This has been bugging me for a while.
Why the fuck does Wilbur Whately look the way he does?
Like, where does the lizard body, tail mouth, goat legs come from. What part of Yog-Sothoth is that. Did Yog-Sothoth evolve from something that looked like that? Did it then evolve into whatever Wilbur's brother is before becoming a conglomeration of spheres?
What would the children of other outer gods look like?
>>47769711
Fuck off. You are the people ruining /tg/.
>>47776769
really hot
>>47770784
All the courtyard is, is the prelude to the Neonomicon.
>>47776769
Yog-Sathoth is everywhere and everywhen. When it takes form, it takes all forms. When it breeds, it breeds in all forms. What is birthed, is birthed as all forms. Genetics aren't really important to the Outer Gods. Existence is.
>>47776769
Think of the idea of him being Yog's son as poetic.
What basically happened was the touch of the Outer God mutated one of Lavina's egg cells into something amazing, constantly changeing and splitting until two viable offspring were born as twins.
One near human, but with limbs recalling more bestial ancestors.
The other totally inhuman, with only the vague facial features hinting at what progenitor they sprang from.
>>47776880
So Wilbur is just a jumble of random animal parts from all over time and space?
Alright, I can get behind that I suppose.
>>47776628
>ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AI takes a number of different forms, depending on what it's doing. The first AIs created were built as research aids, and were known as Turing Oracles.
The thing is, the human brain just isn't capable of comprehending everything that's out there. When the human mind encounters incomprehensible stimuli, it tends to just slide off. Completely failing to resolve the picture in front of it into anything meaningful, the mind often just sort of blanks. The first AI were therefore created to collate information on objects that humans were incapable of drawing meaningful conclusions about. To be sure, Turing Oracles also broke down at a very high rate, but computers can be rebooted. People generally can't. The technology was swiftly extended into surveillance, searching for mind-affecting and invisible predators, and then censorware, as the rise of the internet demanded the constant monitoring of large quantities of information. From there, it spread to everything from exploration to economics.
Of course, none of these things really think like people; in fact, their not thinking like people is often the entire point. People already do a good job of thinking like people, the point of AI is filling in the gaps. AI is generally incapable of being deployed on its own; they supplement people, not replace them.
This is partly by design. Humans do not trust non-humans in sole control of vital infrastructure, and any AI is generally given a rigidly-specified single task. The Elder Things collapsed because they trusted their empire to a single type of independent bio-machine; that mistake, at least, mankind will not repeat.
Beyond that, a lot of things used in day-to-day living have AI of a sort; given the heavy use of nano/biotechnology, Anything from the roomba to life support monitoring could have at least a simple nervous system, and many computer systems use mixed biological and electronic components.
>>47777109
Coolio. I really dig this setting. Do you have it all written out somewhere, or are you writing it from memory? Just wondering if I should compile everything you've written somewhere or if you'd already done that.
I asked about AI because you mentioned Eclipse Phase being a reference point. I'm going to assume there are no AI as people or post-human Seed-AI types in this setting then?
>>47776917
Mostly humanity's genetic past. Lovecraft was big on the whole "genetic devolution" thing. If your genes used to code for chickens, lizards, apes, worms, and fish, it makes sense that there'd still be a few instructions tucked away in some disused file cabinet, right?
>>47777247
Partly writing it out from memory, partly making it up on the spot. That's the reason why I keep asking people what they'd like to hear about next, having specific questions to answer helps keep the creative juices flowing.
>>47777395
What's up with the Yithian's?
>>47777480
>THE GREAT RACE OF YITH
Before the Exodus, the Yith were one of humanity's four diplomatic contacts (the other three being the Mi-Go, the Elder Things, and the Deep Ones), and by far the most infuriating. It was with the Yith that humanity first really smashed into the fact that there are some things that are just incomprehensible. There are things out there whose angles form irresistible arguments for madness, things the shape of which slides out of memory like water off a duck's back, but it was the Yith that were the most annoying, all the more so since comprehension always seemed just around the corner.
Fucking time travel.
Nonetheless, there was trade, primarily of ideas and culture, but there was some trade of physical objects, carried out by burying hermetically-sealed time capsules, tagged with distinctive radioactive isotopes, in geologically-stable areas of the globe. Philosophy, astro-cartography, biological novelties from otherwise inaccessible epochs, macroeconomic theory, lightning guns; it was a massively inconvenient trade, but a fruitful one.
