The Litany to Thasaidon
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The Litany to Thasaidon A gre grey-boun bound d octa ctavo prin printe ted d anonymously in the USA in around 1937, 1937, the Litany pur purpo ports rts to be a vision of the world in several million years’ time. It primarily concerns the gods and magic of Zothique, the last habitation of mankind.
Sani Sanity ty Loss oss 1D6/ 1D6/2D 2D6; 6; Cthu Cthulh lhu u Mythos +8 percentiles; average one month to study and comprehend. Spells: Contact Thasaidon (avatar of Nyarlathotep)*, Contact Mordiggian, Devil-Mist of Namurra (Create Mist of Releh)*, Create Revenant/Destroy Reve Revena nant nt,, Comm Comman and d Reve Revena nant nt,, Enchant Globe of Growth, Nightmar Nightmare, e, Remortifi Remortificatio cation*, n*, Send Drea Dreams ms,, Summ Summon on Stal Stalli lion onss of Thamogorgos*. Spe Spells mark markeed * only nly work work in Zothique. Summon Stallions of Thamogorgos To cast this spell, the caster must be in Zothique, and with arms outstretched towards the sunset, must utte utterr “twe “twelv lvee name namess whic which h it is perdition to utter”, followed by the invocation gna padambis padambis devompra devompra thungis furidor avoragomon.
the form of colossal monsters with head headss and and memb member erss some somewh what at rese resemb mbli ling ng thos thosee of stal stalli lion ons. s. Rearing terribly, they trod down the sun like an extinguished ember; and This spell costs 10mp and 1D8 SAN raci racing ng as in some some hippd hippdro rome me of to cast, but requires no components Titans, they rose highe gher and or actions actions other than the incantati incantation on vaster… Zotulla saw that these were itse itself lf,, whic which h take takess inst instaant and and not immate immateria riall couds, couds, but actual actual permanent effect. living forms that had come forth to trea tread d the the eart earth h in macro macroco cosm smic ic Usually coupled with Bind Revenant vastness. (below), this spell’s power is such Clark Ashton Smith, The Dark that that Reve Revena nant ntss it crea create tess rema remain in Eidolon animated until destroyed by magic or by by the the reve revers rsee of this this spel spelll (the (the These colossal, hoofed alien reverse reverse incantatio incantation n costs costs 10mp and creatures resemble gargantuan horses no SAN; if the Revenant in question They are, thankfully, not often seen is unwilling to return to the grave, in this dimension. When they appear, the caster must succeed in a POW they devastate great swathes of land, vs. POW POW strug trugg gle again gainst st the tramp tramplin ling g all before before them, them, before before Revenant). retu return rniing to the macr macroc ocos osm mic dimension from whence they came. Every month, a Revenant must roll POWx1. If she succeeds, she regains Stallions of Thamogorgos, titan coursers Average her full intelligence as in life (restore STR 1D100x10 505 INT to origin original al level) level) and can no CON 1D100+250 300-301 longer longer be bound. bound. The Revena Revenant’ nt’ss SIZ 1D100x10 505 1D6 3-4 fate is then her own concern. Most INT POW 5D6 17-18 Revenant Revenantss do not appreciate appreciate being DEX 2D6 7 raised from the dead. Hit Points 403 cont contin inue uess to dete deteri rior orat atee by 1 for for ever every y week week afte afterr the the Reve Revena nant nt's 's creation.It costs 0/1D8 SAN to view a Revenant.
Bind Revenant This This works works like like every every other other Bind Bind Otherwise, this works as any other spell pell,, with with the the exce except ptio ion n that that a summ summon on crea creatu ture re spel spell, l, with with the the Revenant which gains consciousness exce except ptio ion n that that the the Stal Stalli lion onss of automa automatic ticall ally y breaks breaks any bindin binding g Thamogorgos cannot be bound, and upon it. that a small herd of the Stallions will appear. Enchant Globe of Growth This spell enables the creation of the It is usually advisable to get out of Globe of Growth (see above). The the way after having summoned the spell involves a succession of plant, animal and human sacrifices, and a colossal creatures. . series of vile incantations,cast over space of three three weeks. weeks. It costs costs Create Revenant/Destroy the space 1D20 1D20 SAN SAN and a total total of 100mp, 100mp, Revenant Cast on any intact corpse, no matter invested invested every night over the three what its state of decomposition, this weeks. spel spelll rais raises es the the corp corpse se as a semi semi conscious conscious slave. Corpses raised in this this meth method od reta retain in some some of thei their r intellige intelligence nce and memory, memory, although although their past remains dim and cloudy. Stats Stats remain remain as they they were were in life, life, except that DEX and INT are halved, …it seemed that great ebon clouds and APP is reduced by 1 for every of thunder beetled against the sun. week the Revenant has been dead; it Lining the horizon, the clouds took
Stallions of Thamogorgos (greater independent race)
Move 30 Damag Damagee Bonus: Bonus: About equal to an earthquake (average of 44D6!) Armour: 10-point hide Spells: None. SAN: 1/1D 1/1D10 10 SAN SAN to see see a Stal Stalli lion on of Thamogorgos. Skills: None that matter. Attack % Damage Attacks Trample 40% 1D20+DB
The Globe of Growth The garden, garden, plante planted d and tilled tilled so privily, and sealed by its metal roof fr from the the orbs orbs of heav heaveen, was illumined solely by a strange, fiery globe that hung in mid-air at the cent centre re.. Adom Adomph pha a rega regard rded ed this this globe with awe, for its nature and purveyance were mysterious to him. Dwerulas claimed that it had risen from hell on a moonless midnight at his bidding, bidding, and was levitate levitated d by infern infernal al power, power, and fed with the never-dying flames of that clime in whic which h the the frui fruits ts of Thas Thasai aido don n
The Litany to Thasaidon
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sw swelle elled d to unea uneart rthl hlyy size size and and will always become part of the plant. If someone of great magical power enchan enchanted ted savour savour.. It gave gave forth forth a dies in the grove, then the plants in sanguine light, in which the garden garden may may gain gain the victim victim’s ’s sw swam and and welt welter ereed as if seen seen the garden intelligence and animate some of the through a luminous mist of blood. Even in the bleak nights of winter, plants in the grove. The plants may have have the abilit ability y to entran entrance ce their their the globe yielded a genial warmth; victim im,, draw drawin ing g him him in. in. Deat Death h is and it fell fell neve neverr from from its its weir weird d vict certai ain n if this this succ succee eeds ds.. It cost costss suspension, though without cert palpabl palpablee suppor support; t; and beneat beneath h it 0/1D4 SAN to see a grove where the globe has done is work, 1D3/1D10 the garden flourished balefully, lush and exuberant as same parterre of SAN to see one where people have died, and another 0/1D6 SAN if the the nether circles. Clark Ashton Smith, The Garden of plants are animate. Adompha Animated plants
The Litany of Thasaidon contains the instructions for the creation of this object, A garden or forest where the globe has been summoned gains the attributes attributes of Adompha’ Adompha’ss garden garden in 1D10 months: trees grow to strange shapes, while breeds of plant unseen for hundreds of thousands of years beg begin in to grow grow in the the vici vicini nity ty.. If som someone eone dies dies in the the area area of the the globe’s influence, some of the bodily parts of the dead person might end up on the plants; indeed, body parts sewn onto plants (as was the practice of Adompha’s Adompha’s magician magician Dwerulas Dwerulas))
Average STR 6D6 21 CON 5D6 17-18 SIZ 8D6 28 INT 3D6 10-11 POW 3D6+3 13-14 DEX 4D6 14 HP 23 Move 0 Armour: Varies: sometimes none, sometimes 1-8 points of bark. Attack % Damage Attacks Branches 55% 1D6+DB (and grapple) Entrap POW vs POW Lured to struggle certain death
