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[Zhan Shi]

The Cthulhu Mythos Tradition

Concept: Magic is the unifying logic of the Ultimate Reality, the will of the Outer Gods made palpable, and the arbiter of space, time, and matter.

Combat: Fire
Detection: Air
Health: Beast
Illusion: Water
Manipulation: Earth
Drain: Willpower + Charisma

The Cthulhu Mythos Tradition is a Toxic (Havoc variant) path of magic, combining aspects of both Hermeticism and Shamanism. The goal of this tradition is to prepare the Earth for the return of it's true masters, the Outer Gods (Toxic mentor spirits) and their children, the Great Old Ones (the Horrors). Followers often learn spells and metamagic techniques through the use of obscure tomes of blasphemous lore (theses created by previous followers). Followers of this tradition may be lone madmen, or members of various Mythos cults (a core of Awakened surronded by a larger group of lay believers).

Toxic Mentor Spirit(s): The Outer Gods
From their home at the center of the Universe, these vile beings visit the dreams of their followers, urging them to overthrow all laws of man and nature. The Outer Gods promise their servants a favored place in the world to come.

Advantages: +2 dice for Summoning and Binding tests
Disadvantages: The minds and bodies of followers suffer from exposure to Things That Should Not Be. At every initiation (successful or not), they must make a Willpower (3) test or gain one Negative Quality. They do, however, gain Build Points for this flaw.

New Toxic Metamagic

Steal Life
Prerequisite: Sacrifice or Cannibalize
For every attribute point of the victim, the Mythos devotee becomes one week younger. The victim's remains wither to a dry husk.

Power Drain
Prerequisite: Steal Life
As Energy Drain spirit power (Magic, Touch, Physical damage)

Many Mythos spells may be duplicated using standard SR4 magic rules. Some, such as Dust of Suleiman or Powder of Ibn Ghazi, would require Enchanting. Just be sure to give it that special Lovecraft flavour. For inspiration on what spirits summoned by this tradition would look like, see "The Art of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthuhu Mythos".

"That is not dead which can eternal lie,
"and with strange eons, even death may die"