Communication with the Yith has dropped off since the Exodus; although not originally from Earth, their current(?) intellectual focus is one Earth's own deep past and deep future; the rest of the solar system is of limited concern to them. Perhaps, in some far-off solar system, contact might be re-established, but the Great Race, just before the Exodus, left mankind with this prophecy:
"Nothing that remembers being human shall ever again set foot upon the Earth."
It was a sombering moment.
>>47777906
What's the solar system look like? Is there a planet nine hiding out at the far edges as recent research seems to indicate? What's it look like?
>>47778586
I'm trying to stick to modern science relatively closely; Mercury, Venus a sulphurous hell, Earth, Mars usually cold and dry, etc. The one solar celestial body I've invented whole cloth is Yuggoth, out past Pluto, the possibly-artificial base world of the Mi-Go. Nobody's gotten a good look at it yet.
As for specific details of each world, well, I've detailed most of them in previous posts. If you want to hear about anyplace specific, ask me and I'll think of something.
>>47770283
That's an Elder Thing. Old Ones aren't made from matter as we know it.
>>47777109
Artificial Intelligence is not artificial sentience. There's a very, very good reason for that. Sentience is hard. People wrote stories about robots discovering emotions and learning about "love" and "beauty", but they really wanted computers that could tell them the fastest route to the nearest Alabama Fried Tacos, and then drive there.
So AI are really just "decent specialized software packages". There's an AI for identifying faces. Another for checking to make sure the angles of all visible polygons add up correctly. Another for monitoring water purity.
But they don't have personalities or desires or anything. They don't even /known/ anything, not the way we do. That would be pointless, and potentially, very very dangerous.
If you want something with a complicated mind you can relate to, take a human brain and mash it about, or do some fiddling with speed-grown embryos. Don't try and program it from scratch.
>>47777906
>dat bestiary
Azzy and Yoggy are so far above the rest of their tier it's ridiculous.
>>47779418
This. Sadly its a shit chart and it gets pointed out everytime its posted and it never changes. Like that 3rd game curse /v/ image i'm almost sure its just for trolling purposes and people occasionally mistake it for truth.
>>47771916
>>47771932Y'golonac already covers mine
>>47774072
Ever read After Man?
>>47774966
And don't forget the Saturn Cats (Moon Cats)
>>47779418
>>47779579
Isn't Nyarly just as strong as Azathoth because he's an aspect of him?
This might be fanon that I've taken as canon.
>>47778704
Saturn and its Moon Cats or more seriously the city of R'yleh and its abundant cultists.
>>47777986
Oh boy, it's a Lovecraftian waifu thread.
>>47769711
You're genuinely mentally and physically retarded, aren't you?
>>47779737
Yep. He's just a sentient/deviant avatar that has a lot of plans and is most likely the only one who will survive The Awakening.
>>47780098
The Who what now?
>>47780103
The Awaking of Azathoth, the Idiot God.
>>47780103
When the big guy in the center of the universe wakes up and our reality that is actually just its dream disappears.
>>47779659
After Man is the absolute shit, as is it's sequel, Man After Man. Both hold a special place on my bookshelf.
Can you suggest anything similar?
>>47780200
Unfortunately, no.
>>47780249
>>47768842
>>47775201
Providence has no right being as awesome as it actually is.
>>47779737
>R'YLEH, CTHULHU, AND THE NEW MASTERS OF EARTH
Three times the black city/grand temple/prison universe has risen from its location in the lightless abyss. The first, its lord was weak, the stars not quite yet right; like a baby a month premature. Smashed down by a passing boat. The second, the stars were closer, but humanity more prepared; networks of ancient runes and megaton suns greeted his rise, and down again he went. The third-
The third, the world went down in fire and madness months before he greeted the sun again. His dreaming stalks the world before his body does.
Now, he holds court in the new metaphorical (possibly also literal) center of the world, and millions of cultists struggle to reach the Black City so that they may gaze upon the Holy of Holies in person. They die; they die of exhaustion, exposure, dehydration, starvation, from walking ceaselessly across the earth night and day. They die of drowning, when cobbled-together rafts and ancient boats the strength of their limbs fail them as they cross the ocean. They die of predation; all the horrors and gods of the Earth are unleashed now, and there is little to stop them except each other. They die in the halls of the Black City; as the geometry grows ever more twisted, one can wander it for months and never see its master.
