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X Expanded Mythos Bestiary society, and only the prospect of discovering more can distract them from their enigmatic tasks Wizard’s shackles latched onto hosts will sometimes form a social group, like a mage’s guild composed solely of dominated spellcasters These collectives tend to work toward goals just as incomprehensible, if not more so, than an individual wizard’s shackle Such goals might include spending a week dedicated to cleaning all the city’s fountains until they shine or building an obelisk made of hollow copper A typical wizard’s shackle measures a mere foot in Archwizard’s Shackle Rarely, a wizard’s shackle that learns enough about the world manages to establish a personality that it maintains even without a host Archwizard’s shackles are often less disruptive and dangerous than their lesser kindred, as they understand that they are enslaving another being’s mind Many learn to work together with a host instead of taking full control, but evil archwizard’s shackles are a much more significant threat Archwizard’s shackles advance by class levels length and weighs about pounds And through this revolting graveyard of the universe the muffled, maddening beating of drums, and thin, monotonous whine of blasphemous flutes from inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond Time; the detestable pounding and piping whereunto dance slowly, awkwardly, and absurdly the gigantic, tenebrous ultimate gods — the blind, voiceless, mindless gargoyles whose soul is Nyarlathotep —H P Lovecraft, Nyarlathotep 493