Magru - Revision history

GS4-XERAPHINA: changed family to globoid, removed outdated play.net bestiary link

2020-08-17T16:42:33Z

changed family to globoid, removed outdated play.net bestiary link

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:42, 17 August 2020
Line 2:		Line 2:
	\| picture = magru.jpg		\| picture = magru.jpg
	\| level = 37<!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->		\| level = 37<!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->
	\| family = ~~Magru~~<!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->		\| family = Globoid <!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->
	\| type = Globoid<!-- Creature body type -->		\| type = Globoid<!-- Creature body type -->
	\| otherclass = <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->		\| otherclass = <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->
Line 184:		Line 184:

	Interestingly, "traglaakh" was likely a dark joke, since "trag" is an improper Iruaric phoneme. The Iruaric glossary in the [[Tomes of Kulthea]] used "laakh" to mean both "maker" and "lost", when the source material has maker as "lavan." It was apparently an intentional typographical error, so the phrase would have a double meaning, referring to two separate properties. Since "trog" is cavern and "shu" is fire, players interpreted it as "ugly fire cave makers." (Similarly, this version of the glossary is missing the translation for the word fire or flames, pushing players away from translating it that way. It added lore about symbols containing multiple meanings.) It would more literally mean "ugly fiery wet-emptying traag losers", or "made from the loss of traag", which were another kind of "other standard" extra-planar entity. [[Traag]] resembled huge black panthers, which were known for their demonic summoning, residing in subterranean chambers. Uthex was implying he had Traag, but the magru ate them all.		Interestingly, "traglaakh" was likely a dark joke, since "trag" is an improper Iruaric phoneme. The Iruaric glossary in the [[Tomes of Kulthea]] used "laakh" to mean both "maker" and "lost", when the source material has maker as "lavan." It was apparently an intentional typographical error, so the phrase would have a double meaning, referring to two separate properties. Since "trog" is cavern and "shu" is fire, players interpreted it as "ugly fire cave makers." (Similarly, this version of the glossary is missing the translation for the word fire or flames, pushing players away from translating it that way. It added lore about symbols containing multiple meanings.) It would more literally mean "ugly fiery wet-emptying traag losers", or "made from the loss of traag", which were another kind of "other standard" extra-planar entity. [[Traag]] resembled huge black panthers, which were known for their demonic summoning, residing in subterranean chambers. Uthex was implying he had Traag, but the magru ate them all.

	== References ==
	* [http://www.play.net/gs4/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=1436 Magru on Play.net bestiary]

	{{Nearlevel		{{Nearlevel

GS4-NAIKEN: added picture from play.net

2019-06-29T20:40:27Z

added picture from play.net

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:40, 29 June 2019
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{Creature start2 <!-- See Help:Creatures for full instructions on editing creature pages and copy/paste code. Copy/pasting code from an existing creature page may result in missing fields -->		{{Creature start2 <!-- See Help:Creatures for full instructions on editing creature pages and copy/paste code. Copy/pasting code from an existing creature page may result in missing fields -->
	\| picture =		\| picture = magru.jpg
	\| level = 37<!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->		\| level = 37<!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->
	\| family = Magru<!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->		\| family = Magru<!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->

GS4-SOTSONA: Updated template

2019-05-30T18:38:30Z

Updated template

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-| level = 37
+| picture =
-| undead = No
+| otherclass2 =
 }}
-| nobolt =
+| PA2 =
-| nowarding =
+| PAB =
-| noability =
+| PA3 =
 }}
-| noability =
+| MnMTD =
 }}
 {{Creature treasure
- | coins = ?
+ | coins =
- | magic items = ?
+ | magic items =
  | gems = Yes
- | boxes = ?
+ | boxes =
- | other = ?
+ | other =
- | skin = None
+ | skin = No
 }}
 {{Creature end}}

VANKRASN39: bts fix, format

2017-10-30T16:55:25Z

bts fix, format

Show changes

INIQUITY: behind the scenes: insert "maker of moons" reference about controlling lizards

2016-07-04T08:06:06Z

behind the scenes: insert "maker of moons" reference about controlling lizards

← Older revision		Revision as of 03:06, 4 July 2016
Line 143:		Line 143:
	While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with [https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Shoggoth_(3.5e_creature) acid], causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV. It is typical for Dungeons & Dragons kinds of adaptations of shoggoths to be acidic, pounding blobs with such immunities. The magru may actually be an unnatural hybrid of the Absorbers and [[Hoard]].		While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with [https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Shoggoth_(3.5e_creature) acid], causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV. It is typical for Dungeons & Dragons kinds of adaptations of shoggoths to be acidic, pounding blobs with such immunities. The magru may actually be an unnatural hybrid of the Absorbers and [[Hoard]].