They die to their god, and count themselves lucky; any sort of death is worth this revelation.
Sometimes, they think of those who left, and weep. Why? Why would anyone deny themselves this? Don't they know that the truth is beautiful? Don't they know that the truth will set them free?
Some of them, the more together ones, draw plans to save them. The infrastructure to create spaceships was mostly destroyed, by accident and by design; those who knew how to build them mostly left or are already dead; but there is enough left. Enough to bring Truth and Freedom to the rest of humanity, if all goes well.
>>47780200
Try this.
>>47774433
I have it and the book is fucking fantastic as a book and I love it (and I honestly dislike Lovecraftian Dreamlands stuff) - but yeah, no, I'm never going to run it because I'm never going to find a group that I think would tick all the weird boxes to necessarily enjoy the game, play it they way it's intended etc.
>>47776769
>What part of Yog-Sothoth is that
Yog-Sothoth is everything, all of time and space is encapsulated in his congerie of shimmering orbs. So, presumably Wilbur takes THOSE bits after him.
Alternatively, you could go for the argument that The Dunwich Horror is Lovecraft's deconstruction of the "tainted child" trope in that Wilbur isn't the real monster -his BROTHER is, the one so like the "father" that it is a towering, incomprehensible beast that cannot even be seen in visible light without some form of arcane intervention. And it is in those regards that the second Whately son "takes after his father".
>>47780584
He draws closer, and our city has risen.
>>47781035
This seems like a reason to party.
>>47778704
>Venus a sulphurous hell
kinda doesn't fit with Lovecraft's work though, he did a story set on Venus actually; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Walls_of_Eryx
the blog Lovecraftian Science goes into it more as well(and covers the rest of the solar system and other stuff also); https://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com
>>47781496
I am aware, and tried to incorporate some elements of that story into my section on Venus... but ultimately, I just like sulphurous-hell Venus better.
>>47781564
It rains goddamned acid and has dust storms, for a planet named after a Love goddess it is quite cruel.
>>47781804
Acid that apparently can't touch leather as thats what the miners suit is made out of. It also rains acid in detroit but people still go about their business.
>>47781804
>It rains goddamned acid and has dust storms, as a planet named after a Love goddess it is quite cruel.
FTFY
>>47781817
There's also the temperatures that can melt lead.
And the molten lead.
>>47781836
I don't recall that. In his stories its a tropical jungle with a non-human friendly atmosphere.
>>47781862
We've fixed it so that way it's in a a under a biodome
>>47781820
Thank
>>47770436
>nobody reads lovecraft anymore because it's boring
You have to be 18 to use this board, anon.
And if by some chance you *are* over 18, just kill yourself and spare us all.
Barring that...never, ever leave this board. It's the only way to make sure the rest of the world never has to suffer your presence.
>>47781564
>but ultimately, I just like sulphurous-hell Venus better
why though, that kind of Venus is impossible to do anything with since anything remotely terrestrial in biology would die instantly there
>>47782143
Thus the Biodome
>>47782143
Lovecraft is all about the non-terrestrial biology anyway.
>>47782066
He had a point about the Batman thing but yeah, that was pretty fucking cringy
>>47770803
And here I thought Moore just lost whatever it is that made his writing great. That said, His League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has been really lacking. I was not entirely pleased with Century 2009, even with the Moon Child Harry Potter literally shooting lightning out of his dick.
>>47782496
Providence is being fantastic.
>>47779737
>Isn't Nyarly just as strong as Azathoth because he's an aspect of him?
Since he's at most one aspect of Azatoth, I'd consider him to possess only an infinitessimally small part of Azatoth's power.
However, as Azatoth is truly omnipotent, that still makes Nyarlathotep infinitely powerful (even the smallest fraction of infinity is infinity, only smaller). I'd consider Yog-Sothot to be as powerful if not more so that Nyarlathotep, considering him being the entire universe and existing in every point in space and time. He's also truly omniscient.
>>47768780
Is this after she gets fucked by the fish thing?
