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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8632617" data-attributes="member: 50987">So I'm incorporating some new material from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything into my upcoming campaign, and the Fathomless is a perfect fit for the nautical, swashbuckling theme I'm going for.  So to better work it into the setting, I created a few Warlock patrons (fancy NPCs) that the player can use for their Fathomless Warlock.OTARIAThe Angel of the Deep, the Fathomless Pearl, the Queen of FathomsAlignment: NeutralWeapon: TridentFamiliar: an albatrossTome: a scroll of parchment, wound on a wooden spindle and decorated with pearl beadsOtaria (pronounced “oh TAR e uh”) is a triton archdruid of incredible power, who rules a vast aquatic kingdom south of the Maelstrom.  When Otaria appears to mortals, she most often takes the form of an enormous blue whale with bioluminescent markings along her fins, a beautiful triton maiden with fins for hair, or a mermaid with the lower body of an octopus.  She makes her presence known through the sound of seabirds, or the movements of air or water.SLARKRETHELThe Kraken God, King of the Trackless DepthsAlignment: Chaotic EvilWeapon: Tentacle (Whip)Familiar:  a slug or snailTome: a heavy black book, bound in sharkskin leather.Slarkrethel (pronounced “SLARK ree thell”) is a kraken of immense size and power, who rules an underwater realm on the northern fringe of the Maelstrom.  While he is still mortal, he aspires to greatness:  his ultimate goal is apotheosis.  From the dark waters and uncharted caves of his domain, he works tirelessly to ascend to godhood.  When he wishes to be seen, he appears as an impossibly huge purple squid, miles long, with bright orange eyes.  He communicates through the sound of dripping water or crashing waves, the appearance of tentacles in unlikely places, and the smell of seawater.VOGThe Drowned, The Dreadnaught, The Ship of the Dead, Sea Devil, The Dead Captain, Old Scrattle, The Gray Lady, etc.Alignment: Neutral EvilWeapon: CutlassFamiliar: a hermit crabTome: an old ship’s logbook, with an unlabeled compass rose on the cover.Vog (rhymes with “fog”) is a ghostly entity that formed from the souls of men who were lost at sea in the centuries following the Cataclysm.  When it takes the form of a derelict, weather-beaten ship or shipwreck, it is known as The Dreadnaught or the Ship of the Dead.  When in human form, it appears as a skeleton or corpse dressed in sailor’s clothing, and is known as Sea Devil, the Dead Captain, or Old Scrattle. But most often, when it chooses to appear to mortals, it takes the form of a gray, luminescent fog that sailors call Vog or The Gray Lady.  It rarely speaks, preferring to communicate through feelings and emotions:  pangs of hunger or fear, the sensation of warm or icy water, a vague sense of unease, etc.</blockquote>

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