VII Cults revert enemy lands to their wild primordial state craftsmanship and potent enchantments The massive Bokrug's servants are given Bokrug eggs (see page 163) effort and lavish resources invested in this process often to call forth ghosts of Ib when Bokrug does not deign attract attention, which can lead to the destruction of to make a personal appearance the cult then and there Assuming the cult is able to Byatis Cults of Byatis provide it with sacrifices so that it can grow, and in return, Byatis may provide worshippers with spells or wisdom They may also have as their goal access to other Great Old Ones or Outer Gods through the gates that Byatis will create once sufficiently nourished Because places where Byatis has been summoned suffer from his amnesia-inducing power, cults that retain knowledge of what they worship necessarily dwell some distance away, and must periodically make pilgrimages to worship and interact with their god However, this is in part a boon: enemies who follow pilgrims on this journey soon come under the mental influence of Byatis, forgetting their mission and purpose and often being drawn down to its lair as a meal Some cults that grow around Byatis actually live in its vicinity, generally led by a powerful magician who may have first summoned it there In these cases, the magician is inevitably overcome by Byatis’s influence and eaten When this occurs, the general membership of the cult will eventually forget exactly what it worships or why its members feel compelled to offer it sacrifice They may even let Byatis loose on the neighboring deflect suspicion, they complete the idol and summon Chaugnar Faugn itself The Great Old One generally lingers so long as the cult plies him continuously with sacrifices and power, though eventually he becomes sated and departs For this reason, cults may produce multiple statues from which they can summon the Great Old One, so that they need never risk being without direct access to the god Chaugnar Faugn is primarily worshipped by his own creations, such as the amphibious monstrous race of miri nigri, as well as by the Tcho-Tcho, whose development he guided Like other Great Old Ones, Chaugnar Faugn knows vast numbers of secret spells and possesses great wisdom and knowledge He is happy to impart these things to devoted cultists He also has a predilection for using his proboscis to alter the flesh of creatures, especially worshippers For example, he may reshape a cultist or several cultists together into his own image Chaugnar Faugn also creates new creatures by taking apart or combining existing ones These sculpting actions always seem intended to improve or uplift the physical form of his chosen canvas, at least in his own alien eyes Cthugha countryside periodically Visitors and adventurers may Cthugha is not itself a permanent entity, but a collective thus sincerely be told that the dark being that dwells of millions of fire vampires, making it an unusual object in yonder dungeon is a dragon, demonic monster, or of worship The fire vampires do, however, have a use some other creature—anything but Byatis None know for mortals, in that—with the proper ritual preparation the truth, even those who worship the Great Old One and ordination—the souls of humans and other mortal itself races can add to the collective’s power as though they Chaugnar Faugn Cults of Chaugnar Faugn must first create a statue of their deity from expensive materials with masterwork were themselves fire vampires The number of the immortal fire vampires is limited, and the greatest height they can reach without external 189