The Great Old Ones

Contributed by: Thulsa (), based on the "Call of Cthulhu" d20 sourcebook by Wizards of the Coast.

"'This was the temple of the old ones,' she said, 'Look -- you can see the channels for the blood along the sides of the altar, and the rains of ten thousand years have not washed the dark stains from them. The walls have all fallen away, but this stone block defies time and the elements.'
'But who were these old ones?' demanded Conan.
She spread her slim hands helplessly. 'Not even in legendary is this city mentioned.'"
-- Robert E. Howard: "The Queen of the Black Coast"

The Great Old Ones

The abominations imagined by H. P. Lovecraft in the so-called "Cthulhu Mythos" easily fit into Robert E. Howard's world of Conan, Kull and the Hyborian Age. Below is a list of entities from the Call of Cthulhu d20 rulebook, along with their corresponding clerical domains. Any of these beings can be used as deities in a Hyborian Age campaign.

Name Domains Deital Status
Azathoth Evil, Chaos, Madness, Death Greater God
Chaugnar Faugn Death, Destruction, Evil Demigod
Cthugha Fire Demigod
Cthulhu Evil, Death, Destruction, Water Demigod
Dagon Water Demigod
Eihort Chaos, Destruction, Madness Demigod
Glaaki Water Demigod
Hastur Chaos, Destruction, Evil, Madness Demigod
Hydra Water Demigod
Ithaqua Evil, Air Demigod
Mordiggian Death Demigod
Nodens Animals (Hunting), Destruction, Strength, Water (Sea) Lesser God
Nyarlathotep Chaos, Destruction, Madness, Magic, Trickery Intermediate God
Shub-Niggurath Animal, Chaos, Evil, Earth, Plant Intermediate God
Shudde M'ell Earth Demigod
Tsathoggua Destruction, Knowledge, Magic Demigod
Yig Animals, Death, Protection, Trickery Demigod
Yog-Sothoth Chaos, Luck, Protection, Travel Intermediate God