	The Broken Lands contains numerous allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The [[myklian]] correspond to the "toad-things" who lived on the moon with [[Traag\|black cats]] ~~and~~ [[Sheruvian monk\|almost-humans]], with the various factions slaughtering each other with reference to the "[[hooded figure#Behind The Scenes\|blasphemous plateau]]" of fungi. However, the magru refer instead to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth shoggoths] from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"], which is also based on the cold waste of Kadath. (The shoggoths pulsed with [[Moaning spirit#Behind The Scenes\|green light]], were cold immune, and covered in [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|black ooze]]. They [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|slumbered]] in a [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|foul lake]] in the nether pits of the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|night-gaunts]], below the peaks of Throk, in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p289.aspx "Fungi from Yuggoth"] right before the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Nyarlathotep]] poem.) These acquired independence long after their artificial creation by the [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|Old Ones]], with only the manipulation of existing life now possible. This is reflected in the extra-planar entities originating in [[Lord of Essaence]] [[Uthex Kathiasas\|experiments]], with Uthex limited to making and [[Crystyl\|telepathically]] controlling templates.		The Broken Lands contains numerous allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The [[myklian]] correspond to the "toad-things" who lived on the moon with [[Traag\|black cats]], allied with [[Sheruvian monk\|almost-humans]], with the various factions slaughtering each other with reference to the "[[hooded figure#Behind The Scenes\|blasphemous plateau]]" of fungi. However, the magru refer instead to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth shoggoths] from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"], which is also based on the cold waste of Kadath. (The shoggoths pulsed with [[Moaning spirit#Behind The Scenes\|green light]], were cold immune, and covered in [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|black ooze]]. They [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|slumbered]] in a [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|foul lake]] in the nether pits of the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|night-gaunts]], below the peaks of Throk, in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p289.aspx "Fungi from Yuggoth"] right before the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Nyarlathotep]] poem. The foul lake as shoggoth pit might also refer to the Xian race who [[Ki-lin#Behind The Scenes\|controlled lizards]], explaining the dark cavern lizards, as remote appendages and whose bodies were warped by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maker_of_Moons_(short_story) "Maker of Moons"].) These acquired independence long after their artificial creation by the [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|Old Ones]], with only the manipulation of existing life now possible. This is reflected in the extra-planar entities originating in [[Lord of Essaence]] [[Uthex Kathiasas\|experiments]], with Uthex limited to making and [[Crystyl\|telepathically]] controlling templates.
	<pre{{log2}}>		<pre{{log2}}>
	"With the march of time, as the sculptures sadly confessed, the art of creating new life from inorganic matter had been lost; so that the Old Ones had to depend on the moulding of forms already in existence. On land the [[Myklian\|great reptiles]] proved highly tractable; but the shoggoths of the sea, reproducing by fission and acquiring a dangerous degree of accidental intelligence, presented for a time a formidable problem.		"With the march of time, as the sculptures sadly confessed, the art of creating new life from inorganic matter had been lost; so that the Old Ones had to depend on the moulding of forms already in existence. On land the [[Myklian\|great reptiles]] proved highly tractable; but the shoggoths of the sea, reproducing by fission and acquiring a dangerous degree of accidental intelligence, presented for a time a formidable problem.

