“Let me tell ye suthin—some day yew folks'll hear a child o' Lavinny's a-callin' its father's name on the top o' Sentinel Hill!”

HP LOVECRAFT CHARACTERS

THE DUNWICH HORROR

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
40	STR	30	17-	Lift 6400 kg; 8d6 HTH Attack [4]
13	DEX	6	12-
30	CON	20	15-
21	INT	11	13-	PER Roll 13-
24	EGO	14	14-
40	PRE	30	17-	PRE Attack:  8d6

6	OCV	15	
3	DCV	0	
8	OMCV	15	
8	DMCV	15	
3	SPD	10		Phases:  4, 8, 12

10	PD	8		Total:  10 PD (0 rPD)
10	ED	8		Total:  10 ED (0 rED)
12	REC	8
60	END	8
24	BODY	14
60	STUN	20		Total Characteristics Cost:  232

Movement:	Running:	12m/24m
		Leaping:	0m
		Swimming:	4m/8m

Cost	Powers & Skills
75	"Blasphemously Stupendous Bulk":  Area Of Effect (18m Long, 2m Tall, 9m Wide Line; +1 ¼) for up
	to 40 STR, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½)
13	"Ten Or Twenty Maouths Or Trunks A-Stickin' Aout All Along The Sides":  HKA 1d6+1; 
	No STR Bonus (-½), END 2
22	"Ten Or Twenty Maouths Or Trunks A-Stickin' Aout All Along The Sides":  Drain BODY 1d6, 
	Constant (+½), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½), Delayed Return Rate (points return at the rate of 
	5 per Week; +2 ½); Bite Must Do Body (-½), No Range (-½)
48	"Fire From Airth Can't Burn It Nohaow":  Energy Damage Reduction, Resistant, 75%; Only Works 
	Against Mundane (i.e. Earthly) Fire (-¼)
48	"All Like Jelly":  Physical Damage Reduction, Resistant, 75%; Only Works Against Normal (i.e. 
	Earthly) Weapons, No EfFect Versus Magic Attacks (-¼)
10	"All Like Jelly":  No Hit Locations
36	"Fire From Airth Can't Burn It Nohaow":  Resistant Protection (20 ED), Hardened (+¼), 
	Impenetrable (+¼); Only Works Against Mundane (i.e. Earthly) Fire (-¼)
36	"All Like Jelly":  Resistant Protection (20 PD), Hardened (+¼), Impenetrable (+¼); Only Works 
	Against Normal (i.e. Earthly) Weapons, No EfFect Versus Magic Attacks (-¼)
-2	Can't Leap:  Leaping -4m (0m total)
10	"Scale A Sheer Stony Cliff Of Almost Complete Verticality":  Clinging (normal STR)
6	"Dozens O' Legs":  Extra Limbs  (40), Inherent (+¼)
35	Normally Invisible:  Invisibility to Sight Group , No Fringe, Persistent (+¼), Reduced 
	Endurance (0 END; +½); Always On (-½)
10	"Great Bulgin' Eyes All Over It":  Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees) with Sight Group
15	Son Of Yog-Sothoth:  LS  (Immunity All terrestrial diseases; Immunity: All terrestrial 
	diseases; Longevity: Immortal)

	Talents
3	Ambidexterity (no Off Hand penalty)
4	Double Jointed
12	Son Of Yog-Sothoth:  +4/+4d6 Striking Appearance (vs. all characters)

	Skills
2	AK: Dunwich And Surrounding Hills 11-
3	KS: Arcane And Occult Lore 13-
3	KS: Cthulhu Mythos Lore 13-
0	Language:  English (idiomatic; literate)
7	Power:  Sorcery 16-

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  396
Total Cost:  628

175+	Matching Complications
15	Distinctive Features:  horrific non-human entity (Not Concealable; Extreme Reaction; Detectable 
	Only By Magical Means (normally invisible))
20	Physical Complication:  Huge (16m tall; +6 OCV for others to hit, +6 to PER Rolls for others to 
	perceive) (Frequently; Greatly Impairing)
20	Psychological Complication:  Always Hungry (requires large amounts of fresh meat and blood) 
	(Common; Total)
20	Psychological Complication:  Devoted To His Father (Common; Total)

Total Complications Points:  50
Experience Points:  453
	

Background/History: The twin brother to Wilbur Whateley, the Dunwich Horror “looked more like the father than [Wilbur] did.” Growing at the same rapid pace as Wilbur, the Horror was fed on cows flesh and blood for the first 15 years of its life. After Wilbur died in 1928, the Horror burst out of the farmhouse where it was being housed, and then lurked about Dunwich for a time, killing people and livestock, before being destroyed itself by a trio of men from Miskatonic University.

Personality/Motivation: Far more alien than Wilbur, the Dunwich Horror only cares about pleasing its father. Thus, it treats the people of Dunwich as little more than cattle, destroying two farmhouses and devouring everyone within in order to sate its hunger. It also wishes to bring its father to Earth, so the world can be cleansed and he (and his father) can assume mastery of the remains.

Quote: “Ygnailh... ygnaiih... thflthkh'ngha.... Yog-Sothoth ... Y'bthnk... h'ehye-n'grkdl'lh... Eh-y-ya-ya-yahaah-e'yayayaaaa... ngh'aaaaa... ngh'aaa... h'yuh... h'yuh... HELP! HELP! ...ff -- ff – ff-FATHER! FATHER! YOG-SOTHOTH!...”

Powers/Tactics: The Horror’s primary power is its immense size, coupled with its inability to be seen due to its extra-dimensional make up. It simply batters things down, such as trees, fences, and buildings, and either crushes what’s left under its bulk, or snatches up anything living with its tentacles and either drinks their blood or devours them whole (or both). Intelligent and capable of speech, the Horror can cast spells, probably the same sort of summoning spells Wilbur knows, but the Horror’s spell-casting skills is somewhat greater.

Appearance: “Bigger'n a barn... all made o' squirmin' ropes... hull thing sort o' shaped like a hen's egg bigger'n anything with dozens o' legs like hogs-heads that haff shut up when they step... nothin' solid abaout it -- all like jelly, an' made o' sep'rit wrigglin' ropes pushed clost together... great bulgin' eyes all over it... ten or twenty maouths or trunks a-stickin' aout all along the sides, big as stove-pipes an all a-tossin' an openin' an' shuttin'... all grey, with kinder blue or purple rings... an' Gawd in Heaven -- that haff face on top... that face with the red eyes an' crinkly albino hair, an' no chin, like the Whateleys.... It was a octopus, centipede, spider kind o' thing, but they was a haff-shaped man's face on top of it, an' it looked like Wizard Whateley's, only it was yards an' yards acrost....”

Designer’s Notes: The Dunwich Horror is from the HP Lovecraft story of the same name. As with my character sheet for Wilbur Whateley, I’ve built this based strictly on things mentioned and described in the story. Thus, you have room to expand on the Horror’s capabilities, mainly in its use of magic and spells. See Wilbur Whateley for more information.

(The Dunwich Horror created by Howard Philips Lovecraft, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook.)


The Dunwich Horror | Wilbur Whatley

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