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Zha'thik, The Crawling Chaos
Eldritch Horror
Concept: A dimensional tear that gained awareness. It drifts toward cities because millions of minds hold its form together.
Origin: Spontaneous dimensional breach event.
Race: Extradimensional Entity • Rank: Veteran
Attributes
Agility d4, Smarts d10, Spirit d10, Strength d4, Vigor d6Skills
Athletics d4, Common Knowledge d6, Notice d8, Persuasion d4, Stealth d4, Focus d10, Intimidation d10, Occult d8, Fighting d4, Research d4Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 10; Power Points: 45
Hindrances
- Dependency (Major): Cities sustain it; wilderness kills it. Stray too far from dense minds and coherence unravels within hours.
- Mean (Minor): Radiates a low-grade wrongness - people recoil before it speaks, as if their spine decided for them.
- Distinctive Appearance (Minor): A humanoid smear of shimmering static, edges bleeding into adjacent space like a heat mirage that never resolves.
Edges
Super Powers,Menacing,Strong Willed,Level Headed,Danger Sense,Improved Level Headed,Brave
Powers
- Negation(12 PP)Range: 6"/12 yd•Duration: SpecialFocus vs target's Spirit (-2 with raise) to negate one power. Target re-rolls Spirit -2 each turn to shake off.Trappings: Entropic field that unweaves super-powered energy on contactMods: Area Effect; Strong; Full Spectrum
- Fear(8 PP)Range: 6"/12 yd•Duration: InstantFocus to target a foe within 6"; on success target makes Fear test (-2 with raise on Focus)Trappings: Proximity triggers primal dread - the brain registers a hole in physicsMods: Area Effect; Strong
- Damage Field(5 PP)Range: Self•Duration: SustainedActivating the field is an action (no Focus roll). At end of caster's turn, adjacent characters make an Evasion roll or suffer the listed damage.Trappings: Dimensional bleed frays molecular bonds of anything too closeMods: Area Effect; Permanent
- Intangibility(4 PP)Range: Self•Duration: SustainedPass through solid objects. Power Down if concentration lost; Permanent (-2 mod) makes always-on (can briefly affect physical world as a free action).Trappings: Phases back into the interstitial void between dimensionsMods: Requires Activation
- Mind Shield(5 PP)Range: Self•Duration: Permanent+2 to resist mental attacks and mind controlTrappings: Overlapping dimensional frequencies jam telepathic contactMods: Area Effect; Strong
- ToughnessLevel 5(5 PP)Range: Self•Duration: Permanent+5 Toughness.Trappings: Attacks pass through partially displaced matter
- AwarenessLevel 3(2 PP)Range: Self•Duration: PermanentIgnore 3 points of attack penalties.Trappings: Feels vibrations across dimensional membranes like a spider on a webMods: Requires Activation
- Doesn't Breathe(2 PP)Range: Self•Duration: PermanentHold breath up to 15 minutes, immune to inhaled toxinsTrappings: Structured dimensional interference, not biologyMods: Extreme
- Doesn't Eat(1 PP)Range: Self•Duration: PermanentSurvives twice as long without food as humansTrappings: Fed by ambient psychic noise, not metabolism
- No Vital Organs(1 PP)Range: Self•Duration: PermanentCalled Shots do not inflict extra damageTrappings: No anatomy to target - just a coherent fold in spacetime
Gear
- None - exists as a dimensional anomaly
Advances
- Attribute: Spirit d8 -> d10
- New Edge: Level Headed
- Skill: Focus d8 -> d10 & Notice d6 -> d8
- New Edge: Danger Sense
- Attribute: Smarts d8 -> d10
- New Edge: Improved Level Headed
- Skill: Intimidation d8 -> d10 & Occult d6 -> d8
- New Edge: Brave
Backstory
Zha'thik didn't arrive - it happened. A catastrophic overlap event tore a wound between substrates, and that wound became aware. It seeks cities because psychic density acts as sutures. Destroying it might widen the breach that birthed it.
Appearance
Seven feet of churning static, edges fraying into adjacent space. Two points of absolute black where eyes should be. The air nearby smells of ozone.