INIQUITY: behind the scenes: shulu / hulk vowel glottalization

2016-06-24T10:52:59Z

behind the scenes: shulu / hulk vowel glottalization

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:52, 24 June 2016
Line 155:		Line 155:
	"At any rate, when the men of K’n-yan went down into [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|N’kai’s]] black abyss with their great atom-power searchlights they found living things—living things that oozed along stone channels and worshipped onyx and basalt images of Tsathoggua. But they were not [[Myklian#Behind The Scenes\|toads]] like Tsathoggua himself. Far worse—they were '''amorphous lumps''' of '''viscous black slime''' that took '''temporary shapes''' for various purposes. The explorers of K’n-yan did not pause for detailed observations, and those who escaped alive sealed the passage leading from '''red-litten''' Yoth down into the gulfs of nether horror. Then all the images of Tsathoggua in the land of K’n-yan were dissolved into the ether by disintegrating rays, and the cult was abolished forever." - '''''The Mound'''''; ''(the K'n-yans once lived near Kadath)''		"At any rate, when the men of K’n-yan went down into [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|N’kai’s]] black abyss with their great atom-power searchlights they found living things—living things that oozed along stone channels and worshipped onyx and basalt images of Tsathoggua. But they were not [[Myklian#Behind The Scenes\|toads]] like Tsathoggua himself. Far worse—they were '''amorphous lumps''' of '''viscous black slime''' that took '''temporary shapes''' for various purposes. The explorers of K’n-yan did not pause for detailed observations, and those who escaped alive sealed the passage leading from '''red-litten''' Yoth down into the gulfs of nether horror. Then all the images of Tsathoggua in the land of K’n-yan were dissolved into the ether by disintegrating rays, and the cult was abolished forever." - '''''The Mound'''''; ''(the K'n-yans once lived near Kadath)''
	</pre>		</pre>
	The word "shuk" is also a particularly odd composite glyph in their original name, possibly incorporating the concept of "hulkanen", implying the magru make worlds and whatever they touch ugly, barren and empty. The [[Marlu#Behind The Scenes\|Dark Shrine]] inscription notably dropped the "k" on "Throk", but these guardians gained the "k" as a suffix. (Their mountain corresponds to the [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "peaks of Throk"] and "Vale of [[Traag#Behind The Scenes\|Pnoth]]".) In favor of the former view is "ul" being missing as a glottal stop for an ancient speaker of Iruaric allows [[Iruaric#(B) Vocabulary Discrepancy\|"lyxarulis"]] to become "lyxaris", which is essentially only a pronunciation difference from "lyxatis".		The word "shuk" is also a particularly odd composite glyph in their original name, possibly incorporating the concept of "hulkanen", implying the magru make worlds and whatever they touch ugly, barren and empty. The [[Marlu#Behind The Scenes\|Dark Shrine]] inscription notably dropped the "k" on "Throk", but these guardians gained the "k" as a suffix. (Their mountain corresponds to the [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "peaks of Throk"] and "Vale of [[Traag#Behind The Scenes\|Pnoth]]".) In favor of the former view is "ul" being missing as a glottal stop for an ancient speaker of Iruaric allows [[Iruaric#(B) Vocabulary Discrepancy\|"lyxarulis"]] to become "lyxaris", which is essentially only a pronunciation difference from "lyxatis". In this approach the word "lugshuk" is a composite of "shulu" for wet with "hulk" for barren, with the "ul" removed as a glottalization leaving the term "shuk", which hints that "lyxatis" may be missing "ul."

	Interestingly, "traglaakh" was ~~probably~~ a dark joke, ~~because~~ "trag" is ~~not~~ ~~proper~~ Iruaric. The Iruaric glossary in the [[Tomes of Kulthea]] used "laakh" to mean both "maker" and "lost", when the source material has maker ~~being~~ "lavan." It was apparently an intentional typographical error, so the phrase would have a double meaning, referring to two separate properties. Since "trog" is cavern, and "shu" is fire, players interpreted it as "ugly fire cave makers." (Similarly, this version of the glossary is missing the translation for the word fire or flames, pushing players away from translating it that way. It added lore about symbols containing multiple meanings.) It would more literally mean "ugly fiery wet traag losers", or "made from the loss of traag", which were another kind of "other standard" extra-planar entity. [[Traag]] resembled huge black panthers, which were known for their demonic summoning, residing in subterranean chambers. Uthex was implying he had Traag, but the magru ate them all.		Interestingly, "traglaakh" was likely a dark joke, since "trag" is an improper Iruaric phoneme. The Iruaric glossary in the [[Tomes of Kulthea]] used "laakh" to mean both "maker" and "lost", when the source material has maker as "lavan." It was apparently an intentional typographical error, so the phrase would have a double meaning, referring to two separate properties. Since "trog" is cavern and "shu" is fire, players interpreted it as "ugly fire cave makers." (Similarly, this version of the glossary is missing the translation for the word fire or flames, pushing players away from translating it that way. It added lore about symbols containing multiple meanings.) It would more literally mean "ugly fiery wet-emptying traag losers", or "made from the loss of traag", which were another kind of "other standard" extra-planar entity. [[Traag]] resembled huge black panthers, which were known for their demonic summoning, residing in subterranean chambers. Uthex was implying he had Traag, but the magru ate them all.

