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The Outpost of the Outer Ones

YS1 – The Outpost of the Outer Ones is the first in aseries (hopefully) of fantasy modules based on theworks of H.P. Lovecraft, in this case inspired by TheWhisperer in Darkness and its alien creatures, the

Mi-o. !t is meant for a party of si"th to tenth levelcharacters, dependin# on which flavor of $%& isused.

'espite the source, as written, its not a horrormodule, more science-fiction. nd not aninvesti#ation or a mystery, its pretty much adun#eon crawl.

Note: *his module is li#ht on traditional treasure,with the e"ception of mithral bars and coins. !t doesfeature a number of technolo#ical items andcharacter enhancin# items that serve as +treasure.hile these may be out of place, in #eneral, they

dont do anythin# ma#ical items cannot. !f they #etout of hand in your #ame, well, thin#s break andtheir power source mi#ht run down.

Rules Note: hile directly usable with most $%&systems, this module is specifically aimed at st

/dition of the dvanced &ules. lso, a +0urrower isa name for a lar#e brown burrowin# humanoid withmandibles, as the official variant is product identity.!t has four arms, not two, and lacks the confusionability.

!t should also be fairly easy to scale down. !nvarious $%& #ames, ! have seen Mi-o with hit dice

from anywhere to 1 to 2. %ome +monsters areactually 3ust characters, its easy to reduce their

level, and the bionically enhanced creatures can bereverted to normal.

Background:

*he Mi-o are an alien race who occasionallyestablish outposts on planets throu#hout themultiverse to obtain certain types of precious metalsthat are hard to find in space itself. *hey haveestablished 3ust such a base near a town the players 3ust happen to be in. *he Mi-o have tentatively

e"plored the local re#ion, capturin# some monstersand makin# contact with a handful of isolatedindividuals.

!n their normal form Mi-o look somethin# like a 4lon# crayfish with win#s. *hey sometimes pose asother creatures, usin# specially desi#ned bodies thatthey either wear as suits (essentially 3ust acostume), or implant their own brains in (and thus ahuman in everythin# but brain).

*heir motivations are unclear. *hey seem to becontent to simply mine metal and apparently preferscarin# away intruders rather than killin# them,occasionally abductin# an e"cessively nosy

interloper, removin# his brain and keepin# it alive ina brain cylinder.

*here are many Mi-o devices in the base. *he Mi-o have improved somewhat in terms of technolo#ysince The Whisperer in Darkness, with the braincylinders havin# built in speakers that do not soundat all mechanical in nature, 3ust a little odd, andcompletely realistic bodies, not wa"en ones. *he P5scan learn to operate them either by successful use ofa Mi-o learnin# machine, or interro#atin# the brainof a Mi-o.

Rumors

raveyards have been du# up and the bodiesremoved. 0ut only recent burials.

Local farmers have been reportin# their haystackshave been #ettin# up and walkin# away at ni#ht.

ran#er has mentioned hearin# stran#e bu66in#sounds comin# from the woods at ni#ht.

$ld wen (a local witch) has #one missin# from hercabin in the woods.

#roup of creepy lookin# men have been askin#about the stran#e occurrences in the woods, andmutterin# somethin# about a yellow si#n. Hope theydont mean the olden 'ryad, thats my favoritetavern.

stran#e man by the name of 7orlon has been

showin# up at churches in town, preachin# aboutfriendly brothers from sky. *he local clerics havebeen tryin# to chase him off, but he vanishesmysteriously. He looks almost as unearthly beautifulas an elf, with lon# blond hair, but doesnt havepointed ears. He is sometimes accompanied by asimilarly beautiful woman by the name of hura.



Wandering Monsters

*here are a total of 1 normal Mi-o in the base,includin# those encountered in human #uise. 8 havefi"ed locations, so any e"cess beyond 1 should bei#nored (unless you want to add more).

) 1-3 Mi-Go M9 :;(4)< 5 8(:)< H' 8< hp 1:,1=< tk -=(claw)>-=(claw) or Li#htnin# un< %Li#htnin# un 1-1, stun d? rds on failed save< %'Half-dama#e from piercin# weapons< L @

1) 2 Mi-Go in Human Disguise M9 ?;(1)< 5A(?)< H' 8< hp ?;, 18< tk -=(claw)>-=(claw)<%' Human %hell absorbs ; points of dama#e< L @

*hese pair of Mi-o will appear to be well formedhumans. However, they are very awkward and 3erkyin movement

?) Cleaning Robot M9 ?;(1)< 5 :(8)< H' :< hp

1< tk Mop (-?)>Mop(-?)< L @< % %pray 0leach,character must make savin# throw (versus 'ra#on0reath or &ef) or have hair turn blond

*his somewhat ominous lookin# coffin shaped robotfloats about about half a foot off the #round. tvarious points of its oblon# body, mechanical limbsprotrude with cleanin# instruments. !f attacked, itdefends itself best as it can, which isnt very.

:) Nare Garjar, 5ybor# =th Level Bi#hter, %2 !;4 '8 5A 5;< 5 1(-)< M9 :;(4)< H' =< hp=< tk -=CA(Lon# %word)>-8CA (5ircular %awhand)< %' !mmune to mind affectin# spells< L 5@

@are is a lar#e man with spikey hair and scars. Hehas become a Mi-o a#ent and has beencybernetically enhanced, raisin# his stren#th and#ivin# him a circular saw as his left arm. hen hesees the party, he mumbles incoherently andattacks.

4) ena. %ee room DA for details.

8) Mi-Go Commander and Bionic as!uatc"Bod#guard. %ee room D11 for details

Dungeon Key

1$ %ntrance

t first #lance, this appears to be nothin# more thana cave inhabited by a small #roup of bu#bears. 0utupon second look, its walls are far too re#ular and

the bu#bears make a stran#e sound as theyapproach the party to attack.

& Bionic Bugbears %E L< M9 ?;(1)< 5 =(1)<H' 8< hp 1A, ?8, 12, 1=< tk 1-1 (bite)< %'!mmune to mind affectin# ma#ic< L L/

2$ Hangar

*his chamber is e"pertly carved from stone, withoutany trace of chisel or pick marks. cross the floor isstrewn hay, and several bales are stacked in thenorthern corner. !n the center of the room is an

unnaturally immobile #riffon. !t eyes the P5 warily,but does not move a muscle unless the P5sapproach it, or try to enter the southwest passa#e,at which point it attacks.

Bionic Gri''on %E L< M9 :;(4)>Bly 2;(?8)< 51(-)< H' ;< hp :;< tk -8(claw)>-8(claw)>1-1;(bite) or special< % *wo win# mounted lasers, 1-1; each< %' 5haff, which does nothin# unless partyhas radar #uided missiles (which they probablydont)< L @

3$ %ntrance(a#

*he floor of this room is spotlessly clean. !n thecenter of the room, suspended from the ceilin#, is atwo foot diameter metallic sphere with a lar#eno66le. s the party enters. *he sphere rotates andaims the no66le at the closest P5. Moments later, itfires a beam of stran#ely colored li#ht at the P5. *heray is harmless, its simply a decontamination beam,killin# any bacteria or insects on the body, but youmay wish to ask for a savin# throw. *he beam thenstrikes the ne"t character, and so on until all the P5shave been shot.

