The Deep One v0.4

A tiefling appears from thin air in the fog, stabbing through the heart of a nearby orc. She murmurs a short incantation over the slain enemy, and power seems to flow into her. The orc's allies swing their mauls and axes at her, but to no avail - the mist itself seems to be protecting her from their blows, and before they can attack again, she has faded into the mist once more.

A human slices into his arm with a sacrificial knife, the blood seeming to evaporate into the air as it flows out. Before the surrounding goblins can react, his arms extend into long black tentacles, wrapping around the heads of the nearest two and crushing their skulls.

The thing that was once a dwarf walks towards its enemy, something dark and strange in its eyes. Its body ripples and transforms, shifting into a formless abomination, and it emits a horrible, otherworldly scream as four limbs with blades of bone lash out at its foe.

These are deep ones, servants of an eldritch god who have gained its favor and been blessed with transformation into an alien form. As strange and unpredictable as the Great Old Ones they revere, deep ones vary greatly in terms of how they use their eldritch abilities and what they are - one might crush and rend enemies with claws or fangs, another might draw magic from the beings they serve and use it to inspire fear and madness, and yet another might absorb the minds or bodies of their foes for their own strange purpose. Whatever their reasons may have originally been, the process of becoming a deep one twists the mind as well as the body, and many find a deep drive to please their eldritch patron as well as a strange confusion about the thoughts and emotions that drive other mortal beings. If you become a deep one, consider how the transformation affects you mentally as well as physically. You can roll on the following table for a change, or use it as inspiration for your own alterations.

Mental Changes d6 Change 1 I often refer to other humanoids as "mortals" or "playthings." For some reason, that makes them uncomfortable. 2 I don't understand why people are so afraid of aboleths or beholders. They look quite friendly, actually. 3 Other people don't understand mathematics. 2+2 is obviously fmlagh on Tuesdays, except at dawn when it's actually tlirnch, unless... 4 I can't bring myself to care about morality anymore. What does it matter, compared to my patron's plans? 5 As far as I'm concerned, warlocks of my patron can do no wrong. 6 The deep one tends to describe itself in a manner some of its companions find offputting.