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Why are there no Lovecraftian horrors?
« on: February 24, 2014, 09:14:10 AM »
Since this game contains a melding of different magic and wizard archetypes, I think this would be an obvious choice. And if a Lovecraftian horror's attack added a hypothetical "madness" condition, that would be even better. Here's hoping that the Siren will at least come with some horrifying fish people.

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Re: Why are there no Lovecraftian horrors?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2014, 10:23:17 AM »
Since this game contains a melding of different magic and wizard archetypes, I think this would be an obvious choice. And if a Lovecraftian horror's attack added a hypothetical "madness" condition, that would be even better. Here's hoping that the Siren will at least come with some horrifying fish people.

Lovecraftian creatures do not fit into the current story.
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Re: Why are there no Lovecraftian horrors?
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2014, 10:24:35 AM »
Shoggoth Zora would like a word with you, and that word is Fhtagn.
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Re: Why are there no Lovecraftian horrors?
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2014, 10:40:30 AM »
Shoggoth Zora would like a word with you, and that word is Fhtagn.

That was the only name people could think up. It is still not from the story guide. Libro Mortis was my idea for the Necronomicon / Book of the Dead we changed the name a few weeks before print
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Re: Why are there no Lovecraftian horrors?
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2014, 11:28:29 AM »
I gotcha Shad0w. While I'm sad that Lovecraftian creatures do not fit into the "current"  ;) story, I look forward to the future The Stars Are Right expansion and accompanying story material.

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Re: Why are there no Lovecraftian horrors?
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2014, 07:26:20 PM »
@ Shadow that just means you need an obligatory cthulhu expansion

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Re: Why are there no Lovecraftian horrors?
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2014, 01:47:55 PM »
The King in Yellow may disagree
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Re: Why are there no Lovecraftian horrors?
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2014, 11:06:27 AM »
Not lovecraft stuff, but I would love to see some cards about The Dark Tower serie. Lobstrosities would be good creatures for the Siren. Roland, The Pistolero would also be a nice legendary addition to the game. And of course, a conjuration named The Dark Tower.  ;D

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Re: Why are there no Lovecraftian horrors?
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2014, 01:38:51 PM »
I would love to some some Lovecraftian types of creatures.
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Re: Why are there no Lovecraftian horrors?
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2014, 04:11:34 PM »
Actually I don't miss any Lovecraftian stuff here. There is already too much of that crap anyways - especially thanks to Kickstarter, Cthulhu and zombies became so much overused that it started to annoy me.