Koyamata Ito – Greater MUKUROKOORI

The monastery abbot and the cause of the curse that turned him and his fellow monks into cold zombie slaves of Rimiko the Hungry Storm. KOYAMATA ITO Greater Mukurokoori Medium undead, neutral evil Armor Class 14 (blue lamellar) Hit Points 97 (13d8 + 39) Speed 30 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 18 (+4) 10 (+0) 17 (+3) 12 (+1) 10 (+2) 5 (-3) […]

THE JACKAL MASTER

During the Hungary Storm adventure, the party has to deal with a mob of re-animated ice-zombies. This was a mini-boss type encounter that my party bypassed completely as they were badly injured from the phase 1 fight with Rimiko and were running to kill her in phase 2. THE JACKAL MASTER Unique Mukurokoori Monk Medium undead, […]

Yamata-No-Orochi

After finishing Nioh recently I was surprised that the Japanese essentially have a Tiamat of their own. I couldn’t miss the opportunity to convert my Tiamat into Yamata-no-Orochi. Yamata-No-Orochi is the legendary japanese mystical creature, it’s said to have eight heads and eight tails, the name Orochi is a reference to the ancient reading in Kanji which […]

Biwa boku-boku

Taken from Japanese mythology by way of Nioh, suitable for an Oriental Adventure campaign. BIWA BOKU-BOKU Small undead (yokai), chaotic evil Armor Class 16 (song of anguish) Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8) Speed 0 ft., see ethereal jaunt STR 11 (+0) DEX 14 (+2) CON 12 (+1) INT 11 (+0) WIS 13 (+1) CHA […]

Karakasa Umbrella

Taken from Japanese mythology by way of Nioh, suitable for an Oriental Adventure campaign. KARAKASA UMBRELLA Small undead (yokai), chaotic evil Armor Class 13 Hit Points 36 (8d8) Speed 30 ft. STR 16 (+3) DEX 17 (+3) CON 10 (+0) INT 11 (+0) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 8 (-1) Damage Resistances necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and […]

Stone Spirit

Stone spirits are evil spirits that inhabit stone statues and can animate them when they desire. The animating spirits have Intelligence scores of 8 to 10 and always have neutral evil alignment. They have the yokai subtype, so they are susceptible to spells that target spirits. A stone spirit can be confronted in the Spirit […]

Seance of BHUTA

I took the original and used an idea from Nioh where a swarm of spirits take over a good kami and turn it into a monster. The Bhoot is a creature from Indian mythology suitable for an Oriental Adventure campaign. SEANCE of BHUTA A Large Swarm of Small undead, neutral evil Armour Class 17 (painful […]

Bhuta

A creature from Indian mythology suitable for an Oriental Adventure campaign. See a Seance of Bhoot for an alternate version I used in my game. BHUTA Medium undead, neutral evil Armour Class 17 (painful memories) Hit Points 147 (14d8 + 84) Speed 0 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover) STR 21 (+5) DEX 15 (+2) CON 22 […]

Spirit Centipede

More Oriental Adventure Monsters – inspired by Nioh and Japanese Mythology. DESCRIPTION The spirit centipede ( a giant centipede with the yokai template) is a poisonous shapeshifter that frequently administers punishments on behalf of the Celestial Bureaucracy. The creature resembles an enormous centipede about 4 feet long, complete with a segmented body, multiple legs, and two […]

Ghost Touch

In a campaign about yokai and other spirits ghost touch is a useful weapon affix. But since there are no such thing as an incorporeal undead (technically) incorporeal undead do exist in D&D. Here is a 5e version of ghost touch that works around this. GHOST TOUCH A ghost touch weapon deals damage normally against […]