The Shifting Cartogram
Artifact
Item Type Artifact
Investigators realize the map's changing locations are calling them to unseen dangers.
- Is Mythos
- Yes
- Sanity Cost
- 1d8
Properties
- Rearranges its geography every night
- Locations depicted are often places previously investigated or yet to be discovered
- Steals fragments of memory from those who study it extensively
Description
A cracked, leather-bound map with ink that reconfigures itself, showing different locations with each glance, flickering between familiar and alien landscapes.
Hook
Investigators realize the map's changing locations are calling them to unseen dangers.
Mythos Connection
Seemingly linked to a cosmic entity that distorts reality, embodying the chaos of the multiverse
GM Notes
- The map's
Locations
shift unpredictably, revealing cryptic sites and blank spaces
- Possession induces confusion and unsettling dreams
- Can be used to locate hidden or lost Mythos relics, but at a mental cost