History EldritchAbomination / TableTopGames

** Its rare, but occasionally a [[Faster-Than-LightTravel JumpShip]] will undergo a "misjump" which normally deposits the ship a distance from its intended (with "distance" here being anywhere from kilometers to hundreds of light years). However, in a small percentage of cases the ships drop out of the jump with claw and bite marks marring their hull and devoid of life. Or they are just stright up never seen again. What causes these events are never described.

* ''TabletopGame/KingdomDeath'' is set in a DarkFantasy cosmos where humans are initially born from the ground in a world of mostly perpetual darkness and are prey or hunters to [[OurMonstersAreWeird strange monsters]] and EldritchAbomination. In fact the place that is the sole source of light is in fact the hatching place of one especially powerful abomination.

* ''TabletopGame/KingdomDeath'' is set in a DarkFantasy cosmos where humans are initially born from the ground in a world of mostly perpetual darkness and are prey or hunters to [[OurMonstersAreWeirder strange monsters]] and EldritchAbomination. In fact the place that is the sole source of light is in fact the hatching place of one especially powerful abomination.

** From the same setting, the ''Blood Sword'' campaign/series reveals there are others, such as a trio of truly hideous demon-things that were worshipped in the [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Middle-East equivalent]] before the spread of their [[CrystalDragonJesus Crystal Dragon Islam]], and [[EvilSorcerer the Archmagi of Krarth]], whose return from the void between the stars to their ruined fortress of Spyte heralds TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt; the battle againt just ''ONE'' is [[ClimaxBoss the hardest fight in the series]].

* Hinted at in ''TabletopGame/RocketAge''. There is a psychic entity powerful enough to sense and be sensed by psychics in our solar system across the void of deep space. All we know is that it terrified the one Venusian Lizard Monkey who felt and knows that it is coming for him.

* In the world of ''TabletopGame/{{Earthdawn}}'', the cyclical ebb and flow of magic periodically allows Horrors to slip from their own dimension into the world and devour anything that moves. If you're lucky, they will devour your body before they start on the good stuff. Luckily for the world, [[TheMagicGoesAway magic energies are on the decline]], so the survivors of the last cataclysm the Horrors caused have just got to outlast their ability to keep existing in our world for a generation or two before they're all gone (most of them already are).

