Monstrous Lore: Gogiteth

The clacking...the popping...
In "Monstrous Lore", we look at the most interesting, scary, and/or weird creatures in the world of Golarion.
In this episode, we look at the eldritch horror that is the Gogiteth. This includes its history, lore, and how to use it in your Pathfinder Second Edition stories.
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[@levibays1348]

I fought against a flock of these things in one of my games. That was one of the most exciting fights in that entire campaign. They were trying to snatch us up and forcibly feed us to their swarm of babies. It took everything we had to escape their grasp and kill them before we became the next meal.

[@the_chindividual]

That sounds so horrifying (and exciting)!

[@larscasteen]

The design of this monster is an absolute nightmare. For me, the scariest monster art in the game.

[@the_chindividual]

I have been looking through all Bestiaries / Monster Core released so far, and I could not find any other monster with art that looked as nightmarish as the Gogiteth. I tip my hat to the creator of this creature.

[@jpnesseth]

Very much appreciate the video. Just curious, what about the Gogiteth makes you consider them Eldritch or cosmic horror? [I think we actually might just differ in our definitions of 'cosmic horror', so I guess I'm mostly curious what you mean by it...]

[@the_chindividual]

I think there's two things that make the Gogiteth *feel* like cosmic horror to me. First, there's their alien physique: the long spindly legs, the many mouths and eyes etc. Second, it's their potential link to the Dominion of the Black and indirectly the Dark Tapestry. I can imagine them as Tapestry-born offspring of eldritch gods, which the Dominion is now using for mysterious intents.