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5/26/2025, 3:46:55 AM
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The characters don't know that though. They think it's just a monster for most of the time. That's why increasing your Cthulhu Mythos lowers your maximum sanity. The more you understand that there's no hope, the harder it is for you to live a normal life.
But, at the same time, there are victories to be had. Cthulhu may end human existence one day, but it won't be in your lifetime. Hell, one of the stories confirms humanity is going to live for a very long time into the future.
Something doesn't have to last forever for it to be worth protecting and holding onto. You can delay the apocalypse, you can keep the Great Old Ones asleep for just that much longer, you can bargain Nyarlathotep to leave Earth alone. And you must, for to not do so means the ending of everything you know.
I'd argue being a CoC protagonist is more heroic than being a D&D one. You are up against a hostile universe that doesn't care about you, yet you still stand tall.
The characters don't know that though. They think it's just a monster for most of the time. That's why increasing your Cthulhu Mythos lowers your maximum sanity. The more you understand that there's no hope, the harder it is for you to live a normal life.
But, at the same time, there are victories to be had. Cthulhu may end human existence one day, but it won't be in your lifetime. Hell, one of the stories confirms humanity is going to live for a very long time into the future.
Something doesn't have to last forever for it to be worth protecting and holding onto. You can delay the apocalypse, you can keep the Great Old Ones asleep for just that much longer, you can bargain Nyarlathotep to leave Earth alone. And you must, for to not do so means the ending of everything you know.
I'd argue being a CoC protagonist is more heroic than being a D&D one. You are up against a hostile universe that doesn't care about you, yet you still stand tall.
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