>>47782716
>Nyarly getting trolled through time and space by Yog-Sothoth for the shits and giggles.
>Nyarly trying to act dignified and thinking of how he wants to wake up Azathoth.
>>47782733
After and they are called Deep Ones
>>47770803
Bullshit and deflection. Moore did everything and went on and on about how this was a great work that completed de chtuluh mythos untill it was clear the reception wasn't favourable. THEN he started pointing out that the dialogue wasn't his etc.
>>47782716
Didn't HPL specifically point out Azzy, Yoggy, and Nyarly as a parody of the Christian trinity? That would absolutely make them equal in power.
The Son and the Holy Ghost proceed from the Father, but all three are God.
>>47782787
I can't see Avatar's stable of hack illustrators doing a real Moore script justice anyway.
>>47782859
Nyarlathotep is Jesus, Azathoth and Yog-Sothoth are both the Holy Spirt and God, I can see it
>>47782590
I guess I should check it out then.
>>47782716
Isn't one of the multiple theories about Nyarlathotep's relationship to Azatoth is that Nyarly just made him up for shits and giggles?
>>47782900
>>47782859
Yeah but jesus was no where near as powerful as god.
>>47782937
That and he wanted to seem even more important (even though he's already the fucking most important being in the universe)
>>47782959
Jesus in the trinity is wholy God, so he's no less powerful. Of course he is also wholy human, which would make him not as powerful, but as he is God, he is.
>>47776840
Yeah, but it's actually pretty good
>>47768814
Nun? Asian Merry?
Is he saying she's the Virgin Mary, or is there something I'm missing?
>>47783588
Well she's the Unvirgin Mary of Cthulu. we know for a fact she's not a virgin as the whole impregnation by a god, or rather gods avatar, was her getting raped 8 times. Hard.
>>47780584
Speaking of the bad guys, what's old Narly up to at this stage? Still handing out nukes for the lols?
>>47768780
>>47768782
>>47768791
>>47768798
>>47768814
>>47768838
>>47768842
I really wish the entire Neonomicon would consist solely from those few pages. Or just the final issue, skipping the completely redundant parts 1-3.
>>47770784
The Courtyard was absolutely epic-tier. I still treat Neonomicon as open trolling pulled on fans, because I just can't take it as genuine work and not some parody of sort or just old guy being bored, so he decided to make porno sequel of his older work.
>>47784321
Thats all he ever does.
>>47784321
It's just a step up from putting whip cream in the deep ones' hands and then tickling theirnon nose noses.
>>47784669
>>47784963
Why does this seem in character for ol' Nyarly?
Also 90% of these threads are us fangirling about The Faceless God and His Masks
>>47785648
He's a harmless joker one minute, the next he's starting 3 Galactic Wars, he's whole shtick is that because he's bored he'll do anything to have fun. When he isn't partying or having fun, Nyarlathotep is a schemer who's better than Tzeentch and has plans which span from the dawn of time to the distant future for some vague goal.
He's downright the most interesting of the Elder Spooks.
>>47785718
He also has humanity pegged for funniest bastards in the universe. Whether thats us making shit fun or him making fun out of us is anyones guess.
>>47785727
He thinks we're funny? Eldritch senpai noticed us.
>>47785851
Well all he has to do is give us basic shit like the knowledge of splitting atoms, like giving a kid the knowledge that magnifying glasses can focus the sun, and suddenly we start wiping cities off the map and almost lead to our race ending. Which he just thinks is hilarious. Like kicking an ant hill over and watching the shits scurry.
Then he also occasionally laughs when we do shit completely unscripted even he didn't see coming like one of us crashing one of his famous parties and only end up fucking ourselved over no effort needed.
>>47785851I'd totally ship Poe and Lovecraft. They're perfect for one another.
>>47785887
Seriously, it's implied most of our progress is because of him and his Mask the Tick-Toc Man/The Clockwork Phantom, which is progress personified hanging on Earth.
Doesn't he also invite Randolph Carter to his parties to make himself seem smarter.
>>47783588
>>47783820
"What this is, is your annunciation Mary."
She is going to be/was the literal mother of God.
>>47785976
He does a LOT of shit to make himself seem cool. He's honestly the biggest dickbag in the comsos who's only failing is he occasionally wants people to see him being a dickbag.