Decontamination )"ere M9 ;(;)< 5 4(4)< H'

? < hp 4< tk @one< % /"plode if destroyed,causin# 1d8 dama#e in ; radius, save ('ra#on0reath or &efle") for half.



&$ *uarters +Humanoid ,orm$

lon# the eastern wall are three sin#le beds,complete with pillow, sheets, and blanket. #ainstthe north wall are three lockers, which use a stran#elatch, but are unlocked. *wo of the lockers areempty, the third contains a shiny li#ht blue 3umpsuitmade out of a stran#e material that seems to be

both metal and fabric. *his is a biological jumpsuit .

*his is where the Mi-o in human form rest whilethey are at the base. 5urrently one is asleep in themiddle bed. s the P5s enter, he awakes. Hes tall,blond, and very handsome, wearin# a skin-ti#ht 3umpsuit He #reets the party in a friendly, @ew-#ey fashion, +elcome brothers and sisters of theuniverse, and bowin# sli#htly, then #oin# into a spielabout how he and his companions are here to helpmankind. @ote he specifically says mankind, as theMi-o do not completely #rasp the concept of therebein# different types of races on the planet (elves,dwarves, li6ard people, orcs, and so on).

He offers to take the party on a tour of the base. !fthey a#ree, he first shows them room D4, usin# theview screens to #ive a brief tour of the universe,their world, and then the local area. He then escortsthem to room D8, the prison. $nce inside, he hitsthe panic button, which locks down the room andfloods it with sleep #as.

adron. Mi-Go in Human ,orm. /t" 0eel ,ig"terM9 ?;(1F)< 5 1(-)< H' =< hp 21< tk 1-1;(starsword)< % %ever opponents hand on natural

1;< %' !mmune to mind affectin# spells< L @

a$ *his is a small bathroom with toilet, sink, andshower. Brom a rack han#s four biological towels,livin# entities shaped like towels that will absorbalmost any water they come in contact with.

$ bseration Room

!n the center of this room is a small podium likestructure with depressions and #rooves. *he walls ofthe room are all viewscreens. !n essence, the roomworks like a crystal ball. creature places his hand

(or some sort of limb) on top of the podium andsimply visuali6es where he wants to see.

4$ 5rison

*his is a holdin# area for creatures that the Mi-ohavent decided what to do with yet or plan onstudyin# further. %cattered all across the rooms arelar#e but unobtrusive buttons.

Pressin# one of these buttons immediately slamsdown a wall of steel at the entrance of the room, as

well as one at the hall entrance in room D?. %econdsafterward, the entire room is flooded with sleepin##as. /very round the #as is breathed, a savin# throwmust be made or the individual falls asleep.

%hould this happen, the doors will remain closed for4 rounds until the inhabitants of the base come toinvesti#ate. *hat will include the ? Mi-o from room

D:, -? additional Mi-o (see anderin#Monsters), Eadron from room D:, @are ar3ar (seeanderin# Monsters), and the Mi-o commander.

a$ *his cell contains a stran#e, floatin# ovoidcreature with eyes on stalks and tentacles andspikes underneath. !t is a flumph, which completelybaffles the Mi-o.

,lum)" M9 4(8)< 5 1;(;) on top>1 (=) onbottom< H' 1< hp ;< tk -=(slam)Cd:(acid)< %cid lasts for 1-4 rds< %' Helpless if turned over< L

L

Note: *he flumph can communicate with the #as#iant bein# in the brain stora#e room. However, itdoesnt speak any understandable (to the P5s)lan#ua#e e"cept a limited amount of its ali#nmentton#ue.

b$ *his cell contains what appears to be a swan. !t isreally a swanmay by the name of *relissi whochan#ed into swan form in an attempt to evadecapture by the Mi-o. Pu66led by her chan#e inform, they keep her in the cell for further studyrather than e"tractin# her brain.

6relissi, 8th Level %wanmay &an#er, %=.A: !?

: '8 5A 5?< hp 48< %' C or better weaponto hit while in swan form< L @

Note: 'ependin# on where you locate this module,you mi#ht wish to chan#e her to a kitsune (sianareas) or buffalo maiden (frican or merindian)

c$ /mpty

d$ /mpty

e$ *his cell contains an emaciated #rey humanoid. !tis a #hast. *he Mi-o are perple"ed by its non-livin#,undead nature, bein# familiar with the creatures

they know as #houls, or #huls, which are similar, butlivin#, creatures.

G"ast M9 :;(4)< 5 8(:)< H' :< hp :< tk -:(claw)>-:(claw)>-8(bite)< % @ausea,Paraly6ation< %' Gndead !mmunities< L 5/

'$ empty

g$ empty. !f the P5s are captured, they will beplaced in here.



7$ 6eac"ing Mac"ine

*he room is full of stran#e machinery, and in themiddle is a couch ne"t to a console. bove the couchis what looks to be a stran#e helmet of some kind.*he console features nothin# but a switch. hen theswitch is turned on, the machinery starts hummin#and whirrin#.

!f the helmet is worn while the machinery is turnedon, the wear must make a successful !ntelli#encecheck (i.e. #enerally roll the ability score or less on ad1;). !f the check fails, the user takes ?d8 dama#eand passes out for the same number of minutes (?-=), as well as possibly losin# a point of intelli#enceif the dama#e was #reater than his ability score(make a savin# throw, death ma#ic or fortitude).

!f it succeeds, the user learns somethin# from thefollowin# table

8 9 0esson 0earned +%ac" occurs onl# once

)er c"aracter$

; I Gser now understands the Mi-o lan#ua#e

;1 I Gser learns how to operate the appliances inroom D4

;? I Gser is tau#ht new ways to think. !ntelli#encescore increases by

;: I Gser understands what each medicine does inroom D

;4 I Gser understands how to operate the brainremoval machinery in room D

;8 I Gser understands how to operate the bionic

enhancement machinery in room D

;A I Gser understands how to operate the vats inroom D?

;= I Gser learns several cosmic mysteries,includin# the essence, but not the source, of theHounds of *indalos, and from whence 5thulhu firstcame. Loses isdom, but can make an

!ntelli#ence ability check to reco#ni6e a 5thulhuMythos creature

;2 I Gser learns how to operate the #ate in room

D1;

; I Gser learns how to dismiss %hub @i##urath

I Gser learns how to summon %hub @i##urath

1 I Gser learns how to form the 9oorish %i#n

(!t is recommended that the first user learns thosethin#s in order, while any additional users learnthose randomly. nd dependin# if the players #etbored with it or not, you mi#ht add other thin#s theycan learn.)

/$ Mining Room

t the far end of the room are four pits, each ;;deep and leadin# off to mine shafts with dead ends.s the party nears them, a lar#e four armedhumanoid with brown fur and mandibles floats upfrom one of the pits and attacks.

Bionic Burro(er %E L< M9 1;(2)< 5 1(-)< H'1< hp 8;< tk ?-=(claw)>?-=(claw)>-;(claw)>-;(claw)>1-1;(bite)< L 5/

!n the south-western part of the room, there is a

lar#e machine. *he north side of the machine has alar#e conveyer belt leadin# inside, and on theeastern side, near the southern end, is chute. 0elowthe chute is a bar of mithral, wei#hin# ; pounds,and with a value of 1,4;; #p. *here are three moresuch bars stacked on the table in the south-easterncorner of the room.

