#sagari

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Distorted equine souls caught entwined with branches. As part of its surprise, it not only screams out, but may also suddenly drop from its hidden spot to suddenly dangle in front of its victims.

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[mecthology]

Sagari: A Horse-Headed Yōkai from Japan 🐴

Sagari are mostly harmless and do not do very much other than dropping down right in front of someone's face to startle travelers on the road. Those who hear it's whinnying and screaming may be stricken with a terrible fever.🤒

The sagari clings to the lower branches with its intestines, and it is said that if you look closely, you can see the entrails writhing around the tree.🌳

Sagari are believed to be the spirits of horses that die on the road and are discarded, with their souls getting caught in the trees as they rise from their bodies, unable to pass on to the afterlife and transforming into these yokai. 😱💀

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Source: yokai.com

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Gunpowder Bombardier (Ninja Archetype)

A while ago when I did the review for the ninja class, I mentioned that shinobi historically have used fire and explosives in their tool kit to distract guards and provide a little bang in their arsenal when they needed it.

While any ninja character can benefit from smoke bombs and other alchemical explosives, today’s subject is a specialist that makes full use of bombs in their arsenal, the gunpowder bombardier!

Gunpowder has long been part of Japan’s history, not just for fireworks of ninja explosives, but also in terms of firearms, but we won’t be focusing on the latter today.

It’s delightful to see this aspect of historical ninja be focused on in the game, even if there is an element of cinematic flexibility added to it, as we shall soon see.

These bombers seem to never run out of explosives, at least, not while their ki pool lasts, letting them draw, light, and throw these explosives from hidden pouches, and even creating bigger bombs with a bit more expenditure of ki. As they grow in mastery, the formula for these bombs improves to be even more potent.

Additionally, as they grow in power, they also learn how to add special substances to the bombs for added effect, creating bright flashes to leave a foe seeing stars, additives that make the retort deafeningly loud, sticky substances to entangle, or a startling crack to leave the foe shaken. Later on, they can introduce noxious substances to leave the target retching, or a potent mix that leaves them stunned.

They also learn, after a fashion, how to improve the fuses on these explosives so they can be delayed, letting them go off later when the shinobi is considerably further away either as a distraction, timed sabotage, or simply a surprise attack that leaves the foe guessing where the attack came from.

If you wanna have some fun with explosives and be a ninja at the same time, this archetype can be a fun way to do so. I respect the choice to not make these bombs a clone of the alchemist variety, as well as the way that additional effects are added. Using the ki pool as the resource, representing how they’ve prepared a non-specific amount of explosives and hidden them on their person is very cinematic ninja-y, while also holding true to how such a specialist would prepare. That being said, while the bombs are powerful, they will not be your primary damage dealers, as your sneak attack will likely always do more. However, if you want ranged damage and potential debuffs, they can be quite useful in that regard. Also, don’t forget that mundane alchemical weapons are still a thing, which you can supplement your arsenal with.

With this sort of specialization, you can go a few different ways. Perhaps your character was trained especially for explosives by their mentors, or maybe they spend more time on such arts than their other lessons, worrying or annoying their teachers.

The party has been tasked with sneaking into the local daimyo’s estate while their explosives expert creates a fire on the opposite end of the compound. They sneak in through the stables, only to discover that something else has already been infiltrating them, a monstrous horse-headed sagari, which has already devoured the lord’s prized steed.

Though not exactly an accurate name, the shinobi known as the peacock tengu is neither a peacock nor a tengu, but a plumekith aasimar. This flashy ninja forgoes stealth, but still proves his worth through his element of distraction not just with the potency of his bombs, but also the fact guards can’t keep their eyes off of him when he appears.

An explosion goes off in the vessel the party was traveling in as it awaited docking in port. Rushing to the deck, they make it just in time to see a shadowy figure framed by the burning prow of the ship, before they leapt into the water. Just who this person was is a mystery, one they will have to solve after they survive this sabotage.

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Oct. 29th - Folklore

Sagari - one of Japanese yokai. When a horse dies on the road and is left to rot where it falls, it’s soul sometimes gets caught in the tree.

“Come on, move your ass!”

“But Kakuzu, I wanna feed the horsy!”

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Day 12:

Sagari