Tsathoggua

Tsathoggua

(Deity)

Titles

Father of Night
Saint Toad
the Sleeper in the Deep

Adjective

Tsathogguan

Realm

Possibly K'n-Yan or N'kai

Alignment

Chaotic evil

Areas of Concern

Magic
Outcasts
the Underworld

Worshipers

Loners or outcasts

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Chaos, Evil, Knowledge, Magic

Subdomains (1E)

Arcane, Divine, Thought, Whimsy

Favored Weapon

Short sword

Symbol

Crouching eyeless toad

Source: In Search of Sanity, pg(s). 72

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Tsathoggua

(Creature)

Type

Aberration
(chaotic, evil, Great Old One)

CR

29

Environment

Any (Darklands)

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Adjective

Tsathogguan

Source: Dreams of the Yellow King, pg(s). 84–85

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Tsathoggua 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.

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.

Appearance

Tsathoggua resembles a bloated, furred toad-like humanoid with a bat face, sleepy eyes, and a toothy grin.

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 clerics of Tsathoggua can use their own bodies in place of a religious symbol to cast spells.

Cults

Tsathoggua is most often worshipped as a 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 planets 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) clerics.

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