*** Actually, we do now exactly what Tzeentch is pursuing: Nothing. If one of his plots were to ever be successful, he would vanish as things could no longer change. He wants the stalemate to go on for an eternity.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has inherited many of ''D&D''[='=]s aberrations, and also includes a number of actual monsters from the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, but it still has a few unique horrors of its own.
** Like the Spawn of Rovagug, the monstrous {{kaiju}}-sized abominations spawned by the resident [[OmnicidalManiac God of Oblivion]], Rovagug the Rough Beast, in an effort to destroy the world and set him free. Remember the Tarrasque? It's back in Golarion, it's even ''more'' unstoppable, to the point its InUniverse [[RedBaron appellation]] is "The Armageddon Engine", and it's just ''one'' of the Spawn. The others named consist of:
*** Festering Ulunat, The Unholy First -- An immense ten-limbed three-eyed beetle-monster that sprayed gouts of acid, chewed its way through mountains and could [[AntiMagic absorb spells]] before returning necrotic energies that drove spell-wielders into insanity.
*** Great Doom Chemnosit, The Monarch Worm -- A {{kaiju}}-sized SandWorm with DisintegratorRay EyeBeams and the ability to MindRape people into insane, ravening cannibals who [[AutoCannibalism will devour their own flesh if nothing else is available]].
*** Unyielding Kothogaz, the Dance of Disharmony -- A horrific slug-beetle abomination that spawned countless abominations in its wake and which reanimated its victims as a ravening ZombieApocalypse.
*** Wrath-Blazing Xotani, the Firebleeder -- An immense dragon-centipede made of [[MagmaMan living volcanic rocks and flames]].
*** Volnagur, The End-Singer -- A star-shaped monster suspended by an endless array of eternally rotting and regrowing random wings, which sings a ceaseless cry that drives the listeners into madness.
** Rovagug himself is a titanic [[OmnicidalManiac world-destroying]] alien monstrosity which had to be [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned in either]] [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs a demiplane, Golarion's core, or a demiplane at Golarion's core]] by an alliance of of often [[EnemyMine otherwise opposed]] major gods at the dawn of creation, who still manages to unleash its spawn through the gaps in his cage and who is worshipped by nihilistic doomsday cults all over the world; he may have ties to either the lovecraftian Outer Gods of the Dark Tapestry, the abyssal Qlippoth, or both.
** Another example is the god of pain, loss, and darkness, Zon-Kuthon. [[AmbiguousSituation Maybe]]. A young, carefree god of beauty traveled outside of reality and whatever he saw there either drove him to madness or [[DemonicPossession possessed him]]. If it is the latter, than the entity that returned and became Zon-Kuthon almost certainly applies.
** Ghlaunder, the god of parasites, infection and stagnation, is typically represented as a gigantic mosquito, but his description in [[https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh26 the Windsong Testaments]] depicts him as something a lot more horrific, a collection of half-formed body parts only vaguely resembling the lifeforms that would arise long after his birth.
--->''Ghlaunder crawled from quiescence: eyes and mouths--eyes that were mouths; legs and tongues--legs that were tongues; hunger and hate--hunger that was hate.''
** The qlippoth are the ''D&D'' obyrith with the SerialNumbersFiledOff (or rather [[OlderThanTheyThink the reverse]]; [[RecursiveAdaptation it's complicated]]). The qlippoth themselves are far more alien and monstrous than the demons, and predate any mortal concepts of forms and sanity, and the demon lords who started out as qlippoth are invariably the most monstrous and least humanoid ones. Cosmology-wise, the Abyss is a cancerous sore that's wrapped itself around reality. And the qlippoth may just originate from whatever is beyond it...
** The literally biggest one would be Aucturn, an entire living planet roughly twice the size of the Earth-like Golarion with rubbery soil and vast seas and rivers of black ooze beneath. Features of the planet include literally rotting temples of flesh-stone blocks, citadels of insane cultists, a valley full of cloying mists that make the inhabitants impregnate any outsiders (as opposed to eating or sacrificing them elsewhere) and a massive tumorous mound that contains Aucturn's gestating offspring. Oh, did we mention this horrible, horrible planet is ''pregnant?''
** The Far Realm's equivalent, called the Dark Tapestry, isn't very far, relatively speaking -- it's actually ''the void between the stars'', and to top it off, it's the domain of Lovecraftian entities, Azathoth and Yog-Sothoth included. Many other Franchise/CthulhuMythos-related entities make an appearance as well. Aucturn may have links to this, as well -- like a lot of things concerning it, not much is very clear.
** And there also is [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Dominion of the Black]], an entire organization whose rank-and-file are apparently purpose-bred lesser abominations (such as the neh-rhalggu brain collectors, the intellect devourers, and a variety of other horrors like fleshy tree-like things that eat emotions and hideous {{Living Ship}}s), who all hail from the dark recesses of the cosmos. They may be preparing an invasion of Golarion (''Pathfinder''[='=]s main setting/world), and one of their supposed leaders is... [[http://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Tychilarius THIS thing]]. Surprisingly enough, they don't get along with the Great Old Ones and the Outer Gods; in point of fact, they detest them and their followers and [[EvilVersusEvil the two groups are locked in bitter rivalry]].
** The [[BeneathTheEarth Vaults of Orv]] hold their fair share of abominations, such as the neothelids and their minions (giant [[PsychicPowers psionic]] worm-things who worship [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Shub-Niggurath]]), the [[PuppeteerParasite intellect devourers]] and the ghorazaghs, also known as Gore Weavers because they use the blood of their victims as building materials for their bizarre hive cities. Most of the creatures living here worship either the Great Old Ones and Outer Gods, the Dominion of the Black, Rovagug or some combination thereof.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' is more or less on the opposite end of the scale from ''[=EarthDawn=],'' with ''Shadowrun'' a world where [[TheMagicComesBack magic is on the increase]] and the Horrors not terribly far behind. While there's at least one group working to speed the process, there's also [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent others]] working to delay things, with the hope that this new-fangled technology thing can prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.

** Warning, GM only info ahead: [[spoiler: the ETI, [[JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit a Kardashev III or maybe IV entity]] that created the Exsurgent Virus. Described as being [[TimeAbyss eons old]] and capable of megascale engineering with an understanding of physics, matter, energy, and universal laws that makes all of transhuman knowledge seem insignificant. And for some reason, it has seeded the galaxy with probes that infect near-singularity intelligences with civilization destroying viruses.]]

*** Even after 1,200 of relative peace the spirits still look freaky. Kyodai, the TopGod, is essentially [[DraconicAbomination a dragon]] made entirely of human hands.

* TabletopGame/{{Rifts}} has a ''lot'' of these monstrosities in its ranks, and several different kinds are present on Earth. The first two world books alone (on {{Atlantis}} and Mexico) have the Splurgoth and the Vampire Intelligences. Both are functionally mountain-sized eyeballs with mouths and tentacles, but the Vampire Intelligences are arguably more dangerous; they are the ultimate source of all [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] throughout the Megaverse, and cannot even manifest themselves unless a sufficient number of vampires are already existing first.

