Components V, S, M (inscribed stones to cast into the water) Optional Components F (the Rl’yeh Tablets give a +5 bonus on the ritual's skill checks) Skill Check Knowledge (dungeoneering) or Profession (Yog-Sothothery philosopher) DC 14, success Range 50 miles Targets up to 20 deep ones Duration instantaneous Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no This ritual alerts the nearest 20 mature deep ones within range, apprising them of the caster’s location formless spawn will generally move to encounter the caster as quickly as possible, as they and Tsathoggua are always interested in meals, new worshipers who might bring further meals, or just having a good time toying with fragile humanoids If this ritual is cast in or within 90 feet of any temple of Tsathoggua (even one without an intact altar or statue of Tsathoggua), the range becomes unlimited and interest in communication; it delivers no further CONTACT ITHAQUA specific message The deep ones gain familiarity with School evocation; Level Casting Time hours (2 phases of hours; fails automatically if interrupted) Components V, S, SC (at least and up to 10, who must have Mythos taint or have at least rank in Knowledge [geography] or Profession [Yog-Sothothery philosopher] and must chant from text; +1 bonus on the non-diagram ritual skill check per optional caster), L (beyond a polar circle or in a similar permanently cold area, atop a large hill of snow or a frozen peak) Skill Checks Craft (sculptor) DC 20, success (diagram); Knowledge (geography) or Profession (Yog-Sothothery philosopher) DC 33, success Range unlimited Diagram primary caster must stand in the middle of a 10-foot-diameter circle carved into the ice and snow Effect Ithaqua Duration 1d10 hours Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no the caster as if they had firsthand knowledge (for the purpose of scrying and similar spells) and gain familiarity with the caster's location as if they had seen it once (for the purpose of teleport and similar spells) The deep ones otherwise gain no special ability to travel to the caster or communicate Deep ones will cautiously learn what they can about the caster before approaching or otherwise making themselves known, or simply abduct an apparently weak and vulnerable caster for questioning by their leaders CONTACT FORMLESS SPAWN School evocation; Level Casting Time hour Casting Time V, S Optional Component F (the Book of Eibon gives a +5 insight bonus on skill checks to cast the ritual), L (inside a temple or shrine with an intact altar and/or statue of the Tsathoggua gives a +5 circumstance bonus to the ritual's skill checks) Skill Checks Knowledge (dungeoneering) or Profession (Yog-Sothothery philosopher) DC 20, success Range mile or unlimited; see text Targets up to 20 formless spawn of Tsathoggua Duration instantaneous Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no This ritual alerts formless spawn of Tsathoggua to the caster’s location and interest in communication Usually, casters use them as surrogates for contact with Tsathoggua itself The formless spawn gain no special 136 ability to contact or travel to the caster One or more This ritual calls down Ithaqua, the Elder God of ice, wind, and ravaging hunger Ithaqua may take several hours to appear, and might remain distant so that only the impossibly cold winds that follow his path mark his dread presence Regardless, Ithaqua will likely bring along some gnoph-keh (see page 342) and transform any ritual participants into wendigo (see page 396), if they are not wendigo already CONTACT YITHIANS School evocation; Level Casting Time 12 hours Components V, S