Layin# a#ainst the northeastern corner of the roomis a metal rod about ? feet lon#. !t is a mining ray .

$ Garbage

Most of this room is a lar#e pit ; deep, filled with

#arba#e and or#anic waste. !ts inhabited by an$tyu#h which the Mi-o have bionically enhanced,includin# replacin# the end of one of its tentacleswith a chainsaw.

Bionic t#ug" %E L< M9 1;(2)< 5 1;(;)< H' <hp :4< tk -;(slam)>?-=(chainsaw)>1-A(bite)< %0ite causes disease (2;J) %' @ever %urprised.



1;$ Brain torage

!n the middle of the room is a metal table. #ainstthe western wall is a counter about ? feet tall, andon top of the counter are four cylinders, about ;inches round and = inches hi#h. $n the face of eachcylinder are three dials and a red button. *hese arebrain cases, which contain brains removed from

bodies and kept alive for reasons only the Mi-ocomprehend..

*he left most dial controls the +sleep settin#. henturned all the way to the left, the brain inside issleepin# soundly, and all the way to the ri#ht, itsfully awake. !f its in the middle, the brain inside is ina state of hypnosis or trance. *he middle dialcontrols the sensory inputs, #ivin# the brain si#htand hearin# and possibly other senses from sensorsbuilt into the canister. *he ri#ht most dial controlsthe volume on the speaker, with the middle of thedial bein# a normal speakin# voice.

*he first cylinder is a Hyperborean sorcerer namedEekryn. He has #one Kuite insane, havin# been keeplike this for uncountable years. !f his dial is turnedall the way to the ri#ht, if the speaker is turned on,he will simply babble and #ibber in his nativeton#ue, which sounds somewhat like %umerian(whatever that sounds like). However, if the left dialis set to the middle, his mind will answer anyKuestions posed of it. He does not speak the local +common thou#h.

*he second cylinder is a human from /arth. *his can

be anythin# from Henry keley himself to an =;s9alley irl (+Like ! was on vacation in 9ermont and

there was totally this flyin# lobster thin# and it stolemy brain. $h my #od), a &oman soldier to a'ickensian orphan.

*he third cylinder contains the brain of a bein# froma #as #iant planet. !t is e"tremely alien andincomprehensible to the party, even usin# ma#ic.

*he fourth cylinder contains the brain of an /lder*hin#, an alien race that sort of looks like a si"limbed and win#ed A tall e##plant. !t speaks analien lan#ua#e that sounds like short, sharp pipin#sounds

*he fifth cylinder contains the brain of a Mi-onamed 066b666i6 who is often placed in the artificialbodies. dwarf body is currently bein# #rown forhim in the vat room. He will not be cooperative, butif left dial is set in the middle position, he will beforced to answer Kuestions (and e"plain how thevarious bits of machinery work).

*he last cylinder is of the old woman wen. %he isKuite frantic if the P5s try to speak her, demandin#that they leave the Mi-o alone, that they arent

here to harm anyone, 3ust mine some mithral. !fKuestioned about how her head bein# in a 3ar is not +harmin# her, she insists that they promised her abrand new body, 3ust like some of them wear.

11$ urger# Room

!n the middle of the room is an operatin# table withnumerous straps. bove it, attached to the ceilin#, isan orb with numerous mechanical limbs attached toit. %ome limbs have hands, some have pincers, sawsof various si6es, and scalpels.

&i#ht ne"t to the table is a smaller table with ancircular indentation. brain cylinder fits into there.

*here is console at the head of the table with dials,li#hts, and buttons. *his controls the type of sur#erybein# performed, which is automated. 0rains can betaken out of a body and put into a brain cylinder, orput back in. 0ionic implants can also be installed or

removed. $peratin# the sur#ical unit is too comple"to pu66le out, but can be learned via the teachin#machine in room DA or by Kuestionin# the Mi-obrain in room D;.

!ts possible the P5s mi#ht try to implant themselveswith bionics. *here should be a finite amount ofimplants available, but it depends on how lar#e yourparty is.

Dermal 5lating I !mproves rmor 5lass by ?, butreduces 5harisma by ?.

Bionic %#es I ives 'arkvision (aka!nfravision>Gltravision) and owners can 6oom in at

lon# distances as per eyes of the eagle, butpermanently lowers hit point total by 1Bionic Hand ocket 9 Bor those that have lost ahand, a socket can be attached to the stump thatallows a variety of replacement hands to be fitted.Bionic Re'le<es I !mproves de"terity to 2, butreduces isdom to = (or by ? points, whichever islower)Bionic )eed I !ncreases speed to 4; (or =) butreduces isdom by ? points.Bionic trengt" 9 !mproves stren#th to 2, butreduces isdom to = (or by ? points, whichever islower)

Gnbeknownst to the P5s, implantin# themselves withMi-o bionics will make them potentially susceptibleto commands #iven by Mi-o. !f a Mi-o #ives acharacter with bionics an order, they must obey theMi-o for d8 rounds unless they make a savin#throw (vs Ma#ic or ill), with each piece of bionicsbeyond the first addin# a - penalty to the savin#throw.

!n the southern part of the room is a metal counter(rou#hly ? feet tall) with a cabinet beneath. !nside



the cabinet are two shelves. $ne shelf contains si" L-shaped devices. *he other contains four bo"es eachcontainin# several small cylinders full of liKuids ofvaryin# shades of color.

*he L-shaped device are auto-in3ectors. *he smallcylinders are medicine. /ach contains 4 doses, andthe number of doses that are used is set by a dial.

*here are 4 pink vials, ; red vials, 4 purple vials,: #reen vials, ? blue vials, 1 #olden vials, 1 oran#evials, 1 yellow vials, and three yellow-#reen vials.

5ink I Heals Mi-o (or other fun#us basedcreatures) d8 hit points per does, dama#es humans(or other mammals) d8 hit doseRed I Heals Humans (or other mammals) d8 hitpoints per dose5ur)le I 5ures disease in Mi-o, does d= per dosedama#e to humans (or other mammals)

Green I 5ures disease in humans (or othermammals)

Blue I *urns the skin blue permanently. (5an beremoved usin# Limite Wish)Golden I *his #lows sli#htly, and acts as arestoration spell, restorin# one lost ener#y level perdoserange - 5auses a random physical mutation (usecompatible Post pocalyptic &P for this)=ello( I 5auses a random mental mutation (use acompatible Post pocalyptic &P for this)=ello(-Green 9 &estores a human (or othermammal) to life. !f dead more than a day,intelli#ence is reduced by and ali#nment shifted tochaotic. !f dead more than two days, intelli#ence isreduced by ? and ali#nment is shifted to chaotic evil.

&eKuires all 4 doses to be effective

12$ Bod# torage

lon# the walls are si" tall upri#ht cylinders with atransparent front. *hey reach all the way into theceilin# and are about A feet in diameter. !nsideeach cylinder is a bluish-#reen fluid and moreimportantly, a body.

a$ 5ontains the body of an emaciated elderly humanfemale. *his belon#s to the old lady wen, whosebrain is contained in room D;

b$ 5ontains the body of a beautiful and athleticyoun# blonde woman of about 14. *his is a newly#rown body taken from the vats and stored here.*hey Mi-o plan on implantin# wens brain into it,provided she cooperates further.c$ 5ontains the body of a lar#e muscular man withthe head of a bull (a minotaur). *here was a sli#htaccident with the minotaurs brain and it had to bediscarded. *he Mi-o are unsure what to do with thebody.d$ 5ontains the real body of the Mi-o who #oes by

the name of Eardron, currently in room D?e$ 5ontains the real body of the Mi-o who #oes bythe name of 7orlon, currently away from the base'$ 5ontains the real body of the Mi-o who #oes bythe name of hura, currently away from the base.

