Raised by yokai (riokos guide)

You were not raised among your kin. Yours was a childhood of magic, adventure, and isolation from others of your kind, for you were raised by a yokai spirit. It could be that you were abandoned by your parents, that your people were lost in a kaiju rampage, or that you followed a mesmerising creature deep into the jungle.

The circumstances of how you came to find your yokai family may not be known to you, but you owe your life to their protection and guidance. Perhaps they sustained you with magic, taught you to forage, or stole things they thought you might need from travelling caravans. In their care, you have come to know magic that no other Humanoid has seen and know the world to be singing with all manner of incredible, invisible life.

 

Feat: SPIRIT BONDED

You have formed a friendship with a spirit, who wishes to act as your familiar.

You learn the find familiar spell and can cast it without components or a spell slot. When you cast it in this way, your familiar ignores the restriction that prevents it from attacking. After you cast the spell with this feat, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

When you select this feat, choose one of the following familiar forms: bancho-gama, betobeto-kun, ko-inari, kawawappa, or ochimusha-kozo*. You can summon your familiar in the chosen form or one of those listed in the spell's description. When you summon your familiar in the chosen form, it gains temporary hit points equal to your level, and the 1st-level improvement on its Improvement Tree. When you reach 5th level, these temporary hit points are doubled, and you can also grant it one of the 3rd-level improvements on its Improvement Tree.

Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Perception Languages: One of your choice (Sylvan, Abyssal, or Infernal recommended)

Languages: One of your choice (Sylvan, Abyssal, or Infernal recommended)

Equipment: Equipment: A set of travellers clothes, a lamp, a vial of basic poison, and a rare gem worth 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Being raised apart from the rest of the world has its benefits.

You have learned much of the natural world and its secrets but know very little of humanoid societies. It is easy to feel a little out of place entering a new world of cities, laws, money, and property, but there are great wonders to discover as well, such as bonds of fellowship, community, and romance.