"Hey, nerd! Come watch me make the rape of Nanking happen! Awww, Cmon! It'll be fun!"
>>47780584
What's CC up to and his old pal Nodens?
>>47786138
Be/is/was. Whole point of the leng portion was to show that we fundamentally can't see the actually flow of time and merely mistranslate it. past/present/future all happen "now" which means as soon as she gives birth to Cthulu he essentially gets to rule humanity from our very beginning. It just hasn't happened yet but eventually will/has/did.
>>47786158
Yhoundeh must go through a lot of shit on a daily basis
>>47787225
>"Hey Yhoundeh, wanna see the works of my efforts on the atom bomb. I think that this one is going to be great!"
>Yhoundeh bleary starts pouring a pot of coffee.
>This is going to be a long day.
>>47785909
Saving this shit for future use
>>47782869
Jacen Burrows' work seems a little dry at times, but he's been doing a fine job with the material so far.
Slow day in the Yog-Sothothery
>>47791593
Lovecraft and Mr. Skeletal seem to be getting along
>>47791593
Why are skeletons objectively the best?
Hey, /ysg/ any skeletons bros in Lovecraft?
>>47791729
I think Nyarlathotep has a skeleton Mask which has its skull shaped like a fetus. Something straight out of David Lynch's Nightmares
>>47791793
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU7OqGCIcak
Lovecraft and Lynch mingle well.
>>47774459
>Would anyone like me to cover something in particular next?
What are the Serpent Men up to? Thulsa Doom demands space bitches!
Closest thing to undead is the Herbert West Reanimator story I think.
>>47793261
Don't know much about them, so I'll just make something up.
>THE SERPENT MEN
The Serpent Men had long lived in deep tunnels below the far parts of the Earth, breeding slowly and carefully refining their sorceries. When the Exodus began, some exulted, seeing an opportunity to expand their empire. But others had no great love for life on a maddened, burning cult-world, and drew plans to leave. Donning the hollowed-out corpses of dead men, they slipped out among the desperate tides of refugees, slipping past security cameras that would have seen through non-physical illusions and deploying subtle sorceries to distract live guards.
(The world may know little of serpent-men, but serpent-men know much of the world; they had been studying human security for some time, and knew how to defeat it.)
It was not an act that could be kept up for long, but they didn't have to. They slipped into the endless tunnels of the Moon like they had been living there their whole lives. And they began to explore.
The tunnels of Luna are large enough to lose civilizations in; by some estimates, properly wired for heat and light they could comfortably hold a trillion people, and still not be half full. The tunnels seem dead... but there could be a billion people- or things- down there and it wouldn't look any different.
The Serpent-Men have gone down deeper into the tunnels than any human has. They know more about them than any human will ever know.
They will use that knowledge.
>>47793567
In the Vault deals with vengeance from the grave.
>>47794183
But what about the Reptilans and Yig?
>>47794183
neat
Sooo slow...
Have a cute Lovecraft.
>>47768780
>This thread is meant to discuss Lovecraft's Works and other related media like tabletop games, video games, etc
You know this is /tg/, not /multimedia/, right?
>>47796737
Your (you), now fuck off, this question has been asked before.
>>47796737
This is a meme now, great.
>>47780273
Me in the bottom left
>>47797240
What, the duck-billed wookie?
>>47797343
It's obviously Chewbaca swallowing an iguana whole.
>>47797343
Fuck yeah bra.
Also my bill is a dog, and his muzzle has a raptor in it.
Maybe two raptors.
>>47780584
Why can't I find this as a physical book?
>>47797439
Because it isn't, I'm pretty sure. Written by a guy on the internet for guys on the internet.
>>47769331
A dweam wiv'in a dweam?
>>47797439
internet only book, really hope the author does a published version someday
>>47768780
Any good Lovecraft-themed board games?
>>47799656
Betrayal at House on the Hill is my current love. Great party game.
Elder sign is a nice quick and dirty dice game when you want a shorter play time.
What are some of your favorite published adventures for Lovecraftian horror games? Any system is fine, I just want to know what you think really evokes that Lovecraft feel.
Also. My phone seriously needs to stop autocorrecting Lovecraft to Minecraft. That's not even funny.
