History EldritchAbomination / TableTopGames

** The Zendikar block storyline was about the awakening of a race of abominations called the Eldrazi, which had been [[SealedEvilInACan locked away]] a thousand years ago by Sorin Markov and two other planeswalkers. The block culminated in the Rise of the Eldrazi as Sorin failed to re-seal the prison. Unlike all other non-artificial creatures in Magic, the Eldrazi don't have a color: they are beyond the concepts the rest of the known Multiverse abides to. In addition to their [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=261321 entirely]] [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193452 alien]] [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193632 look]], they also annihilate a large part of your opponent's ressources just by attacking, before they can even try to stop them. Eldrazi are also associated with some non-creature spells, which have very telling names such as [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193658 All is Dust]] or [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=198296 Not of This World]].

** Worm Zero is a giant, moon-sized thing that looks like it has multiple heads sprouting out of itself, going by its effects, it can erase monsters by assimilating them, implant some hive mind knowledge into its user, or give birth to a worm. Said worms could also qualify, given their origins. it gets even worse [[AllThereInTheManual when you read the Master Guide explaining the Duel Terminal storyline]]. He's a huge mass of combined Worms - not because [[FusionDance they merged into one]], but because ''[[DevourTheDragon he devoured his own ranks]]''. He's so powerful its mere existence warped time and space in the Duel Terminal world.

* ''[[TabletopGame/PoniesAndParasprites Ponies and Parasprites]]'' interprets the character of the Nightmare Force (the entity that corrupted Luna on the show and Rarity in the comics) as this. One of its Specialties is [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow "Things Ponies Were Not Meant To Know"]] and one of its powers is [[TheColourOutOfSpace 'The Shadow out of Space']].
* {{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.

** Also whatever [[FateWorseThanDeath the death beyond death]] is for Ghosts
** The death beyond death is actually implied to be the Darkness itself, and is described as being "a massive field of liquid darkness, made of thousands of mouths and eyes", it presides over an [[EldritchLocation Eldritch Location]] where ghosts go when they die, they feel eternal pain, but can never actually go insane from it.

* The ''Gumshoe System'' has openly embraced the concept for its first settings - there is ''TrailOfCthulhu'', their own take on the [[CthulhuMythos Mythos]], but there is also the basic campaign world for ''Esoterrorists'' and ''Fear Itself'', which they have given the [[SarcasmMode cutesy moniker]] of '''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast World of Unremitting Horror]]'''. The monsters, most of them described in the supplement ''The Book of Unremitting Horror'', are, for the most part, ghastly {{humanoid abomination}}s that seem straight out of one of Creator/CliveBarker's more horrifying stories, many also blurring the line with other monster types such as [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], [[TheUndead undead]], and [[TheFairFolk fairies]], the worst being {{Reality Warper}}s from "The Outer Black"; many others [[TheHeartless feed on and/or are created by the worst aspects of human nature]] (for example, [[SnuffFilm the Snuff Golem]]). The entries, which include numerous fiction pieces and detailed descriptions of how to identify the things' depredations through forensic sciences, all add up to some serious NightmareFuel.

** One of the various backstories of Asmodeus, the Lord of Nessus and King of Hell, is that he is actually one of these. What others see when dealing with him [[FightingAShadow is actually an advanced illusion]]. Asmodeus' real body is that of a titanic, ''miles long'' serpentine creature who is still injured from being thrown into hell. Because he was some sort of [[TimeAbyss primordial entity who predated the Gods]] and who created the Nine Hells when the Gods threw him into them.

** The [[http://www.rpgnow.com/product/3481/Immortals-Handbook--EPIC-BESTIARY-Volume-One?it=1 Immortals Handbook: Epic Bestiary]] 3rd-Party rulebook designed to make the best of the {{Absurdly High Level Cap}} features the 'Nehaschimic Dragons', beings who are described as 'nightmarish interdimensional creatures extraneous to the universe itself... transdimensional tapeworms writhing within the body of the [universe], a surreal symbiosis of reality and unreality'. In the rules, all Nehaschimic Dragons have the '[[RealityWarper Alter Reality]]' power, stupidly high {{Damage Reduction}}, [[AntiMagic immunity to all but a few]] [[AchillesHeel specific types]] [[AntiMagic of magic]] [[ElementalRockPaperScissors and elemental damage]], can travel at the speed of light ([[FasterThanLightTravel or faster]]), [[SuperSenses see all the way to the edge of their]] [[AnotherDimension current universe]], [[{{Sizeshifting}} grow to become bigger than]] [[AlienGeometries the universe]] ([[YourMindMakesItReal at least from your perspective]]) and their very presence causes [[GoMadFromTheRevelation permanent insanity]] for everything within miles. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, there was only one Nehaschimic Dragon ever published, the Nexus or Wormhole Dragon. It has a BreathWeapon with a [[NoSavingThrow flat 50% chance]] (or higher) to shunt you into an AlternateUniverse, [[BornLucky power over probability]], and an aura of '[[PowerNullifier Unknowing]]' which can even cause the universe to [[RetGone forget you]] if you're weak enough.

** ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' newsletter ''Roleplayer'' #10 (May 1988), adventure "The Isle of Night". T'Soquat is a minor Thing That Man Was Not Meant To Know. It resembles a giant lobster with pale gray-green skin and [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]]. It has an acidic secretion SuperSpit, SuperStrength and large PowerPincers, It can accelerate and stop the flow of time at will and each HumanSacrifice it receives improves his defenses against being harmed.

** ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' newsletter ''Roleplayer'' #10 (May 1988), adventure "The Isle of Night". T'Soquat is a minor Thing That Man Was Not Meant To Know. It resembles a giant lobster with pale gray-green skin and has [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]]. It has an acidic secretion SuperSpit, SuperStrength and large PowerPincers, It can accelerate and stop the flow of time at will and each HumanSacrifice it receives improves his defenses against being harmed.

* ''BetrayalAtHouseOnTheHill'' has, as one of its 'haunt' scenarios, 'The Stars are Right'. Just guess what survivors are trying to stop and what the traitor is trying to do.

* ''{{GURPS}}: Fantasy'' treats Tiamut as this, giving stats for a minor avatar of hers that, while not particularly odd looking (it's an enormous dragon with four eyes), can still cause terror from just looking at it. Said avatar automatically regenerates every year, making the effort of trying to kill it futile. To get rid of it permanently, you'd have to track down and kill the real Tiamut... who is half the size of the universe (about 2.24* 10^18 HitPoints), so good luck with that. There's even a Lovecraft quote after the stat block.
** ''GURPS'' has a few more from different settings and splatbooks: ''GURPS: Cabal'', with its cosmology based on the qabbalah's Sephirot, has the creatures of Qlipoth and its Ur-Lords; ''Creatures of the Night'' has the godlike Betweeners, the force called "[[DarkIsEvil the darksome]]", which is responsible for the creation of the literal organ-farmer [[SplitPersonality Darklings]], and many of the non-undead creatures described; a few licenced settings (like ''Cthulhupunk'' and ''Literature/TheWarAgainstTheChtorr'') have their own native abominations; and ''Infinite Worlds'', the meta-setting that ties TheMultiverse together, not only makes ''all'' the previous settings inter-accessible, but also has at least one world (Taft-7) where humanity never evolved in the first place because of Great Old One (or similar) influence 50 million years back - and although they're long gone, they left enough "Fun Stuff" behind (and the risk of attracting their attention is great enough) for the agencies overseeing interdimensional travel to quarantine the world from any travel there whatever the reason.

* WhiteWolf's ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', published as Lovecraft's works are getting more influential, shows several of these.

* In WhiteWolf's ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', cosmic horror story is not the central theme of the game, but the authors love to incorporate Eldritch Abominations from beyond time and space into the setting, whose presence corrupts souls, drives people insane, or warps reality. To break it down a little:
** ''ChangelingTheDreaming'' gives us the Fomorians, ancient, formless primordials and lords over winter and dark dreams. They were banished to the depths of the Dreaming by the Tuatha de Danaan, but as Winter approaches, they've started to make their way back...

** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'' has some of the patrons of the [[EvilSorcerer Nephandi]]. The Malfeans worship the Wyrm (see above), while the K'llasshaa worship the Outer Lords, broken alien beings who feed on negative emotion and who were supposedly the lords and masters of the world in its pre-history.

** ''WraithTheOblivion'' has the Neverborn, forever-dead, eternally-dreaming lords of Oblivion whose scattered thoughts serve to drive and guide the [[TheHeartless Spectres]]. ''{{Orpheus}}'' gives us Grandmother, [[spoiler: the thing that ''created the Neverborn.'']]

