Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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They're starting to advertise the bundles for the new Ravenloft book, and they've included this little tidbit
Verrrrrrry interesting
Active characters:
Edoumiaond Willegume "Eddie" Podslee, Vegetanian scholar (College of Spirits bard)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Peter "the Pied Piper" Hausler, human con artist/remover of vermin (Circle of the Shepherd druid)
PIPA - Planar Interception/Protection Aeormaton, warforged bodyguard and ex-wizard hunter (Warrior of the Elements monk/Cartographer artificer)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
They better not try and Pull a Games workshop in the future. Just sayin
He/Him. Loooooooooong time Player.
The Dark days of the THAC0 system are behind us.
"Hope is a fire that burns in us all If only an ember, awaiting your call
To rise up in triumph should we all unite
The spark for change is yours to ignite."
Kalandra - The State of the World
The new Artificer subclass is called Reanimator…
P.T. Barnum marketing for H.P. Lovecraft
Let's not do this song & dance again.
It always snowballs to mod action.
One public domain setting does not a scam or Games Workshop make.
Going with 1 more of something well-known, ESPECIALLY after how Ravenloft was received LAST time(Lack of meat on the bones), is not unreasonable.
DM, player & homebrewer(Current homebrew project is an unofficial conversion of SBURB/SGRUB from Homestuck into DND 5e)
Once made Maxwell's Silver Hammer come down upon Strahd's head to make sure he was dead.
Always study & sharpen philosophical razors. They save a lot of trouble.
D&D putting out a supplement with Lovecraftian creatures no more lets them assert ownership than D&D putting out stats for a minotaur, and Wizards is perfectly aware of that (sure, someone might get overeager, but for the most part they understand what they can actually lay claim to). Just don't grab the text and images they created.
I have no idea what this is referring to, so my guess is "not"
Active characters:
Edoumiaond Willegume "Eddie" Podslee, Vegetanian scholar (College of Spirits bard)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Peter "the Pied Piper" Hausler, human con artist/remover of vermin (Circle of the Shepherd druid)
PIPA - Planar Interception/Protection Aeormaton, warforged bodyguard and ex-wizard hunter (Warrior of the Elements monk/Cartographer artificer)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
GW is apparently being very aggressive about copyright strikes at the moment, in at least some cases completely nonsensically, which is what happens when you feed a bunch of names to bots that don't actually have subject matter experience. Which is not zero risk here, but given that they're already partnering with Chaosium (see https://marketplace.dndbeyond.com/BB-3RDPARTY-2025/DBIRFDZMU), seems likely to get ironed out pretty quickly if it does happen.
what did Games Workshop do beside?
I am a little disappointed that they went with Innsmouth as the domain name. Within the context of the Mythos, that is one of the more terrestrial locations, and a bit of a weird title for an entire supernatural location. I think “Kadathl - the trippy dream plane of The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath - might have made a better choice. It would allow the cosmic horror of Lovecraft, while also providing an environment that both feels more like a domain of dread than “New England fishing town”, while also allowing Wizards to explore a side of the Mythos regularly ignored by other game companies.
I am also disappointed a nonsensical, unsupported rabble-rousing post has derailed this thread.
I supose that they see Bluetspur covering this
It may not be a "let's cover the entire Mythos in one Domain" thing though. It might just be Lovecraft's New England -- Innsmouth, Dunwich, Miskatonic U. and surroundings. A realm of sanity-blasting horrors hidden behind mundane facades, of scholars driven to possess unspeakable knowledge regardless of the price they pay to acquire it
Or maybe it's just Innsmouth, but it also covers the murky depths of the sea, R'lyeh, etc. There wasn't really a nautical horror domain given a writeup in VRGtR
Kadath would imply a very different vibe to me
Active characters:
Edoumiaond Willegume "Eddie" Podslee, Vegetanian scholar (College of Spirits bard)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Peter "the Pied Piper" Hausler, human con artist/remover of vermin (Circle of the Shepherd druid)
PIPA - Planar Interception/Protection Aeormaton, warforged bodyguard and ex-wizard hunter (Warrior of the Elements monk/Cartographer artificer)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
"Innsmouth" is more recognizable as part of the Lovecraft Mythos than "Kadathl" by a considerable margin. I suspect that was their primary goal.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
I'm down for a domain of dread that invokes Innsmouth and profoundly upsetting cosmic horror. We went to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Orlando a few years ago and my favorite haunted house by a wide margin was basically "New England fishing village overcome with unsettling spirits and abominations from the deep" and it was amazing. I'd love to get those vibes in a good, creepy D&D game and leave Lovecraft himself and all his grossness by the wayside.