* The tabletop roleplaying game ''CthulhuTech,'' which is a mashup of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''CallOfCthulhu'', both averts and works this way. The Old Ones themselves pretty much automatically win if they actually bother directly fighting any number of protagonists, and the awakening of Cthulhu would officially screw over not just the human race, but an alien race trying to invade as well. Even the avatar of Hastur, horribly crippled to work within our limited sets of dimensions and weakened by improper summoning, is set as outgunning every other army on the planet combined. [[DeusExitMachina Thankfully, he stays at home]]. On the other hand, you can easily beat up a few HumongousMecha or even an [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Engel]] with luck and some simple soldiers, or survive exposure to the infinite dimensions without being fried instantly. Seeing an Old One directly ''can't'' even drive you irreparably and instantly insane on its own, and lucky individuals can stroll up to the body of Cthulhu, take a picture, and leave without taking a single point of insanity.
* The boardgame ArkhamHorror, a spin-off of the ''CallOfCthulhu'' RPG, involves the players trying to close interdimensional gates opening around the town of Arkham. If they fail, a Great Old One awakens and the players have to fight him. It's possible, but extremely difficult, to defeat the Great Old One (unless it's Azathoth, who [[RocksFallEveryoneDies automatically ends the game with a loss for the players]] if he awakens).

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* The tabletop roleplaying game ''CthulhuTech,'' which is a mashup of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', both averts and works this way. The Old Ones themselves pretty much automatically win if they actually bother directly fighting any number of protagonists, and the awakening of Cthulhu would officially screw over not just the human race, but an alien race trying to invade as well. Even the avatar of Hastur, horribly crippled to work within our limited sets of dimensions and weakened by improper summoning, is set as outgunning every other army on the planet combined. [[DeusExitMachina Thankfully, he stays at home]]. On the other hand, you can easily beat up a few HumongousMecha or even an [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Engel]] with luck and some simple soldiers, or survive exposure to the infinite dimensions without being fried instantly. Seeing an Old One directly ''can't'' even drive you irreparably and instantly insane on its own, and lucky individuals can stroll up to the body of Cthulhu, take a picture, and leave without taking a single point of insanity.
* The boardgame ArkhamHorror, a spin-off of the ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' RPG, involves the players trying to close interdimensional gates opening around the town of Arkham. If they fail, a Great Old One awakens and the players have to fight him. It's possible, but extremely difficult, to defeat the Great Old One (unless it's Azathoth, who [[RocksFallEveryoneDies automatically ends the game with a loss for the players]] if he awakens).

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** ''{{Scion}}'' also averts this, however; yes, you ''can'' kill the Titans, but there's a reason [[SealedEvilInACan the gods sealed them up instead of doing it in the first place]]. Remember the Ice Age? It ended the SECOND Ymir was killed. And flooded most of the Earth.
*** To elaborate: Titans in Scion are less like living beings and more like worlds unto themselves (they do have minds, but like A'tuin the Great, they think thoughts so huge and slow that lesser beings cannot hope to comprehend them), floating in the Overworld, with landscapes, cities and entire races of monsters within them. Each one of them represents (and is naturally ruled) by a certain basic element of reality, and it's existence ensures the continued existence of the element. Any attempt to Punch Out a titan would result in [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking the World's arm.]] Killed the titan of fire? No more fire or heat in the universe. Killed the titan of darkness? Now the entire universe is filled with endless, blinding light for all eternity.

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** ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'' also averts this, however; yes, you ''can'' kill the Titans, but there's a reason [[SealedEvilInACan the gods sealed them up instead of doing it in the first place]]. Remember the Ice Age? It ended the SECOND Ymir was killed. And flooded most of the Earth.
*** To elaborate: Titans in Scion are less like living beings and more like worlds unto themselves (they do have minds, but like A'tuin the Great, they think thoughts so huge and slow that lesser beings cannot hope to comprehend them), floating in the Overworld, with landscapes, cities and entire races of monsters within them. Each one of them represents (and is naturally ruled) by a certain basic element of reality, and its existence ensures the continued existence of the element. Any attempt to Punch Out a titan would result in [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking the World's arm.]] Killed the titan of fire? No more fire or heat in the universe. Killed the titan of darkness? Now the entire universe is filled with endless, blinding light for all eternity.

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