13$ >ats

*his room contains si" cylinders, somewhat similarto the ones found in the body stora#e room, only thebodies contained within are not fully formed.

a$ 5ontains the body of an male dwarf, about half#rownb$ 5ontains the body of a female dwarf, about onefourth #rownc$ 5ontains the body of a male human, about threeKuarters #rownd$ 5ontains the body of a female human, about half#rowne$ 5ontains a bi6arre body that looks like a lar#e

e##plant with win#s and limbs. *his is an /lder *hin#and is about half #rown'$ !s empty.

ll the cylinders are connected to a lar#e machine(the bo" on the map) which has a slot to insert abrain cylinder. !f one is, and a certain button ispressed, the machine e"tracts a '@ sample fromthe brain and constructs a new body for that brainbased on that '@ in the first empty vat.

!ts also possible to pick a body to be #rown from an

e"istin# stock model (the machine has a database)or to desi#n one, either from scratch or modified

from an e"istin# model. !n any event, it takesrou#hly a month for a body to be fully #rown.

1&$ Dining ?rea

!n the center of the room is a ; round table withten stools around it. lon# the south wall of theroom is a small cart, with a hood. !f the hood islifted, several plates of food are revealed. *wo withstacks of sandwiches (with sliced bread), anotherwith slices of cake, as well as two bottles with screw

tops (thermoses) containin# a hot blackish brownliKuid (coffee).

*he food is for any Mi-o friendly humans or Mi-oin human bodies to eat if they #et hun#ry.



1$ ,ood torage and 5re)aration Room

lon# the north wall is a low counter containin#several machines and appliances, includin# a stove,blender, and three types of ovens.

!nside the counters are a wide variety of foodstuffs,as well as several ba#s of brown powder (coffee).

a$ !t is rou#hly 1; de#rees below free6in# in thisroom. *here are several slabs of meat han#in# fromthe ceilin#. %omewhat disturbin#ly, some of the slabof meat seem to be human. (*hese were corpsesdu# up from the #raveyards, used to feed the#hast).

14$ ,ungi ,orest

*his lar#e room has a ceilin# of nearly 4; feet and iscovered from wall to wall by all sorts of stran#e fun#ithat #rows almost to the ceilin#. !t is meant to serve

both as a source of food and rela"ation area for theMi-o. *he room also uses an artificial #ravitysystem to reduce #ravity to one twentieth (.;4) ofnormal

*he room is also illuminated #ently by do6ens ofluminescent fun#i, creatin# a somewhat psychedelicdisplay of stran#e colors.

*here are ? Mi-o rela"in# here. s the party enters,they will defend the room, hoverin# near the ceilin#and attackin# with their li#htnin# #uns.

*he party may take advanta#e of the low #ravity to

make leapin# attacks. *his reKuires a de"teritycheck (or an crobatics skill if applicable to your#ame rules) to do successfully, and adds a C1 todama#e on a hit.

3 Mi-Go M9:;(4;)< 5 8(:)< H' 4< hp ?;, 14,18< tk -=(claw)>-=(claw) or Li#htnin# un< %Li#htnin# un 1d8, stun d?s on failed save< %' Halfdama#e from piercin# weapons< L @

fter ; rounds, one of the Mi-os pets, a bionicallyenhanced flail snail, will char#e (as much as a flail

snail can char#e). !t can be relatively easily avoidedby simply leapin# over it (due to the low #ravity),

and will not leave the room.

Bionic ,lail nail %E L< M91;(8)< 5 2() fortentacles>5 ?;(-;) for body< H' =< hp :; (= hpper tentacle)< tk -;(flail tentacle)"4< % /lectricBlail *entacles I on hit, victim must make save (vsParaly6ation or Bort) or be stunned for -? rounds<%' :;J spell malfunction< L @

Burther complicatin# matters, the fun#i in this roomperiodically send out puffs of hallucino#enic #as./very five rounds, -? P5s at random must make asavin# throw (versus poison or Bortitude) or sufferfrom a hallucination for -? rounds.

1d1; Hallucination

!ndividual believes he is in a swamp and stripsoff #ear and armor to avoid sinkin#.

1 !ndividual believes he is bein# attacked by aswarm of spiders. He attacks the floor andsurroundin# area.

? !ndividual believes item held has turned into aviper< drops item and retreats back from it.

: %uffocationN!ndividual believes he is suffocatin#and #asps for air and clutches throat.

4 !ndividual believes he has shrunk to >; normalsi6e. He be#ins yellin# for help.

8 !ndividual believes his associates have

contracted a disease. He will not come closer than; feet.

A !ndividual believes he is meltin#< #rasps self inattempt to hold to#ether.

= !ndividual believes his back is covered withleeches. He tears armor, clothin#, etc. from hisback to #et at them.

2 !ndividual believes his teeth have all fallen out.He scrambles to pick them up off the floor and putthem back in.

; !ndividual believes he is wei#htless, franticallyclutches the #round as as to not fly away



17$ @ncubation Room

*his room contains three sKuare #lass bo"es ofvaryin# si6es, each a#ainst the walls of the room..$ne is a#ainst the northern wall, about two footsKuare, and is on top of a pedestal. *he one on theeastern wall is similar, only a foot lar#er. *he one onthe southern wall is restin# on the floor, and is si"

feet.

1/$ C"a)el

%omewhat curiously, the Mi-o venerate %hub@i##urath, a dark fertility #oddess, and have erecteda small chapel to her. *here is a stran#ely shapedaltar in the eastern part of the room, and evenstran#er shaped pews, all made out of some sort offun#i. lon# the north wall is a curiously shapedoblon# device, rou#hly four feet tall with keys andpedals.

*he walls are covered with curious en#ravin#sdepictin# the Mi-o in various outlandish positionsand #roupin#s, all of which are very obscene, butonly to those familiar with Mi-o anatomy.

*he oblon# device is the Mi-o eKuivalent of anor#an. !t has two rows of A? keys each, as well as ?foot pedals. @ot surprisin#ly, it produces stran#e,eerie music. bard can eventually fi#ure out how toplay it, and if he understand Mi-o, can play theson#s inscribed on leafs layin# on top of it.

ctually doin# so is probably a bad idea, as it hasthe power to summon mythos bein#s. Merely playin#

a note on the or#an awakens a %ervitor of the $uterods (who happens to be sleepin# on the floor in thesouthern corner of the room), an otherworldlymusician from beyond.