	== References ==		== References ==

INIQUITY: shuk / shulk with ul modified as glottal stop

2016-06-23T01:11:26Z

shuk / shulk with ul modified as glottal stop

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:11, 22 June 2016
Line 155:		Line 155:
	"At any rate, when the men of K’n-yan went down into [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|N’kai’s]] black abyss with their great atom-power searchlights they found living things—living things that oozed along stone channels and worshipped onyx and basalt images of Tsathoggua. But they were not [[Myklian#Behind The Scenes\|toads]] like Tsathoggua himself. Far worse—they were '''amorphous lumps''' of '''viscous black slime''' that took '''temporary shapes''' for various purposes. The explorers of K’n-yan did not pause for detailed observations, and those who escaped alive sealed the passage leading from '''red-litten''' Yoth down into the gulfs of nether horror. Then all the images of Tsathoggua in the land of K’n-yan were dissolved into the ether by disintegrating rays, and the cult was abolished forever." - '''''The Mound'''''; ''(the K'n-yans once lived near Kadath)''		"At any rate, when the men of K’n-yan went down into [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|N’kai’s]] black abyss with their great atom-power searchlights they found living things—living things that oozed along stone channels and worshipped onyx and basalt images of Tsathoggua. But they were not [[Myklian#Behind The Scenes\|toads]] like Tsathoggua himself. Far worse—they were '''amorphous lumps''' of '''viscous black slime''' that took '''temporary shapes''' for various purposes. The explorers of K’n-yan did not pause for detailed observations, and those who escaped alive sealed the passage leading from '''red-litten''' Yoth down into the gulfs of nether horror. Then all the images of Tsathoggua in the land of K’n-yan were dissolved into the ether by disintegrating rays, and the cult was abolished forever." - '''''The Mound'''''; ''(the K'n-yans once lived near Kadath)''
	</pre>		</pre>
	The word "shuk" is also a particularly odd composite glyph in their original name, possibly incorporating the concept of "hulkanen", implying the magru make worlds and whatever they touch ugly, barren and empty. The [[Marlu#Behind The Scenes\|Dark Shrine]] inscription notably dropped the "k" on "Throk", but these guardians gained the "k" as a suffix. Their mountain corresponds to the [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "peaks of Throk"] and "Vale of [[Traag#Behind The Scenes\|Pnoth]]".		The word "shuk" is also a particularly odd composite glyph in their original name, possibly incorporating the concept of "hulkanen", implying the magru make worlds and whatever they touch ugly, barren and empty. The [[Marlu#Behind The Scenes\|Dark Shrine]] inscription notably dropped the "k" on "Throk", but these guardians gained the "k" as a suffix. (Their mountain corresponds to the [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "peaks of Throk"] and "Vale of [[Traag#Behind The Scenes\|Pnoth]]".) In favor of the former view is "ul" being missing as a glottal stop for an ancient speaker of Iruaric allows [[Iruaric#(B) Vocabulary Discrepancy\|"lyxarulis"]] to become "lyxaris", which is essentially only a pronunciation difference from "lyxatis".

	Interestingly, "traglaakh" was probably a dark joke, because "trag" is not proper Iruaric. The Iruaric glossary in the [[Tomes of Kulthea]] used "laakh" to mean both "maker" and "lost", when the source material has maker being "lavan." It was apparently an intentional typographical error, so the phrase would have a double meaning, referring to two separate properties. Since "trog" is cavern, and "shu" is fire, players interpreted it as "ugly fire cave makers." (Similarly, this version of the glossary is missing the translation for the word fire or flames, pushing players away from translating it that way. It added lore about symbols containing multiple meanings.) It would more literally mean "ugly fiery wet traag losers", or "made from the loss of traag", which were another kind of "other standard" extra-planar entity. [[Traag]] resembled huge black panthers, which were known for their demonic summoning, residing in subterranean chambers. Uthex was implying he had Traag, but the magru ate them all.		Interestingly, "traglaakh" was probably a dark joke, because "trag" is not proper Iruaric. The Iruaric glossary in the [[Tomes of Kulthea]] used "laakh" to mean both "maker" and "lost", when the source material has maker being "lavan." It was apparently an intentional typographical error, so the phrase would have a double meaning, referring to two separate properties. Since "trog" is cavern, and "shu" is fire, players interpreted it as "ugly fire cave makers." (Similarly, this version of the glossary is missing the translation for the word fire or flames, pushing players away from translating it that way. It added lore about symbols containing multiple meanings.) It would more literally mean "ugly fiery wet traag losers", or "made from the loss of traag", which were another kind of "other standard" extra-planar entity. [[Traag]] resembled huge black panthers, which were known for their demonic summoning, residing in subterranean chambers. Uthex was implying he had Traag, but the magru ate them all.

INIQUITY: absorber/hoard hybrid

2016-06-07T07:09:33Z

absorber/hoard hybrid

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:09, 7 June 2016
Line 141:		Line 141:
	[[Uthex Kathiasas]] named these [[ICE age\|"lug'shuk traglaakh"]] (''[[Iruaric]]'': "ugly fire cave makers" [actually a subtle [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|play on words]] in Iruaric, see explanation below]), which formed parts or all of the Dark Grotto. "shuk" would be plausibly derived from "shulu" as well, which is the Iruaric word for "wet", referencing their acidic sprays and gelatinous bodies. These were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Absorbers. They originated on a highly caustic "unearthly" plane of existence, and were always trying to escape to others, because there was almost no flesh left for them to absorb. They would use the mass of the flesh to replicate themselves, like [[v'reen morphs]] in the [[Elanthia\|modern]] history. Whether it is an homage to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_%28monster%29 grue] trope is unclear, but it is similar to [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|Morgu]].		[[Uthex Kathiasas]] named these [[ICE age\|"lug'shuk traglaakh"]] (''[[Iruaric]]'': "ugly fire cave makers" [actually a subtle [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|play on words]] in Iruaric, see explanation below]), which formed parts or all of the Dark Grotto. "shuk" would be plausibly derived from "shulu" as well, which is the Iruaric word for "wet", referencing their acidic sprays and gelatinous bodies. These were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Absorbers. They originated on a highly caustic "unearthly" plane of existence, and were always trying to escape to others, because there was almost no flesh left for them to absorb. They would use the mass of the flesh to replicate themselves, like [[v'reen morphs]] in the [[Elanthia\|modern]] history. Whether it is an homage to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_%28monster%29 grue] trope is unclear, but it is similar to [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|Morgu]].

