A spirit of a malcontent who has been denied true finality, the Dybbuk is a spirit that stalks entire groups of humans and feeds off their conflict. They lay in wait, only to strike when there is sin. Ghostly, incorporeal, and can interpose almost every object, the Dybbuk feeds on sins and is likely found wherever people are driven to sin. Fortunately, a Dybbuk is known to be easily driven off provided those who accompany the possessed make the appropriate sacrifice - intense flagellation, for instance. Instinct: To atone for its sins, and to cajole the adventurers to atone for their sins.

• Possess a sinner at the moment of sin.
• Cause possessed to fail to act at a critical juncture
• Cause possessed to succumb to a craven impulse.

The Bucca are not so much a race of people as they are an empire of half inch colonists. Archtypically, Bucca are found inhabiting fortresses built into old growth evergreens, but they will go wherever there are precious resources to exploit, human flesh notwithstanding. Organized through republican politics and fond of constant gossip, the Bucca are entrepreneurial, come in massive numbers, and don't leave their holds easily. Finally, they are fond of a square deal, so they are not afraid to build rapport with any creature they believe to be powerful. Instinct: To expand their operations continuously.

• Build infrastructure in something that lives or once lived.
• Take a decisive action that is at least three steps ahead of the competition.
• Call for more Bucca yeomen to manifest their destiny

A Tengu is a trickster demon who is fond of meddling in human affairs. Infamous for their phallic nosed masks, they will use their supernatural quickness to kidnap and torture unsuspecting people. They are quick as the anything, and often possess relics that allow them to harness the wind. Shapeshifting is an effortless task for them, and they are fond as coming and going as wild dogs or crows. Instinct: To kidnap, confuse, and agonize humans.

• Meddle in human affairs in the most destructive way
• Shapeshift into something unexpected.

A creature that most adults have forgotten but all children know to fear is the Night Terror. It comes when you are asleep and uses its poisonous bite to feed on unconscious victims. Although rarely seen, legend has it that the Night Terror is small with a wiry frame and dark grey skin that allows it to hide in shadows with ease. Always sleep with one eye open... Instinct: to terrorize

• Attack while you sleep
• Sleeping poison bite
• Given any cover, it can hide and shift positions unseen

The Tianlong is a whiskered reptilian god associated with transcendent values. They are said to make their dens atop the heights of craggy mountain peaks, as well as the beds of river rapids. Existing outside of time, and wise from hundreds of lifespans, the mere visage of a heavenly dragon inspires personal and heroic acts of loyalty. If they cannot win a warrior's obedience through cognition, they can also radiate divine glory, gossamer pure white stuff that causes spontaneous soul-body decoupling. Instinct: To protect the sacred, to exorcise free will from the imperious.

• To impress one's allies to gain leverage over another.
• Offer protection in turn for an ascetic vow.
• Offer divine knowledge in turn for one's loyalty.

"Not like the hardscrabble villages of your people, our kingdom is an immense city of soaring architecture, built by the Glorious Lord himself. Such a sight to behold! The towers stretch into the clouds themselves! Our Lord, in his wisdom, has decreed that we have too long been a reclusive state. He bids us to travel the lands and spread the word, a new dawn of civilization has come! A return to the glory days of old! Come with us, brother, and share the gift of His power!" Instinct: Spread the 'glory' of their dark lord

• Convert the gullible with tales of wealth and power
• Unflinchingly murder anyone who opposes
• Beseech a dark gift from their evil benefactor
• Call for aid from evil powers

Many strangers walk the land, but a Doomspeaker is no mere traveler. They exist solely to spread horror and quench the fires of hope wherever they go. Though they attempt to hide their inhuman jaws and teeth, the telltale mask often gives them away. Doomspeakers have bartered their very humanity away in order to serve their Dark Lord, and thrive now on the terror they leave in their wake.

Instinct: To spread the Words of Darkness

• Mask their true nature until it's too late
• Announce a prophecy of failure (-1 forward)
• Deafen or terrify an opponent with a vicious, ear-bleeding shriek

Representative of many cultists and inbred worshippers of eldritch god-things from beyond both the mortal and divine realms, the Cult of C'Thawn are mortal, though they serve things that defy mortal understanding. Seeking nothing less than the resurrection of their half-dead masters and the destruction of all who stand against them, they are surprisingly insidious, with hidden members found in places of influence across the land. Instinct: Worship the Old Ones

• Prepare for the Coming Apocalypse
• Dark rituals & enchantments
• Servitor or eldritch horrors

Drakelings are the scouts and grunts of the Squamous Hoard. They travel in packs, hunting for stragglers and those caught unaware in the madlands. They are roughly dog-sized, covered in sickly green scales. They clawed, webbed feet, and two vicious looking appendages that come out of their back. These extra two appendages are used to draw people onto their back so they may carry them away. While not dangerous in small numbers, a stampede can make a caravan or small town simply vanish. Instinct: To abduct.

• Wander the madlands in search fresh meat.
• Easily carry away man-sized objects.
• Bring new subjects to the psychovores.
• Overwhelm with numbers.

Created by enchanters and sorcerers with a flair for the macabre and dramatic, a killer puppet seems like a harmless child's toy but is in fact a minature golem animated by a minor evil spirit. Surprisingly durable and deadly, it can cause alarming damage with savage attacks from its "toy" armaments. Bound to serve its creator or whoever it is directed to consider its master, it delights in taking license with its orders to cause the most havoc, pain, and terror possible. For many who employ the services of such creatures, this is a feature and not a bug. Often these beings are created in troupes, and where there is one there will often be more. Instinct: Do as commanded

• Kills for its master
• Call puppet troupe