[Dawn of the Yokai] New Theme! Nekomata Shamisen! (Patreon)

Hi everyone! Our new theme today is 'Dawn of the Yokai'.

"But what is a Yokai?!" I hear you ask! A 'Yokai' is a creature that we've created for our upcoming project Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms! These items are all eastern themed and will fit perfectly in your campaigns!

Nekomata Shamisen

Wondrous item, uncommon (optional attunement)

Component: fey (yokai) or fiend (yokai) hair

Defying explanation, this instrument lends a haunting and sorrowful quality to any song played on it, regardless of the musician’s intent. Though off-putting to some, it appears to be universally appealing to felines of all types, which are drawn by the sound of the shamisen and sometimes even join in as a mewling choir.

Nekomata’s Call. As an action while holding this instrument, you can play a haunting tune to raise the spirits of the dead and bend them to your will. You summon three specters, which appear in unoccupied spaces of your choice within 30 feet of you. Each specter disappears after 1 minute, when it drops to 0 hit points, or if you don’t use a bonus action on your subsequent turns to continue playing the shamisen. The specters are allies to you and your companions. In combat, they share your initiative count, but take their turns immediately after yours. They obey your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, they take the Dodge action. Once this property of the instrument has been used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.

Optional Attunement. If you choose to attune to this item, you can use the Spiritual Bond property while you remain attuned to it.

OA: Spiritual Bond. When a creature’s hit point maximum is reduced by the Life Drain action of one of the specters summoned by the Nekomata’s Call property, you can use your reaction to regain hit points equal to the hit point maximum reduction.

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Rare variant: The Nekomata’s Call property can be used twice, regaining all expended uses daily at dawn.

Very rare variant: The Nekomata’s Call property can be used three times, regaining all expended uses daily at dawn. While attuned to the item, you can use the Spiritual Burden property.

OA: Spiritual Burden. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to share the burden of pain with your choice of one of the specters summoned by the Nekomata’s Call property, as long as it is within 30 feet of you. You take half as much damage instead, and the specter takes the remaining damage.

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