>>47797087
>>47797131
Different anon, but at this point this thread has barely anything to do with /tg/, even if it started half-decently.
And nice knowing board rules are memes
A great secret people deny.
The Stars were Right once before, and we did not die.
Around 1200 BC, civilizations collapsed, literacy was lost, and bands of savage raiders roamed around burning cities and letting their corpses rot in the streets.
This brought about a dark age, where people huddled in villages until 900BC, when cities began to emerge.
Think this was just a regular collapse? Remember that before this great disaster, there were demigods, children of mortal women and great divine beings, whose rage and madness were beyond men.
Like Ajax the giant, grandson of the Monarch of Night; whose crazed rampage left him unable to distinguish between beast and man, until he slew himself in despair.
Or Asterion, the child of Nyarlathotep the Black Bull. Who was imprisoned by his mortal king, for fear of him devouring his subjects.
Or the city of Troy, protected by the Deep One tainted Hektor (what else could explain his blue hair); which stood until the Xanthic God of their great River himself prophecies their fall before all the princes of the city.
>>47800215
well that's pretty baller
>>47799656
Really looking forward to the retail release of Mythos Tales, it could potentially be one of the few board games that keeps the spirit of most of Lovecraft's works instead of just being "this is a monster, go hit it".
>>47800109
Right, so lets get rid of anyone with any creativity at all, remove any worldbuilding and all discussion, and then you will have the ultimate /tg/ board.
I'm not surprised /tg/ has gone to shit with people like you running around, policing the board and having any sort of fun and creativity removed as quickly as you can.You're here because you can't be tolerated at gaming tables, aren't you.
>>47796737
Well said anon
AND NOW LET US CLAIM THIS THREAD FOR THE EMPRAH!
>but muh board culture
HERESY! *BLAM*
This is now a 40k thread!
>>47800342
Great.... Now look what mr.police occifer did.
Suppose i'll go tell the worldbuilders guild to close shop as well.
>>47800259
TBF to Eldritch Horror, it's really freaking hard to win most of the time.
>>47800348
stay butthurt
>>47799656
Honestly, Chaos in the Old World.
>>47800309
>Right, so lets get rid of anyone with any creativity at all, remove any worldbuilding and all discussion, and then you will have the ultimate /tg/ board.
Nice straw that miss the point about THAT much
We are having a thread discussing a fucking porno comics that happens to be Lovecraftian, so it makes it /tg/-related, because there is Call of Cthulhu TTRPG.
Then the thread starts to discuss Lovecraft-related pieces.
Aside of anon making effort with world-building about far future Mythos-themed setting, everything else is a material that could fit /lit/ without much problem.
And completely unrelated with /tg/ stuff AT ALL.
>>47800460
You have to know the /lit/ side of the mythos to properly play the /tg/ side of the mythos. Especially if you're GMing.
Different anon but no. You have to read that shit on your own and spin a game out of it, instead talking bullshit in the net and making analysis of stuff that is intentionally written as vague as possible.
Seriously, what destroys the entire point of Mythos is this autistic attitude toward them, where everything is catalogued, named, grouped, sorted and analysed back and forth frw times. The point of this whole thing is to BE FUCKING UNKNOWN AND UNCOMPREHENSIVE.And to cover for the fact Lovecraft was so-so writer creating penny dreadful stories that are so repetitive that reading few of them is like reading them all
>>47800476
Link and pic >>47800523
>>47800460
>We are having a thread discussing a fucking porno comics that happens to be Lovecraftian
It doesn't have any actual porn in it, and honestly Flash Gordon by himself is justifying these threads.
>>47800533
>Neonomicon
>It doesn't have any actual porn in it
>>47800533
Have you actually read it? Or just grabbed the last issue of it?
>>47800547
>>47800565
>any of those characters were prostitutes
I guess I should say "hardcore porn."
>>47800573
>It there are no prostitutes in it, it's not porn
And if being raped by fucking Deep One, not to mention the orgy or being forced for oral while being raped analy is not hardcore porn, I've got a bad message for you, son.
You are fucked up to the point of being desensitised
>>47800573
Yes, issue 2 and 3 are totally not an orgy involving a humanoid monster and amount of humiliation that would make /d/ blush. Totally not hardcore.
Literally half of the fucking thing is porn, get a grip of yourself!
