It was weird, hell it was terrifying. Three eyes, I shit you not, and they glowed red! How the hell does that happen?
He told me to do stuff and I did it. I threw coffee on people, sang loudly, just random crap–and he kept apologizing. It was like he was grabbing me tightly, but in my mind. Lost my damn job.—Paul Erickson, former employee at Mug o’ Joe.
Tainted by Nyarlathotep, The Blessed Seers are people who have been “provided with” a third eye–over their pineal gland. They can see normally with their eyes closed, though all three glow red when open and this gives them powers as described below.
As long as the Seer retains any Sanity, they may attempt to resist attacking people with a contested roll of their remaining Sanity vs. their own POW of 80. When their Sanity reaches 0, they become willing pawns of the Thousand-Faced God.
SPECIAL POWERS
Dominating Gaze: This functions as the Dominate spell. If the Blessed Seer wins a contested POW roll, the target will spend their next turn obeying one command–though they will not violate their basic nature, e.g. homicide, suicide, etc.
Shrivelling Sight: This functions as the Shrivelling spell. The Blessed Seer must spend a variable number of Magic Points, lose half that amount in Sanity if they have any remaining, and engage in a contested POW roll. On a success, the target takes 1 Hit Point damage per Magic Point spent, as their skin withers and blackens.
Spells: At Keeper’s discretion.
Blessed Seers, reluctant servants of Nyarlathotep
STR: 60 (30/12)
CON: 80 (40/16)
SIZ: 50 (25/10)
DEX: 60 (30/12)
INT: 60 (30/12)
POW: 80 (40/16)
HP: 13
Damage Bonus: None
Build: 0
Magic Points: 16
Move: 9
ATTACKS
Attacks per round: 1
Fighting attacks: .
Fighting (Brawl): 25%, damage 1D3
Melee Weapon: Base %, damage as per weapon
Dodge: 30%
Armor: None
Skills: Same as before their transformation
Sanity Loss: 1/1D4 with eyes open, an additional 1 point if Dominated, and an additional 1D6 if subjected to Shrivelling. Total Sanity loss cannot exceed 6 points.
My name is CthulhuBob Lovely, I live in my childhood hometown of Columbus, Ohio, and have a son and two daughters. I volunteer at MisCon, which occurs each year on Memorial Day Weekend in Missoula, Montana and help out at other shows.
In my younger years I had seen H.P. Lovecraft’s books in the collection of my older brother, Brian, who is also responsible for introducing me to Monty Python, Star Wars and many other things geek.
I began running and playing Dungeons and Dragons in 1977 at the age of 15, and Call of Cthulhu since its original publication in 1981.
I believe geekery and gaming can have positive effects on math, reading and writing, and social interaction skills, as well as family togetherness. I have three published stories online at
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