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Eidolon Chain

Eidolon Chain

Artifact
Item Type Artifact

The chain is rumored to contain the key to an otherworldly prison, guarding a forbidden truth beneath the city ruins.

Is Mythos
Yes
Sanity Cost
1d8
Properties
  • Any attempt to sever the chain causes it to regenerate instantly, forging new links from unseen, eldritch materials.
  • The chain appears to whisper incomprehensible warnings to those who look at it for too long.
  • When attempted, each link seems to stretch and ripple as if alive, resisting all physical force.
Description

A tarnished iron chain thick enough to bind a human torso, its links flicker with an unnatural, shifting iridescence and faintly hum with a discordant, inaudible chorus.

Hook

The chain is rumored to contain the key to an otherworldly prison, guarding a forbidden truth beneath the city ruins.

Mythos Connection

The chain is a fragment of a fallen cosmic entity, embodying the unseen bonds that tether beings to incomprehensible realms.

GM Notes

- The chain cannot be destroyed by normal means, requiring a mythos-based solution.
- Encounters with the whispering links can cause sanity loss, roll for madness at 1d8.
- Its presence distorts reality locally, affecting perception and spatial orientation.

Created with Town Scryer for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition

by bananatron