displays what appears to be different personalities, except that projected by its own three-lobed burning but the underlying goal is always the same: to spread eye In this form, Nyarlathotep is a winged horror, madness and prepare the world for the eventual advent its wiry body is ringed with tentacles It possesses the of those he serves ability to strike its victims dead as though by lightning A few of his forms are listed below, but of course a GM is encouraged to invent others The Shadow Pharaoh: This is a sphinx-like entity of great size and power, whose face is either a gateway displaying other galaxies and stars (and through which victims can actually pass), or a hideous skull-like semblance The Black Man: This is an unnaturally cinderblack human form—not simply dark of skin, but entirely black In this form, Nyarlathotep presides over the witches’ sabbath and oversees covens of worshipers Humanoid: Nyarlathotep also takes on at least one unremarkable humanoid form, in which he generally One of the destinies of favored worshipers is to become mindless wraiths in Nyarlathotep’s service In any combat involving the Howler, he can shoot forth the million favored ones from his chest cavity They take the form of a great wind full of shrieking, damned souls Their howls and icy touch act to decrease a party’s combat or magical effectiveness While in theory, individual favored ones can be destroyed by magic or enchanted weapons, there are literally a million of them, so this is not an effective tactic The Howler in Combat resembles a member of a nearby humanoid population This is one of the best-known forms of Nyarlathotep This is used to conceal his identity and communicate and is notable for battle prowess, so it is likely to be his concepts more readily to mortals of a similar form encountered if Nyarlathotep is expecting combat The Bloated Woman: This cruel creature has Instead of a head, the Howler has a long tentacle tentacles, five fanged mouths, and a swollen form In stretching toward the heavens, shaded blood-red as this form, Nyarlathotep carries a magical fan which, it tapers He also has claws, three or more legs, and a when held before her eyes, causes her form to resemble gaping, almost sexual maw in the middle of his chest that of an attractive humanoid of great beauty by local from which light emits Inside this opening can be seen standards When the fan is dropped, her monstrosity the swirling faces and souls of those the Howler has becomes apparent, however devoured He drips a magical sap from his chest-cavity The Dark Demon: This pig-like humanoid's terror lies more in its aftereffects When the Dark Demon is summoned, he possesses the body of the summoner, twisting the hapless fool into a semblance that resembles which his worshipers seek to harvest Minions of the Crawling Chaos a tusked swine Typically, the Demon remains for only The Howler has creatures at his beck and call, including a few minutes When it departs, the victim does not hunting horrors, flying polyps, and almost any kind return to his former appearance—he is trapped in the of otherworldly entity, even those normally associated Dark Demon’s form forever with other entities (such as byakhee) Nyarlathotep can The Haunter of the Dark: A revealer of secrets, The Haunter cannot withstand any amount of light 264 The Million Favored Ones summon forth these entities to assist him in his battles