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Malleus Monstrorumsampleexpanded English File Edition Is Published by Chaosium Inc Sample file —EXPANDED ENGLISH EDITION IN 380 ENTRIES— by Scott David Aniolowski with Sandy Petersen & Lynn Willis Additional Material by: David Conyers, Keith Herber, Kevin Ross, ChadSample J. Bowser, Shannon file Appel, Christian von Aster, Joachim A. Hagen, Florian Hardt, Frank Heller, Peter Schott, Steffen Schuütte, Michael Siefner, Jan Cristof Steines, Holger Göttmann, Wolfang Schiemichen, Ingo Ahrens, and friends. For fuller Author credits see pages 4 and 288. Project & Layout: Charlie Krank Cover Painting: Lee Gibbons Illustrated by: Pascal D. Bohr, Konstantyn Debus, Nils Eckhardt, Thomas Ertmer, Kostja Kleye, Jan Kluczewitz, Christian Küttler, Klaas Neumann, Patrick Strietzel, Jens Weber, Maria Luisa Witte, Lydia Ortiz, Paul Carrick. Art direction and visual concept: Konstantyn Debus (www.yllustration.com) Participants in the German Edition: Frank Heller, Konstantyn Debus, Peter Schott, Thomas M. Webhofer, Ingo Ahrens, Jens Kaufmann, Holger Göttmann, Christina Wessel, Maik Krüger, Holger Rinke, Andreas Finkernagel, 15brötchenmann Find more information at www.pegasus.de German to English Translation: Bill Walsh Layout Assistance: Alan Peña, Lydia Ortiz Chaosium is: Lynn Willis, Charlie Krank, Dustin Wright, Fergie, and a few odd critters. A CHAOSIUM PUBLICATION • 2006 M’bwa, megalodon, the Million Favoured Ones, the Complete Credits mind parasites, the miri nigri, M’nagalah, Mordiggian, moose, M’Tlblys, the nioth-korghai, Nug & Yeb, octo- Scott David Aniolowski: the children of Abhoth, pus, Ossadagowah, Othuum, the minions of Othuum, Aforgomon, aihais, alligators, the Ancient Ones, Othuyeg, Othuyeg spawn, (and Kevin A. Ross) Our Aphoom Zhah, bears (grizzly & polar), Baoht Z’uqqa- Ladies of Sorrow, Pharol, piranha, Q’yth-az, the God Mogg (Grimrock Isle from Triad Entertainments), of the Red Flux, Rhan-Tegoth (At Your Door), Rlim Black Man, broodlings of Eihort, (and Lynn Willis) the Shaikorth, Saaitii, sasquatch, scorpions, Set, the den- greater brothers of Chaugnar Faugn, cold ones, the izens of S’glhuo, shaggai, sharks, the shoggoth lords guardians of the crystallizers of dreams, Cthylla, (based on Lynn Willis’ Mr. Shiny), Shugoran, snapping Cxaxukluth, Cynothoglys, the Dark Demon, Death- turtles, Snow-Thing, spawn of the winds, swine folk, Walker, Dweller in Darkness, the dwellers in the Tawil at’Umr, Thoth, the Tick Tock Man, the tree-men depths, the Faceless God, Fthagghua, the Feaster from of M’bwa, Tru’nembra, typhonian beasts, Ubb, Ubbo- Afar, fishers from outside, the fosterlings of the Old Ones, Ghizguth, the ghost-beings of Ib, Ghroth, Sathla, the brood of Ubbo-Sathla, Ut’ulls-Hr’ehr, the Gnophkehs, Goatswood gnomes, Gog-Hoor, golems, voormis, the voors, Vorvadoss, Vulthoom, the Wailing (and Stéphane Gesbert in Cthulhu Dark Ages) gof’nn Writher (Escape from Innsmouth), the wendigo, Wicker hupadgh, the Great God Pan, the Green God, the chil- Man, X-2634, Xada-Hgla, the denizens of Yaddith, dren of the Green God, Groth-golka, Han, the spawn Yad-Thaddag, Ycnágnnisssz, Yegg-ha, the inhabitants of Hastur, Horned Man, the horses of the invisible are of Yekub (Sacraments of Evil), the children of Y’golo- inspired by and based upon the description and statis- nac, Yig children, zarr, Zathog, Zoth Syra, Zstyl- tics created by A.J. Bradbury (“The Horse of the zhemgni, and the zy’tl q’ae. Invisible,” in White Dwarf), Hydra, hyenas, the Hy- Sandy Petersen: Azathoth, Bast, byakhee, chthonians, perboreans, Hziulquoigmnzhah, Iod, Jack O’Lantern, Cthugha, Cthulhu, Dagon & Hydra, dark young of Juk-Shabb (Sacraments of Evil), Kassogtha, the Keeper Shub-Niggurath, Daoloth, deep ones, dholes, dimen- of the Moon-Lens, killer whales, K’n-yan people, Ko- sional shamblers, elder things, fire vampires, flying kopelli, Kr’nk, Kruschtya Equation, Kthanid, lake polyps, the formless spawn of Tsathoggua, ghasts, monsters, Lesser Elder Gods, the inhabitants of ghouls, Glaaki, the servants of Glaaki, gnoph-keh, L’gy’hx, (and Stéphane Gesbert in Cthulhu Dark Ages) Great Race of Yith, gugs, Hagarg Ryonis, Hastur, Lilith, Lloigor, Lrogg, Madam Yi, man-eating plants, MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI & Skarl, Martense Kin, ...continued on page 288 Malleus MonstrorumSampleExpanded English file Edition is published by Chaosium Inc. Malleus Monstrorum is copyright © 2006 by Chaosium Inc., all rights reserved. Malleus Monstrorum contains material originally copyrighted © 1994, 1996, 1998, 2006 by Chaosium Inc.; all rights reserved. Call of Cthulhu® is the registered trademark of Chaosium Inc. Similarities between characters in Malleus Monstrorum and persons living or dead are strictly coincidental. Cover: Wrath of Great Cthulhu. ©2006 Lee Gibbons; all rights reserved. Except in this publication and related advertising, or unless otherwise agreed to, artwork original to Malleus Monstrorum remains the property of the individual artist, and is copyright by that artist under his or her separate copyright. Reproduction of material from within this book for