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>Also, when the showdown happens I imagine this will be the battle music:

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Abhathol

Abhathol

_{Mother of Misery || Master of Monstrosities || Composer of Wrath
"Humanity shall be spared, you shall be spared! All you need do is submit to the sweetness of his song..."}

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~Your Setting~

Modern Day: The era of big cities choked by smog, with shimmering lights blighting out all the stars from the night sky. Humans are equipped with the finest technologies, but are more certain than ever that supernatural forces like yourself are mere fiction. Prove them wrong.

~Your Origins~

Ancient Slumber: In times long before recorded history Earth hosted a singularly grand civilization, one which left behind only vast, non-Euclidian ruins... and you. You have been slumbering or inactive for millennia, but now you are starting to awaken. Perhaps you will accept humanity as your supplicants, or perhaps you will wipe them off the face of your planet like the vermin they are; either way, you will take back what is rightfully yours.

~Your Influences~

Your power is beyond measure, but your influence upon this world is currently limited. Choose up to four channels through which your terrible influence spreads; you may choose more, but your power will be stretched thinly.

An Avatar: You may appear to the mortals in a form that is more or less comprehensible to them. This form will be severely less powerful than your true one, but it will help you manipulate humanity.

A Place (Lightless Kadath): The more specific, the more powerful. From the ring of stones on Sentinel Hill, to an underwater ruin, to an entire city; choose a place where the barrier between you and Earth is weakest.

Sensory (Abhathol's Lullaby): From a note or chord progression previously unheard of by human ears, or a color that's unlike any on the visible spectrum, your influence spreads through perception of the unknowable.

Temptation: People get the feeling you can provide them with what they desire the most, be it power, wealth, or sexual fulfillment. People are drawn to enact your will if you play to their vices and fantasies.

~Your Powers~

As your influence spreads more and more, and you gain more loyal worshippers willing to perform grotesque rituals in your honor, the more your power over this plane will deepen. Choose two powers you will develop.

Monstrosities: You can produce your own unearthly, sanity-defiling children — powerful supernatural beasts who can defend your cultists or exert your will. Can range from massive, powerful creatures that can only be birthed seldomly, to skittering, smaller creatures that can be produced in great numbers.

Transformation: Either slowly as your influence sets in, or all at once as part of a macabre ritual, your followers can become grotesque abominations made in your likeness. They will possess superhuman durability, speed and strength, and their very appearance will shake the sanity of any humans who witness them.

~The Symptoms~

To the human mind, there is one true poison; knowledge. The more humans are exposed to your sources of influence, the more they learn of your nature, and the more their sanity weakens. Choose three of the most prominent symptoms this weakening will cause.

Hallucinations: Those whose minds have been damaged by your influence will start to see and hear things that aren't really there. These will start out as small visual anomalies, but will grow more and more severe until the line between reality and delusion is completely indiscernible.

Sadism: The more people fall under your influence, the less empathy they feel for their fellow human beings. They will feel no pity at causing others suffering; in fact, they might even take a maligned pleasure in sowing as much discord and anguish as they possibly can.

Masochism: This can manifest as a result of feelings of self-hatred, or trying to purify the body; or, people might just genuinely come to enjoy the hellish anguish your influence puts them through. Whatever the case, expect them to indulge in self-mutilation and self-destructive behavior.

~Your Domains~

Of course, your true nature is beyond any descriptors limited mortal languages can possibly ascribe to you, so humans generally analogize you to concepts they are already familiar with. Choose up to five domains to be your main themes.

Royalty
Wrath
Pain
Beasts
Debauchery

~Your Followers~

For some, your influence will lead to death or suicide — but others will fall to their knees in devoted worship. Choose from one or two of the below options to determine what your disciples mainly consist of.

Aristocracy: Your worship has become fashionable among cabals of the wealthy and influential, and their secretive, decadent parties will invariably feature sacrifices in your honor. They are drawn to you for your power, and while disloyal, they have the influence to manipulate society to serve your interests, if you please them.

Monstrous (Requires Transformation): Your followers have largely forsaken their humanity, becoming beasts modelled after your perfect image. Some may take only moderate transformations so they can still more-or-less blend in, while others hide away and dwell farther and farther from humanity, both physically and mentally.

~Your Nemesis~

The Creatures (Kandarian Demon/Deadites): You've aroused the ire of another godlike entity, and it has sent its terrible children after you and your followers. These are few in number, but possess powers far in excess of the average human, and your cultists are not as immunized to their sanity-damaging visages. They are comparable in power to your own monstrosities, in that they can range from massive creatures that attack rarely, to swarms of smaller pests. You may have to work things out with the other entity.

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@ZyxI was asking because I dabbled in Cosmic Horror in past RPs, though it was more Lovecraft Lite and gods could be "beaten" by engaging them in direct combat, though this took great amounts of ability. The characters in these RPs used magic. Not even banishing magic, but things to engage in combat directly, so throwing flames hot enough or buffing their strength high enough that they could hurt these beings. The gods never died, they just kind of went back to sleep like Cthulu if they were defeated. Anyways I bring this up because if I brought one of these characters in, I was curious what that would look like.

Also, being that I have handed control of this RP over, I have relinquished my ability to accept or deny characters, or even really leading the plot (I didn't even have much of one to start, just throwing a bunch of characters into a world to see what happened.) Its on @Heavy Metal to lead the plot and make decisions.

@MikkishtheLeprechaun

>That's fair, though my intention is that you'll mostly be dealing with its minions. Like a free-for-all RTS between Reapers, Brethren Moons, the Kandarian Demon, and Abhathol. If it ever gets to be fully active we can expect a planet to be reshaped by catastrophes at best. At worst... well it's for the best if we don't consider that I think.

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@Zyx I will be eager to see an elder god at play in this RP. Curious; what will Abhathol do to someone who tries to engage in combat with him/it directly?

Also, I was thinking of bringing the Dead Space necromorphs and Brethren Moons, and maybe the Reapers from Mass Effect.

@MikkishtheLeprechaun

>Warp reality? While taken from a CYOA, it makes it clear that the powers you have are only the fraction you bestow, or gain over the world as your influence grows. Otherwise skies the limit on what you can actually do and it states omnipotence, but I assume that was more poetic license. Eldritch abominations aren't exactly limited however.

>As for fighting directly, I'd assume it'd just fight back. And also pop out a few monsters here and there. It sounds quaint, but this will be an apocalyptic global event with it alone. Never mind all the additional things you plan on bringing in.

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I dunno what it is, but every time I read something you write, I feel smarter lol
Seriously tho, i bet you would be the ultimate DM who builds a 1st level quest that nobody could beat.

@HEAVY METAL

>I could, if I had an inclination for using dice-based roleplaying systems, but that's about the same as pulling out Cain's sheet from VtM and telling the players to re-roll.

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<Snipped quote by Zyx>

Its very cool i like it, looks like the main boss for high level D&D campaign

@HEAVY METAL

>That has more to do with the art I reckon. Personally I don't tend to follow D&D's philosophy when it comes to writing the eldritch, that they can somehow be beaten. In my mind you can push one away for a time, if that, but inevitably it wins. Though that in and of itself is a false dichotomy, as it assumes the entity in question was ever fighting or struggling to begin with. It wasn't naturally, that's just a lie we tell ourselves to sleep soundly at night.

>Still, thanks. All of what it can do comes from a CYOA however, so don't give me too much credit.

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At least it's not a Tarasque.

@HEAVY METAL

>It won't be killable mind. At most maybe you could nix its avatar, destroy its cult, and sink Kadath (its city), but the entity itself would just go back into another slumber like Cthulhu.

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>Speaking of which, here's that entity. The creatures text can be disregarded entirely obviously, since we already know the capabilities of the Kandarian Demon and Deadites.

The Lexicon Divinica

Abhathol

Abhathol

_{Mother of Misery || Master of Monstrosities || Composer of Wrath
"Humanity shall be spared, you shall be spared! All you need do is submit to the sweetness of his song..."}

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~Your Setting~

Modern Day: The era of big cities choked by smog, with shimmering lights blighting out all the stars from the night sky. Humans are equipped with the finest technologies, but are more certain than ever that supernatural forces like yourself are mere fiction. Prove them wrong.

~Your Origins~

Ancient Slumber: In times long before recorded history Earth hosted a singularly grand civilization, one which left behind only vast, non-Euclidian ruins... and you. You have been slumbering or inactive for millennia, but now you are starting to awaken. Perhaps you will accept humanity as your supplicants, or perhaps you will wipe them off the face of your planet like the vermin they are; either way, you will take back what is rightfully yours.

~Your Influences~

Your power is beyond measure, but your influence upon this world is currently limited. Choose up to four channels through which your terrible influence spreads; you may choose more, but your power will be stretched thinly.

An Avatar: You may appear to the mortals in a form that is more or less comprehensible to them. This form will be severely less powerful than your true one, but it will help you manipulate humanity.

A Place (Lightless Kadath): The more specific, the more powerful. From the ring of stones on Sentinel Hill, to an underwater ruin, to an entire city; choose a place where the barrier between you and Earth is weakest.

Sensory (Abhathol's Lullaby): From a note or chord progression previously unheard of by human ears, or a color that's unlike any on the visible spectrum, your influence spreads through perception of the unknowable.

Temptation: People get the feeling you can provide them with what they desire the most, be it power, wealth, or sexual fulfillment. People are drawn to enact your will if you play to their vices and fantasies.

~Your Powers~

As your influence spreads more and more, and you gain more loyal worshippers willing to perform grotesque rituals in your honor, the more your power over this plane will deepen. Choose two powers you will develop.

Monstrosities: You can produce your own unearthly, sanity-defiling children — powerful supernatural beasts who can defend your cultists or exert your will. Can range from massive, powerful creatures that can only be birthed seldomly, to skittering, smaller creatures that can be produced in great numbers.

Transformation: Either slowly as your influence sets in, or all at once as part of a macabre ritual, your followers can become grotesque abominations made in your likeness. They will possess superhuman durability, speed and strength, and their very appearance will shake the sanity of any humans who witness them.

~The Symptoms~

To the human mind, there is one true poison; knowledge. The more humans are exposed to your sources of influence, the more they learn of your nature, and the more their sanity weakens. Choose three of the most prominent symptoms this weakening will cause.

Hallucinations: Those whose minds have been damaged by your influence will start to see and hear things that aren't really there. These will start out as small visual anomalies, but will grow more and more severe until the line between reality and delusion is completely indiscernible.

Sadism: The more people fall under your influence, the less empathy they feel for their fellow human beings. They will feel no pity at causing others suffering; in fact, they might even take a maligned pleasure in sowing as much discord and anguish as they possibly can.

Masochism: This can manifest as a result of feelings of self-hatred, or trying to purify the body; or, people might just genuinely come to enjoy the hellish anguish your influence puts them through. Whatever the case, expect them to indulge in self-mutilation and self-destructive behavior.

~Your Domains~

Of course, your true nature is beyond any descriptors limited mortal languages can possibly ascribe to you, so humans generally analogize you to concepts they are already familiar with. Choose up to five domains to be your main themes.

Royalty
Wrath
Pain
Beasts
Debauchery

~Your Followers~

For some, your influence will lead to death or suicide — but others will fall to their knees in devoted worship. Choose from one or two of the below options to determine what your disciples mainly consist of.

Aristocracy: Your worship has become fashionable among cabals of the wealthy and influential, and their secretive, decadent parties will invariably feature sacrifices in your honor. They are drawn to you for your power, and while disloyal, they have the influence to manipulate society to serve your interests, if you please them.

Monstrous (Requires Transformation): Your followers have largely forsaken their humanity, becoming beasts modelled after your perfect image. Some may take only moderate transformations so they can still more-or-less blend in, while others hide away and dwell farther and farther from humanity, both physically and mentally.

~Your Nemesis~

The Creatures (Kandarian Demon/Deadites): You've aroused the ire of another godlike entity, and it has sent its terrible children after you and your followers. These are few in number, but possess powers far in excess of the average human, and your cultists are not as immunized to their sanity-damaging visages. They are comparable in power to your own monstrosities, in that they can range from massive creatures that attack rarely, to swarms of smaller pests. You may have to work things out with the other entity.