Macaque

MINION | CONFLICT RANK: 2 1

Also known as “snow monkeys,” red-faced macaques are normally confined to the forested Seikitsu Mountains and the Islands of Spice and Silk. However, because they are popular pets of samurai lords, and because they are a sacred animal to Brotherhood monks, macaques are commonly captured and disseminated throughout the Empire. For this reason, they can be encountered virtually anywhere. While they pose little physical threat to an armed and armored samurai, they are curious tricksters, stealing unsecured items and leaping away before much can be done about it.

While they are considered mere nuisances, one shouldn’t underestimate the trouble these monkeys can cause. Famously, the skilled ninth-century duelist Matsu Sugeki was publicly embarrassed when, just before a duel with his rival, a macaque stole his sword right out of its sheath and scrambled up a tree with it! Unable to force the animal back down despite hours of trying, Sugeki was forced to use an ally’s sword and, unaccustomed to its balance, subsequently lost.

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DEMEANOR - MISCHIEVOUS

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ENDURANCE

COMPOSURE

FOCUS

VIGILANCE

ARTISAN 0 MARTIAL 1 SCHOLAR 0 SOCIAL 2 | TRADE 3

ADVANTAGES | DISADVANTAGES

Lightning Reflexes: Martial; Mental, Physical

Curious: Social; Mental

FAVORED WEAPONS & GEAR

Bite: Range 0, Damage 1, Deadliness 2

Gear (equipped): Something the last person the macaque pickpocketed thinks is still in their bag.

ABILITIES

NATURAL TRICKSTERS

When making an Attack action check, the macaque can spend in the following way:

: Steal an unsecured item within reach.

+: Steal an item from a target with vigilance lower than or equal to the spent this way.

HUMILIATING

When an Attack action check targeting the macaque fails, the attacker receives 2 strife. When the macaque steals an item from a character, that character receives 3 strife.