Was listening to a D&D yt video yesterday, covering the Great Old Ones as a warlock patron and what actual D&D entities that can be
Dude mentioned that this idea goes back to Lovecraft's work-- which it does-- couldn't help but think
It is a long LONG way from the creepy af horror short stories written by an early 1900s racist shut-in and his pen pals
to some flavor text in Hasbro's flagship TTRPG product line :blobcatcry2: