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| − | The Watchers are from Mark Eley's “Watcher in the Bayou”. | + | '''The Watchers''' AKA '''Hell Leeches''' are from Mark Eley's “Watcher in the Bayou”. |
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| + | ==Description== | ||
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| + | ...Resembles a gigantic, bloated leech, its thick, glistening black hide rising bonelessly to a gaping maw lined with hundreds of serrated teeth that can shred a human body in seconds. It is a blind thing, but its other senses compensate, making it a deadly predator.... The creature possesses three snakelike grasping tentacles which extend from its underside just below the yawning orifice of its mouth..... | ||
| + | — Mark Eley “Watcher in the Bayou”. | ||
| + | <br>— Author, "Story" | ||
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| + | A Watcher is a giant leech-like creature with three tentacles below its mouth. Watchers are employed by [[Great Old Ones]] to guard important locations from the lakes and streams where they dwell. | ||
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| + | ==Heresies and Controversies== | ||
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| + | ==Keeper Notes== | ||
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| + | ==Associated Mythos Elements== | ||
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| + | * deity: [[GreatOld1]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * scenario: [[Mark Eley]]'s “[[Watcher in the Bayou]]” | ||
| + | * Sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:40, 30 June 2022
The Watchers AKA Hell Leeches are from Mark Eley's “Watcher in the Bayou”.
Description
A Watcher is a giant leech-like creature with three tentacles below its mouth. Watchers are employed by Great Old Ones to guard important locations from the lakes and streams where they dwell.
Heresies and Controversies
Keeper Notes
Associated Mythos Elements
References
- scenario: Mark Eley's “Watcher in the Bayou”
- Sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum
