CHA23170-X. Such appendages have 60-foot (18 m) reach. On the following round, a Hard CON is required, causing 1D4 or 1D6 damage respectively, while on the third and subsequent rounds, the CON roll becomes Extreme, causing 1D6 or 1D8 damage respectively. Yet, it is a fire of contagion also, spreading and infecting, and ultimately burning out the human center till nothing human remains. If such a report can be given credence, it does support the idea of an invading entity, perhaps drawing off some form of sustenance to enable it to create new or altered life. Powers Thought Form: the appearance of this avatar is taken directly from the minds of those encountering it, thus it may appear male or female according to the viewers minds eye visualization of ultimate attraction. Whatever the case, Han appears to play some role in heralding an age of great suffering for humanity. Other names: Bal-sot, Bsst, Bastet, Mother of Cats, Ubaste. Transform Flesh: may psychically cause anothers flesh to transform into crystalline form (the process may be gradual or rapid, with body organs and flesh becoming crystalline). Whether the bloodline and beliefs of these ancient builders were passed down the generations is uncertain, but one would be foolish to discount the possibility that remnants of this once great cult survived. The shape was vague and evermoving, caused by appendages or growths that seemed to constantly grow and be reabsorbed. The persons vision darkens momentarily and they sense an alien mind beginning to impose upon their ownstrange thoughts begin to swirl around in their mind, and without explanation the character begins to speak in foreign and alien tongues they have never heard, spouting bits of history and facts they couldnt possibly know. Until humanity is able to send a probe equipped with the right technology to investigate these stars the answers will remain unclear. 62 DEITIES OF THE MYTHOS CXAXUKLUTH Powers Note: Cthyllas powers have been purposefully kept blank. Note that one form may be identified by a different name and possess a variation of appearance. While the Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh is aware and venerate the Beast, it is a separate order, known as the Brotherhood of the Beast who are considered to be the primary followers, believing themselves to be superior and older than the Black Pharaohs worshippers. Betwixt the two upper limbs is a giant, rubbery maw instead of a head. Boneless: able to rapidly dissolve their bones and become a flexible sack of living flesh that may pass through barriers unhindered and be less prone to injury from the slings and arrows of life. If any grains of truth can be gleaned from Foley, one might surmise that Nodens is a being whose power is fashioned to maintain a cosmic balance and ensure the continuance of the universe in its current form. Others may support the casting by investing 1 magic point per person (costing 1 Sanity point each), although should another person know the full spell (i.e. Some take no form, being sentient waves of light and sound. Thus, those of its children who escape into the wider world may serve to inform Abhoth, inspiring it to action of some kind. Such melodies may cause changes in listeners who, failing a POW roll, may be driven to heightened passion, such as an increased capacity for violence (a bonus die to combat rolls for one encounter), or augmented levels of understanding (a bonus die to a Cthulhu Mythos roll), and so on. Spider Birth: blessed with hosting a brood of spiders within, able to send forth numerous spiders to act as spies. 10. In addition, a side effect of its proximity causes momentary fluctuations in time, causing people, objects, and places to alter in their apparent age; thus, a person may seem older and then younger, and so on. The Elder wards may be failing or limited, allowing it brief periods of freedom in the countryside to again bring to life tales of the Berkeley Toad. Encounters Those involved with countering the work of cults associated with entities like Nyarlathotep, Cthulhu, and ShubNiggurath (among others) may find strange allies in the shape of human Nodens worshippers. While those encountering deep ones, yuggs, and the voormis may find themselves becoming sacrifices for this Old One. 68 DEITIES OF THE MYTHOS CYNTHULOS Powers Tears of Cymaeghi: the viscous fluid weeping from its eye produces diverse effects when consumed by humans. Beyond such Mythos-aligned tcho-tcho, there seem to be few human groups concerned primarily with Zhar and Lloigor, with the Cult of the Twins perhaps being the 245 CHAPTER 2 m a l Aura horrors. It consists of two large volumes. Presumably more tombs are waiting to be discovered, although some claim the Cult of Sebek never truly died out, and its members still work to guard the sleep of their blessed dead while also attempting to recreate a means to bring their god back to Earth. Its head is anthropomorphic and wears a triple crown. As the possession takes hold, the hosts body is reformed into a bloated, headless humanoid-thing, with mouths upon its palms. Twist Nature: wherever Shub-Niggurath manifests, it causes animals and plant life in the vicinity to warp