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Nue
The whistling call of the nue is a warning that man, beast, and yokai alike have long learned to fear. This chimeric yokai has the skull of a monkey, the body of a tiger, and a tail that morphs into a venomous serpent. Rumoured to be the first true yokai, it is an ancient sovereign of beasts and an omen of disaster and dread. Sowing chaos wherever it roams, the nue's ferocity and unpredictable magic represent a remnant of a forgotten, untamed world.
Nue's Curse
The nue is notorious for its disaster field—a chaotic, magical aura that inflicts misfortune upon all within its proximity. This power is intertwined with the nue's mythology, with many stories reciting how its appearance coincided with great tragedy and cataclysm. Some folktales speak of the nue's curse targeting specific individuals, rendering great warriors and emperors alike helplessly sick for nights on end until either they or the nue are killed.
Nueko
Nue have litters of three to five young every century, and the birth of these young, called nueko, are significant moments. While carrying unborn nueko, mother nue are dangerously aggressive and powerful, their disaster fields growing so potent that they disrupt the weather, generating thick, black clouds that plunge acres of land into perpetual darkness and misfortune. Nueko are highly valued by spellcasters, their gentler nature and charming appearance making them prized familiars. Unlike the nue, whose chimeric body serves a singular, lethal purpose, a nueko's head and tail are independent, often play-fighting with one another and competing for food. Only after a nueko grows into a nue across the first decade of its life do its simian head and serpent tail synchronise into a single mind.
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Bite
Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage plus 2 (1d4) poison damage.
Tail
Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage, and if the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the end of its next turn.
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Growl (Recharge 6)
The nueko growls affectionately. Each creature within 10 feet of it must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed for 1 minute.