Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Back in the OSR: Ningen for Eldritch Tales



Ningen for Eldritch Tales

AC: 7 [12]
Save: 16
Morale: 3
Insanity: 16
Attacks: Bite +3 (1d6)
Special: Amphibious, Keen Senses
HD: 3
Move: 12

Level/XP: 3/60

These bizarre creatures, according Winifred Persian's interview of a Tcho-Tcho tribe on the Pacific island of Ogun, arrived here by hitching a ride on Haley's Comet in 1910. Conflicting reports from members of the tribe mention that they are either an expeditionary force for the mysterious Zot or servant's of Hastur seeking to ensure that Cthulhu doesn't wake from it's slumber.

Ningen live in the deep but are known to come ashore seemingly randomly, sometimes walking a few yards or even miles before plunging back into the ocean.

   

4 comments:

Scott Anderson said...

Don’t know how lucky you are?

Happy thanksgiving!🦃

Tedankhamen said...

Ningen 人間 means 'human' in Japanese.

Cross Planes said...

@Scott, I'm pretty lucky. Happy Thanksginv to you and yours.

@Tedankhamen, I did not know that.

Brande said...

Okay, woah. Hitching a ride on Haley's Comet? That's... a lot. I’m usually a skeptic when it comes to cryptozoology, but this is deliciously bonkers. That image of them just randomly wandering inland before face-planting back into the ocean… I can’t shake it. It's like, remember flappy bird? Endlessly flapping and never learning. Maybe Ningen are just equally bad at navigation, but with existential cosmic horror implications. Also, Zot and Hastur? Someone's clearly building a shared universe here, and honestly, I'm here for it.

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