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Chapter 8: Non-Player Characters
Shadowlands Goblin Shaman (Adversary)
The mystics from the goblin clans of the Shadowlands have mastered strange 
spellcraft that often has grotesque, terrifying effects. From strange balms and 
concoctions that sputter sulfurously to the horrific tactic of igniting their 
own allies with dark incantations that they might fight more savagely before 
their inevitable end, these evil creatures wield a variety deadly magics.
EARTH
RESILIENCE
COMPOSURE
FOCUS
VIGILANCE
PHYSICAL 
RESISTANCES
SUPERNATURAL
RESISTANCES
FIRE
AIR
WATER
VOID
2
3
2
8
5
1
10
2
3
2
2
Conflict Rank: Combat 4, Intrigue 2 
Skills: Martial 1, Scholar 2
Advantages: Sneaky (Air) [Martial, Trade; Physical], Whispers of Fu 
Leng (Void) [Scholar; Spiritual]
Disadvantages: Cowardice (Earth) [Martial; Mental]
Demeanor: Cowardly (Fire –2, Earth +2)
Typical Outburst: Flee 
Honor: 0  
Glory: 10  
Status: 0
Abilities: Silhouette (1)
Shadowlands Creature (Weapons with the Sacred quality ignore this 
creature’s resistances.)
Anointment of Filth (At the start of a skirmish, a Shadowlands goblin 
shaman anoints up to five other goblins, smearing wicked sigils upon 
them with the befouling muck of the Shadowlands. Each of these goblins 
gains the Enraged condition, and their weapons gain the Unholy quality. 
This effect persists until the end of the scene.)
Gear (equipped): Staff (Range 1–2, Damage 6, Deadliness 2, Mundane), 
goblin shaman robes (Physical 1, Supernatural 3, Damaged).
Techniques
Boiling Tar
Activation: As an Attack action, a Shadowlands goblin shaman may 
make a TN 2 Theology (Fire) check targeting one anointed goblin (or 
the corpse of such a creature).
Effect: If the shaman succeeds, the muck daubed upon the target ignites 
violently. Each character at range 0–2 of the target must resist with a TN 
3 Fitness (Water 1, Air 5) check or suffer supernatural damage with the 
Unholy quality equal to their shortfall.
Twisted Troll (Adversary)
While the Trolls once had a society within what has since become the 
Shadowlands, the fall of Fu Leng consumed them, all but destroying their 
culture and transforming the survivors into terrifying abominations bent 
to the will of the forsaken Kami.
EARTH
RESILIENCE
COMPOSURE
FOCUS
VIGILANCE
PHYSICAL 
RESISTANCES
SUPERNATURAL
RESISTANCES
FIRE
AIR
WATER
VOID
3
4
2
16
4
4
6
1
0
1
1
Conflict Rank: Combat 7, Intrigue 1 
Skills: Martial 2, Trade 1
Advantages: Massive Stature (Earth) [Martial; Physical], Bestial Ferocity 
(Fire) [Martial; Mental]
Disadvantages: Gullible (Air) [Social; Mental]
Demeanor: Savage (Air –2, Fire +2)
Typical Outburst: Rage 
Honor: 0  
Glory: 20  
Status: 0
Abilities: Silhouette (3)
Enrage (Each time a troll suffers 1 or more wounds, it suffers 1 strife.)
Sustaining Fury (A troll cannot suffer the Incapacitated or Uncon-
scious condition while it has the Enraged condition.)
Shadowlands Creature (Weapons with the Sacred quality ignore this 
creature’s resistances.)
Gear (equipped): Crushing claws (Range 0–2, Damage 6, Deadliness 4, 
Natural), scraps of armor and scaly hide (Physical 4).
Lost Samurai (Adversary)
The Shadowlands are a place within the world, but even those who es-
cape the Shadowlands’ physical confines sometimes remain lost in this 
realm of darkness as it spreads into their mind. “The Lost,” as they are 
called, are living humans who have been fully suffused with the power of 
the Shadowlands. Like the other denizens of that realm, they are bound 
to the power of Fu Leng and serve the fallen Kami’s dark designs.
EARTH
RESILIENCE
COMPOSURE
FOCUS
VIGILANCE
PHYSICAL 
RESISTANCES
SUPERNATURAL
RESISTANCES
FIRE
AIR
WATER
VOID
3
2
3
9
6
4
11
4
0
3
2
Conflict Rank: Combat 4, Intrigue 2
Skills: Martial 3, Social 1, Trade 2
Advantages: Unholy Vigor (Earth) [Martial; Physical, Spiritual], Strength 
of the Possessed (Void) [Martial; Mental, Spiritual]
Disadvantages: Shadowlands Taint (Air) [Social; Interpersonal, Spiritual]
Demeanor: Assertive (Earth +2, Water –2)
Typical Outburst: Become Enraged 
Honor: 29 
Glory: 40  
Status: 0
Abilities: Shadowlands Creature (Weapons with the Sacred quality ig-
nore this creature’s resistances.)
Unholy Bloodthirst (When performing a Martial Arts [Melee] or Mar-
tial Arts [Ranged] check against an enemy with no wounds, if the Lost 
samurai succeeds, increase their bonus successes by 3.)
Gear (equipped): Daishō (katana [Range 1, Damage 4, Deadliness 5/7, 
Ceremonial, Razor-Edged] and wakizashi [Range 0–1, Damage 4, Deadli-
ness 5/7, Ceremonial, Concealable, Razor-Edged]), worn robes (Physical 
1, Damaged, Mundane), sake jug (empty), straw hat, a pouch containing 
a handful of koku, bu, and zeni.

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