!t looks like an enormous deflated sKuamous beachball with ei#ht tentacles, a lar#e mouth, and severalsmaller mouths. $nce awakened, it slowly inflates,risin# up, #rabbin# two flute like instruments in itstentacles, puttin# it to its smaller mouths, andbe#innin# to play a tune suspiciously like !n"#"$aa"Da"%ia. 5haracters must make two savin#

throws (one for each flute) or do nothin# for thatround, with the e"ception of the character who

touched the or#an, who will be#in playin# alon# withthe %ervitor.

eritor o' t"e uter Gods %E L< M9 ?;(1F)< 51(-)< H' ;< hp 84< tk -=(tentacle)>-=(tentacle)>-=(tentacle)>-=(tentacle)>1-1(bite)<% Mad Pipin#, all listeners must make a savin#throw (Ma#ic or ill) or do nothin# that round< %'C1 or better weapon to hit, half-dama#e from spells<L @

!f the or#an is played by the character for 4 rounds(total), an avatar of %hub @i##urath is summoned.*his avatar is the form of a remarkably beautifulwoman, dressed ele#antly, if scantily.

!f the players have harmed her dau#hter, %ena (see&oom D2), she will immediately attack. $therwise,she will interact with the party in a fairly friendly

manner, addressin# them as +my children or +myson or +my dau#hter. s a fertility #oddess, sheconsiders everyone her offsprin#, albeit indirectly,and in this form, humans in particular (she hasdifferent avatars for most species). %he will then askfor an offerin# (which as a fertility deity, is best leftto the ima#ination) and will make an attempt toconvert the party (especially clerics) to her worship.

Auna. ?atar o' "ub Niggurat" M9 4;(=)< 514(-4)< H' =< hp 28< tk $pen Hand ttacks as perAth Level Monk< %' C? or better to hit< L @

1$ 5la#room

*his room is clean and lar#ely free of any fun#us,save some by the entrance. %trewn about the roomare various small ob3ects in stran#e shapes andmade of a curiously elastic material, somewhat likerubber or plastic, but not. Oou may wish to have the



characters make a 'e"terity check, if they fail, theystep on one, causin# a sKueak to emer#e. !t has noeffect, but they do not no that.

*he only inhabitant of this room is a normal seemin##irl of perhaps ; years old, blonde and blue eyedand very sweet lookin#. !n reality, she is the half-human offsprin# of %hub-@i##urath, fathered by one

of the Mi-os human allies rou#hly two months a#o.

%he will be curious and friendly towards the party,and speaks with a sli#ht lisp. !f she feels an#ry orthreatened, she will chan#e into a hybrid form,which looks much like her human form, but withthick skin, claws, and small spikes alon# her spine.Her monstrous form looks va#uely like a humanfemale, but one as drawn by i#er, with chitinousarmor and lar#e spikes alon# her spine.

ena, Human form M9 ?;(1)< 54(4)< H' ?< hp

4< tk -1 (barehand)< L @

ena, Hybrid form M9 :;(4)< 5 A(?)< H' ?< hp4 tk -: (claw)>-:(claw)< L @

ena, onstrous form M9 :;(4)< 5 1;(;)< H' 4<hp 14< tk -8 (claw)>-8(claw)>1-=(bite)< L @

Note: Her stats will increase as she #ets older.

2;$ Gate(a# Room

!n the southern part of the room is an arch inscribed

with stran#e writin#. hen active, it is a #ateway tothe Mi-os home world, a lar#e, dark planet in the

depths of space between the Mi6ar and lcorsystems (in Gsra Ma3or), orbitin# a dark sun.

!n the western corner of is what looks like a : " 8or so metal wa#on with no wheels, yet hoverin#nearly ? feet off the #round

ctivatin# the #ate reKuires a short ritual (possiblylearned via the teachin# machine in room DA) andthe temporary loss of 1; hit points I if multiplepeople are performin# the ritual, it will be spreadamon#st them evenly.

9isitin# the Mi-os home planet is well beyond the

scope of this module, but a randomly #enerateddun#eon would serve reasonably well.

21$ *uarters +Mi-Go$

*his room is full of a do6en lar#e toadstools withlar#e #rooves cut into them, which serve as beds forthe Mi-o.

small device in the center of the room periodically

erupts, sendin# a spray of pink mist in a ; radius.!t has no effect, the Mi-o 3ust like it.

*here are currently ? Mi-o sleepin# in this room. sthe party enters, they wake up and attack

Mi-Go M9:;(4;)< 5 8(:)< H' 8< hp 14, 1, 12<tk -=(claw)>-=(claw) or Li#htnin# un< %

Li#htnin# un 1d8, stun d? rds on failed save< %'Half dama#e from piercin# weapons< L @

22$ *uarters +Mi-Go Commander$

*his room is similar to room D1, only features alar#e, lu"urious lookin# toadstool in the middle ofthe room.

*his is the lair of the commander of the base and hisbionic %asKuatch body#uard. !f the party has notencountered them previously (as a wanderin#monster most likely), they will be here. Gpon

enterin#, the Mi-o 5ommander will demand theysurrender. !f they do, he will escort them to theprison in room D8. !f not, he attacks, alon# with hisbody#uard. !f he is defeated first, the body#uardstops attackin#, it is under the control of the Mi-o5ommander.

Mi-Go Commander M9 :;(4)< 5 1;(;)< H' 2<hp 41< tk -=(claw)>-=(claw) or Li#htnin# &ay< %Li#htnin# un 4d8, stun d? rds on failed save< %'Half dama#e from piercin# weapons< L @

Bionic as!uatc" %E L< M9 4;(=)< H' ;< hp 8;<tk -; (claw)>-; (claw)< % 1d1; e"tra

dama#e on a roll of 1; due to sKuee6e attack< L @

ritten on the wall in common is the phrase +-O$-is the 7ey.

Gnderneath the toadstool is a metal case rou#hlytwo feet in len#th, a foot in width, and half a foot inwidth, with two handles for carryin#. !t appears tobe seamless, but in the middle of one of the lon#side is a small band of five colors. hen each coloris pressed, it chan#es to the ne"t color of therainbow. *hat is, &ed, $ran#e, Oellow, reen, 0lue,

!ndi#o, 9iolet, and Gltra-9iolet (which looks black).

5urrently the cases colors are 0lue, &ed, reen,reen, and Oellow. *he case opens when it is set toGltra-9iolet (0lack), Oellow, $ran#e, reen, Gltra-9iolet.

$nce opened, the case appears to be much deeperthan it should. !t is a hyperdimensional stora#e case,and currently contains 1;; mithral pieces (eachworth 14 #old pieces each)



Aftermath & Further Adventures

$nce the P5s have presumably ransacked the base,what ne"tQ ell, eventually (in about a month) the#ateway will open and more Mi-o will come throu#h*hey will send two more parties after that, eachlar#er and better armed, and if those are defeated,

will ne"t send a very lar#e bomb which will obliteratethe base.

hat to do with %enaQ ell, unless they can think ofa better option, the swanmay *relissi will takechar#e of her, raisin# her to be a swanmay of sorts.%he #rows rapidly, rou#hly one year for everymonth, stoppin# when she reaches youn# adulthood(1;), at which point she a#es normally. However,while her body has developed, her mind lacksmaturity and so mi#ht #et into some sort of troublethat the P5s mi#ht be needed to resolve.

7orlon and hura will eventually come back to the

base, see it sacked and #o native. *hey havedecided they like the stran#e and e"otic pleasurestheir new bodies provide. *hey start a cult dedicatedto %hub @i##uruth under her avatar Runa. *his

mi#ht not be a bad thin#, but the local reli#iousestablishment will not like it one bit.