and mutate. Send Vision Message: can impart messages via visions, dreams, or telepathy across any distance. From the supporting evidence, Leviathan rests for great periods of time and rises in brief bursts of savage ferocity. Cult In ancient times, Yibb-Tstll was said to have been worshiped as the god Yib; however, no remnants of this cult are believed to exist in the modern world. The visions began around two hours later. Recovered annals of the serpent people speak of Yig at first dwelling in Yoth or Kn-yan, but later moving to some secret place named Ydethal. Call of Cthulhu: Cthulhus dreams may affect and touch human minds while sleeping. Eventually, the lump bursts open, causing the host 1D6 damage. Air Walk: Ithaqua may move freely across the sky. It reforms in 1D100 days. We see ourselves partly in its reflection, a giant humanoid wreathed in ice-cold winds and snow blizzards, sometimes a skeletal thing, and, at others encased in white-blue flesh. Fighting Tendrils Stomp 80% (40/16), damage 2D6 60% (30/12), damage 2D6 + 5D10 STR (see above) 40% (20/8), damage 4D6 Armor None. Fighting Grasp 100% (50/20), damage 4D6 100% (50/20), damage 8D6 Armor None. STR n/a CON n/a SIZ n/a DEX n/a Hit Points: n/a Damage Bonus (DB): n/a Build: n/a Move: n/a Combat Attacks per round: n/a If Ghroth wills it, its presence alone is enough to destroy a planet. We might presume that some folklore and cultural significance may stem from human contact (physically or psychically) with Atlach-Nacha. Malleus Monstrorum 2. Even a large candle held aloft inflicts one point of damage for each round it is within 50 feet (15 m) of the flame. Posted by Zackary Clarke on 10th Jul 2021. Whether the deep ones have links to the Deathless Masters is unknown, although the possibility seems quite likely. (Great Old One) For it is made of many strands, twisting and curling around one another like a plants vines and roots. In addition, the black sun occasionally sends forth gouts and burst of black flames that can disintegrate flesh. The victim may escape death if they can inflict 6+ damage to open a way out of the bulb. There is so much information it is really amazing. The section in Nameless Cults goes on to say that in times past many youths were sacrificed to the god in monthly ceremonies, held at the waning of the moon, designed to honor and appease. Hail the King! Most scholars agree that the Dark Mother may take similar but different forms when appearing to other alien races, such as seeming mi-go like when manifesting among those strange creatures. Some outcast and shunned communities of First Nation peoples who turned away from traditional beliefs to the worship of Mythos gods may give particular attention to Ossadagowah. Whether the two beings are related in some capacity remains conjecture, although one source, the bedeviled Jacob of Warwick, posited that they were two forms of the same entity that exist separately yet are conjoined (such perplexing notions have not found favor among other scholars). Extending this consideration further, it would seem likely that such beings might be called upon by the greater Elder Ones, such as Nodens, Bast, and so on, to act as messengers, perform tasks, or act in their stead. Tail Spikes: the sharp spikes on Groth-Golkas tail can pierce most metals and armor as easily as soft flesh (ignores armor). Cryptic insights indicate the reason for such avoidance may be down to Cxaxukluths propensity to consume and/or kill other Mythos beings who venture too close. Perhaps this avatar might be seen as Cthulhus rage, if such human emotion might be used. Jerome McCluskys Amidst the Greenwood Folk (York, 1872) describes the authors alleged encounters with woodland beings over the course of numerous years. Given its immense wisdom, it would be unsurprising if other Mythos beings did not, from time to time, commune in some fashion with Yog-Sothoth, and so such connections mentioned may simply be extensions of this fact. Powers Containment: if Daoloth is not summoned within a magical containment (one form of which is a Pentagram of Planes) its form expands and engulfs anyone nearby. This is a lovely product. It certainly appears not to possess any powers of transportation, or at least such powers have been negated by the Elder wards holding it in check. Humans will feel the hairs on the backs of their necks stand up and a mounting sense of anxiety. Those able to throw off the possession regain lost POW and INT at the rate of 10 points per week thereafter. Occasionally, large tentacle-like growths emerge, flaying about and searching the air. 157 CHAPTER 2 m a l appearing and reappearing at certain times and allowing human worshippers access. Some scholars theorize that Vorvadoss sleeps now, and calls upon its name may go unheard, although some requests may filter through and be answered through the beings dreamsthese taking a form of physical manifestation, so petitioners see only a portion of the beings true aspect, or else hear its strange voice that sounds like the tinkling of crystals. 