the purposes of personal or corporate profit, by photographic, optical, electronic, or other media or methods of storage and retrieval, is prohibited. Address questions and comments about this book to: Chaosium Inc., 22568 Mission Boulevard #423, Hayward CA 94541-5117. Please do not phone in game questions; the quickest answer may not be the best answer. For information and current publications, see our web site at www.chaosium.com ISBN 1-56882-179-4 Chaosium Publication 23102 November 2006 Printed in USA Table of Contents A Guide to What Follows. Take Care. You Can Not Unlearn Such Knowledge. Foreword ............................................7 Introduction . .9 Creatures of the Mythos . .14 Deities of the Mythos . .121 Creatures of Legend & Folklore . .252 Sample file Animals . .261 Appendix I: Chaosium Pronunciations . .274 Appendix II: Describing the Indescribable . .276 Appendix III: Mortality & Immortality . .282 Appendix IV: Creating Original Monsters . .283 Appendix V: The Dreamlands . .285 Complete Credits, continued . .286 Call of Cthulhu Monster Master . .289 Dedication ’d like to dedicate this tome to the people who were a part of my fifteen-year Call of Cthulhu group/campaign. Over the years players came and went, and we had many strange adventures together (some of which ended up in print). My scenarios weren’t always as successful as I’d wanted, but a few did genuinely scare some people, and those are moments I shall treasure forever! The major players in my Call of Cthulhu gaming group to whom I Iowe so much to are: Amy Adkins, Steve Aniolowski, Karen Beningo, Tim Bush, Will Ehgoetz, Clif Ganyard, Paula Ganyard, Paula Garlock, Greg Gerstung, Brian Hutchens, Nathan Hutchings, Bill Koonz, Mike Lesner, Lisa Leverock, Dan Long, Scott Mawhiney, Mike Szymanski, Rob Watkins, and Greg Zuba. It was many years and many people, and I’m sure I’ve forgotten some names: to those fine folks I sincerely apologize. Sample file Foreword time Mythos fans—finds something new and exciting n assembling this book, I scoured every profession- within these pages. I could never have hoped to have ally-published Call of Cthulhu book and scenario written and assembled all of these entries myself, and looking for new monsters and deities. I also read a full and detailed list of credits and copyrights through many obscure Mythos stories and books in appears elsewhere within this book. Thanks to Lynn Isearch of the same. Presented herein, then, is the most Willis, who was of infinite help in supplying me comprehensive collection of gods & monsters assem- needed manuscript pages and who suggested the pro- bled for Call of Cthulhu to date. Included are all of the ject in the first place. Frank Heller and Pegasus Spiel creatures from the rulebook, most from The Creature are to thank for the neat title, and their beautiful Companion (previously published as Ye Booke of German edition of my Creature Companion that was Monstres I & Ye Booke of Monstres II), many newly col- the inspiration for this volume (and the great title we lected from scenarios, a sampling from the Complete shamelessly stole!), and Bill Walsh is to thank for Dreamlands and Secrets of Japan, and many brand new translating original German text into English (I’m just to this volume. sorry there wasn’t room for more of it). Thanks to The entries for many of the creatures and deitiesSampleDavid Conyers file for supplying many of the new entries. have been tweaked, edited, updated, or corrected ever Thank you to everyone who participated in so slightly. Most of these changes or additions are so Chaosium’s Halloween Malleus Monstrorum Contest subtle that they will not be noticed, and none affect or and especially our three winners: second runner-up contradict the being’s appearance or use in earlier sce- Robert Horowitz for his dust-men, first runner-up narios. A few of the creatures have been significantly Bruce L. Priddy for his Father-Of-All-Sharks, and expanded. The mi-go, sand-dwellers, nioth-korghai, grand prize winner Chad J. Bowser for his pallid wendigo, and Tcho-Tcho people are among those that dancers. I must mention Daniel Harms’ Encyclopedia received the most attention. Cthulhiana as it was of indispensable help, as was Novice keepers and those new to Lovecraft or the Brian Sammons’ “The Keeper’s List of Lists” from the Cthulhu Mythos may be overwhelmed by the sheer Keeper’s Companion 2. Finally, I heartily thank all of volume of entities. Even hardened and experienced those fine authors—game and fiction alike—for their keepers and Mythos fans may find a surprise or two. A monstrous creations and additions to the Cthulhu few creatures not specifically Cthulhu Mythos have Mythos. been embraced and included for fun and because of I hope everyone enjoys my horde of horrors. their “Lovecraftian” nature. After all, the Mythos is Perhaps the stars are finally right! very subjective, and each reader/keeper will have his or her own idea of what is or what isn’t a part of the ever- Unpleasant Dreams, expanding artificial mythology we collectively refer to as the Cthulhu Mythos.
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