Happiness is a BAKEMONO-SHO!

BAKEMONO-SHO (#27/28, #27/365) [OOTP IV]

SKILL: 6

STAMINA: 6

ATTACKS: 1

WEAPON: Shortsword, Spear, or Shortbow

ARMOUR: Leather Hauberk and Small Shield

DAMAGE MODIFIER: None

HABITAT: Dungeons, Ruins, Forests, Marshes, Hills

NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1-6 or 3-18

TYPE: Humanoid

REACTION: Unfriendly-Hostile

INTELLIGENCE: Average

From the distant hermit kingdom of Hachiman, in the south-eastern corner of the Dark Continent of Khul, are to be found many strange and horrible creatures known from few other places across Titan. One such example are the BAKEMONO-SHO, thought to be an obscure variant of the more ubiquitous Goblin, and also related to the Orc-like Shikome. They are short ugly humanoid creatures, with warty orange-brown skin, and typically clad in leather armour while brandishing crude weapons such as shortswords, spears and shortbows.

For every six Bakemono-Sho that are encountered, one will be a more experienced individual with SKILL 7 STAMINA 8. They are known from a variety of regions in Hachiman, including the Forest of Shadows and the Mizokumo Fens, as well as hilly uplands and dark dungeons. While the Bakemono-Sho may aggregate in small hamlets of three to eighteen individuals, they are more likely to be found in the service of an evil lord, such as Ikiru, the Master of Shadows and lord of Onikaru, the Pit of Demons. 

Although not as powerful as the Shikome, the Bakemono-Sho are cunning and devious, and equally capable of setting traps and snares or infiltrating human settlements using stealth and subterfuge. Ultimately though, they are cowardly creatures at heart, and a savage show of might will usually cower them into submission or send them running to the hills, depending on whatever the Bakemono-Sho consider their best hopes of survival to be!