	While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with [https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Shoggoth_(3.5e_creature) acid], causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.		While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with [https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Shoggoth_(3.5e_creature) acid], causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV. It is typical for Dungeons & Dragons kinds of adaptations of shoggoths to be acidic, pounding blobs with such immunities. The magru may actually be an unnatural hybrid of the Absorbers and [[Hoard]].

	The Broken Lands contains numerous allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The [[myklian]] correspond to the "toad-things" who lived on the moon with [[Traag\|black cats]] and [[Sheruvian monk\|almost-humans]], with the various factions slaughtering each other with reference to the "[[hooded figure#Behind The Scenes\|blasphemous plateau]]" of fungi. However, the magru refer instead to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth shoggoths] from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"], which is also based on the cold waste of Kadath. (The shoggoths pulsed with [[Moaning spirit#Behind The Scenes\|green light]], were cold immune, and covered in [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|black ooze]]. They [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|slumbered]] in a [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|foul lake]] in the nether pits of the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|night-gaunts]], below the peaks of Throk, in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p289.aspx "Fungi from Yuggoth"] right before the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Nyarlathotep]] poem.) These acquired independence long after their artificial creation by the [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|Old Ones]], with only the manipulation of existing life now possible. This is reflected in the extra-planar entities originating in [[Lord of Essaence]] [[Uthex Kathiasas\|experiments]], with Uthex limited to making and [[Crystyl\|telepathically]] controlling templates.		The Broken Lands contains numerous allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The [[myklian]] correspond to the "toad-things" who lived on the moon with [[Traag\|black cats]] and [[Sheruvian monk\|almost-humans]], with the various factions slaughtering each other with reference to the "[[hooded figure#Behind The Scenes\|blasphemous plateau]]" of fungi. However, the magru refer instead to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth shoggoths] from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"], which is also based on the cold waste of Kadath. (The shoggoths pulsed with [[Moaning spirit#Behind The Scenes\|green light]], were cold immune, and covered in [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|black ooze]]. They [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|slumbered]] in a [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|foul lake]] in the nether pits of the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|night-gaunts]], below the peaks of Throk, in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p289.aspx "Fungi from Yuggoth"] right before the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Nyarlathotep]] poem.) These acquired independence long after their artificial creation by the [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|Old Ones]], with only the manipulation of existing life now possible. This is reflected in the extra-planar entities originating in [[Lord of Essaence]] [[Uthex Kathiasas\|experiments]], with Uthex limited to making and [[Crystyl\|telepathically]] controlling templates.

INIQUITY: links

2016-06-05T10:01:02Z

links

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:01, 5 June 2016
Line 141:		Line 141:
	[[Uthex Kathiasas]] named these [[ICE age\|"lug'shuk traglaakh"]] (''[[Iruaric]]'': "ugly fire cave makers" [actually a subtle [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|play on words]] in Iruaric, see explanation below]), which formed parts or all of the Dark Grotto. "shuk" would be plausibly derived from "shulu" as well, which is the Iruaric word for "wet", referencing their acidic sprays and gelatinous bodies. These were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Absorbers. They originated on a highly caustic "unearthly" plane of existence, and were always trying to escape to others, because there was almost no flesh left for them to absorb. They would use the mass of the flesh to replicate themselves, like [[v'reen morphs]] in the [[Elanthia\|modern]] history. Whether it is an homage to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_%28monster%29 grue] trope is unclear, but it is similar to [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|Morgu]].		[[Uthex Kathiasas]] named these [[ICE age\|"lug'shuk traglaakh"]] (''[[Iruaric]]'': "ugly fire cave makers" [actually a subtle [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|play on words]] in Iruaric, see explanation below]), which formed parts or all of the Dark Grotto. "shuk" would be plausibly derived from "shulu" as well, which is the Iruaric word for "wet", referencing their acidic sprays and gelatinous bodies. These were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Absorbers. They originated on a highly caustic "unearthly" plane of existence, and were always trying to escape to others, because there was almost no flesh left for them to absorb. They would use the mass of the flesh to replicate themselves, like [[v'reen morphs]] in the [[Elanthia\|modern]] history. Whether it is an homage to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_%28monster%29 grue] trope is unclear, but it is similar to [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|Morgu]].

