Azathoth Cult No one in their right mind ever wants Azathoth to come to their world, as such a calamity would lead to nothing but destruction.. Also, Azathoth itself is blind, idiotic, a
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No one in their right mind ever wants Azathoth to
come to their world, as such a calamity would lead to
nothing but destruction Also, Azathoth itself is blind,
idiotic, and incapable of caring about any kind of
worship process, let alone responding to it Azathoth is
essentially the bleak, impersonal nature of the universe
made into awful, living reality
Those who want Azathoth’s favor typically go about it by worshiping the Crawling Chaos instead
But there exist occasional outbreaks of those who
worship Azathoth directly, despite the lack of obvious
benefits Perhaps a servitor of the Outer Gods (see page
371) orchestrated the irrational worship or perhaps a
mortal found a secret she should not have seen, but it
only takes one spark for the madness of Azathoth to
begin to spread
The cult of Azathoth, by definition, is composed
of lunatics, and will usually call attention to itself
eventually Awareness of Azathoth that spreads too
far starts to contaminate people Madwomen begin
to dance frantically in the street Lunatics shriek and
gnash their teeth Those already insane start to focus
their madness on Azathoth and the uncaring, hostile
universe around them This sudden outbreak of
contagious madness in a region may come as the result
of one of the Crawling Chaos’s plots reaching fruition
or of Azathoth being summoned to the area and staying
too long It has no understandable purpose other than
its own propagation: insanity for its own sake
Other Mythos cults have insane individuals in their service, but they usually make an effort to conceal their
madness, either by caution or isolation In an epidemic
of Azathoth worship, those affected make no effort
to hide their growing psychosis They may believe
they are someone else and loudly proclaim their true
identity, experience severe mood swings of mania and
stark depression, or descend into dementia, violence, or paranoia They frequently see visions and hear voices, sometimes real, but other times just from their own minds Regardless of its apparent form, their lunacy is also channeled into service of the Blind Idiot God Usually, the spread of the Azathoth cult burns itself out, typically when the authorities wipe out its members, but it can cause great damage during its duration If the cultists manage to awaken Azathoth, and bring it into dire reality in our dimension, it can ravage entire lands or even continents In the worst-case scenario, a whole solar system can be destroyed by
an uncontrolled spread of Azathothic knowledge
Azathoth Cult Gifts
Manifest Lunacy: Each worshipper’s madness
is amplified and strengthened by Azathoth For example, a cultist with multiple personalities that generally manifest only as different voices
or occasional dissociative episodes might have each personality become a distinct person (via illusory or shapechanging magic), wearing unique costumes and having their own separate class levels If a cultist hallucinates voices, those voices become actual physical entities that can take action (at least similar to unseen servants but potentially as servitors of the Outer Gods; see page 371) If a cultist is withdrawn and comatose, she becomes rock-like and impossible
to harm or otherwise stimulate (as iron body) Each case is unique and profoundly unsettling
Treasures: Cultists can generally access Abhoth
slime, gates, and flutes of the servitors