YUREI Quote of Some Kind by a member of the class! In Shinto, there are various ways to anger ghosts. People who die of murder or suicide or with unfinished business often have a great deal of unresolved anger and almost always return as ghosts. Some also return because they haven't had the proper funeral rights, or because of powerful emotions. While Yurei is a generic term for ghost I am using it here to refer to non-Buddhist ghosts that return due to these situations.
BECOMING A YUREI How you would normally become a member of this prestige class.
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Class Skills The Yurei's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are....
Skills Per Day at 1st Level : (x + int)x4
Skills Per Day at Each Additional Level : x + int
Hit Dice: dx
[b] BAB Fort Ref Will Abilities[/b]
1. +0 +0 +0 +2
2. +1 +0 +0 +3
3. +1 +1 +1 +3
4. +2 +1 +1 +4
5. +2 +1 +1 +4
6. +3 +2 +2 +5
7. +3 +2 +2 +5
8. +4 +2 +2 +6
9. +4 +3 +3 +6
10.+5 +3 +3 +7
11.+5 +3 +3 +7
12.+6 +4 +4 +8
13.+6 +4 +4 +8
14.+7 +4 +4 +9
15.+7 +5 +5 +9
16.+8 +5 +5 +10
17.+8 +5 +5 +10
18.+9 +6 +6 +11
19.+9 +6 +6 +11
20.+10 +6 +6 +12
Weapon Proficiencies: Yurei are not proficient with shields, weapons or armor.
PLAYING A YUREI Brief description on how to play the class you are designing.
Religion: A brief description of the different religions that the class commonly follows. It's best to state your sources if you are using non-core gods.
Other Classes: An in detail section on how your class interacts with other classes. Best to state your sources if your going to refer to non-core classes.
Combat: Here's a section where you will describe common combat methods for your class. Remember to include information on how your class will use his powers in combat.
Advancement: This is a section on different options and paths that the class can go down when they advance in power.
YUREI IN THE WORLD A quote of somebody else talking about your class! A brief description of how your class is persevered in the world and how he interacts with the world.
Daily Life: Some general information about the typical day in the life of your class.
Notables: Make up some cool information about notable figures in the history of your class. It's best to give a little information from one of the good alignment and evil alignment (unless it's a good or evil only class).
Organizations: Some information about organizations dedicated to the practice of your class and other organizations which members of your class will be attracted towards.
NPC Reaction This is an in detail description of how NPC's would perceive your class and the immediate generalization that people would give of your class.
YUREI IN THE GAME This is a good place to provide a quick note on how your class will effect game play statistically.
Adaptation: This is a place where you put in detail how people can adapt your class into their campaign setting.
Encounters: This is a place to describe what sort of encounters PC's will have with NPC versions of your class.
EPIC YUREI Hit Die: dx
Skills Points at Each Level : x + int
Class Ability Class Ability.
Bonus Feats: The Epic Yurei gains a Bonus Feat every x levels higher than 20th
FAMOUS ANGRY GHOSTSAka Manto Modern urban legend about the ghost of an attractive man hounded by admirers. It approaches women in toilet stalls and asks if they want red or blue paper (or sometimes a cape), and violently murders them in different ways depending on the answers. Answering in a different manner gets you dragged off to Hell, unless you say no paper.
Ao-nyobo Female ghost with shaved eyebrows and blackened teeth who is found in the ruins of an Imperial castle looking into a mirror. She devours men.
Bake-kujira Skeletal ghost whale accompanied by strange birds and fish that appears off Shimane Prefecture. Sometimes attacks whalers.
Dorotabo Hard working Tokyo farmer who rose from the grave after his son llet the farm fall into disrepair.
Funayurei Ghosts who died at sea. They approach boats and ask for a ladle, and if given one will fill the boat with water till it sinks. Sometimes wear Buddhist funeral garb. Funayurei will grab hold of boats and halt them in the water, sometimes pulling in oarsmen, but can be repelled by fire.
Goryo Vengeful ghosts of (usually martyred or murdered for political reasons) aristocrats who could destroy crops, and create typhoons and earthquakes. They were also considered responsible for plagues and wars.
Hanako Ghost of a young girl with bobbed hair and a red skirt murdered by her father. She haunts toilet stalls and murders anyone who calls her name.
Hikiko Ugly girl physically marred from brutal beatings received from her parents and classmates. She drags victims until they become mutilated.
Hitogaki Ghosts of people buried up to their necks around a noble and left to die.
Jisatsu Obake Ghost that compels its victims to commit suicide.
Kajigababaa Women killed by wolves who become man-eating wolves (or possess them) who lead the pack.
Katawa-Guruma Phantom woman who rides a flaming cart with only one wheel (or sometimes just on a flaming wheel). Possibly a variant of Wanyudoh.
