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==Details==
[[Image:Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters.jpg|thumb|''Front Cover'']]
[[Image:Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters (Back).jpg|thumb|''Back Cover'']]

'''Publisher:''' [[Chaosium]]

'''Product Code:''' 5105

'''Publishing Year:''' 1988

'''Pages:''' 64

'''Cover Price:''' $##.##

'''Author(s):''' [[Sandy Petersen]]

'''Artist(s):''' [[Tom Sullivan ]]

'''Setting(s):''' N/A

'''Format(s):''' Softcover, full-colour, extensively illustrated

==Contents==

The bulk of this volume is a series of non-game descriptions of a variety of Cthulhu Mythos gods and creatures, each accompanied by a full-colour painting (most are full-page illustrations).

In addition to these entries, the book includes an Introduction, a Scientific Key, a Relative Size chart, and Recommended Reading.

The creatures/entities covered in this Field Guide are:
* Azathoth,
* Byakhee,
* Cthonian,
* Spawn of Cthulhu,
* Dark Young,
* Deep One,
* Dhole,
* Dimensional Shambler,
* Elder Thing,
* Flying Polyp,
* Formless Spawn,
* Fungi from Yuggoth,
* Ghast,
* Ghoul,
* Great Race,
* Hound of Tindalos,
* Hunting Horror,
* Ithaqua,
* Moon-Beast,
* Nightgaunt,
* Nyarlathotep,
* Servitor of the Outer Gods,
* Shantak,
* Shoggoth,
* Shub-Niggurath,
* Star Vampire,
* Yog-Sothoth

==Front Cover Text==
A Field Observer's Handbook of Preternatural Entities

Paintings and Descriptions from the Cthulhu Mythos As Created by H.P. Lovecraft, With Augmentations for Today

The 27 Most Frequently Encountered Monsters

==Back Cover Text==
Weird shapes in the park? Odd rumbling noises in the basement? When you need to know what you're encountering, you need to know it fast - don't leave home without the Field Guide!

Paintings and Descriptions From the Cthulhu Mythos As Created by H.P. Lovecraft, With Augmentations for Today.

* Accurate and Complete.
* Over Two Dozen Often-Met Creatures.
* Quick-Reference Monster ID Key.
* 27 Evocative Full-Page Paintings.
* 50+ Illustrations and Silhouettes.
* Uniform Presentation of Data.
* Special Size Comparison Charts.
* Habitat, Distribution, and Life Cycle Notes.
* How to Distinguish Similar-Seeming Entities.
* Latest Hyper-Geometric Scholarship.
* Specialized Observer Warnings as Needed.
* Full Bibliography.
* Faithful to Lovecraft.

Selected Pronunciations: 
Azathoth: AZ-uh-thoth, 
Byakhee: B'YAHK-hee, 
Cthonian: kuh-THOEN-ee-un, 
Cthulhu: kuh-THOO-loo, 
Dhole: DOEL, 
Ithaqua: ITH-uh-kwah, 
Nyarlathotep: NIE-ar-LATH-oe-tep, 
Shantak: SHAN-tak, 
Shoggoth: SHOW-goth, 
Shub-Niggurath: SHUB-NIG-ger-ath, 
Tindalos: TIN-dahl-ose, 
Yog-Sothoth: YAHG-SOE-thoth.

S. Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters.

A Field Observer's Handbook Of Preternatural Entities.

Silhouette of a Dimensional Shambler.

==Comments / Trivia==
Dedicated to Robert Bloch. The title is a spoof on Petersons Bird Watching Field Guides.

Relative Sizes chart features a photograph of Sandy Petersen, Tom Sullivan and Lynn Willis as the human comparisons to the Monsters of the Cthulhu Mythos. Winner of the 1989 Origins Award for Best Graphic Presentation.

==Links==

==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
'''Players should not read any further.'''


Comment here to Keepers about this book.
Comments on specific Scenarios and Campaigns
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Keep DISCUSSION on the talk page.

[[Category:CoC:Supplements]]
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 The creatures/entities covered in this Field Guide are:
-* [[Azathoth]],
+* See: [[RPG Bestiary Contents]]
 ==Front Cover Text==

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 * [[Ghast]],
 * [[Ghoul]],
-* [[Yith|Great Race]],
+* [[Yithian|Great Race]],
 * [[Hound of Tindalos]],
 * [[Hunting Horror]],

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 * [[Byakhee]],
 * [[Cthonian]],
-* [[Spawn of Cthulhu]],
+* [[Star-Spawn of Cthulhu|Spawn of Cthulhu]],
 * [[Dark Young]],
 * [[Deep One]],
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 * [[Flying Polyp]],
 * [[Formless Spawn]],
-* [[Fungi from Yuggoth]],
+* [[Mi-Go|Fungi from Yuggoth]],
 * [[Ghast]],
 * [[Ghoul]],
-* [[Great Race]],
+* [[Yith|Great Race]],
 * [[Hound of Tindalos]],
 * [[Hunting Horror]],

