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'''Invocations''' (AKA "Invocations to Dagon") is statted out in the ''[[Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Rulebook]]'', and originates in [[August Derleth]]'s "[[The Black Island (fiction)]]".

==Description==
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My grandfather's papers were wrapped in oilskin and I had had them with me for years. I had examined the small packet from time to time, with curious stirrings and misgivings. They consisted of fragments of an old diary — some pages had been torn out here and there; of fragmentary letters; a few documents, and some of what purported to be my grandfather's own writings entitled simply: ''Invocations'', though down in one corner someone had added: ''to Dagon''. The Invocations came to hand first. These were evidently intended as at least semi-poetry, and were written in a manner at times coherent, at others apparently incoherent — unless, as I was now prepared to admit, I lacked the proper key to understanding....
<br>-[[August Derleth]], "[[The black Island (fiction)]"
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An eccentric diary by Asaph Waite, with the pertinent entries dated around 1928 relating to peculiar events surrounding the [[Esoteric Order of Dagon|town of Innsmouth in and around June, 1928]]. Waite quotes the ''[[R'lyeh Text]]''.

* author: [[Waite (family)|Asaph Waite]]
* date: c. 1928
* language: English
* number of known copies (if rare): (unknown, presumably rare)
* last known location of surviving copies (if rare): (unknown)
* study: 16 weeks
* sanity loss: moderate
* mythos lore: moderate
* occult lore: ?
* spells: ?

==Associated Mythos Elements==

* location: [[Innsmouth]]
* tome: ''[[R'lyeh Text]]''
* race: [[Deep One]]s
* deities: [[Dagon and Hydra]], [[Cthulhu]]
* cult: [[Esoteric Order of Dagon]]



==Appearances==
* fiction: [[August Derleth]], "[[The black Island (fiction)]" (numerous quotes; the tome/diary provides the backbone of the story's text and plot)
* fiction: [[H.P. Lovecraft]], "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth (fiction)]]" and ''[[The Call of Cthulhu (fiction)]]'' (Derleth's story is basically a sequel/reboot/retelling of Lovecraft's original stories)
* sourcebook: ''[[Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Rulebook]]''

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 <blockquote>
 My grandfather's papers were wrapped in oilskin and I had had them with me for years. I had examined the small packet from time to time, with curious stirrings and misgivings.  They consisted of fragments of an old diary — some pages had been torn out here and there; of fragmentary letters; a few documents, and some of what purported to be my grandfather's own writings entitled simply: ''Invocations'', though down in one corner someone had added: ''to Dagon''. The Invocations came to hand first. These were evidently intended as at least semi-poetry, and were written in a manner at times coherent, at others apparently incoherent — unless, as I was now prepared to admit, I lacked the proper key to understanding....
-<br>-[[August Derleth]], "[[The black Island (fiction)]"
+<br>-[[August Derleth]], "[[The black Island (fiction)]]"
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 An eccentric diary by Asaph Waite, with the pertinent entries dated around 1928 relating to peculiar events surrounding the [[Esoteric Order of Dagon|town of Innsmouth in and around June, 1928]].  Waite quotes the ''[[R'lyeh Text]]''.