>>47800596
I was making a pun on porn's etymology, and I don't think it ever showed anything I wouldn't see on an R film.
>>47800619
>It's just a parody
This is why I fucking hate Americans and how they've twisted sexuality with their retarded puritan perception of world around them.
And you don't even have to be American, because due to soft power, this bullshit is spreading around the world like cancer
>>47800647
I don't see how making a pun on a word is puritanical.
>>47800663
>I don't think it ever showed anything I wouldn't see on an R film
I'm referring to this bit
>>47800523
It's not a straw man argument if that's literally what you are fighting for.
>>47800460
So never help anyone with anything ever again. That way you restore this board to the purity it once had.
>>47800686
>So never help anyone with anything ever again
You can help people AND keep threads on topic, you know? So not only straw, but also a fake dichotomy
>>47800683
If it makes you feel better, the only that turns me on anymore is genuine emotional intimacy.
>>47800801
I actually had that issue a bit ago. Turns out its a serious sign of endstage minor porn addiction. No, that doesn't mean you crave it but it does mean you watch to much and your brain is starting to have disassociation issues. Honestly i just stopped cold turkey, dealt with the resulting month long ED and testosterone flood, starve, and normalization then went back to jacking off once every 3 days like normal humans do. I know it doesn't seem like an issue but it leads directly into actual porn disassociation which is basically self imposed full blown ED you'll need therapy sessions and pills to fix up.
>>47800801
D'awww.... You sicken and make me feel good side.
>>47797597
Bassed off of a dweam.
There's a writefag named Flash Gordon?
youtube.com/watch?v=P2xS-AxKk0k
>>47795724
Logically the Serpent Men would have no problem openly dealing with humans at this point, unlike the Yith, Elder Things and Migo they actually come from earth and share a lot more points of commonality with humans. They also share the same goals in regards to the Elder Gods.
>>47800903
>>47800924
Oh, never mind now I'm downright scared for you.
>>47800698
Just wait for the Mods to move us to trash. If it happens we meet on /trash/ and can finally get Eldritch Porn.
>>47800949
That's pretty damn hot.
Speaking of one of the most influential space serials, we never established what Flash's theme would be for in our Lovecrat movie with a Queen Soundtrack.
youtube.com/watch?v=MS4_Z84-rRE
>>47800949
Took me a minute, then laughter followed.Props to whoever drew that.
>>47801005
I dunno man, Flash is way to inspirational for Lovecraft. The others worked because there's a hint of desperation, this feeling of hopelessness.
Anyone know any good eldritch classes for Pathfinder? Besides the Warlock one that's been posted on here that is.
>>47801170
>>47801005
youtube.com/watch?v=0e4Odk-v3oU
Why does this scream Cthulhu?
I mean Queen should have changed this to Seven Seas of R'yleh.
>>47800903
I know it's not related, but any tips for stopping? Most of the time I make it a week on the outside, but I start getting seriously painful blueballs from every day situations.
It's weird, I dropped 80lbs and got my diet in check, but I can't seem to stop tugging on my dick.
>>47801662
Jack off every 3 days. This prevents that feeling. It WILL be a bastard at first but you're going to either find a way to do it without or use your imagination. Just start jacking it one time less a day every other day until you hit a nice once every three day limit then slowly phase out porn.
Just a heads up: You're going to get TEMPORARY(seriously read this bit it's important) ED at some point in the phasing out porn stage. There's no getting around this. You will also at at first feeling really fucking good and full of energy as your testosterone will be trying to adjust but it will also fade and you'll feel sluggish(this causes the ED) for maybe a month then shit will normalize and everything goes back to normal.
Once you've hit a normal level you can absolutely jack it to porn again but try and maintain at least a day between sessions. Sex shouldn't affect any of this.
Its almost like that whole exercise routine bit where you think you feel fine now but once you actually get past the wall you find out how shit you actually felt and how great it feels fixing that shit.
>>47801846
Cool, appreciate it. I'm not so worried about the ED, I've basically been sluggish, (mildly) depressed and avoiding sex the last few months, anyway.
>>47801233
3.5 has the Alienist Prestige Class didn't it? Something about summons with the psuedonatural template. Either in heroes of horror or the arcane compendium or something.