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All sight and hearing-related actions taken within the mist suffer an increased difficulty level or penalty die. ", "Jaw-droppingits exquisite art and its refined text make it one of the most striking publications of the current edition. Certainly, one may presume some human worshippers have desired to become vessels for their gods child, but such matters are most likely limited in number and carry unfortunate and horrific conclusions. In addition, call for a Hard CON: if failed, the person suffers 1D4+1 damage plus the temporary loss of 5 points of CON per round (CON lost is regained at 1 point per day thereafter); if successful, 1 damage per round is suffered. One doubts that such rites have changed much in the modern era. HASTALK (Great Old One) Seemingly formless, its touch corrupts entire worlds. Able to use radios, televisions, and other receivers, the avatar spreads the words of sleeping Cthulhu, corrupting innocent minds and turning them into believers who would work the Great Old Ones will. If able to escape before death, a victims CON returns at the rate of 1D10 points of CON per week, although half of the points lost to cold can never be normally regained. Possibly, somehow reducing Ghroths POW to zero would cause the entity to cease to exist or become a lifeless planet. A grotesque un-light swelled, like a smoky darkness that reached throughout the room and into our hearts. Combat Attacks per round: 3 While the Skinless One may strike opponents with a mighty force, it prefers to employ its Skinning Gaze power (see above) or spells. If the POW roll is failed, the persons dreaming mind connects with Ythogtha; the experience is vivid, as like meeting the Old One in person 80% (40/16), damage 2D6 80% (40/16), held, damage 5D6 Armor 8-point thick and slimy hide. While such transactions appear to have worked for some, many have not supplied quite enough food and consequently found themselves part of the Old Ones meal. Such protection provides a 5-point armor but reduces speed (by 1 MOV point). being taken out of the area of effect (the visions ending 1D10 rounds later) or if a successful Psychoanalysis roll can be made; alternatively, an injury causing 4+ damage may bring such an affected person to their senses. Ancient secrets, whispered lore, and collected facts concerning the alien and otherworldly horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos. Down Darker Trails Hardcover I must mention Daniel Harms' Encyclopedia . 112 DEITIES OF THE MYTHOS Cult While no known human or Earth-bound cult exists for Hziulquoigmnzhah, the entity is worshiped on Cykranosh by millions of its inhabitants. Utter fear, as who can stand against the elemental forces of nature, let alone when those forces are marshaled and empowered by a being who existed before our planet even coalesced. Increase of the Cthulhu Mythos skill by 3D10 points, with an associated and equal Sanity loss. Maddening Music: those hearing the insidious music created by the Great God Pan may be overwhelmed with fear and panic, calling for a Sanity roll (0/1D8 loss); with a fumbled result requiring a CON rollif also fumbled, results in instant death from a sudden heart attack. For the most part, lore suggests Azathoths primary will (or urge) is channeled and actioned by Nyarlathotep, who serves as a sort of regent, interpreting and somehow embodying this will. They worshipped, so they said, the Great Old Ones who lived ages before there were any men, and who came to the young world out of the sky. The entity is said to exist outside our universe, in a dimension so alien as to be incomprehensible; thus, apportioning intent, be it malign or benevolent, is pointless. TYPICAL PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION: XADA-HGLA STR 600 CON 1,150 SIZ 600 Encounters Earthly encounters with Xada-Hgla are likely to come via seeing effigies, shrines, or artifacts depicting or praising the deity, with these being primarily manufactured by aliens (the shan or mi-go). 43 books74 followers. Flame: shoots from eyes, mouth, or hands, reaching opponents up to 10 yards/meters away, and dealing 3D6 burning damage (a successful Luck roll avoids clothes, etc. Allegedly, a summoning rite exists, known as the Prayer to Zathog in the Book of Eibon, which is thought to call the Old Ones mind (and perhaps its flesh) to the summoner. Touch: may inflict 2D10+2D6 damage or, instead, instantly transport the target to another place. Within their presence, we are but trivial things, unworthy of their attention or regard. Most texts state the deity dwells alone within a deep curtain of night, which is likely a reference to some void or pocket of space existing apart from or distant to the known cosmos. Aura Fighting BMoths effect upon humans is insidious and profound, amplifying primal instincts while nullifying any sense of propriety and decency. It is among the serpent people where this Old Ones worship is most formalized and organized. Locs works also graces several board games, covering themes from ancient Greece to car rallies! In most cases, the Lady will have gathered an assortment of devoted followers, all eager to please their leader and whose task is spread lawlessness and immorality. The winds of time shall wend his gray hair and the light of the sun shall make