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VIII Great Old Ones and Outer Gods Reflex save halves this damage and prevents the target from catching on fire Heat Wave At the start of each round, the temperature in Cthugha’s area of influence increases by 1º F The maximum temperature increase possible from this effect is ten times Cthugha’s current stage It is unlikely for Cthugha to form in an area of cold temperatures, so it is likely that the starting temperature is already fairly warm Immobile At stage influence, Cthugha no longer moves Instead, it looms in the sky above the region below, several miles up in the atmosphere where it cannot be easily reached Its area of influence extends down through the atmosphere in a ten-mile radius column directly below its position in the sky above Spawn Fire Vampires At the start of each round, there’s a 25% chance that Cthugha causes 1d4 fire vampires to appear at random locations within its area of influence This effect doesn’t occur if there are already a number of fire vampires equal to Cthugha’s influence stage times 10 active in the area, regardless of whether those fire vampires were caused to appear by Cthugha or appeared as a result of other events years or it can be dropped at a moment’s notice—time has little meaning to the immortal fire vampires There are tales and legends of an elder thing called Fthaggua, said to be a sort of leader or master of the fire vampires In fact, Fthaggua is yet another gestaltentity formed of many fire vampires, though it is not as powerful as the Cthugha-form Fthaggua only takes a Cthugha is a Great Old One of colossal power associated with great heat When awakened, Cthugha appears in the sky, inaccessible to earthly beings It takes the form of a gigantic amoeba-like cloud of living fire, twisting and stretching in impossible directions Its convolutions not only rain fire down upon the world below, but also capture viewers’ minds and souls with enough time In truth, there is no single entity named Cthugha This being is a gestalt, formed of thousands or millions of fire vampires joined into a single, shared mind and body When so joined, they create a force of unstoppable power and might, equal in status and ferocity to any Great Old One This gestalt can be maintained for 229