Disciples of the Outer Gods
The purpose of this document is to provide alternative character building options themed around H.P Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It originally started as a list of alternative warlock patrons based on Lovecraft's Outer Gods¸ but after some positive feedback I decided to expand the scope to cover other classes as well¸ giving them specialization related to serving or fighting eldritch horrors. Now¸ I know the traditional Lovecraftian horror isn't very compatible with a game like DnD¸ as one of the major themes of Lovecraft's stories was the insignificance and powerlessness of humans¸ which goes out of the window when the player characters are powerful heroes. However¸ even during Lovecraft's own times the Mythos was used as a backdrop for multiple kinds of stories: Lovecraft's own "Dreamland" stories could be adapted to a fantasy game quite easily¸ and Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian fought against beings from the Mythos in a few stories (and Lovecraft included elements from the Conan stories in his own stories). Therefore I don't see anything particularly wrong in including elements from the Mythos¸ such as cultists worshiping the Outer Gods¸ or Deep Ones or Byakhees appearing as monsters¸ into a DnD style game.