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Colour Out of Space
Set
Dunwich Horror [2X]
Dimension

Movement
Square

Unique
Will Strength Observation
−3 +0 +1
Horror Damage Toughness
4Horror 1Damage 2
Abilities
Physical Immunity
Magical Immunity
Effect
Instead of moving, roll a die. On a 4–6, all Investigators in Arkham lose 1 Sanity.
Colour Out of Space

I could feel it eating away at my mind.
Set
Unseen Forces

Trophy Battle Task
3 Locked Yellow DieLore Task2 Reduce Sanity
Colour Out of Space
Set
Core Set

Will
+0
Horror Toughness
2Horror 2
Spawn
When this Monster is spawned, move it to Tunguska.
Reckoning
After resolving the Will test, roll 1 die. On a 5 or 6, defeat this Monster.

Colour Out of Space is a Monster that appears in the Arkham Horror Second Edition Dunwich Horror, Elder Sign Unseen Forces, and Eldritch Horror Core Set.

Artwork[]

Mythos[]

The Colour Out of Space first appeared in the story The Colour Out of Space (H.P. Lovecraft, 1927).

The Colour Out of Space is a being from outer space that appears to be a color of no known spectrum (though it may take on a more material form after some time on earth). The Colour's life cycle in space is unknown, as the only encounters with it so far have been made on earth.

The Colour's embryonic stage is that of a small sphere three inches in diameter. When it enters a planet's atmosphere, the sphere is broken and the Colour larva emerges. It then begins to exert a subtle influence over life in the surrounding area, feeding first on the lower levels of the food chain and working its way up to animals and humans. Affected lifeforms often grow to abnormal sizes and mutate, though soon after they crumble into dust. When the Colour has gained enough energy, it drains the surrounding area and flies off into space, leaving a blasted area devoid of all life behind it.[1]

Notes and references[]

  1. Harms, Daniel, "Colour Out of Space", Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia.
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