	While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with acid, causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.		While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with [https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Shoggoth_(3.5e_creature) acid], causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.

	The Broken Lands contains numerous allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The [[myklian]] correspond to the "toad-things" who lived on the moon with [[Traag\|black cats]] and [[Sheruvian monk\|almost-humans]], with the various factions slaughtering each other with reference to the "[[hooded figure#Behind The Scenes\|blasphemous plateau]]" of fungi. However, the magru refer instead to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth shoggoths] from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"], which is also based on the cold waste of Kadath. (The shoggoths pulsed with [[Moaning spirit#Behind The Scenes\|green light]], were cold immune, and covered in black ooze. They [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|slumbered]] in a foul lake in the nether pits of the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|night-gaunts]], below the peaks of Throk, in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p289.aspx "Fungi from Yuggoth"] right before the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Nyarlathotep]] poem.) These acquired independence long after their artificial creation by the [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|Old Ones]], with only the manipulation of existing life now possible. This is reflected in the extra-planar entities originating in [[Lord of Essaence]] [[Uthex Kathiasas\|experiments]], with Uthex limited to making and [[Crystyl\|telepathically]] controlling templates.		The Broken Lands contains numerous allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The [[myklian]] correspond to the "toad-things" who lived on the moon with [[Traag\|black cats]] and [[Sheruvian monk\|almost-humans]], with the various factions slaughtering each other with reference to the "[[hooded figure#Behind The Scenes\|blasphemous plateau]]" of fungi. However, the magru refer instead to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth shoggoths] from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"], which is also based on the cold waste of Kadath. (The shoggoths pulsed with [[Moaning spirit#Behind The Scenes\|green light]], were cold immune, and covered in [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|black ooze]]. They [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|slumbered]] in a [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|foul lake]] in the nether pits of the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|night-gaunts]], below the peaks of Throk, in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p289.aspx "Fungi from Yuggoth"] right before the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Nyarlathotep]] poem.) These acquired independence long after their artificial creation by the [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|Old Ones]], with only the manipulation of existing life now possible. This is reflected in the extra-planar entities originating in [[Lord of Essaence]] [[Uthex Kathiasas\|experiments]], with Uthex limited to making and [[Crystyl\|telepathically]] controlling templates.
	<pre{{log2}}>		<pre{{log2}}>
	"With the march of time, as the sculptures sadly confessed, the art of creating new life from inorganic matter had been lost; so that the Old Ones had to depend on the moulding of forms already in existence. On land the [[Myklian\|great reptiles]] proved highly tractable; but the shoggoths of the sea, reproducing by fission and acquiring a dangerous degree of accidental intelligence, presented for a time a formidable problem.		"With the march of time, as the sculptures sadly confessed, the art of creating new life from inorganic matter had been lost; so that the Old Ones had to depend on the moulding of forms already in existence. On land the [[Myklian\|great reptiles]] proved highly tractable; but the shoggoths of the sea, reproducing by fission and acquiring a dangerous degree of accidental intelligence, presented for a time a formidable problem.

INIQUITY: magru / morgu quasi-anagram

2016-05-31T11:51:43Z

magru / morgu quasi-anagram

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:51, 31 May 2016
Line 139:		Line 139:
	==Behind The Scenes==		==Behind The Scenes==

	[[Uthex Kathiasas]] named these [[ICE age\|"lug'shuk traglaakh"]] (''[[Iruaric]]'': "ugly fire cave makers" [actually a subtle [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|play on words]] in Iruaric, see explanation below]), which formed parts or all of the Dark Grotto. "shuk" would be plausibly derived from "shulu" as well, which is the Iruaric word for "wet", referencing their acidic sprays and gelatinous bodies. These were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Absorbers. They originated on a highly caustic "unearthly" plane of existence, and were always trying to escape to others, because there was almost no flesh left for them to absorb. They would use the mass of the flesh to replicate themselves, like [[v'reen morphs]] in the [[Elanthia\|modern]] history. Whether ~~"magru"~~ ~~was~~ an homage to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_%28monster%29 grue] trope ~~can~~ ~~only~~ be ~~guessed~~.		[[Uthex Kathiasas]] named these [[ICE age\|"lug'shuk traglaakh"]] (''[[Iruaric]]'': "ugly fire cave makers" [actually a subtle [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|play on words]] in Iruaric, see explanation below]), which formed parts or all of the Dark Grotto. "shuk" would be plausibly derived from "shulu" as well, which is the Iruaric word for "wet", referencing their acidic sprays and gelatinous bodies. These were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Absorbers. They originated on a highly caustic "unearthly" plane of existence, and were always trying to escape to others, because there was almost no flesh left for them to absorb. They would use the mass of the flesh to replicate themselves, like [[v'reen morphs]] in the [[Elanthia\|modern]] history. Whether it is an homage to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_%28monster%29 grue] trope is unclear, but it is similar to [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|Morgu]].

