More scary monsters and super-freaks. This one's a take on a spirit from Tibetan folklore that takes on the aspect of a beautiful maiden to tempt susceptible monks, then changes into a monster if they succumb to base urges. Seek enlightenment safely, kids.
Here's a variation on the byakhee, a classic Cthulhu monster and one of my favorites.
One of the things that I loved about the old Chaosium game was that the supplements were written drily, like academic articles. They approached the beasts methodically, citing (fictional) sources and theorizing about their habitats. Even if the fantastic creature in question were from between the dimensions, they'd try to hypothesize about its native environment, something I hadn't seen outside of Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials (and wouldn't see again until his book Inferno).
A byakhee's natural habitat, for example, is supposed to be on airless planetoids and comet nuclei. That is, until they get hungry.
Mi-go: Silly name, terrifying concept. The ones crawling around the cave above are employing some signature weaponry - lightning guns and mist projectors.
Still more to come...
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