Though I doubt that this would happen, how cool would this be?
As you open your mailbox and pull out the new issue of Dragon, you look on the cover to see a picture (by Wayne Reynolds in my vision, but it could be by anyone) of an adventuring party fighting Cthulhu.
The cover proclaims that the issue is an "Issue of Madness!" The spine even says "madness" or something to that effect for the issue's theme.
As you flip to the table of contents, you see a list of articles that would make many smile. First up is an article that translates the main Outer Gods (Azathoth, Shub-Niggurath, Yog-Sothoth, and Nyarlothotep.) into deity stats. By stats, I don't mean battle statistics, I mean stuff like favored weapon, deity symbol, alignment, domains etc.
Next up, information on new Obyrith demon lords. We've got Dagon already, but in this issue we find such favorites as Cthulhu, Hastur, Tsathoqqua and others. All of them are statted out and given information (a la FCI:HoA).
As if this wasn't enough, we then get an article called "Monsters of the Far Realm" (or something like that). Five or six maddening monsters that are brand new and ready to make PCs go insane!
The ecology article would probably be for some sort of maddening monster. (I'm not sure what it could be. Maybe allips or something.)
Then we see Spellcraft detailing the Necronomicon and some new spells. Of course, reading the Necronomicon will make the caster go insane...but new spells!
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All of this is just wishful thinking, of course. But how many others besides me would agree that something similar to this would rock?
I concur. For me, it would rock... but I'd never take it for granite.
Something like that has already happened. Wizards of the Coast dubbed it Call of Cthulhu d20. I understand it's a scream.
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I know of the supplement in question...but I didn't like it. I used to own it and it wasn't what I was looking for. I was hoping for more on D&D Cthulhu. It was its own game more or less. Also, the fact that it was 3e didn't appeal to me.