** Singular Entities, a collection of beings older than the multiverse itself who represent different concepts, can warp reality on a whim, and can range from humanoid in appearance to completely abstract. The two Singular Entities featured in the game are Wager Master, a little blue imp who loves to play "games" with heroes /land [=OblivAeon=] who desires the destruction of the entire multiverse and is what happens when one singular entity eats another.

* The {{Mad God}}s from ''TabletopGame/{{Witchcraft}}''. When they intrude on our reality, they spread [[TheCorruption taint]], which causes [[BodyHorror mutations]], [[GoMadFromTheRevelation madness]], and [[RealityIsOutToLunch a weakening of the veil separating universes]], potentially allowing more to come through. In the follow-up game ''Armageddon'', a ReligionOfEvil dedicated to one of them called the Leviathan is currently trying to conquer the world in its name; it's about halfway done. You know it's bad when most angels and demons get to the conclusion that [[EnemyMine they have to work together if they want any chance of stopping it.]]

** Like the Spawn of Rovagug, the monstrous {{kaiju}}-sized abominations spawned by the resident [[OmnicidalManiac God of Oblivion]], Rovagug the Rough Beast, in an effort to destroy the world and set him free. Remember the Tarrasque? It's back in Golarion, it's even ''more'' unstoppable, to the point its InUniverse [[TheRedBaron appellation]] is "The Armageddon Engine", and it's just ''one'' of the Spawn. The others named consist of:

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' is a weird place to find one of these, as the game is a relatively hard sci-fi setting about military combat and Machiavellian politics, but it's got an in-universe rumor of the Black ''Marauder'' AKA "The Dark One", a ''Marauder'' Battlemech piloted by the infamous pirate Black Kevin Langstrom. Said to be totally devoid of a serial number or any manufacturer's mark at all, it is supposed to [[UncannyValley possess a subtly wrongness]] about its appearance- the lines are too smooth, the ring holding its dorsal-mounted autocannon is a bit too thick, it seems to grow larger in darkness and also supposedly performs much better under such conditions. It was supposedly found standing on an asteroid, undamaged and spotless despite its exposed location, but after a number of accidents (including killing someone by firing one of its weapons while supposedly shut down and a pilot simply vanishing from the cockpit after screaming in terror, never to be seen or heard from again) it was abandoned and buried. After Black Kevin got ahold of it while he was still in the Federated Suns Armed Forces, he supposedly suffered a shift in personality, becoming much more aggressive and eventually killed one of his fellow mechwarriors by beating him to death with a wrench, then going pirate. After becoming a pirate captain, other pirates claimed to have seen the ''Marauder'' turn its torso ahead of the arms (something that should be physically impossible) to look at them and to reveal a mouth lined with sharp teeth and five terrifying eyes. It was also alleged to have the ability to drain the souls of people near it and walk on its own without a pilot. Whether or not any of this is true or merely the result of [[UnreliableNarrator superstitious Periphery folk and drug-addled pirates]] telling stories is [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane left to the reader to decide]]. The incident of it walking on its own is at least implied in-universe to have been the result of equipping it with a salvaged drone control system while the rest can (possibly) be explained by Black Kevin simply being an exceptionally skilled and psychopathic mechwarrior.

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' is a weird place to find one of these, as the game is a relatively hard sci-fi setting about military combat and Machiavellian politics, but it's got an in-universe rumor of the Black ''Marauder'' AKA "The Dark One", a ''Marauder'' Battlemech piloted by the infamous pirate Black Kevin Langstrom. Said to be totally devoid of a serial number or any manufacturer's mark at all, it is supposed to [[UncannyValley possess a subtly wrongness]] about its appearance- the lines are too smooth, the ring holding its dorsal-mounted autocannon is a bit too thick, it seems to grow larger in darkness and also supposedly performs much better under such conditions. It was supposedly found standing on an asteroid, undamaged and spotless despite its exposed location, but after a number of accidents (including killing someone by firing one of its weapons while supposedly shut down and a pilot simply vanishing from the cockpit after screaming in terror, never to be seen or heard from again) it was abandoned and buried. After Black Kevin got ahold of it while he was still in the Federated Suns Armed Forces, he supposedly suffered a shift in personality, becoming much more aggressive and eventually killed one of his fellow mechwarriors by beating him to death with a wrench, then going pirate. After becoming a pirate captain, other pirates claimed to have seen the ''Marauder'' turn its torso ahead of the arms (something that should be physically impossible) to look at them and to reveal a mouth lined with sharp teeth and five terrifying eyes. It was also alleged to have the ability to drain the souls of people near it and walk on its own without a pilot. Whether or not any of this is true or merely the result of [[UnreliableNarrator superstitious Periphery folk and drug-addled pirates]] telling stories is [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane left to the reader to decide]]. The incident of it walking on its own is at least implied in-universe to have been the result of equipping it with a salvaged drone control system while the rest can (possibly) be explained by Black Kevin simply being an exceptionally skilled by psychopathic mechwarrior.