clear his hoary features. The Journal of Enda Foley (a single volume, said to be housed in the Trinity College Library, Dublin) may provide 60% (30/12), damage 6D6 40% (20/8), damage 1D6+2 Armor 15-point carapace. Modify Flesh: when in hibernation, the Old Ones flesh turns into a stone-like matter or becomes mummified. Powers Scream: its continual scream provokes a Sanity roll to all within 1 mile (1.6 km), with those failing losing 1D6 Sanity points immediately, and then 1D2 points per hour thereafter while Arwassa remains in the vicinity. Those encountering such creatures may become diseased within a number of hours equal to one-fifth of their CON (if failing a CON roll). From this truth, the entitys powers will flow from the Keepers own mind. Some of the well-known creatures don't have illustrations and some illustrated in the Keeper Rulebook are not illustrated in this set. Any atmosphere, aura, and perception of Nodens is a construct of the entity designed to achieve a particular effect; thus, appearing as a Classical god from Earths past, the entity is pulling on certain beliefs and human emotions. One the fifth and final day, a Psychoanalysis roll is made, with success freeing the patient of the nightmares; if the roll is failed, the patient must make a Sanity roll, with failure indicating the loss of 2 points of Sanity, and the five-day recovery process must begin anew. Oft times, individual members will be sent out to recruit new members or start new cults elsewhere in the world. Troublingly, with the advent of new technologies, the ability to record and transmit the music of Trunembra grows more likely, although whether any technology could successfully capture the full range of such sounds remains doubtful. We see this quest for magical lore replicated by a handful of sorcerers working in isolation, who endeavor to divine wisdom and power through contact with this Outer God. Indeed, some suggest the title is an honorific, passed down the generations, rather than a group of actual immortals. R. S. Scarwound, Boston, 1785) indicate the worship of Zu-che-quon in prehistorical Mu by a small sect, known as the Smothering Hand, whose foul acts led to the group being eradicated. After an amount of time (may be 1D6 days to 1D100 months at the Keepers discretion), the maturing brood fight for control of their hosts body. Such worship may extend beyond the cities to the uncivilized and tribal groups of Kn-yanians said to inhabit the wildernesses and plains of that secretive underworld. Strange musculature rippled across its withered and pock-marked body, suggesting enormous strength, while a mouth of sorts and four eyes of unearthly hue looked upon us with timeless insight and disdain. Magic POW: 350 Magic Points: 70 Spells: Awaken the Beast, Call Lightning, Control Elements, The Red Sign, Summon/Bind Dark Young, Wrack; others as the Keeper desires. Aura A certain sense of mysticism surrounds this avatar, of forbidden secrets and enlightenment, as well as a feeling of things being out of step with reality, as though one had passed through some portal into another realm. Conveyed upon a great shell chariot carried on the backs of dolphins, our master shall descend from the heavens. AlongsideThe Grand Grimoire of Cthulhu Mythos Magic, it will be part of the wish list of all fans of the system.". Little is known of this entitys interactions with Earth and humanity, with the most written about Ossadagowah said to be contained in Of Evil Sorceries Done in New England of Demons in No Humane Shapeallegedly written by an unnamed witch-finder, the volume details lore concerning warlocks and witches in colonial New England, as well as accounts of weird occurrences and other oddities in the region. Regenerates 1D6 hit points per round (death at zero hit points). Only the criminally insane or those who would seek the destruction of the planet (perhaps the same thing) would knowingly attempt to turn Azathoths dreaming mind toward Earth. Other names: the Berkeley Toad, the Dark Shambler, the Serpent-Bearded One. Said to have arrived on Earth with Great Cthulhu, Cthylla may be a particularly significant star-spawn or, according to some, one of Cthulhus progeny. Magic POW: 180 Magic Points: 36 Spells: any dealing with Cthulhu, Ghatanothoa, ZothOmmog, Ythogtha, Dagon, Hydra, the deep ones, starspawn; others at the Keepers discretion. Cthulhu. (Great Old One) Behold the white flame! Perhaps, some truth lies at the heart of this, with the former being the progeny or an externalized portion of the latter. Check out our current Pendragon products. Magic POW: 175 Magic Points: 35 Spells: Contact Deep Ones, Grasp of Cthulhu; others as the Keeper desires. As such, they remain an enigma and, other than their apparent immortality, little is known about them. As none of these wizards have been seen or heard from again, no one can exactly determine the truth of their sentiments. DEX 80 Hit Points: 70 Damage Bonus (DB): +7D6 Build: 8 Move: 12 Combat Attacks per round: 1 (bite, swallow, strike, or crush) May attack with its beak to bite or swallow, use its legs or spines to strike, or its bulk to crush.
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