	While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with acid, causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.		While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with acid, causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:09, 7 June 2016
Line 141:		Line 141:
	[[Uthex Kathiasas]] named these [[ICE age\|"lug'shuk traglaakh"]] (''[[Iruaric]]'': "ugly fire cave makers" [actually a subtle [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|play on words]] in Iruaric, see explanation below]), which formed parts or all of the Dark Grotto. "shuk" would be plausibly derived from "shulu" as well, which is the Iruaric word for "wet", referencing their acidic sprays and gelatinous bodies. These were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Absorbers. They originated on a highly caustic "unearthly" plane of existence, and were always trying to escape to others, because there was almost no flesh left for them to absorb. They would use the mass of the flesh to replicate themselves, like [[v'reen morphs]] in the [[Elanthia\|modern]] history. Whether it is an homage to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_%28monster%29 grue] trope is unclear, but it is similar to [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|Morgu]].		[[Uthex Kathiasas]] named these [[ICE age\|"lug'shuk traglaakh"]] (''[[Iruaric]]'': "ugly fire cave makers" [actually a subtle [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|play on words]] in Iruaric, see explanation below]), which formed parts or all of the Dark Grotto. "shuk" would be plausibly derived from "shulu" as well, which is the Iruaric word for "wet", referencing their acidic sprays and gelatinous bodies. These were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Absorbers. They originated on a highly caustic "unearthly" plane of existence, and were always trying to escape to others, because there was almost no flesh left for them to absorb. They would use the mass of the flesh to replicate themselves, like [[v'reen morphs]] in the [[Elanthia\|modern]] history. Whether it is an homage to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_%28monster%29 grue] trope is unclear, but it is similar to [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|Morgu]].

	While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with [https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Shoggoth_(3.5e_creature) acid], causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.		While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with [https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Shoggoth_(3.5e_creature) acid], causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV. It is typical for Dungeons & Dragons kinds of adaptations of shoggoths to be acidic, pounding blobs with such immunities. The magru may actually be an unnatural hybrid of the Absorbers and [[Hoard]].

	The Broken Lands contains numerous allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The [[myklian]] correspond to the "toad-things" who lived on the moon with [[Traag\|black cats]] and [[Sheruvian monk\|almost-humans]], with the various factions slaughtering each other with reference to the "[[hooded figure#Behind The Scenes\|blasphemous plateau]]" of fungi. However, the magru refer instead to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth shoggoths] from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"], which is also based on the cold waste of Kadath. (The shoggoths pulsed with [[Moaning spirit#Behind The Scenes\|green light]], were cold immune, and covered in [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|black ooze]]. They [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|slumbered]] in a [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|foul lake]] in the nether pits of the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|night-gaunts]], below the peaks of Throk, in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p289.aspx "Fungi from Yuggoth"] right before the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Nyarlathotep]] poem.) These acquired independence long after their artificial creation by the [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|Old Ones]], with only the manipulation of existing life now possible. This is reflected in the extra-planar entities originating in [[Lord of Essaence]] [[Uthex Kathiasas\|experiments]], with Uthex limited to making and [[Crystyl\|telepathically]] controlling templates.		The Broken Lands contains numerous allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The [[myklian]] correspond to the "toad-things" who lived on the moon with [[Traag\|black cats]] and [[Sheruvian monk\|almost-humans]], with the various factions slaughtering each other with reference to the "[[hooded figure#Behind The Scenes\|blasphemous plateau]]" of fungi. However, the magru refer instead to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth shoggoths] from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"], which is also based on the cold waste of Kadath. (The shoggoths pulsed with [[Moaning spirit#Behind The Scenes\|green light]], were cold immune, and covered in [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|black ooze]]. They [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|slumbered]] in a [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|foul lake]] in the nether pits of the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|night-gaunts]], below the peaks of Throk, in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p289.aspx "Fungi from Yuggoth"] right before the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Nyarlathotep]] poem.) These acquired independence long after their artificial creation by the [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|Old Ones]], with only the manipulation of existing life now possible. This is reflected in the extra-planar entities originating in [[Lord of Essaence]] [[Uthex Kathiasas\|experiments]], with Uthex limited to making and [[Crystyl\|telepathically]] controlling templates.

