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A chicken familiar (hen) exposed to high levels of radiation during an adventure turns into a chocobo-like creature. Eventually, my player lost this familiar, re-summoned, and got a demonic version and eventually got the arcane version. It’s the same spirit just taking different forms. The chocobo is called Diabexes – because it’s fat and loves […]
Read More Arcane Chocobo (Giant Chicken) FamiliarA chicken familiar (“Hen”) exposed to high levels of radiation during an adventure turns into a chocobo-like creature. CHOCOBO (Mutant Chicken) Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 11 Hit Points19 (3d10 + 3) Speed 20 ft., fly 40 ft. (drift) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 18 (+4) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 5 (-3) 12 (+1) 7 (-2)Skill Perception +5 Senses darkvision 60 […]
Read More Mutant ChocoboThere were too many rooms in this dungeon that were essentially “break down door and kill the orc”. Mixed it up by changing some of the room encounters. This was the last time they encountered the stonewalker spirit as he took over statues to harass the party. The party got surprise and the red onryoki died in the first […]
Read More D6. Hall of Lost GrandeurBig Bad tank that didn’t last 1 round! Version 2 needs to be tankier. NPC is a direct Inspiration Onryoki from Nioh. RED ONRYOKI Huge fiend (oni), chaotic evil Armor Class 19 (Natural Armor) Hit Points 310 (23d12 + 161) Speed 40 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 25 (+7) 11 (+0) 25 (+7) 6 (-2) 13 (+1) 14 (+2) Saving Throws STR +13, DEX +6, CON +13, WIS […]
Read More red onryokiThese mobs were purposely created to show how the bad guys can use the Oiran class against them. Was a fun encounter as the PCs realised they prefer not to be on the receiving end of the geiko’s buffing songs. BODAK GEIKO Medium undead, chaotic evil Armor Class 15 (natural armor, tattered kimono) Hit Points 58 (9d8 + 18) Speed 30 […]
Read More bodak geikoThere were too many rooms in this dungeon that were essentially “break down door and kill the orc”. Mixed it up by changing some of the room encounters. Here one. My PCs visited the room twice, so Shizu was added the second time. Great fight and puzzle. D9. The Great Procession of Mortality This is the mind […]
Read More D9. The Great Procession of MortalityI had this NPC harass the party throughout the adventure withdrawing before she could be cornered. They eventually pinned her at the Lake Bed (see tactics below). But she eventually became a respected enemy and instead of killing her they knocked her out and used the sacred brush to rewrite her memory and alignment. She […]
Read More okami leader ShizuThe Japanese doppelgänger. Residents of the gutted pagoda. The kumo are at war with the oni and okami. Built off the 5E/4E drider. I didn’t get to use Akinosa but a DM always reuses his stuff so he appears later re-skinned. Akinosa Large monstrosity (shapechanger, yokai), neutral evil Armor Class 19 (natural armor) Hit Points 129 (13d10 + 52) Speed 50 ft., […]
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