Gorakiki Subcults 
Gorakiki Subcults Gorakiki is the goddess of insects. The cult is described in detail in Troll Gods, which gives information on the largest subcults of bee, beetle, locust, and moth. Gorakiki is worshipped not only by trolls, but also by insect hsunchen and the Wasp Riders of Dragon Pass. In this article, Martin concentrates on subcults worshipped by trolls.
Spells cast upon a giant insect of the appropriate type generally do the following:
Ant Head: 4 points of armor; bite attack at 50% does 2D6.
Chitin: 6 points of armor; smoothness acts as Shimmer 2.
Lifting Limbs: 4 points armor; character can carry six times its own weight, and can climb at 100% or double skill, whichever is greater.
Found: Dagori Inkarth, Vale of Flowers (friends of Bee tribe) (150) (was one of the largest subcults before Gbaji).
Devour: 4 points armor, munching jaws capable of devouring 5 ENC per melee round.
Honeydew: 4 points armor; any weapon doing damage becomes covered in a sticky exudate, subtracting one from that weapon's damage until it is cleaned, each blow subtracting an additional point.
Climbing Limbs: 4 points armor; 200% + normal Climb ability, allowing climbs up sheer surfaces and even hanging upside down where there is something to hold onto; climb at normal movement rate and FP cost.
Found: Elder Wilds (300).
As normal beetle, except Carapace only provides 6 AP and the target can spray hot acid 20 meters. The heat does 2D6 damage and the acid has POT equal to the caster's POW. Target can spray five times every 15 minutes.
Found: where needed.
Feast: 4 points armor, munching jaws capable of devouring 5 ENC per melee round.
Shell: 6 points armor; also acts as 1 point Spirit Block.
Digging Limbs: 3 points armor on limbs, allows burrowing in the ground at a speed of 1 meter per strike rank in soft soil.
Found: Elder Wilds (950).
Caddis Head: 3 points armor, long antennae that allow sensing of air movements and faint smells (25% Earthsense and 25% Smell).
Elytron: 6 points of armor; also acts as 1 point of Absorption.
Caddisflight: shaped much like moth wings; can fly at base speed of 10 meters per strike rank (each 3 points of ENC past base FP slows speed by 1 meter per strike rank; each extra ENC also costs 1 extra FP per melee round).
Found: Dagori Inkarth, Korzant Tribe (150, mostly trollkin).
Cicada Head: 3 points armor, large eyes that allow sight in the dark as in Catseye (but only for 15 minutes).
Buzzwhir: 4 points of armor; in male, allows production of shrill sound from vibrating membranes on abdomen, by which the initiate can communicate with other initiates over a distance of about 2 kilometers.
Whirring Wings: as Caddisfly, above, but wings elongated and folded back along body when not in use.
Found: Elder Wilds (1200).
Dragonfly Head: 3 points armor, eyes that act as Second Sight.
Scutum: as Shield 3 (armor only protects torso).
Dragonflight: as Caddisflight, above, but four wings, which are elongated and stick out perpendicular to the body.
Found: Dagori Inkarth, Korzant Tribe (180, mostly trollkin).
Earwig Head: 2 points armor; eyes as with Cicada, above.
Pincers: 4 points of armor, and initiate grows a pair of pincers at the base of his or her abdomen, which can swing up in front or back of the troll--base chance to hit 25%, damage 2D6.
Crawling Legs: 3 points armor on limbs; can move at 5 meters per strike rank.
Found: Blue Moon Plateau (500).
Fly Head: 2 points armor; bite attack does 2D6.
Melanogaster: 4 points of armor, and 1 point of Reflection.
Sprout Wings: as Caddisflight, above, but wings fold back. Found: Yolp Mountains (640).
Lacewing Head: 2 points armor; bite attack does 2D6.
Parma: 4 points of armor and 4 points of Shimmer.
Lace Wings: as Caddisflight, above, but delicate wings become useless if they take any damage.
Found: Pamaltelan Jungle (500).
Big Gulp: 2 points of armor; bite attack at 50% does 2D6, and if successful, the initiate can hang on, sucking out the victim's blood at a rate of 1D6 general HP (and 5 times as many FP) per melee round.
Lousy: 6 points of armor and 4 extra HP (damage to extra HP disappears when the spell lapses).
Creeping Limbs: can climb like an aphid, above.
Found: Halikiv (300).
Mantis Head: 2 points of armor; bite attack at 50% does 2D6.
Mantissa: 5 points of armor; rudimentary wings allow short (50 m.) hops at cost of 3 FP plus one per ENC over base FP.
Pray: 2 points of armor; two foreleg attacks at 50% each do 3D6.
Found: Elder Wilds (1700).
Mayfly Head: 2 points of armor; long antennae boost Smell skill to 75%.
Ephemera: 4 points of armor; smooth shape gives 20% chance any blow will be deflected without harm.
Mayflight: as Caddisflight, above, but diaphenous wings stick straight out from the back.
Found: Guhan (500).
Suck: 2 points of armor; bite attack as Louse, above.
Scutela: 6 AP in every location, cumulative with the armor from Suck. If a weapon penetrates the armor, the armor closes over the wound and the target will not bleed. The target can wear soft armor while under this spell, but hard armor will greatly restrict his movement.
Buzzing Wings: Long transparent wings grow out of the target's back. He or she gains a Fly skill at 40. (See the Windchild article in Elder Secrets for the Fly skill. This skill can improve with experience.) If the target has no armor or clothes over the wings, he or she can fly with a base speed of 10 meters per SR, using 1 FP per minute. Each point of ENC over the target's base FP doubles the FP cost or slows speed by 1 meter per strike rank. The target cannot fly slower than 5 meters per SR. The wings have the same HP as the target's arms. Damage to the wings does not affect the target's general HP.
Found: Kethaela, in coastal swamps (200), and Pamaltelan Jungle (1000) (also among Tusk Riders).
Roach Head: 4 points of armor; bite attack at 50% does 2D6. Plastron: 8 points of armor.
Sprout Legs: as Sprout Arms for Beetle.
Found: Elder Wilds (700).
Sawfly Head: 2 points of armor; bite attack at 50% does 2D6.
Saw: 4 points of armor; in female, sawlike ovipositor can be used to attack at 25%, doing 2D6.
Sawflight: as Caddisflight, above, but wings fold back.
Found: Pamaltelan Jungle (400).
Scorpionfly Head: 2 points of armor; bite attack at 50% does 2D6.
Tail: 4 points of armor; tail-like appendage can reach up behind the initiate's back, attacking at 25% and doing 1D4 damage.
Scorpionflight: Wings: as Caddisflight, above, but wings fold back.
Found: Dagori Inkarth, Korzant tribe (150, mostly trollkin).
Silver Head: 2 points of armor; bite attack at 50% does 2D6.
Spines: 4 points of armor; spines do 1D6 damage to anyone contacting them.
Silver Limbs: can climb like an aphid, above.
Found: Blue Moon Plateau (150).
Springtail Head: 2 points of armor; add 25% to all perception skills.
Bounce: 4 points of armor; initiate takes no damage from falling, if abdomen or chest rolled on missile hit location.
Spring: long forked tail sprouts in front of initiate, allows leaping up to 20 + DEX x 2 meters horizontally, or half that distance vertically; Jump skill is doubled, and the initiate takes no falling damage if he or she makes the skill roll.
Found: Guhan (500).
Termite Head: 2 points of armor; bite attack at 50% does 2D6.
Spray: 4 points of armor; can spray hot acid with potency equal to POW from nozzle at tail (once every three melee rounds, with a maximum of 5 times per casting of the spell); target can digest cellulose as a termite does.
Carrying Limbs: character can carry six times its own weight, and can climb at 100% or double skill, whichever is greater.
Found: Kethaela (800).
Wasp Head: Gives the target a wasp's sense of smell (25%, or 100% for sweet things) and a 25% bite attack at 2D6.
Stab: works exactly like Gorakiki-Bee's Stinger.
Furious Wings: works exactly like Gorakiki-Bee's Sprout Wings.
Found: Dagori Inkarth, Vale of Flowers (250) (also the inhabitants of Wasp Nest, in Sartar).
Found in Dagori Inkarth, Vale of Flowers: 1600 + 100 trollkin
Often fractured into sub-subcults, like Bignose, Great Jaws, Mandibles of Doom, etc., found in--
Blue Moon Plateau: 350
Dagori Inkarth: 100 in each major Tribe except Korzant (none) and Bee (200)
Elder Wilds: 1300
Guhan: 500
Halikiv: 150
Pamaltelan Jungles: 4000
Kethaela: 500
Tarmo: 3400
Yolp Mountains: 1500
Found in--
Guhan: 2000
Halikiv: 850
Found on Blue Moon Plateau: 2000
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