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Something in your past drew you into contact with the Cthulhu mythos. While most sensible folk push such memories to the back of their minds, eager to move on with their lives, you chose a different
path. Your experience with the mythos showed you that while these creatures are terrible, they can be defeated. You adventure in search of the mythos’ influence on the world and seek to battle
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caricature of a human’s and its forepaws are tiny hands.
Most rat-things are faithful servants of the Mythos sent to serve foul sorcerers, cult leaders, or curious scholars, to aid in their
endeavors and further their corruption. Some rat-things are created by dark magic to function as familiars for those unwary mages blind to the insidious nature of the Mythos. Others are human cultists
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to whatever strange realm he dwells in as his defeated form is torn apart by unseen forces. Mythos creatures with a combined CR of up to 20 emerge from the pile of gore, occupying the nearest, empty
the Cthulhu Mythos, a dreaded entity who seems to understand and appreciate humanity and other folk all too well. Of the Mythos deities, he is the only one who regularly appears in the guise of a
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The most infamous of mythos tomes, the Necronomicon contains within its pages untold secrets of the mythos.
Language: Infernal.
Attunement Check: Intelligence (Arcana) DC 20. To end your attunement
to the Necronomicon, you must defeat a mythos deity in combat.
Benefits: While attuned to the Necronomicon, you gain the following benefits:
You double your proficiency bonus if it applies to an
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You exert the natural order of the cosmos and force a Mythos entity back from whence it came. Choose a Bloodied Mythos or Deity creature that you can see within range. The target is transported to a random location on a plane (GM’s choice) associated with its creature type.
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Mythos Fanaticism. If the deep one hybrid can see a Mythos creature of size Large or larger, it gains a +5 bonus to Initiative rolls and gains 2 Temporary Hit Points at the start of its turn.Trident
/320 ft. Hit: 5 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Light Crossbow", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.My Life for Yours. Trigger: A Mythos
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that dwells high in the cold mountains. These creatures have an unclear, but indisputable, tie to the Mythos. Whether they arrived here from another world, were crafted by dark magic, or resulted from
its followers to conduct bizarre rites and bloody sacrifices, usually in honor of Mythos deities such as Ithaqua. The gnoph-keh acts as a herald, in its own inscrutable way, for these greater powers
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Lash", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage.
Absorb Life (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Absorb Life"}. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 17, non-Mythos
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Homefield Advantage. The area infested by the colour offers a variety of benefits to the creatures that aid it. Creatures under the colour’s influence gain the Mythos tag and the following
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complete mysteries.
What is known is that the flying polyps, similar to the elder things and other Mythos entities, are ancient creatures that perhaps existed before the gods. These creatures waged war
polyps, owing to their long wars with the elder things and other Mythos entities, kept their vaults isolated from the underdark, volcanic passages, and other paths that intruders could use.
These
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, but it is a cunning, malevolent entity. Spawned by the powers of the Cthulhu Mythos, these creatures lurk in forgotten shrines, hidden fanes, and forsaken ruins that once hosted rituals dedicated to
conduct sacrifices or an ancient tome filled with Mythos lore. In such a case, the formless spawn relentlessly and single-mindedly tracks the thief, stopping only when it has reclaimed the treasure.Acid, Cold, Lightning, Slashing
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deity since claimed by agents of the Cthulhu mythos.
Drawbacks: You have an overwhelming drive to use the books to visit the realms it allows you to access. If you go a week without using the gate
an ardent foe of the Cthulhu mythos. When you encounter their agents and entities, you are compelled to defeat them and drive them back to the dark corners of the cosmos that spawned them. You
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You contact a deity of the Cthulhu Mythos. You can ask the entity 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":""} questions that can be answered with yes or no. You must ask your
The entities of the Cthulhu Mythos have many enemies. Not all who learn of these terrible creatures fall victim to their promises of forbidden power. Across the cosmos, a grand conspiracy consisting
of the most unlikely of creatures.
A court of intelligent house cats seek to protect the world from the Mythos. Hailing from across planes, worlds, and planets, they use magic and manipulation to
The entities of the Cthulhu Mythos have many enemies. Not all who learn of these terrible creatures fall victim to their promises of forbidden power. Across the cosmos, a grand conspiracy consisting
of the most unlikely of creatures.