''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has [[EldritchAbomination/DungeonsAndDragons its own page]]

** [[http://www.wizards.com/magic/images/mtgcom/arcana1000/1119_maritlagetoken.jpg Marit Lage]] is an ancient, betentacled SealedEvilInACan. The card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=121155 Dark Depths]] allows you to ''unseal'' her. She's strong enough to kill a player in one hit if you manage to do so.

** While the Tyranids may seem more like a HordeOfAlienLocusts, the quintillions upon quintillions of ravenous beasts it unleashes are not actually individual beings, but merely tiny parts of the unimaginably vast single organism that is the Tyranid HiveMind. Utterly alien and of a near unprecedented power, capable of screwing with psykers and daemons within hundreds of light years of it, even people who have regularly fought and bested the horrors of the warp are terrified of such an implacable force. [[FromBadToWorse And even worse?]] It's heavily implied '''[[UltimateEvil something]]''' even more terrifying has been chasing them from their home galaxy all the way to the Milky Way, something that is ''still coming''.

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' is a weird place to find one of these, as the game is a relatively hard sci-fi setting about military combat and Machiavellian politics, but it's got an in-universe rumor of the Black ''Marauder'' AKA "The Dark One'', a ''Marauder'' Battlemech piloted by the infamous pirate Black Kevin Langstrom. Said to be totally devoid of a serial number or any manufacturer's mark at all, it is supposed to [[UncannyValley possess a subtly wrongness]] about its appearance- the lines are too smooth, the ring holding its dorsal-mounted autocannon is a bit too thick, it seems to grow larger in darkness and also supposedly performs much better under such conditions. It was supposedly found standing on an asteroid, undamaged and spotless despite its exposed location, but after a number of accidents (including killing someone by firing one of its weapons while supposedly shut down and a pilot simply vanishing from the cockpit after screaming in terror, never to be seen or heard from again) it was abandoned and buried. After Black Kevin got ahold of it while he was still in the Federated Suns Armed Forces, he supposedly suffered a shift in personallity, becoming much more aggressive and eventually killed one of his fellow mechwarriors by beating him to death with a wrench, then going pirate. After becoming a pirate captain, other pirates claimed to have seen the ''Marauder'' turn its torso ahead of the arms (something that should be physically impossible) to look at them and to reveal a mouth lined with sharp teeth and five terrifying eyes. It was also alleged to have the ability to drain the souls of people near it and walk on its own without a pilot. Whether or not any of this is true or merely the result of [[UnreliableNarrator superstitious Periphery folk and drug-addled pirates]] telling stories is [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane left to the reader to decide]]. The incident of it walking on its own is at least implied in-universe to have been the result of equipping it with a salvaged drone control system while the rest can (possibly) be explained by Black Kevin simply being an exceptionally skilled by psychopathic mechwarrior.

* The ''StarWars'' RPG has the [=DarkStryder=], a self-aware supercomputer created by a {{Precursor}}-type race that has created several species of its own and looks like [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080922130707/starwars/images/6/6b/DarkStryder.jpg THIS]] and the Mnggal-Mnggal, a sentient fluid adept at [[GrandTheftMe possessing bodies]] so horrible that even the Celestials (a {{Precursor}} race even more mysterious than the [=DarkStryder=]'s creators and believed to be nearly omnipotent) didn't want anything to do with it and sealed it away. WordOfGod from the creator of the latter abomination says it's supposed to be the same type of being as fellow ''StarWars'' abomination [[Literature/TheCrystalStar Waru]].

*** An Abyssal entity that's been known to sell a lot of prospective players on the setting is the Prince of 100,000 Leaves, a demon made of living anti-history whose first summoning [[RetGone rewrote history]] and spawned a cannibal cult that [[RetGone eats its victims out of history]] in an attempt to bring the world in line with the Prince's native timeline.

* In the TabletopGame ''TabletopGame/MonstersAndOtherChildishThings'', one of the types of monsters used in its dark and twisted take on {{Mons}} are Eldritch Abominations. The non-statted sample monster Dewdrop is an Eldritch Abomination take on a unicorn, while one of the statted sample monsters is a Lovecraftian monstrosity merged with a teddy bear named [[ShoutOut Yog-So`Soft]]. Both these and the more "normal" monsters (for a standard of "normal", one of the monsters is a giant gestalt of ghosty football players who died in a bus crash and another is a Polynesian shark god, etc.) tend to cause bouts of panic and madness in people who see them as well, further adding to it. There are also a few non-{{Mon}} antagonists that are also abominations.