/ven if defeated, the 7eepers of the Oellow %i#n willprobably show up a#ain. *here are archma#esamon# their number, and the Pryed brothers werecloned before they left. $n the other hand, Ea Boitmi#ht become an ally to the party. lthou#h evil,shes not stupid and if she thinks she can #et richridin# their coattails, she Her would be boyfriend

thou#h, 5lep the 0arbarian, mi#ht become 3ealous ofone of the P5s, and cause trouble for them.

Design Notes:

$ne of the curious thin#s about The Whisperer inDarkness is that the Mi-o arent particularly evil.*hey very could easily have killed keley at any timein the story, or for that matter, had @oyes killilmarth the moment he #ot in the car, rather than#oin# throu#h the whole charade of tryin# toconvince ilmarth to 3oin them. *hey did eventuallycapture keley and try to dru# ilmarth, so they can

hardly be considered #ood, but they showedremarkable restraint.

%imilarly, %hub @i##urath, at least in the storieswritten by Lovecraft himself, does not seem to beoverly evil, even if she is worshiped by evil bein#s.!n his story, Out of the #eons, she is considered to

be friendly to mankind, to the point of providin# ama#ical charm a#ainst petrification so an evil reat$ld $ne who demanded sacrifices could be killed.

$n the other hand, some have linked her to the&agna &ater in The 'ats in the Walls( so she mi#htbe okay with cannibalism.

certain #ame has the Mi-o adoptin# modern dayGfolo#y as somethin# of a cover story for theiractivities, specifically posin# as the bein#s known asreys (the aliens with the bi# black eyes and #rey

skin). *his uses a similar idea, only they pose as theother sort of commonly encountered aliens, knownas the %pace 0rothers or @ords, essentiallyappearin# as really attractive lon# haired blond(usually but not always) humans. *his type of alienis #enerally associated with contactees as opposedto abductees.

Ou##oth is merely an outpost, apparently their truehome is someplace in Grsa Ma3or. possible specificreference to it is a world of seven suns, which couldbe the Mi6ar-lcor system. *hat has si" stars and its

not impossible for there to be another, undetected,dim star.

!f you wish to make it more of a horror adventure,you can simply make the Mi-o more evil and addmore #ore. Bor instance, in the sur#ery room thereis a vivisected #nome, still alive, but with his insidesopen and all strewn out. Oou could add babymonsters in the incubation room. *he flumph andthe swan may could have had their heads swapped,and so on.

%ome of the technolo#ical items mi#ht seem toomuch, especially the bionics. Maybe so, but some ofit was meant to address differences in capabilities(ability scores for instance) in my players

characters. %imilarly, the starsword is meant for thepartys thief to use, as they do d= in combat, whileone of the fi#hters does d=C; (ma#ic item bonus,stren#th, and weapon speciali6ation) and anotherdoes d;C2 with a two-hander. %imilarly, theli#htnin# #un does decent dama#e, but has somedrawbacks which makes it inferior to a bow for afi#hter, while a thief or such mi#ht find it useful.

Monster Eperien!e "ummary:

: 0ionic 0u#bears S ?;; ": S 1;;

1 Mi-o S ?4; " 1 S :1;;0ionic riffon S 14;;0ionic 0urrower S :;;;0ionic $tyu#h S ?;;;0ionic Blail %nail S 4;;0ionic %asKuatch S 1;;;Mi-o 5ommander S 1;;;%ervitor of the $uter ods S 14;;@are ar3ar S 4;;Eadron S 1;;;



Mi#$o Devi!es% Weapons% and Te!hnoogy

?nti-Grait# Belt I llows the wearer to becomewei#htless and float in the air, similar to boots oflevitation, althou#h it reKuires ad3ustin# a knob torise or fall. %tandard belts worn by the Mi-o will

only counteract ;; lbs. of wei#ht, thou#h lar#ervariations e"ist. !n any si6e, they are delicate, onlyhavin# a 1 in 8 chance of workin# after its wearerhas been killed.

%ale 9alue ,;;; #p /"perience 9alue 1;; "p

?nti-Grait# led I *his is a : by 8 metallicrectan#le with rid#es alon# the ed#es. !t floats abouttwo and a half feet above the #round. !t can supportrou#hly a ton, and while it has no wei#ht, it doeshave mass, reKuirin# some effort to push and stop.*he latter aspect makes it impossible to use withdraft animals I while they could pull it, if they stop,

the sled wouldnt and its load would come crashin#into them.

%ale 9alue 4,;;; #p /"perience 9alue ?,;;; "p

Bionic %n"ancement - 0ionic can be applied to anymonster. !t increases the hit dice by ?, improves thedama#e dice by a step (-8 to -=, 1d: to 1d8, etc),improves armor class by ?, and movement by ;>?;.Burthermore, the creature is immune to anythin#that affects its mind, includin# charm and sleepspells. Lasers and>or chainsaws are optional.

Biological um)suit I *his appears to be a skin

ti#ht #arment made out of some mysterious metallicfabric. !n truth, its actually a bioen#ineeredor#anism that clin#s to the skin. !t functions as theeKuivalent of plate mail in terms of protection, andkeeps the wearer at a comfortable bodytemperature. !t also emits a pleasant, somewhatflowery scent.

%omewhat disturbin#ly to the wearer (at least atfirst), it also absorbs body fluids and waste, allowin#it to be worn for lon# periods at a time. !t alsosubsists on the wearers life ener#y, takin# one hitpoint per day. !t wont kill a wearer, but will slowdown its natural healin# rate by hp per day. !t

repairs dama#e to itself while worn, but if the weareris killed, it dissolves into #oo.

%ale 9alue 14,;;; #p /"perience 9alue 4,;;; "p

Biological 6o(el I *his is a rectan#le made up of astran#e metallic cloth, rou#her than the sort used inthe 3umpsuits. !t absorbs any water it is rubbeda#ainst, allowin# one to dry themselves off almostinstantly.

%ale 9alue ;; #p

C"ainsa( Hand I *his is a small, 1 lon#chainsaw that attaches to a bionic hand socket. !tdoes d= dama#e and acts as a swor of wouning,causin# opponents hit to bleed profusely for hit

point per round until banda#ed.

Circular a( Hand I *his is a small, 2 circularsaw that attaches to a bionic hand socket. !t doesd8 dama#e, but #ains a C1 to hit bonus.

H#)erdimensional torage Case I *his looks likea metal briefcase, two feet by one foot, with acombination lock based on colors, not numbers.$nce opened, each half is actually an e"tra-dimensional stora#e space similar to a portable hole,only five feet deep, #ivin# each side a capacity of ;cubic feet each (rou#hly enou#h stora#e for ;;,;;;standard coins per side). *he outside is made out of

an unknown alloy and is virtually indestructible.

%ale 9alue ;,;;; #p /"perience 9alue 1,;;; "p

Mining Ra# I this somehow destroys earth (dirtthat is) and leaves behind any metal or #ems. /achblast of the ray destroys ? cube. !f used to attack anearth based creation like /arth /lemental or Rorn, itdoes ?d8 dama#e (save for half). !t has 1; char#es.

