Child of Tsathoggua

The Children of Tsathoggua are a fictional race created by Robert E. Howard for his Cthulhu Mythos short story "The Thing on the Roof", although the story does not identify them by name or link them to Tsathoggua. They were adapted for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game by J. Todd Kingrea in 1995, when they appeared in the monster-manual supplement Ye Booke of Monstres II Ye Booke of Monstres II, "Clear Credit" (Chaosium, 1995).
==Background==
The Children of Tsathoggua are a race of extraterrestrial toad-things that were brought to Earth by Tsathoggua. Greasy, enormous, and bloated creatures that have dozens of tentacles, a pair of huge membranous wings, and four or more thick legs that end in mastodonic hooves. Dripping slime covers their ebony black blubbery skin, the eyes are milky white, and extending from their mouth's bony ridges are curved fangs.
The Children of Tsathoggua live in the temples and caverns where their creator is worshiped, acting as the guardians of the shrine and accepting sacrifices. Thieves are mercilessly tracked down and killed, the stolen items retrieved and returned. Some of them were worshiped by early man. It's a race knowledgeable in magic.
==Behind the Mythos==
In addition to "The Thing on the Roof", the monster featured in Howard's "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" is almost identical to this species, with the only difference being that its feet have claws rather than hooves.
The sourcebook Ye Booke of Monstres II also implies that the Master of the Monolith from Howard's "The Black Stone" might be a member of this species.
==References==
Category:Sapient Species
Category:Species Originating From Lovecraft Circle Works
Category:Extraterrestrial Species
Category:Servitor Races