Kiku-Mushi Swarm of gold insects that are the ghosts of two innocent women who were murdered.
Kohada Koheiji Ghost of a man murdered by his wife's lover who subsequently haunted the two of them to death.
Kyokotsu The skeletons of those drowned in wells who curse those who come near with fever.
Me-Kurabe Mountain of skulls who were the victims of a tyrant.
Muenbotoke Spirits of the unworshiped dead that fly on the winds of the 16th day of the Obon festival of the dead. They are said to bring illness, drought, and hordes of crop devouring pests with them. The locals attempted ot appease them but were not always successful, and these unappeased spirits were called Shorokaze.
Mu-Onna Spirit of a mother who lost her child to famine or war. She uses magic to put children asleep to merge with and absorb them. Perversely she is also protective of children and will save them if they are in danger, and sometimes merges with them only to read their minds.
Nikobo Wizard who cured court noble of a psychic disease and was killed in return. He returned as a ball of fire.
Oari Ghost of a giant ant armed with a wooden hammer.
Oiwa Onryo from Yotsuya Kaidan, the most famous ghost story in Japan.
Okiku Onryo from one of Japan's most famous ghost stories.
Onmoraki Black crane with glowing eyes formed from the soul of a newly dead person. It shrieks at priests who fail in their duties and spits fire.
Onryo Ghost of a wronged person who returns for vengeance (though sometimes intense negative emotions can bring them back as well). Ironically they usually end up murdering everyone except the person who wronged them. Some even appear human and remarry. They are usually female, and some cause earthquakes, fires, storms, and pestilence. Illusions are also common.
Reiki Vengeful ghost of a murdered Oni. Unfortunately they're a little overzealous due to their demonic nature and often keep murdering long past their slayers demise. Most require divine intervention to get rid of them.
Sanemori Dead warrior who fell into a rice field, and whose ghost became a swarm of crop devouring insects.
Sarakazoe A type of Onryo known as a plate counting ghost, a murdered girl working for an aristocrat who is accused of breaking an expensive plate. Also a name for a ghost manifesting as a mysterious fire.
Shiryo Ancestral ghosts who do not continue to receive the proper respect. They sometimes possess others or cause illness.
Shura Ghosts of angry dead warriors seen fighting in the sky.
Suppon-No-Yurei Butcher possessed by the ghost of a soft-shelled turtle who looks like a humanoid version of one.
Teketeke Ghost of a bride cut in half by a train accident in Hokkaido who appears as her upper torso.
Te-No-Me Blind man robbed and murdered who reanimated his corpse and grew eyes in the palms of his hands to search for his attacker.
Tesso Spurned monk who starved himself to death and returned as a humanoid rat with metal teeth and claws leading a swarm of rat yokai. They destroy shrines and artifacts. Also known as Raigo.
Toyo Ghost of a 17 year old bucktoothed girl married to the Oni Sanbee.
Tsurara-onna More benign version of Yuki-Onna who melts in hot water.
Tsuyu GIrl who died from being in love with a Samurai who awoke one day embracing her skeleton.
Ubagabi Cloud or ball of fire with an old woman's face. It kills whoever it flies over within three years unless they shout 'aburasashi'.
Uido-Kasai Ghosts of widows appearing as foxfire, often to prevent their new lovers form taking another woman.
Utai-gaikotsu Ghost of a wronged person. It appears as a floating skull that follows the person(s) who wronged it singing a warning to others.
Uusu-Tsuki-Warashi Ghost of a child who crawls out from under the floor and makes a sound like a millstone grinding which causes unpleasant feelings. Said to be from the practice of committing infanticide by burying unwanted children under a millstone beneath the floor.
Wanyudoh SOul of a tyrannical daimyo appearing as a face on a flaming wheel. In life he had his victims drawn o nthe nack of an ox-cart and in death he wanders the road between the world of the living and the dead stealing the souls of those he encounters. He also roams towns at night severing the legs of children.
Yanagi-Baba Ghost hag who is an evil version of the Yanagi-Onna (though she can appear beautiful to seduce men). In some legends she is instead a spirit of the willow tree who harasses passers by.
Yuki-Niko Ghostly girl who is a child version of the Yuki-Onna.
Yuki-onna Tall beautiful woman with long black hair, and pale blue lips dressed in white who appears in the snow. She terrifies people despite her beauty and turns into a cloud of mist and snow if threatened. Alternatively the ghost of a woman who died in the snow, a minor deity, or a life draining succubus her origin varies. She is said to freeze men with her kiss or breath, or by handing them an illusionary child. In some legends she must be invited in, and in some she forces open doors with gusts of wind. Originally a serial killer she softens, and in later tales even temporarily marries a man.