"Starry Wisdom #3 The Children of Yig" - читать интересную книгу автора (Call of Cthulhu RPG)

In past times, humans have often learned the worship of Yig from serpent people.
Among the converted were the Acherons and Stygians of the Hyborian Age, the
Indians of the Americas, and the people of K'n-yan. Today, the Mother of
Serpents, a human who is reborn from the skins of others, is one of the most
powerful priests of Yig.
Some serpent people worship other ophidian gods, including Dark Han and
serpent-bearded Byatis.
When they dwelled in Yoth, a number of serpent people turned to the worship of
the toad-god Tsathoggua. Yig punished his people greatly for this, cursing them
with devolution. Only a few of the worshipers of Tsathoggua escaped, fleeing
through the Vaults of Zin into the Dreamlands.
CALL OF CTHULHU ADVENTURES
1. "That is not dead ...." - When a sleeper from the legendary first Valusia
wakes, the serpent people believe that the End Time has truly come. This sleeper
gathers together the most powerful of the lurkers and begins to move toward
founding the Third Empire. An epic campaign full of paranoia could be
established. Can the serpent people turn back the clock 275 million years?
2. Degenerations - Although the degenerate serpent people usually hide in their
underground dwellings, anger, fear, or even simple hunger may bring them to the
surface. Investigators looking into cattle mutilations may find that degenerates
are the source. However, exploring their caverns could be deadly. Alternatively,
if the degenerates have fled from their caverns in fear, what chased them out?
3. Blue Genes - Could the rapid advancements in genetics in recent years be the
result of serpent people manipulations? They could be trying to weaken
humanity's genetic code, or, even more sinisterly, they might be embedding
ophidian genes into humans, so that we will all become serpent people when the
stars are right.
4. The Devil That You Know - Adventurous keepers might allow a player to play a
lurker. A serpent person that turned against his own people could make for many
interesting scenarios.
MAJOR SOURCES
Conan of Aquilonia, by L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter
Conan the Buccaneer, by L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter
"The Curse of Yig", by H. P. Lovecraft & Zealia Bishop
"The Hyborian Age", by Robert E. Howard
Keeper's Compendium, by Keith Herber
Legion from the Shadows, by Karl Edward Wagner
"The Mound", by H. P. Lovecraft & Zelia Bishop
"The Seven Geases", by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Shadow Kingdom", by Robert E. Howard
Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria, by Lin Carter
"The Vengeance of Yig", by Lin Carter
"Where a God Shall Tread", by Scott David Aniolowski
"Worms of the Earth", by Robert E. Howard
This article was drawn from Starry Wisdom V1 #3, Summer 1997. It has been
slightly expanded in its current form to correctly account for the Serpent
People's stay on Lemuria.
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