Yokai of Japan

[Shawn Merrow]

This will be coming out in Rifter 71-72 double issue. It was a lot of fun to write and hope you will find it useful.

Beyond the Supernatural™ but also suitable for Rifts®, Ninjas & Superspies/HU2, and other settings – Yokai of Japan by Shawn Merrow and Siembieda – 10 monsters inspired by Japanese myth. Some really fun monsters to spice up any campaign. Art by Mike Mumah. ‘Nuff said.

[Alrik Vas]

Neat! Can't wait.

[glitterboy2098]

link for those not familiar with the Yokai folklore/mythology.

they are a fairly diverse class of entities, it will be interesting to see what gets included and how they are handled.

(note that a lot of these appeared in the Hellboy:sword of storms film, but those depictions may not be accurate to the source materials of the myths)

i wonder if Tsukumogami will appear? those could make a fun thing to frustrate investigators with.

[Shawn Merrow]

These are the ones I wrote for it "Funa-yurei, Hanadaka-tengu, Kappa, Karasu-tengu, Kitsune, Neko-mata, Nue, Nure-onna, Oni, Tanuki." The number is the same, so don't think any changes were made in the list.

My reference material.
GODS of Japan, A-to-Z Photo Dictionary of Japanese Buddhism (Buddhist & Shinto Deities)
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml

The Obakemono Project
http://www.obakemono.com/

Wikipedia - Mainly to point me towards other sites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt
Kodansha America, 2008 ISBN: 978-4-7700-3070-2

[gaby]

I hope the person who gets Rifter 71/72 will give a Rivew of it,soon.

[Axelmania]

How similar is this to the 'Fur of the Yokai' supplement for the BlackTokyo/Fursona D20 games?

[Shawn Merrow]

No idea as I have never heard of that book.

[mrloucifer]

I've read the article and I enjoyed it, a lot in fact! I'm planning to use the "Demon Corpses" in an upcoming adventure of mine.
If you haven't gotten this issue yet, this article is worth the cost by itself and I recommend getting it.

[Zamion138]

These type of yokai?
https://youtu.be/pt0XI__0Xog
My kid lives this show...

[Holister]

Are Kitsune and Garuda considered Yokai?

[Shawn Merrow]

I've read the article and I enjoyed it, a lot in fact! I'm planning to use the "Demon Corpses" in an upcoming adventure of mine.
If you haven't gotten this issue yet, this article is worth the cost by itself and I recommend getting it.

Thanks, please let me know how it works out.

These type of yokai?
https://youtu.be/pt0XI__0Xog
My kid lives this show...

Same source material but the show is the G rated versions from what little I know of it.

Are Kitsune and Garuda considered Yokai?

Kitsune yes, and the same with Garuda but under a different name.

[Shawn Merrow]

Rifter 71-72 is up on DriveThruRPG.

The Rifter #71-72 Double Issue