Black Goat Cult Shub-Niggurath resembles a perverted fertility goddess, and her cultists follow her example.. Though insane, cultists of the Black Goat generally manage to keep their mad
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Shub-Niggurath resembles a perverted fertility goddess,
and her cultists follow her example They revel in lust
and gluttony and often react with anger and aggression,
and while they are not necessarily stupid, their raw
emotions rule rather than intellect Their cult rituals
seem like bloodthirsty orgies to outsiders Their own
lives no longer matter, as they are caught up in service
to the goddess and her needs
Many of her cultists are lowly deviants, rejected from society as perverts or lunatics Higher class devotees
often start out as dilettantes and hedonists, but soon
make the changeover to full, paranoid madness Most
members eventually become depraved and licentious
serial killers
Though insane, cultists of the Black Goat generally manage to keep their madness under wraps most of
the time, allowing them to appear more or less normal
around others They live a secret life, in which they are
devoted to the Goat, alongside a normal life, in which
their neighbors and friends may have no idea about the
awful horrors beneath the surface
Like other Mythos sects, the cultists of the Black Goat are not focused on any kind of coherent afterlife:
their reward is in the here and now Indeed, the cult’s
massive orgies are their reward for worship Finding
new members increases the pleasure and depth of
these demented worship services, in which the awful
offspring of the Black Goat take full part Constantly
seeking new meat for their goddess’s pleasure, cultists
evangelize and lure unsuspecting recruits deeper into
the mysteries with promises of increasingly intense
carnality
Sometimes cultists are able to build up a cult in a city or developed area, while other times they restrict
their activities to the woodlands and wilderness
Depravity can be found everywhere, and the Goat is flexible and undiscriminating
Typically, the cult leaders of the Goat are not human: Shub-Niggurath prefers dark young, fungi from Yuggoth, ghouls, and other monstrous forces to lead the lesser human mob Monstrous minions are often more reliable, particularly compared to the bulk
of human cultists whose minds are often warped by the orgies and rituals of the Black Goat’s worship Also,
if and when the authorities descend upon such a cult, seeding the ranks with monstrous combatants helps the cult survive The mi-go make particularly effective masters of these cults, infusing the organization with their alien technology and using the mad humans for breeding purposes
Some cults of the Black Goat are able to take over entire communities In these cases, they often encourage or force most community members to cross-breed with satyrs and other monsters and drink of the mother’s milk, thus devolving into monstrosities themselves In due course, entire villages of monsters can arise in which everyone is a Mythos satyr, ghoul,
or other hybrid Of course, the most deformed villagers stay in hiding except after dark, while those who look more normal wear clothing to attempt to conceal their true natures If the cult is careful, other folks may travel through or even visit the cursed land and never know the truth
Black Goat Cult Gifts
Fertility: The cultists' fields, animals, and
even their persons are all subject to the influence of Shub-Niggurath’s horrific fertility powers Their cattle might all birth triplets
Of course, those triplets are likely to be two-headed or otherwise deformed, but they are still useful for milking and slaughter