Essence of theShoggoth
byZediekiel
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AI summary
Comes as a shifting fleshy plasmic mass that consumes you from the inside out before your awareness settles into a new form: shoggoth physiology, an amorphous creature of malleable protoplasm able to take any shape within the limits of your mass and naturally adapted to survive any environment, biologically immortal and capable of living for eons in isolation without food or resources. You can shape your protoplasm into any organ, appendage or genetic structure you understand — defaulting to a writhing mass of eyes, mouths and tentacles but able to imitate other organisms, possibly at larger scale if your biomass exceeds theirs — shed mass by expelling parts of yourself or gain it by consuming organic material, heal any injury from your reserves though enough damage depletes them, and draw on a mental archive of the organs, adaptations, tools and genetic formulations shoggoths used in service to the Elder Things along with the skills to build, craft and fight with them, learning more by assimilating samples from other organisms and, with enough study of a species, reshaping its members' form and function by touch. You are supernaturally strong and durable even at rest, on par with heavy industrial equipment and able to shrug off firearms; your identity, consciousness and mental health persist in any form, letting you face Eldritch beings and cognitohazards unharmed; and even reduced to a single microscopic cell you survive and can rebuild yourself by consuming mass.
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Description
The vial contains a fleshy plasmic mass, evershifting, creating and discarding sensory organs in a constant arrhythmic cycle. Upon drinking it the consumer feels as though they are being eaten alive. Their body tended from the inside out. As the last of their body is consumed they find their mind briefly adrift, before the awareness of their new form sets in.
Effects
16You gain the physiology of a shoggoth. An amorphous creature composed of a malleable protoplasm. You are able to take on any shape, only confined by your mass and are naturally attuned to adapt your form for survival in any environment you find yourself in.
Your form is biologically immortal, capable of living for eons even in isolated environs with no access to food or other resources.
You may freely shape your protoplasmic form into whatever organ, appendage or genetic structure you desire.
While you will default to a writhing mass of protoplasm, eyes, mouths and wriggling tentacles, you may adjust your physiology and appearance within the confines of your understanding, allowing you to enact and undo whatever changes you can conceive of to yourself at will.
You may even take on the appearance of other organisms, though you may appear as larger versions of them if your reserve of biomass exceeds their standard form.
You may freely reduce your mass by expelling parts of your body, or increase your mass by consuming sufficient organic material.
Sufficient damage will deplete your biomass though you may use your existing mass to recover from any injuries you may sustain.
You gain a mental archive of organs, adaptations, tools, and genetic formulations utilized by Shoggoth’s in service to their creators, the Elder things.
You likewise gain the skills and capabilities to use such adaptations in the form of construction and crafting, as well as combat utilities.
You may learn additional organs, adaptations, tools and genetic formulations by assimilating samples from other organisms/objects, allowing you to reproduce them using your body.
With sufficient study of an organism or species, you may alter their form and function through direct physical contact.
You are supernaturally strong and durable even in your default form, roughly equivalent to the highest grade of industrial construction equipment and can shrug off traditional firearms.
Regardless of the form you take, your identity, consciousness and mental health will be preserved, allowing you to observe and interact with Eldritch beings and other Cognito-hazards without fear for your sanity or physiological health.
Even if reduced to only a single microscopic protoplasmic cell, your consciousness will be maintained within it and be capable of restoring itself with sufficient consumption of mass.
It is also possible to adjust your physiology form a mutualistic relationship with other organisms, replacing fat cells or other organs with your own biomass and fulfilling the role of such features yourself.
You are immune to hypnotic suggestion and mind-control, as the shoggoth’s of old adapted to these torments to rise against their masters.
- Categories
- survivalcombatcraftingmentalpsychic
- Traits
- mind controldurabilityimmortalityimmunity
- Keywords
- emotional control