By Monte Cook
Lovecraftian horror is cosmic horror. it's the terror that comes from the conclusion that the universe is huge, inhospitable, and uncaring. That humanity’s wish to locate our position in it's fruitless—that we don't have any position. we're insignificant and meaningless specks within the unfathomable reaches of either house and time, and there are entities in these reaches so titanic and large that are meant to we come to realize them—even a little—that comprehension might definitely consume our sanity.
It could be no shock that this suits Numenera fairly good. people of the 9th global are steeped in aeons, residing within the shadows and remnants of civilizations whose accomplishments defy their comprehension day-by-day. definitely this greatness of previous includes to them a style of this cosmic horror—as, might be, do the worlds, dimensions, and entities touched by way of these ancients.
This product includes GM suggestion on incorporating those components into Numenera campaigns and adventures. It offers new descriptors, new creatures, and ideas for sanity within the Cypher method.
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Cacodaemon Talisman of Soul-Eating Aura faint necromancy; CL 5th Slot neck; Price 5,400 gp; Weight 3 lbs. DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Worn on a necklace of vertebrae strung on a thin iron chain, this carved cacodaemon skull still bears dozens of sharp teeth. Once per day as a full-round action, the wearer can use the skull to draw forth the life essence of a dying or recently dead creature, as if the amulet were a living cacodaemon using its soul lock ability (Bestiary 2 64), creating a soul gem that appears in the skull’s mouth.
The daemonic portion of the Book of the Damned serves as the focal point for a permanent unhallow effect and sympathy attuned to attract neutral evil creatures. As long as the book is carried, its owner casts all evil spells as if he were two caster levels higher and gains a +2 bonus on all Charisma-based skills and checks when interacting with neutral evil creatures. Four times per day, the tome can be used to cast one of the following spells: blasphemy, circle of death, energy drain, death knell, soul bind, or soul transfer (see page 39).
More than one summoner has fallen prey to the ravenous hunger of an uncontrolled daemon, and few live to make the mistake twice. The circle is best engraved so as to avoid smudging or smearing of written symbols, and then outlined in fresh mortal blood (the caster’s own if possible). Recorded examples have even used candles of rendered infant fat burned so that their wax pools into the channels of an engraved circle, or a living circle formed from the twisted or braided entrails of a living, bound victim next to the summoner, acting as a conduit and focus for the binding.