%ale 9alue 4,;;; #p /"perience 9alue ,;;; "p

0ig"tning Ra# I *his rifle shaped device shoots a1; lon# li#htnin# bolt that does 4d8 dama#e. *here

are two modes, a narrow bolt that reKuires a to hitroll but offers no save for half dama#e, and a widebolt that does not reKuire a to hit roll, but a savin#throw (versus 0reath or &efle") reduces it in half.*he former mode uses char#e, the latter uses ?char#es. *he device contains 1; char#es and cannotbe rechar#ed (at least not at the base).

%ale 9alue 4,;;; #p /"perience 9alue ,;;; "p

0ig"tning Gun I *his small hand held device lookslike a melted doorknob, and shoots a small bolt ofelectricity that does 1d8 dama#e and maymomentarily stun a character for -? rounds if a

save (vs paraly6ation or Bort) is failed. !f a stunnedcharacter is shot a#ain, they must make a second

save, and failure results in unconsciousness for anhour minus twice their 5onstitution

5haracters brou#ht to 6ero hit points or below arenot killed, but merely rendered unconscious.5haracters who are reduced to -; are dead,sufferin# from cardiac arrest. (5P& and a defibrillatormi#ht save them, but the characters are unlikely tohave that)



*here is a C1 bonus to dama#e and to hit if thetar#et is wearin# metal armor. *he weapon is notmade for a human hand, and if one tries to fire it, ona result of a rolled , the bolt of electricity strikesthe firer.

*hese devices have no char#es, but may only befired once per round.

%ale 9alue 4;; #p /"perience 9alue ;; "p

tars(ord I *his appears to be a small cylinderabout = inches lon# and with a diameter of an inch.hen a button is depressed, a three and a half foot 3et of plasma shoots out of one end, formin# a blade.*he blade does 1-1; (d=Cd1) dama#e on a hit, butno stren#th bonus is applied. !f a natural 1; isrolled, a hand of an opponent is severed, cauteri6edat the stump. *he wielder #ains a C bonus to hit,but can affect creatures reKuirin# up to a C? bonus

to hit. (!t is in essence, a swor of sharpness, e"ceptfor always doin# 1-1; dama#e)

%ale 9alue ?;,;;; #p /"perience 9alue 8,;;; "p

'n!antations

!ncantations, sometimes called rituals, are spellsthat do not need to be cast by a spell-castin# classand thus are usable by anyone that performs themproperly. However, they have many drawbacks, andare not as reliable as normal spells.

!ncantations take several rounds to cast. /very oddround, an appropriate ability check (or skill check insome #ame systems) must be made. !n #eneral, rulesystems where abilities scores are #enerated by ?d8,ability checks should be similarly made by ?d8, whileif the :d8 drop or other advanced edition methodsare used, a d1; should be used. !n either case, alower number rolled than the ability score means itwas successfully cast that round.

Dismiss "ub-Niggurat"&ounds to 5ast ?bility>%kill !ntelli#ence

%ide-/ffects Gser is e"hausted (-1 to all rolls, cant run until #ets a full ni#hts sleep)Bailure 5onseKuences @one (e"cept annoyin# %hub-@i##urath)

ummon "ub-Niggurat"

&ounds to 5ast 4bility>%kill !ntelli#ence st and 4th rounds, 5harisma?rd.%ide-/ffects Gser is e"hausted (-1 to all rolls, cantrun until #ets a full ni#hts sleep)Bailure 5onseKuences !f on the 4th round, user ise"hausted as if spell were cast.

>ooris" ign&ounds to 5ast ?bility>%kill 'e"terity%ide-/ffects Gser loses d: hit pointsBailure 5onseKuences Gser loses d? hit points

*he user can see any invisible or e"traplanar(ethereal, astral, etc) creatures within his viewin#distance for 4 rounds.



(rain )yinder O!!upant $enerator

Oou mi#ht wish to add more brain cylinders to the0rain %tora#e (room D;). hile its only touched onin the story, apparently the Mi-o can travel backand forth throu#h time as well as space, so thepossibilities of who can be in the cylinders is almost

endless, thou#h they seem to like humans for somereason.

6#)e o' Being ccu)#ing Brain C#linder

;-?; Human

?-4; Mi-o

4-44 /lder *hin#

48-8; Oithian

8-A; as iant 0ein#

A-A4 'eep $ne

A8-=; hul

=-=4 %erpent Bolk

=8-;; *errestrial Planet 0ein#

Human %ra ub-6able

;-; Hyperborean (1;,;;; 05)

-1; Hyborian (;,;;; 05)

1-?; Prehistoric (;,;;; 05 to :,;;; 05)

?-:; ncient (:;;; 05 to ;;; 05)

:-4; 5lassical (;;; 05 to ' 4;; )

4-44 'ark #es (' 4;; to ;;;)

48-8; Middle #es (' ;;; to 4;;)

8-84 &ennaisance (' 4;; to =;;)

88-A; /arly Modern ('=;; to 2;;)

A-A4 1;th 5entury ('2;; to 1;;;)

=;-=4 1st 5entury (' 1;;; to 1;;)

=8-2; Buture (' 1;; to 14;;)

2-24 Bar Buture (' 14;; to 1,4;;)

28-;; 'istant Buture

6errestrial 5lanet Being ub-6able

;-?; Human Like

?-4; Humanoid

4-A; !nsectoid

A-2; Li6ard

2-;; 0i6arre

Human 0ike ub-6able

;-1; Gnusual %kin 5olor

1-:; Gnusual Hair 5olor

:-8; Gnusual /ye 5olor

8-=; Gnusual /ars

=-2; Gnusual Borehead

2-;; Gnusual @ose &id#e

Color 6able; I &ed

;1 I $ran#e

;? I Oellow

;: I reen

;4 I 0lue

;8 I !ndi#o

;A I 9iolet

;= I 0lack>Tet

;2 I hite>%ilver

; I Multicolor, roll twice more



Keepers of the *eo+ "ign

*his is a secretive or#ani6ation of Hastur worshiperswho, amon# various nefarious thin#s, are alsostridently opposed to the Mi-o.

*hey can be used in several different ways. Birstly,as opposition to the player party. %econdly, a rescueparty in case the P5s are dumb enou#h to #etimprisoned. *hirdly, possibly as pre-#eneratedcharacters.

!n the first case, they can be used to ambush theP5s while e"plorin# the comple" (comin# up frombehind), or competin# with the party in sackin# theoutpost. Most likely durin# the fi#ht Ea Boit (with5lep @ir followin# her lead) will turn on the 7eepers,sidin# with the party, as they are not cult membersand are afraid of bein# sacrificed after the 3ob isover.

!n the second case, they will clean out the dun#eonup to the prison, where the Pyred brothers will tauntthe captive party. Ea Boit will sneak back and let

them out, first elicitin# a promise to attack the7eepers.

Grais 5#red. Ath Level Human 5leric, %? !; 8'8 58 5A< M9 1;(2)< 5 1(-)< H' A< hp 4;<tk 1-AC1 (C1 mace)< L 5/< ear Bull Plate,%hield, C1 Mace, and of Bear (14 char#es)

%pells (4-4-1-) st 5ure Li#ht ounds "1<5ommand, 'etect Ma#ic, Li#ht< 1nd u#ury, Hold

Person "?, %ilence 4 &adius< ?

rd

nimate 'ead,'ispel Ma#ic< :th 5ure %erious ounds

tall but slender man with dark hair streaked with#rey at the temple and bla6in# #reen eyes. He isfanatically devoted to Hastur and leads the local cellof the cult. He will fi#ht to the death.

