Description
Hone Karakasa
Cavorting with the roaring wind and singing with every crash of thunder, a bundle of torn red cloth and splintered wood dances through a tumultuous sky. It is a hone karakasa, joyous and unfettered by the rain and gale of a driving tempest. Resembling a torn-up umbrella with its bamboo skeleton exposed, this large and unusual tsukumogami is a sight that sends civilians scarpering indoors—but not to protect themselves from the hone karakasa itself. On days such as these, where the flying yokai is glimpsed in a distant sky, it acts as the harbinger of an oncoming storm. As such, the hone karakasa's appearance is a useful sign to many Humanoids, albeit rarely a welcome one.
Leader of the Flock
The eldest and largest of the tsukumogami, hone karakasa are stronger and more irascible than their mischievous cousins and often emerge as the leader of a tsukumogami band. They fly at the head of a yokai parade, their papery wings spread wide, inspiring awe in the gaggle of smaller tsukumogami stumbling in their wake.
Traits
Flyby
The hone karakasa doesn't provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach.
Storm Kite
While the hone karakasa is grappled by a creature, it can confer its magic to that creature until the grapple ends. With this magic, the grappling creature gains a flying speed of 40 feet and has resistance to cold, lightning, and thunder damage. The hone karakasa can confer this magic to only one creature at a time.
Windrider
While the hone karakasa is outside in stormy weather, its flying speed is doubled.
Actions
Multiattack
The hone karakasa makes two Slash attacks.
Slash
Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage.
Actions Bonus
Gusting Winds (Recharge 4-6)
The hone karakasa emits a mighty rush of wind in a line that is 30 feet long and 10 feet wide, which blasts out in a direction of its choice. Each creature in that line must succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or be pushed 15 feet away from the hone karakasa. The blast of wind disperses gas or vapor, and it extinguishes candles, torches, and similar unprotected flames in the area.