* ''Silent Legions'', an upcoming product from Sine Nomine Publishing, is planned for modern-day delving into eldritch secrets, and will be compatible with ''TabletopGame/StarsWithoutNumber''. Core SWN, meanwhile, has the Shibboleth, strange aliens that can have any kind of weird shape, and which emanate an aversion field that prevents most species from realising the Shibboleth even exist, coming up with increasingly ludicrous rationalizations for the results of Shibboleth activity. Thankfully, a form of brain surgery that mimics the effects of [[CastFromHitPoints psionic torching]] can render people Clipped and immune to this field.
* ''[[TabletopGame/{{PoniesAndParasprites}} Ponies and Parasprites]]'' interprets the character of the Nightmare Force (the entity that corrupted Luna on the show and Rarity in the comics) as this. One of its Specialties is [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow "Things Ponies Were Not Meant To Know"]] and one of its powers is [[TheColourOutOfSpace 'The Shadow out of Space']].

* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' TCG gives us the Alien archetype of monsters, the two strongest of which are [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cosmic_Horror_Gangi%27el Cosmic Horror Gangi'el]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cosmic_Fortress_Gol%27gar Cosmic Fortress Gol'gar]]. Not quite as unspeakably horrible as some other examples, but still pretty terrifyingly hideous nonetheless.
** Worm Zero is a giant, moon-sized thing that looks like it has multiple heads sprouting out of itself, going by its effects, it can erase monsters by assimilating them, implant some hive mind knowledge into its user, or give birth to a worm. Said worms could also qualify, given their origins.
*** Gets even worse [[AllThereInTheManual when you read the Master Guide explaining the Duel Terminal storyline]]. He's a huge mass of combined Worms - not because [[FusionDance they merged into one]], but because ''[[DevourTheDragon he devoured his own ranks]]''. He's so powerful its mere existence warped time and space in the Duel Terminal world.

** The UpdatedReRelease ''God Machine Chronicles'' greatly expanded on the concept of the God-Machine -- [[AbortedArc which was referenced in some fluff in the original core book, then never spoken of again until this book]] -- which is further expanded upon in ''TabletopGame/DemonTheDescent''. It's a monstrously powerful, alien artificial intelligence of such vast power and scope that ''TheMultiverse'' is simultaneously a program it's running and part of its component infrastructure. It's a RealityWarper of literally god-like proportions, quite capable of creating entire cities from existence and retconning them into reality -- or [[RetGone retroactively erasing them from reality]].

** Next up is the [[CthulhuMythos 'Old Gods']]: [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elder_God_Noden Elder God Noden]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Great_Old_One_Chthugha Great Old One Chthugha]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Outer_God_Nyarla Outer God Nyarla]], and their Boss Monster: [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Outer_God_Azathoth Outer God Azathoth]]. Why is Azathoth their boss? By having all three as Xyz Material, it can wipe its opponent's field clean.

* {{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 South America) 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.

** The Qlippoth in the ''TabletopGame/ScarredLands'' setting, created third-party company (a WhiteWolf subsidiary, unsurprisingly) are Obyrith with the SerialNumbersFiledOff (or rather [[OlderThanTheyThink the reverse]]; see the Obyrith entry above), and 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...

** An argument can be made to include the all powerful Dragon known as [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=260991 Nicol Bolas]]. [[spoiler:Originally he was simply one of five Dragons known as the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Elder Dragons]]. Later, because he bore the spark, he ascended to the status of a Pre-Mending Planeswalker. He was quite possibly the very FIRST planeswalker in the history of that world to boot. Later, when the Mending came, he was one of the few Pre-Mending Planeswalkers to survive the process of the Mending with his spark intact. This allowed him to become one of the Post Mending Planeswalkers. Add to this the fact that as the oldest Planeswalker, he really wouldn't rest with the power-level of the Post-Mending Planeswalkers, so he set about executing a series of {{Deus Ex Machina}}'s with the sole purpose of getting him back up to Pre-Mending power levels. He succeeded in his efforts.]] Thus rendering him the single most powerful Planeswalker at the current time, and thus truly worthy of the title "Eldritch Horror."

** You can also possibly include the Phyrexians in this list as well. Their entire shtick is being bio-technological horrors.