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:01, 5 June 2016
Line 141:		Line 141:
	[[Uthex Kathiasas]] named these [[ICE age\|"lug'shuk traglaakh"]] (''[[Iruaric]]'': "ugly fire cave makers" [actually a subtle [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|play on words]] in Iruaric, see explanation below]), which formed parts or all of the Dark Grotto. "shuk" would be plausibly derived from "shulu" as well, which is the Iruaric word for "wet", referencing their acidic sprays and gelatinous bodies. These were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Absorbers. They originated on a highly caustic "unearthly" plane of existence, and were always trying to escape to others, because there was almost no flesh left for them to absorb. They would use the mass of the flesh to replicate themselves, like [[v'reen morphs]] in the [[Elanthia\|modern]] history. Whether it is an homage to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_%28monster%29 grue] trope is unclear, but it is similar to [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|Morgu]].		[[Uthex Kathiasas]] named these [[ICE age\|"lug'shuk traglaakh"]] (''[[Iruaric]]'': "ugly fire cave makers" [actually a subtle [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|play on words]] in Iruaric, see explanation below]), which formed parts or all of the Dark Grotto. "shuk" would be plausibly derived from "shulu" as well, which is the Iruaric word for "wet", referencing their acidic sprays and gelatinous bodies. These were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Absorbers. They originated on a highly caustic "unearthly" plane of existence, and were always trying to escape to others, because there was almost no flesh left for them to absorb. They would use the mass of the flesh to replicate themselves, like [[v'reen morphs]] in the [[Elanthia\|modern]] history. Whether it is an homage to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_%28monster%29 grue] trope is unclear, but it is similar to [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|Morgu]].

	While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with acid, causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.		While intelligent, they were utterly alien, so no one knew how to communicate with them. They would follow portals wherever they led. Absorbers would attack with [https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Shoggoth_(3.5e_creature) acid], causing heat criticals, and were so caustic most weapons were useless on them. Their immunity to fire and heat is not derived from Rolemaster. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.

	The Broken Lands contains numerous allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The [[myklian]] correspond to the "toad-things" who lived on the moon with [[Traag\|black cats]] and [[Sheruvian monk\|almost-humans]], with the various factions slaughtering each other with reference to the "[[hooded figure#Behind The Scenes\|blasphemous plateau]]" of fungi. However, the magru refer instead to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth shoggoths] from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"], which is also based on the cold waste of Kadath. (The shoggoths pulsed with [[Moaning spirit#Behind The Scenes\|green light]], were cold immune, and covered in black ooze. They [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|slumbered]] in a foul lake in the nether pits of the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|night-gaunts]], below the peaks of Throk, in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p289.aspx "Fungi from Yuggoth"] right before the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Nyarlathotep]] poem.) These acquired independence long after their artificial creation by the [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|Old Ones]], with only the manipulation of existing life now possible. This is reflected in the extra-planar entities originating in [[Lord of Essaence]] [[Uthex Kathiasas\|experiments]], with Uthex limited to making and [[Crystyl\|telepathically]] controlling templates.		The Broken Lands contains numerous allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The [[myklian]] correspond to the "toad-things" who lived on the moon with [[Traag\|black cats]] and [[Sheruvian monk\|almost-humans]], with the various factions slaughtering each other with reference to the "[[hooded figure#Behind The Scenes\|blasphemous plateau]]" of fungi. However, the magru refer instead to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth shoggoths] from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"], which is also based on the cold waste of Kadath. (The shoggoths pulsed with [[Moaning spirit#Behind The Scenes\|green light]], were cold immune, and covered in [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|black ooze]]. They [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|slumbered]] in a [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|foul lake]] in the nether pits of the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|night-gaunts]], below the peaks of Throk, in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p289.aspx "Fungi from Yuggoth"] right before the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Nyarlathotep]] poem.) These acquired independence long after their artificial creation by the [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|Old Ones]], with only the manipulation of existing life now possible. This is reflected in the extra-planar entities originating in [[Lord of Essaence]] [[Uthex Kathiasas\|experiments]], with Uthex limited to making and [[Crystyl\|telepathically]] controlling templates.
	<pre{{log2}}>		<pre{{log2}}>
	"With the march of time, as the sculptures sadly confessed, the art of creating new life from inorganic matter had been lost; so that the Old Ones had to depend on the moulding of forms already in existence. On land the [[Myklian\|great reptiles]] proved highly tractable; but the shoggoths of the sea, reproducing by fission and acquiring a dangerous degree of accidental intelligence, presented for a time a formidable problem.		"With the march of time, as the sculptures sadly confessed, the art of creating new life from inorganic matter had been lost; so that the Old Ones had to depend on the moulding of forms already in existence. On land the [[Myklian\|great reptiles]] proved highly tractable; but the shoggoths of the sea, reproducing by fission and acquiring a dangerous degree of accidental intelligence, presented for a time a formidable problem.