[MW Nightreign] Obakitsu - CR 19 Huge Undead (Yokai) - $10 Reward (Patreon)

“Everything I’ve taught you has been the art of combat. The sweeping taught you the movements of the staff, the roof tiling taught you the weight of the hammer, and the reinvestment of my life insurance funds taught you… well, most of what I’ve taught you has been the art of combat.”

— Master Yimagi, Financially Stable

Kitsune dedicate their lives to learning and mastering their skills over centuries, eventually passing their vast knowledge and wisdom down to the next generation. Despite their incredible longevity, a few still find the time too short. When a kitsune master of the martial arts is dissatisfied with the brevity of their mortality, they may continue teaching in spirit as an obakitsu.

Skill Sentinel. Obakitsu are the subject of legends, and heroes will go to incredible lengths to receive tutelage from one of these masters. Techniques that are dead to the wider world of mortals remain sharp in the tails of an obakitsu, and their skill with any given weapon is rarely rivaled in the lands of the living.

Trial of Worthiness. Only the most honourable warriors are deemed worthy to train under an obakitsu, and each must prove this worthiness to a prospective master through combat. An aspiring student must best the obakitsu’s fox form, a nimble warrior that holds the weapons of failed challengers in its maw. On the rare instances an obakitsu is bested, the proper etiquette of success is to tidy the space in patient preparation for the sensei to return in their humanoid form and begin instruction of weapon masteries lost to time.

Spirit Teacher. In extremely rare cases, a warrior may impress an obakitsu enough to earn a position as an apprentice, receiving a larger body of knowledge over years of repeated visits. This specialized training often culminates in the apprentice being introduced to the obakitsu’s collection of weapons on the Ethereal Plane and choosing one as a symbol of their mastery.

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