Narclar 5#red, Ath Level Human nti-Paladin,%=.24 !; ? '8 5A 5A< M9 ?;(1F)< 5 11(-1)< hp A?< tk -=CA (C1 battle a"e andstren#th)< L 5/< ear 0lack C Bull Plate,C %hield, Potion of /"tra-Healin#

@arclar is raviss twin brother. Gnlike his morestudious brother, @arclar en3oyed more athletic

pursuits as a child, if even more vile. lthou#hnominally a worshiper of Hastur, he mostly views thecult as a means to an end, namely his own wealthand power. He will flee if the battle even hints at#oin# the partys way, or if reduced to below 4 hitpoints, curls up into a ball and be#ins sobbin#hysterically.

a ,oit, 8th Level Half-$rc Bi#hter>ssassin, %=.A;!? 8 'A 5A 51< M9 ?;(1F)< 5 =(1)< H' 8<hp :8< tk -=C4 (C1 scimitar and stren#th)< L@/< ear C? Leather, C1 %cimitar

Ea is not a member of the cult, but hired muscle.%he is tall, tanned, Kuite muscular and broadshouldered with dark black hair. %he only showssi#ns of her orcish herita#e upon close inspection.%he has mis#ivin#s over acceptin# this 3ob, not outof any Kualms for the deeds asked of her, butbecause she reali6es she will probably be sacrificedafter the 3ob is over. *hus she will surrender or turnon the 7eepers if the battle looks lost, probablybackstabbin# @arclar is she #ets a chance (she reallydoesnt like him).

Cle) Nir, Ath level Human Bi#hter, %=.AA !A = '?5= 52< M9 ?;(1F)< 5 1;(;)< H' A< hp A<

tk -=C4 (C lon#sword and stren#th)< L @<ear C Platemail, C %hield, C Lon#sword

5lep is the the stereotypical bi# and stupid fi#hter.$ther than his si6e (84), he is nondescript. LikeEa, he is a mercenary. He is somewhat smitten withEa and will follow her orders, not those of ravis,and so will chan#e si6es if Ea does.



o"e las", 4th Level Half $rc 5leric>Bi#hter, %:! 4 '8 58 5;< 5 =(1)< H' 4< hp :4< tk-;C (C two-handed sword)< L 5/< ear%plintmail, C *wo-Handed %word

%pells (4-:-) st 5ure Li#ht ounds "1, 5urse,'etect ood, Li#ht< 1nd Hold Person "1, %ilence 4&adius< ?rd &emove 5urse

ohe is fat and #reasy and has oily black hair drawnback into a short ponytail. He is moderately devotedto Hastur. He considers himself a rival to ravis, andthus will fi#ht as lon# as he does, but will flee ifravis is defeated.

0onr#n t"e Mad. Ath level /lf Ma#ic-Gser %A != A'= 58 54< M9 ?;(1F)< 5 1;(;)< H' A< hp ??<tk -:C (C da##er)< L 5@< ear 0racers of'efense 5 :(8), &in# of Protection C1, and ofMa#ic Missiles (? char#es)

%pells (:-?-1-) st 5omprehend Lan#ua#es, Ma#ic

Missile, %leep "1< 1nd

/%P, 7nock, eb< ?rd

Li#htnin# 0olt, Monster %ummonin# !< :th 5harmMonster

Lonryn recently 3oined the cult due to an obsessionwith cosmic mysteries. %he is wiry and hassomethin# of a maniacal look in her blue eyes, whichalon# with her lon# tan#led black hair, makes people#ive her a very wide berth. %he will fi#ht somewhathalf-heartedly, surrenderin# if she is reduced to ;hit points (or less).

Blunk and Grunk, @arclars $#re Blunkies M91;(2)< 5 4(4)< H' :< hp A, 4< tk -;(%lam)<

L 5/

*hese two are loyal (in the sense that any 5/ isloyal) to @arclar and no one else. He will order themto fi#ht to cover his retreat.

?rnul'. Berno. C"eldric. Doolis". %rmrit. and,elmar, *rue 0elievers M9 ?;(1F)< 5 1(=)< H'< hp ? each< tk -8 (5lub) L 5/

*hese are the low level cult members, who havebeen duped into 3oinin# with a promise of power andwealth. !n reality, the cult uses them for menialtasks and are #enerally the first ones put in a

position of dan#er. +0rothers, Hastur has dei#ned to#ive you the #lory of bein# the first one in theroom. *hey will fi#ht to the death, and possiblybeyond, thanks to raviss animate ea spell.

Ne+ Monsters

(urro+er

%i6e Lar#e (=tall)Movement ?; (1)Hit 'ice 2

rmor 5lass 1;(;)ttacks ?-1(5law)>?-1(5law)>d=(5law)>d=(5law)>1-8(0ite)%pecial ttack @one%pecial 'efense @oneli#nment 5haotic /vil/"perience 9alue 4;;

0urrowers are tall muscular humanoids with fourarms and lar#e mandibles. *hey are voracioushunters, able to claw throu#h earth and even stone.*heir second set of arms is not Kuite as stron# asthe first, and is used mostly to push dirt way thatthe stron#er top limbs di#.

Mi#$o ,Fungus from *uggoth-

%i6e Medium (4tall)Movement ?;(1)>Bly 1;(2)Hit 'ice 8rmor 5lass 1;(;)ttacks -=(5law)>-=(5law) or eapon%pecial ttacks @one%pecial 'efense Half 'ama#e from Piercin#

eaponsli#nment @eutral/"perience 9alue ?4;

'espite their crustacean like appearance, Mi-o aresome sort of alien fun#us. *hey are hi#hly intelli#entand inscrutable, yet not so alien that they cannotinteract with humans. !ndeed, for some reason, theyseem fascinated by them, #oin# as far as collectin#their brains, keepin# them alive and takin# them oncosmic voya#es throu#h space and time.

lthou#h win#ed, they cannot fly in a normal #ravityworld without the aid of an anti-#ravity belt, andeven then, they fly slow and clumsy. !n spacethou#h, their win#s can somehow sli#htly warpspace, ama6in#ly allowin# them to travel at faster

than li#ht speeds.

Mi-o can communicate in a variety of ways. mon#themselves, they #enerally communicate to eachother by chan#in# color of their face, but can alsospeak, albeit with a sli#ht bu66in# aspect to theirspeech. *hey also have some form of writin#.

*heir home world is unknown, but is likely around an

old, dim star, probably a red dwarf. s such, itstidally locked, with one side always facin# its sun.



*hus the Mi-o developed an ability to deal withe"treme cold, as well as warmth.

"as.uat!h ,(igfoot-

%i6e Lar#e (A to = tall)Movement :; (4)Hit 'ice Armor 5lass 4(4)ttacks -= (5law)>-=(5law)%pecial ttack %Kuee6e on attack roll of 1; doin# 1-8 e"tra dama#e%pecial 'efense @oneli#nment @eutral/"perience 9alue 4;;

%asKuatch are e"tremely lar#e and hairy primitivehumanoids, cousins to the Oeti, livin# in temperateforests. *hey are normally peaceful, e"cept whendefendin# their territory.

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