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	Relative Sizes chart features a photograph of Sandy Petersen, Tom Sullivan and Lynn Willis as the human comparisons to the Monsters of the Cthulhu Mythos. Winner of the 1989 Origins Award for Best Graphic Presentation.		Relative Sizes chart features a photograph of Sandy Petersen, Tom Sullivan and Lynn Willis as the human comparisons to the Monsters of the Cthulhu Mythos. Winner of the 1989 Origins Award for Best Graphic Presentation.
		+
		+	A follow-up field guide was published in the following year, [[S. Petersen's Field Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands]].

	==Links==		==Links==

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 ==Back Cover Text==
-Weird shapes in the park? Odd rumbling noises in the basement? When you need to know what you're encountering, you need to know it fast - don't leave home without the Field Guide!
+'''Weird shapes in the park? Odd rumbling noises in the basement? When you need to know what you're encountering, you need to know it fast - don't leave home without the Field Guide!'''
-Paintings and Descriptions From the Cthulhu Mythos As Created by H.P. Lovecraft, With Augmentations for Today.
+'''Paintings and Descriptions From the Cthulhu Mythos As Created by H.P. Lovecraft, With Augmentations for Today'''
-* Accurate and Complete.
+* Accurate and Complete
-* Over Two Dozen Often-Met Creatures.
+* Over Two Dozen Often-Met Creatures
-* Quick-Reference Monster ID Key.
+* Quick-Reference Monster ID Key
-* 27 Evocative Full-Page Paintings.
+* 27 Evocative Full-Page Paintings
-* 50+ Illustrations and Silhouettes.
+* 50+ Illustrations and Silhouettes
-* Uniform Presentation of Data.
+* Uniform Presentation of Data
-* Special Size Comparison Charts.
+* Special Size Comparison Charts
-* Habitat, Distribution, and Life Cycle Notes.
+* Habitat, Distribution, and Life Cycle Notes
-* How to Distinguish Similar-Seeming Entities.
+* How to Distinguish Similar-Seeming Entities
-* Latest Hyper-Geometric Scholarship.
+* Latest Hyper-Geometric Scholarship
-* Specialized Observer Warnings as Needed.
+* Specialized Observer Warnings as Needed
-* Full Bibliography.
+* Full Bibliography
-* Faithful to Lovecraft.
+* Faithful to Lovecraft
 Selected Pronunciations:<br>
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 Yog-Sothoth: YAHG-SOE-thoth.
-S. Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters.
+'''S. Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters'''
-A Field Observer's Handbook Of Preternatural Entities.
+'''A Field Observer's Handbook Of Preternatural Entities'''
 ==Comments / Trivia==
 Dedicated to Robert Bloch. The title is a spoof on Petersons Bird Watching Field Guides.

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 The creatures/entities covered in this Field Guide are:
-* Azathoth,
+* [[Azathoth]],
-* Byakhee,
+* [[Byakhee]],
-* Cthonian,
+* [[Cthonian]],
-* Spawn of Cthulhu,
+* [[Spawn of Cthulhu]],
-* Dark Young,
+* [[Dark Young]],
-* Deep One,
+* [[Deep One]],
-* Dhole,
+* [[Dhole]],
-* Dimensional Shambler,
+* [[Dimensional Shambler]],
-* Elder Thing,
+* [[Elder Thing]],
-* Flying Polyp,
+* [[Flying Polyp]],
-* Formless Spawn,
+* [[Formless Spawn]],
-* Fungi from Yuggoth,
+* [[Fungi from Yuggoth]],
-* Ghast,
+* [[Ghast]],
-* Ghoul,
+* [[Ghoul]],
-* Great Race,
+* [[Great Race]],
-* Hound of Tindalos,
+* [[Hound of Tindalos]],
-* Hunting Horror,
+* [[Hunting Horror]],
-* Ithaqua,
+* [[Ithaqua]],
-* Moon-Beast,
+* [[Moon-Beast]],
-* Nightgaunt,
+* [[Nightgaunt]],
-* Nyarlathotep,
+* [[Nyarlathotep]],
-* Servitor of the Outer Gods,
+* [[Servitor of the Outer Gods]],
-* Shantak,
+* [[Shantak]],
-* Shoggoth,
+* [[Shoggoth]],
-* Shub-Niggurath,
+* [[Shub-Niggurath]],
-* Star Vampire,
+* [[Star Vampire]],
-* Yog-Sothoth
+* [[Yog-Sothoth]]
 ==Front Cover Text==