** An argument can be made to include the all powerful Dragon known as [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=260991 Nicol Bolas]]. [[spoiler:Originally he was simply one of five Dragons known as the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Elder Dragons]]. Later, because he bore the spark, he ascended to the status of a Pre-Mending Planeswalker. He was quite possibly the very FIRST planeswalker in the history of that world to boot. Later, when the Mending came, he was one of the few Pre-Mending Planeswalkers to survive the process of the Mending with his spark intact. This allowed him to become one of the Post Mending Planeswalkers. Add to this the fact that as the oldest Planeswalker, he really wouldn't rest wit the power-level of the Post-Mending Planeswalkers, so he set about executing a series of {{Deus Ex Machina}}'s with the sole purpose of getting him back up to Pre-Mending power levels. He succeeded in his efforts.]] Thus rendering him the single most powerful Planeswalker at the current time, and thus truly worthy of the title "Eldritch Horror."

** An argument can be made to include the all powerful Dragon known as [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=260991 Nicol Bolas]]. Originally he was simply one of five Dragons known as the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Elder Dragons]]. Later, because he bore the spark, he ascended to the status of a Pre-Mending Planeswalker. He was quite possibly the very FIRST planeswalker in the history of that world to boot. Later, when the Mending came, he was one of the few Pre-Mending Planeswalkers to survive the process of the Mending with his spark intact. This allowed him to become one of the Post Mending Planeswalkers. Add to this the fact that as the oldest Planeswalker, he really wouldn't rest wit the power-level of the Post-Mending Planeswalkers, so he set about executing a series of {{Deus Ex Machina}}'s with the sole purpose of getting him back up to Pre-Mending power levels. He succeeded in his efforts. Thus rendering him the single most powerful Planeswalker at the current time, and thus truly worthy of the title "Eldritch Horror."

** An argument can be made to include the all powerful Dragon known as [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=260991 Nicol Bolas]]. Originally he was simply one of five Dragons known as the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Elder Dragons]] later, because he bore the spark, he ascended to the status of a Pre-Mending Planeswalker. He was quite possibly the very FIRST planeswalker in the history of that world to boot. Later, when the Mending came, he was one of the few Pre-Mending Planeswalkers to survive the process of the Mending with his spark intact. This allowed him to become one of the Post Mending Planeswalkers. Add to this the fact that as the oldest Planeswalker, he really wouldn't rest wit the power-level of the Post-Mending Planeswalkers, so he set about executing a series of {{Deus Ex Machina}}'s with the sole purpose of getting him back up to Pre-Mending power levels. He succeeded in his efforts. Thus rendering him the single most powerful Planeswalker at the current time, and thus truly worthy of the title "Eldritch Horror."

** An argument can be made to include the all powerful Dragon known as [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=260991 Nicol Bolas]]. Originally he was simply one of five Dragons known as the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Elder Dragons]] later, because he bore the spark, he ascended to the status of a Pre-Mending Planeswalker. He was quite possibly the very FIRST planeswalker in the history of that world to boot. Later, when the Mending came, he was one of the few Pre-Mending Planeswalkers to survive the process of the Mending with his spark intact. This allowed him to become one of the Post Mending Planeswalkers. Add to this the fact that as the oldest Planeswalker, he really wouldn't rest wit the power-level of the Post-Mending Planeswalkers, so he set about executing a series of {{DeusExMachina}}'s with the sole purpose of getting him back up to Pre-Mending power levels. He succeeded in his efforts. Thus rendering him the single most powerful Planeswalker at the current time, and thus truly worthy of the title "Eldritch Horror."

** The Zendikar block storyline was about the awakening of a race of abominations called the Eldrazi, which had been [[SealedEvilInACan locked away]] a thousand years ago by Sorin Markov and two other planeswalkers. The block culminated in the Rise of the Eldrazi as Sorin failed to re-seal the prison. Unlike all other non-artificial creatures in Magic, the Eldrazi don't have a color: they are beyond the concepts the rest of th known Multiverse abides to. In addition to their [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=261321 entirely]] [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193452 alien]] [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193632 look]], they also annihilate a large part of your opponent's ressources just by attacking, before they can even try to stop them. Eldrazi are also associated with some non-creature spells, which have very telling names such as [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193658 All is Dust]] or [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=198296 Not of This World]].