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Lead Shoggoth Wrangler: Mike Mearls Producer: Neil Robinson Game Design and Development: Chris Honkala, Mike Mearls, lam Pace Technical Editing: lam Pace, Justin Zerza, Janelle Bawayan Cover Art: Loic Muzy Primary Artists: Ola Lanteli, Loic Muzy, Claudio Pozas Additional Art: Alberto Bontempi, Caleb Cleveland, Andrey Fetisov, Nicholas Grey, Pat Loboyko DISCLAIMER: Marketing Team: Brian Holland, Monika Godyn Call of Cthulhu Creative Director: Mike Mason Cruel but Cute Overseer: Callie, Feline Avatar of Chaos Playtesters: Will Ansell, Brannon Boren, Ben Cammarano, Heather Conover, Jefferson Dunlap, Nate Heiss, Steve Hobbs, Mons Johnson, Alex Kammer, George Krstic, Chris Lindsay, David McDarby, Ashley Newcombe, Frank Simon, Nick Strann, Steve Warner Special Thanks: Randy Balisalisa, Ann Earp, Laura Hohman, Brian Perry, Andy Smith, Aaron Sobel, Joe Starr, Laura Thompson, Justin Zerza, and the rest of D&D Beyond team. Chaosium takes no credit or blame if, after reading Cthulhu by Torchlight, readers begin inexplicably using words such as rugose, squamous, Cyclopean, chthonic, or ineffable in their daily conversations. Chaosium similarly holds no responsibility for spontaneous shouts of \"la! la! Cthulhu fhtagn!\" If this condition persists, consider a relaxing cruise to the middle of the South Pacific. This work includes material from the System Reference Document 5.2 (\"SRO 5.2\") by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available at https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd. The SRO 5.2 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. Cthulhu by Torchlight© 2025 Chaosium Inc. All rights reserved. Call of Cthulhu © 1981 - 2025 Chaosium Inc. All rights reserved. Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium Inc., and the Chaosium logo are registered trademarks of Chaosium Inc. All rights reserved. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Reproduction of this work by any means without written permission of Chaosium Inc., except for the use of short excerpts for the purpose of reviews and the copying of character sheets and handouts for in-game use, is expressly prohibited.Find more Chaosium Inc. products at chaosium.com