A court of intelligent house cats seek to protect the world from the Mythos. Hailing from across planes, worlds, and planets, they use magic and manipulation to
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, forbidding corners of the world. In their heyday, the elder things dug deep into the lore around the Cthulhu Mythos. They crafted the first shoggoths, and used them to erect great, cyclopean cities. They
ruins that remain are filled with artifacts and tomes concerned the Mythos. Such a place is filled with deadly traps and horrid monsters, including shoggoths that slumber and wait for a foolish explorer
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Command. The lesser crawling one chooses up to three willing Undead or Mythos creatures it can see. Each of the chosen creatures can take a Reaction to move up to its Speed, and each creature gains
the baleful will of a dead cultist. When a powerful spellcaster, usually one pledged to the Cthulhu Mythos, dies, the mage’s ambition, evil, and thirst for power linger on. This aura of evil
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following actions. The greater crawling one regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
By My Command. The greater crawling one chooses up to three willing Undead or Mythos
to the Cthulhu Mythos, dies, the mage’s ambition, evil, and thirst for power linger on. This aura of evil acts as a beacon, drawing hungry worms and maggots to the moldering corpse. As the
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... no voice save the imitated accents of their bygone masters.
—H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness
Shoggoths are among the most powerful and loathsome of Mythos monsters. As vast
. They communicate when their masters wish, forming special organs for the purpose.
Most shoggoths serve powerful cult leaders or Mythos entities directly. They are called forth to provide physical
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Old One’ however, their individual motivations remain a mystery. When found assisting a Mythos cult, their aims are as inscrutable to the cultists who work with them as they are to the
investigators who battle them.
Horrid Travelers. Dimension shamblers enlisted by Mythos cults use their unerring teleportation to retrieve lost artifacts or helpless victim. Usually, the shambler deposits its
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masters.
—H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness
Shoggoths are among the most powerful and loathsome of Mythos monsters. As vast sacks of protoplasm, these amphibious creatures form
special organs for the purpose.
Most shoggoths serve powerful cult leaders or Mythos entities directly. They are called forth to provide physical power, working to hew cities from mountains or trample
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Entities of the Cthulhu Mythos are terrifyingly implacable and utterly inhuman. While those traits often make such creatures unbeatable, their inability to understand humanity’s capabilities
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mining operations. They use their magic, along with promises of magical power and support, to draw humans and other folk into serving them. The mi-go tend to worship Mythos entities, and they recruit
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mythos and were perhaps their servitors. This strange tome was written before time began its proper flow and grants insights into its workings. By reading it, you learn to move between time’s beats
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vine to topple those who would invade the natural world and subvert it.
These Druids, owing to their close bonds to the natural world, are drawn to face the horrid invaders of the Cthulhu Mythos. They see themselves as the wild’s first line of defense against these abominations.
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;Iä! Iä! Shub-Niggurath! The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young!”
—H.P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness
Shub-Niggurath is a primordial Mythos entity who
great numbers, tapping into the magic of this Mythos entity to multiply and thrive.
Twisted Promises. Cults of Shub-Niggurath begin innocently enough. A village deep in a primal forest, or a group
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tree when its shape was cast against the moon. The smell was appalling, like the stench of open graves.
—Malleus Monstrorum Volume I: Monsters of the Mythos
These horrid abominations are
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Entities of the Cthulhu Mythos are terrifyingly implacable and utterly inhuman. While those traits often make such creatures unbeatable, their inability to understand humanity’s capabilities
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agents in the world. They venture forth from the ocean depths when called by a cult of Cthulhu, protecting the cult from its enemies and lending the Mythos lore needed to enact the cult’s aims
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the stench of open graves.
—Malleus Monstrorum Volume I: Monsters of the Mythos
These horrid abominations are the “young” referred to in Shub-Niggurath’s epithet: &ldquo
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cult of Cthulhu, protecting the cult from its enemies and lending the Mythos lore needed to enact the cult’s aims. Invariably, when one of those horrors appears, the Cthulhu cult is on the rise in
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vine to topple those who would invade the natural world and subvert it.
These Druids, owing to their close bonds to the natural world, are drawn to face the horrid invaders of the Cthulhu Mythos. They see themselves as the wild’s first line of defense against these abominations.
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for 10d10;{"diceNotation":"10d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Even Death May Die"} years.
Horrid Aura. A non-mythos entity that starts its turn within 30 feet of Great Cthulhu takes 10 psychic
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cosmos. In this bizarre time, they existed in an uneasy truce with other, strange creatures of the Cthulhu Mythos. Eventually, they were among the creatures swept away by the arrival of the dreaded flying
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and send it back.
You gain the following benefits.
Delver into Forgotten Lore. You learn three languages of your choice.
Foul Arcana. You can tap into a brief glimpse of the mythos to empower a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Caller Folktales of the Caller carry a cold, cruel authenticity, hinting of a vicious mythos too specific to be fiction. The Caller numbers among the most notorious supernatural figures in the