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— S. PETERSEN’S FIELD GUIDE TO A Field Observers Handbook OfPreternatural Entities and Beingsfrom Beyond The Wall of Sleep Written by Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis, and Mike Mason Illustrated by Loic Muzy, Mariusz Gandzel Sc Claire Delepee % • • ^. wc
2. Is the noise It emits : • A weird piping or whistling? ► Flying Polyp (page 28). • A tittering laugh ? ► Star Vampire (page 60). START HERE Is It Invisible ? •Yes ► go to question 2. • No ► go to question 3. Does It have a shape ? •Yes^ go to question 4. • No ► go to question 22. • It has many separate shapes, each consistent ► Nyarlathotep (page 46). Note; because of its variable form, Nyarlathotep may key out at a number of places.This being never has been known to appear on Earth in an invisible form, and may not possess one. Recognize N)'an'othotep by its personality and behavior: if it con be conversed with, identification is rarely a problem. Does It have a head I • Yes ► go to question 10. • Non ► go to question 8. 10 Does It have wings ? •Yes ► go to question 11. • Non ► go to question 15 15 Is the thing’s body : • Conical and legless? ► Great Race ofYith (page 38) • Non-conical, generally with legs ? ► go to question 16. 16 Is Its size : • Immense (over 20 feet tall) ? ► Ithaqua (page 44). • Moderate ? ► go to question 17. 17 Does It have : • A tentacled face and highly plastic form ? ► Moon-Beast (page 114). • No tentacles and definite shape, possibly manifest from nowhere ? ► go to question 18. 10 18 Is It bipedal ? •Yes ► go to question 19. No tentacles and definite shape, possibly manifest from nowhere ? ► Hound ofTindalos (page 40). 19 Are Its hind legs : • Hypertrophied and built for leaping ? ► Ghast (page 34). • Non-hypertrophied? ► go to question 20. Is It worm-llke In shape ? • Yes ► go to question 5. • No ► go to question 7. 8 Is Its body composed of many separate spheroids ? •Yes ► Yog-Sothoth (page 64). • No ► go to question 9. 11 In size, Is It: • Elephantine or larger ► go to question 29. Not significantly larger than a human ? ► go to question 12. 29 Does the entity have a head s • Tentacled and octopoid-like, with claws and narrow wings ? ► Star-spawn of Cthulhu (page 58). •Vaguely equine, with large wings but no tentacles ? ► Shantak (page 52). 13 Does It have : • Horns and black skin ? ► Nightgaunt (page 116). • A pinkish, crustacean-like integument ? ► Fungi fromYuggoth (page 32). 20 Is Its hide : • Wrinkled and baggy ► Dimensional Shambler (page 24). • Not baggy and lacking huge folds ? ► go to question 21. s 22 Are the body proportions : • Often invisible, does the entity continually emit piping noises, and is it associated with strong winds ? ► Flying Polyp (page 28). 23 Does the creature have : • Always visible, and is the entity unassociated with wind ? • A basic form, with head, arms, and legs, though highly ► go to question 23. _ malleable? ► go to question 24. y* • No permanent limbs, and is it almost completely shapeless ? ► go to question 25. • A vaguely octopoid head and bat-like wings, and is it of immense size ? ► Star-spawn of Cthulhu (page 58). • A toad-like shape and no wings ? ► Moon-Beast (page 114). 24 Does the creature have : 4, 5 Is It winged ? •Yes ► Hunting Horror (page 42). • No ^ ► go to question 6. Is It obviously tentaded ? •Yes ► Chthonian (page 16). • No ► Dhole (page 22). Does It have : • Hoof-like feet, with four huge tentacles and many smaller ones ? ► Dark Young (page 18). • Talon-like claws, with many tiny tentacles ending in mouths ? ► Star Vampire (page 60). 12 Does It have eyes ? • No ► go to question 13. •Yes ► go to question 14. 14 Does It have : 4^ • Radial symmetry and eyes on stalks ? ► Elder Thing (page 26). • Bilateral symmetry and no eyestalks? ► Byakhee (page 14). 25 Is the thing’s color : • Black with no phosphorescence, and extremely fluid ? ► Formless Spawn (page 30). • Possibly fluid, but not black or, if black, phosphorescent ? ► go to question 26. 4/ 26 Does the entity have a mouth ? •Yes ► go to question 27. f • No ► go to question 28. <1 vT 27 Is Its size : • Huge and of cloudy form ? ► Shub-Niggurath (page 56). • Moderate, and of tentacle or frog-like form ? ► Servitor of the Outer Gods (page 50). 28 Does It: • Continually form eyes, small tentacles, and other organs, and does it move by rolling ? ► Shoggoth (page 54). • Have no eyes, and normally only move by growing ? ► Azathoth (page 12). 21 Is Its hide: : • Greenish and moist does it have webbed it an ocean-dweller ? ► Deep One (page 20). • Dirty and mold-covered, and does it have half-hooved feet and a semi-canine face? ? ► Ghoul (page 36). Scientific Key Instructions : Start with question I and systematically work through the list of questions. Answer each question to your own satisfaction. Skip questions paws, an is ^ instructed to do so. Page numbers given after an entity’s name provide quick reference.The key may ask questions of size, shape, etc., more than once. Identifying Monsters of the Mythos 11
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