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gains summoning point It can immediately end a song upon gaining a summoning point to summon a monster of a CR equal to or less than its current number of summoning points, as if casting a summon monster spell A summoned creature remains for minute before it vanishes The types of monsters a servitor of the Outer Gods can summon this way are limited to creatures associated with the Outer Gods or Great Old Ones It cannot summon unique creatures or specific individuals with this ability Summoned eldritch horrors are not under the servitor’s control, and may be hostile toward the servitor A creature that is summoned in this way cannot use any spells or spell-like abilities that require material components costing more than gp unless those components are supplied, nor can it use its own summon ability (unless the summoned creature is another servitor of the Outer Gods) Summon eldritch horror functions as a 4th-level spell for the purposes of caster level checks and concentration checks Although servitors of the Outer Gods can summon eldritch horrors at will, they generally avoid summoning creatures of a CR more than twice their own CR, and when not in combat typically avoid using this ability entirely These creatures exist to appease the Outer Gods and advance their interests when brought to the mortal world While they are individually weak, their summoning ability makes them quite dangerous They play a haunting melody on their pipes, which can call forth dire beings from beyond: hunting horrors, byakhee, star vampires, and stranger things In combat, servitors of the Outer Gods writhe and dance to their own music, in such a way that allows them to avoid most blows, particularly ranged attacks A common tactic for one is to immediately summon another servitor and then something else The servitor summoned immediately summons yet another servitor, before going on to call other beings In this way, every servitor calls another, so that they multiply rapidly “Outside the ordered universe is that amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the center of all infinity—the boundless daemon Azathoth, whose name no lips dare speak aloud ” —H.P Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath 372