Binders could also work since they deal with things outside of space and time.
>>47800956
>Mods
>Actually doing their job on /tg/
I wish that was a thing
>>47802325
You still here Hateanon?
>>47799656
I enjoyed the "A Study in Emerald" board game, but less because of it's mechanics and more because it's based on Neil Gaiman doing Lovecraft/Arthur Conan Doyle fan fiction.
>>47803517
Wait, they made a boardgame of that short story? fantastic! What's it like?
>>47803843
You have Loyalist and Restorationist teams, moving agents around a world map, spending influence resources to control cities and attempt assassinations. It's not an easy game, but it is interesting.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/141517/study-emerald
>>47770334
>the meme trilogy
I'll probably regret this but - what?
>>47769331
>And didn't H.P L write this stuff based of of his dreams?
Whelp time to kill myself before I accidentally eldritch abominations
>>47770173
I kekekeked
>>47780098
Ol' Yoggy can also survive, as he exists beyond the dream.
>>47804678
So Nyarly, Azathoth and Yog are possibly the raddest beings in all of existence.
>>47804678
I thought he was trapped just like the rest of us. Y'know, azathoth lord of all gave birth to the nameless mist, nyarlathotep, and darkness. Yoggy was born from the nameless mist. Sure he's technically part of everything including the multiverse but also his own technical dimension but he'll disappear like the rest of us when the big sleeper wakes. Nyarlathotep has been working since inception to maintain himself as a viral meme in azathoths mind so when he does wake up he'll be there next time he sleeps.
>>47804960
Well in rank it would go azathoth, nyarlathotep and his two kin,yoggy. Its also the order they were born.
>>47805053
Nyarlathotep is a terrible meme, I say he should stop forcing it.
>>47805053
Literally, Nyarlathotep's brother the personification of darkness.
>>47805466
Nah. Darkness is already personified. Azathoth gave birth solely to nyarlathotep, the darkness, and the nameless mist. Yog-sothoth was birthed by the nameless mist. He's nyarlathotep's nephew.
>>47775743
> Of course there's something down there. The Lovecraft universe, no matter how it might look to crawling maggoty humans, is not one of chaos, it is one of order. There is no environment so hostile, no physical order so counter-intuitive, that it will not give rise to mind and hungry, hungry mouth. Azathoth dreams of life.
You, sir and patron of the arts, have just created the greatest reimagination of the lovecraftian universe I've heard of since the man himself.
I've had a blast reading these descriptions and this line: "Azathoth dreams of life." really hit it home.
Thank you so much, man.
>>47803843
Deck building action-economy with somewhat secret roles. The game tries to do a lot, so it can be a little clunky at times, can be played with two people, but 4+ is usually the best. The set up is random so and there's some parts of the game I haven't yet seen play out (vampires and zombies, which were included for "why not?")
>>47780200
> After Man is the shit
Word, brother.
For something similar, read "All Tomorrows: A Billion Year Chronicle of the Myriad Species and Varying Fortunes of Man". It definitely has the deep time aspect going for it, and includes the authors' own illustrations.
Actually, let me post it here right now. It's brilliant.
Or I won't, since someone already did.
>>47800523
Are you seriously saying that since cosmic horror is about things being unknowable we shouldn't even bother trying to come to a consensus on anything? That since Yog Sothoth was never meant to be placed at the top of a tier chart that we should all just read Lovecraft independently and run games based on our own interpretations of it without ever discussing it or comparing our interpretations with other people's? Because if that's what you're saying that's fucking stupid.
Even if the Mythos isn't meant to be codified, which I agree with, cosmic horror has a pretty specific tone and set of themes that are worth talking about if you want to run or play CoC as it was intended or in any way that does justice to the source material.
>>47797439
>>47797483
>>47808540
It's written by a turkish artist and researcher that has not been able to get the book published.
Don't understand why though, it's a very different kind of book, but it's already famous in the internet and would have an audience.
>Nyarlathotep is an eldritch horror who can shapeshift, has many forms, is described as black, does malicious acts for the shits and giggles, practically invulnerable, and has a honorable warrior traveling around the cosmos trying to stop him
Aku? When did you get so badass?
>has a honorable warrior traveling around the cosmos trying to stop him
Well, I guess we know who the Flash theme is for.
