I LOVE IT!!!!
Don't forget the Herald of Coddowalshagoth, Martin Van Buren (first AMERICAN president)!!!!!
I'm trying to work him in somehow. It's been difficult, I'll think of something.
The Cathartic Lobster is fairly straight forward as the primary, destructive avatar that's a direct threat to the players.
Locke makes an excellent avatar and prophetic voice, especially when combined with Father Cole as a sort of cult leader (inspired by the throw away line about having his congregation drink evil potions). Locke's personal perversions can be played up to horrific levels to demonstrate the "reality" of the god he represents.
Ernie Hudson was the trick, but I found a work around for it and even made him a big part of the game. The man himself doesn't appear in the campaign, but what he has becomes does. When I heard Ernie's fate being described as "an elder god tearing him apart", I instantly thought: well, that's an elder god who's got Hep C now.
The game opens in a hospital which has been locked down due to a sudden and inexplicable outbreak of what can only be described as "rapid on set Hepatitis C".
After infection the victim soon begins bleeding through their thin membraces (nose, lips, eyes), suffers massive pain in their abdomen, and drops into a coma. They recover later, apparently recovered, but within 24 hours they collapse again and their liver hardens and swells to impossible size, eventually becoming jagged and literally bursting through the stomach flesh of the victim, which them awakens in a zombie like state.
