Changes: Martian

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The Martians are a fictional race developed for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game in 1995. They are inspired by H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds and Frank Belknap Long's The Blue Earthman.

Background

The Martians are a warlike vampiric race that communicates telepathically. Possessing a large eardrum in the back of the head, they are only able to hear specific tones and sounds. They use long glass pipettes to extract blood from their victims, which they take directly into their systems. Extremely strong beings whom are able to move unaided in Earth's heavier gravity, possessing tentacles from which humans rarely escape once they've been caught.

They operate tripod battle machines that cannot be harmed by anything short of a direct artillery strike. Devastating weapons of war that are a hundred feet tall and can reach 60 mph. They are armed with heat rays, black smoke projectors, and mechanical tentacles. The invisible heat rays ignite buildings up to a mile away. Canisters release the poisonous black smoke which rises up to fifty feet in the air, a viscous, clinging thick smoke. The mechanical tentacles are used to grasp objects, when not carrying the black smoke canister guns or heat ray projectors.

Gallery

Main article: Martian/Gallery

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-{{inmythos}}{{Expandedmythos}}
 {{Infobox species
-|image = Martian_(Chaosium).jpg
+|image = Martian (Chaosium).jpg
+|origin = [[Solar System#Mars|Mars]]
-|alias =
+|first = {{ADJ}}: ''The War of the Worlds''<br>
-|origin = [[Mars]]
-|first = ''The War of the Worlds''
+{{CIRCLE}}: ''The Blue Earthman'' <br>
-|created by = H.G. Wells
+|created by = H. G. Wells
 }}
+{{Lovecraftcircle}}
-The '''Martians''' are a fictional race which first appeared in the [[Call of Cthulhu (Role-Playing Game)|Call of Cthulhu RPG]] in 1995, whom are based on H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds.
+{{Expandedmythos}}
+{{Mythosadjacent}}
+The '''Martians''' are a fictional race developed for the ''[[Call of Cthulhu (Role-Playing Game)|Call of Cthulhu]]'' roleplaying game in 1995. They are inspired by H.G. Wells' ''The War of the Worlds'' and [[Frank Belknap Long]]'s ''The Blue Earthman''.
 ==Background==
-The Martians are a warlike vampiric race that communicates telepathically. Possessing a large eardrum in the back of the head, they are only able to hear specific tones and sounds. They use long glass pipettes to extract blood from their victims, which they take directly into their systems. Extremely strong beings whom are able to move unaided in [[Earth|Earth's]] heavier gravity, possessing tentacles from which humans rarely escape once they've been caught.
+The Martians are a warlike vampiric race that communicates telepathically. Possessing a large eardrum in the back of the head, they are only able to hear specific tones and sounds. They use long glass pipettes to extract blood from their victims, which they take directly into their systems. Extremely strong beings whom are able to move unaided in [[Earth]]'s heavier gravity, possessing tentacles from which humans rarely escape once they've been caught.
-They operate tripod battle machines that cannot be harmed by nothing short of a direct artillery strike. Devastating weapons of war that are 100 ft and can reach 60 mph. Which are armed with heat rays, black smoke projectors, and mechanical tentacles. The invisible heat rays ignite buildings up to a mile away. Canisters release the poisonous black smoke which is rises up to 50 ft into the air, a viscous, clinging thick smoke. The mechanical tentacles are used to grasp objects, when not carrying the black smoke canister guns or heat ray projectors.
+They operate tripod battle machines that cannot be harmed by anything short of a direct artillery strike. Devastating weapons of war that are a hundred feet tall and can reach 60 mph. They are armed with heat rays, black smoke projectors, and mechanical tentacles. The invisible heat rays ignite buildings up to a mile away. Canisters release the poisonous black smoke which rises up to fifty feet in the air, a viscous, clinging thick smoke. The mechanical tentacles are used to grasp objects, when not carrying the black smoke canister guns or heat ray projectors.
-==External links==
-*[[w:c:waroftheworlds:Martians|Martians]] at the [[w:c:waroftheworlds:Main Page|War of the Worlds Wiki]]
 ==Gallery==
+{{Main|Martian/Gallery}}
+[[es:Marcianos]]
-===Gallery of the Martians===
-<gallery>
-Martians_(Internet).jpg
-Martian_(Internet).jpg
-</gallery>
+[[Category:Sapient Species]]
-===Gallery of the Tripods===
+[[Category:Species Originating From Mythos-Adjacent Works]]
-<gallery>
+[[Category:Species Originating From Expanded Mythos Works]]
-Martian_War_Machine_8_(Internet).jpg
+[[Category:Extraterrestrial Species]]
-Martian_War_Machine_2_(Internet).jpg
-Martian_War_Machine_4_(Internet).jpg
-Martian_War_Machine_5_(Internet).jpg
-Martian_War_Machine_6_(Internet).jpg
-Martian_War_Machine_7_(Internet).jpg
-</gallery>
-[[Category:Species]]
-[[Category:Extra-terrestrial species]]
-[[Category:Sentient species]]
-[[Category:Lifeforms of Mars]]
-[[Category:Space-faring species]]