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Elder Thing
Set
Core Set [2X]
Innsmouth Horror
Dimension

Movement
Diamond

Normal
Will Strength Observation
−3 +0 −2
Horror Damage Toughness
2Horror 1Damage 2
Effect
When you fail a Combat check against Elder Thing, you must discard 1 of your Weapons or Spells (your choice), if able.
Elder Thing

It was a being beyond comprehension, but the human corpse it held, that I understood.
Set
Core Set

Trophy Battle Task
1 7 Investigation TaskAdvance the ClockLore Task
Elder Thing
Set
Core Set

Will Strength
+0 −1
Horror Damage Toughness
3Horror 2Damage 3
Spawn
When this Monster is spawned, move it to Antarctica.
FL-11: Elder Thing [F]
File:Elder Thing FL-11.png
Type Subtype
Character Servitor
Faction Cost Skill
Yog-Sothoth 4 3
Terror Combat Arcane Investigation
0 2 1 0
Card Text
Response: After Elder Thing enters play, put up to 2 cards from your discard pile on top of your deck in any order.

Elder Thing is a Monster that appears in the Arkham Horror Second Edition Core Set and Innsmouth Horror, Elder Sign Core Set, Eldritch Horror Core Set, and a Character Card that appears in the Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game Forgotten Lore.

Artwork[]

FL-11 uses an illustration[?] by Katherine Dinger.

Mythos[]

The Elder Things first appeared in the story At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft, 1931).

See also: Rise of the Elder Things

Notes and references[]

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