The Mythos Player Character Races Particularly notable among Lovecraft’s high fantasy stories is the novella The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, from which stem the player races presented herein Each has been chosen carefully for its interesting nature, usefulness, and utility when set alongside the standard races of a fantasy campaign First the Dreamlands cats pad softly into view All household or alley cats could potentially be Dreamlands The ghouls were in general respectful, cats: all that is required is the cats’ decision to return even if one did attempt to pinch from their nightly trip to the Dreamlands while him while several others eyed his retaining human-level (though not human-centric) leanness speculatively Through intelligence and purpose Anonymity is their ally, for patient gibbering he made inquiries few expect stray cats to pose any threat regarding his vanished friend, and Second in a Mythos game lurk the ghouls, which found he had become a ghoul of some are emphatically not undead but rather undead-eaters prominence in abysses nearer the These entities might be degenerated humans or else waking world A greenish elderly “true” ghouls Memories of their former lives–as well ghoul offered to conduct him to as the lives of others—play a prominent role in their Pickman’s present habitation, so savage society despite a natural loathing he followed Next come the gnorri: amphibious entities the creature into a capacious burrow with little understanding of the surface world who and crawled after him for hours nevertheless wish to participate in it The gnorri are in the blackness of rank mould “blessed” with unusual and incredible abilities based —The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, H P Lovecraft on their astounding anatomy Last but not least are the zoogs: well known to readers of Lovecraft’s Dream-Quest, the zoogs are feral but diminutive horrors with secretive and enigmatic ways Dangerous and unpredictable, they are closely tied to the cosmic entities beyond We have enjoyed creating these races, testing them, and seeing them interact with the standard races I think you will enjoy playing them as well —Sandy Petersen