This specimen has white skin, long clawed fingers, and unnaturally long forearms and ankles. A bony jaw rips out of the bottom of its once human face. Yokai are “abnormal“ infected, and may have different appearances or special abilities to reflect that. This one is quick, hungry, and intent on slaying Storm Knights.

Attributes: Charisma 6, Dexterity 12, Mind 5, Spirit 10, Strength 16

Skills: Dodge 15, find 8, intimidation (15), maneuver 14, stealth 13, taunt (11), unarmed combat 15

Move: 12; Tough: 18 (2); Shock: —; Wounds: 3

Equipment: —

Perks: —

Possibilities: Yes (1 per hero)

Special Abilities:

• Armor: Tough hide +2.
• Bite/Claws: Damage Strength +2 (18).
• Fear: Upon first encountering this creature a hero must test willpower or Spirit or become Very Stymied.
• Infected: Ords KO’ed or Defeated by this creature become infected themselves. Reality-rated characters slain by infected rise as jiangshi sometime within the act.
• Possibility Hunger: When a reality-rated character Soaks damage dealt by this creature, it gains the Possibility spent to Soak.
• Regeneration (Very Fast): A yokai may spend a Possibility on its turn as a simple action to heal one Wound.
• Relentless: Yokai ignore Shock.
• Undead: Yokai are immune to poison and other effects that require breathing, eating, or other “living“ processes.