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{{Deity
| image             = <!--[[File:Tsathoggua.jpg|250px|Tsathoggua.]]-->
| name              = Tsathoggua
| titles            = Father of Night<br>Saint Toad<br>the Sleeper in the Deep
| adjective         = Tsathogguan
| home              = Possibly [[K'n-Yan]] or [[N'kai]]
| alignment         = [[Chaotic evil]]
| portfolio         = [[Magic]]<br>Outcasts<br>the Underworld
| worshipers        = Loners or outcasts
| cleric alignments = {{Alignment grid/ClericCE}}
| domains           = Chaos, Evil, Knowledge, Magic
| subdomains        = Arcane, Divine, Thought, Whimsy
| weapon            = [[Short sword]]
| symbol            = Crouching eyeless [[toad]]
| sacred animal     = 
| sacred colors     = 
| imagesof          = Tsathoggua
| source            = [[In Search of Sanity]]
| page              = 72
}}
{{Creature
| image       = 
| name        = Tsathoggua
| type        = Aberration
| subtype     = chaotic, evil, [[Great Old One]]
| challenge   = 29
| environment = Any ([[Darklands]])
| alignment   = {{Alignment grid/CE}}
| adjective   = Tsathogguan
| imagesof    = Tsathoggua
| source      = [[Dreams of the Yellow King]]
| page        = 84&ndash;85
}}

'''Tsathoggua'''<ref>'''Original Source:''' {{W|Clark Ashton Smith}}, "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros", 1929; {{Cite book/In Search of Sanity|72}}</ref> is the [[Great Old One]] of [[magic]], outcasts, and the underworld. Despite his [[evil]] nature, he can sometimes be jovial or friendly toward supplicants, but Tsathoggua is unpredictable and likely to eat those he had been aiding only moments ago as he tires of their company.<ref name="PF109-72">{{Cite book/In Search of Sanity|72}}</ref><ref name="PF110-85">{{Cite book/Dreams of the Yellow King|85}}</ref>

== Home ==

Tsathoggua dwells in a vast cavern network. Some say that he rules over blue-lit [[K'n-Yan]], while others maintain that he was driven by K'n-Yan's residents down to dark [[N'kai]], where light dares not go.<ref name="PF109-72"/>

== Appearance ==

Tsathoggua resembles a bloated, furred [[toad]]-like [[humanoid]] with a [[bat]] face, sleepy eyes, and a toothy grin.<ref name="PF110-85"/>

==Servants==

Tsathoggua was the creator of the original [[formless spawn]], and most of them still serve him, giving rise to their longer name: ''formless spawn of Tsathoggua''. Formless spawn who become [[cleric]]s of Tsathoggua can use their own bodies in place of an [[holy symbol|unholy symbol]] to cast [[spell]]s.<ref>{{Cite book/Dreams of the Yellow King|83}}</ref>

== Cults ==

Tsathoggua is most often worshipped as a [[deity|god]] of magic. Most of his followers are lone outcasts and rarely gather in groups or work together; however, the presence of well-preserved temples on numerous [[planet]]s suggest that this might have not been always the case. Such temples are now only inhabited by monsters, Tsathoggua's spawn, or a small group of (or just one single) [[cleric]]s.<ref name="PF110-85"/>

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