Minions of Othuum

Minions of Othuum are yet another "heap of twisting, ropey tentacles". It's become pretty clear to me that peoples' association of Lovecraft and tentacles didn't actually originate from his writings at all, but instead, those that came after him.

In the RPG...

Despite my little rant, the Minions of Othuum do mix it up a little in that it has some sort of face, as well as many gaping mouths. Anyone within a five yard radius can be attacked and held by its tentacles, and then bitten by 2-8 of its mouths for an average of 5 damage each. The Minions of Othuum also have 7-point armour, so bullets will still do damage, but at a fairly low rate. 

    Besides its standard attacks, they can also swap minds with a human, doing so via an opposed POW roll (78% chance of success). It's not mentioned in the Malleus Monstrorum, but a mind swap would imply that the victim's mind would go into the Minion's body, which would be pretty horrifying I imagine, so should come with a SAN hit.

In a video game...

Except for the Ny’ghan Grii, the Minions of Othuum are probably the easiest of the tentacle-masses to take on, so if that was the type of creature needed for a game, they would probably be a good choice. Their mind-swap could be interesting, especially if the player got to control the Minion in the meantime.

In a film...

As I mentioned above, there are plenty of tentacled masses to pick from when it comes to the Cthulhu Mythos, and besides their mind-swapping abilities, the Minions of Othuum seem like the least interesting to me, narratively speaking.