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I think it's a better question to ask what Cthulhu's domain will be like.

Yes. His latest. Quickstone has a Western feel, so there is a definite feel of "protect the town" to it. However, it's a very specific strand of D&D (a Western set in Eberron) so while wonderful, I don't know how much it translates out of it's specific niche.

It's also worth noting that Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone has a campaign model called Home & Hearth that focuses on the PCs being part of the community. Your PC isn't just a cleric, he's the town preacher. Unfortunately, it doesn't do much with it but give ideas on how PCs can be prominent in...

The Below part suffers from a tonal shift and classic WotC writing issues, but it's an example of an multi-level campaign centered around a single town being viable in 5e. The players come to town, disrupt bandits and cultists, explore local ruins and places, fend off mind goblins (heh) and...

I always answer these questions with "any version of D&D can work if you build to it's strengths." For example: Phandevler and Below has its flaws but it makes a 12 level campaign centered on a single town, from stopping some bandits all the way to stopping a planar incursion happening just...

Certainly A tradition, and one that some people like. And for them I got no problem giving Tiamat or Chthulu stats. Follow your bliss

I do have a character whose final words were "screw you, what's Thor's Armor Class?"

You could make the argument Orcus, Tiamat and Vecna shouldn't either, but here we are.

The only official domain I could argue you could get away with it in is Classic Darkon. It's massive, has dozens of towns and cities, a variety of biomes, and enough stuff to do you could theoretically adventure for a while without worrying about Azalin. However, it's pretty well known and the...

You can. I find that Ravenloft (and really, any campaign setting) works best with player buy in. Horror is something a player has to be comfortable with and they have to be willing to play in a setting like Ravenloft. I'm sure if you pitched the game as a horror game and slowly pulled back the...

My own Ravenloft game used the Dark Powers as Fears setup, but I made many Dark Lords oblivious to the fact they are being used. A few have greater knowledge (like Strahd) but most serve a particular fear in blissful ignorance. The Vestiges of the Amber Temple and other certain actors (like the...

What else would he count as?

Not to defend HPL, but that's a strong statement considering who all is in Appendix N. That said, he's dead. His characters are public domain and lots of good people have done good things with those characters. I can understand some people not willing to accept Death of the Author, but in this...

I was trying to keep it to ttrpgs like the poster mentioned. But certainly elves are huge beyond gaming.

Call me skeptical, but elves are pretty ubiquitous in nearly all fantasy games, but not all fantasy games have cosmic horror. Even those that do don't have the big Cth man himself.

Elves.

That is for the best. D&D needs more unanswered questions and less canon answers. Who is the Lady of Pain? What are the Dark Powers? What happened on the Day of Mourning? Questions with no real answer except what the DM decides.

My own Ravenloft head canon is that they are avatars of the Dark Powers; not them but speaking on their behalf. The real powers are unknowable.

I think part of issue is whether or not Chthulu in Ravenloft is supposed to be the actual Chthulu (as in, the actual same one from Lovecrafts work) or a generic version of him (akin to how the tarrasque is based on a specific entity but clearly not the same as the French creature). D&D is famous...