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| − | + | '''Hell-Plants''' (AKA Hell Plant, Hell Plants, Devil Creeper, etc.) are from [[Doug Lyons]]' scenario "[[The Pits of Bendal-Dolum]]". | |
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| + | ==Description== | ||
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| + | Seconds later, Haon-Dor’s seed takes effect as [a victim’s] back splits open and a writhing, slime-covered mass rips its way free from his body. A huge plant, covered with bulging eyeballs and fanged, lipless mouths, sprouts from [the victim's] corpse and begins spreading creepers and branches throughout the temple complex. | ||
| + | <br>— [[Doug Lyons]], "[[The Pits of Bendal-Dolum]]" | ||
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| + | The seeds of the parasitic, alien Hell-Plant may be planted in the host in an unsettling variety of ways - ingested, contaminated accidentally by a drifting air-borne or water-borne seed, infested on contact with a vine when the victim is sleeping or otherwise caught unaware, or even deliberately "cursed" by an evil wizard. The circumstances under which the seed might germinate and erupt from the host's body are also varied - it may happen on death, or on certain seasons or holidays, or upon proximity or a certain distance from a designated person, place, or thing (in the case of a curse). It is possible for a skilled doctor to remove the seeds if they are successfully detected in time (via x-rays or examination, for example), or by prepared occultists who know what to look for and what spells to use to successfully remove the infestation. | ||
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| + | ==Heresies and Controversies== | ||
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| + | Suggested Alternative Theories include: Derleth's elemental scheme; pseudo-science interpretation; | ||
| + | "fanon" interpretations; unofficial humorous or eccentric versions; | ||
| + | identification with "Real Life" mythological, religious, folklore, natural, and historical phenomena; | ||
| + | rumor and speculation... these contribute some flexibility and ambiguity to the mythos. | ||
| + | * Alternative_theory. ([[source]]) | ||
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| + | ==Keeper Notes== | ||
| + | Optional. Suggestions for using these creatures in the CoC RPG, and in fan-fiction. | ||
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| + | ==Associated Mythos Elements== | ||
| + | * race: [[Tcho-Tcho]]s, whose cultists seem likely to delight in "cursing" a victim with a Hell-Plant infestation | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * scenario: [[Doug Lyons]]' "[[The Pits of Bendal-Dolum]]" | ||
| + | * sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'' | ||
| + | * film: ''[[The Ruins (2008 film)]]'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:54, 11 July 2022
Hell-Plants (AKA Hell Plant, Hell Plants, Devil Creeper, etc.) are from Doug Lyons' scenario "The Pits of Bendal-Dolum".
Description
The seeds of the parasitic, alien Hell-Plant may be planted in the host in an unsettling variety of ways - ingested, contaminated accidentally by a drifting air-borne or water-borne seed, infested on contact with a vine when the victim is sleeping or otherwise caught unaware, or even deliberately "cursed" by an evil wizard. The circumstances under which the seed might germinate and erupt from the host's body are also varied - it may happen on death, or on certain seasons or holidays, or upon proximity or a certain distance from a designated person, place, or thing (in the case of a curse). It is possible for a skilled doctor to remove the seeds if they are successfully detected in time (via x-rays or examination, for example), or by prepared occultists who know what to look for and what spells to use to successfully remove the infestation.
Associated Mythos Elements
- race: Tcho-Tchos, whose cultists seem likely to delight in "cursing" a victim with a Hell-Plant infestation
References
- scenario: Doug Lyons' "The Pits of Bendal-Dolum"
- sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum
- film: The Ruins (2008 film)
