Strange Creatures of Rokugan: unofficial L5R 5th Creatures

Here is an example from the book: the mighty feared Kasa-Obake.

GM Advice:
The Kasa-Obake is well suited as a comic relief creature or as an opponent for new characters.
If a PCs aims to become a well-known monster hunter, this is a good and funny way to start their quest, as it can only go up from there.

Sidequest Ideas:
The Kasa-Obake looks funny and should be played as such. There are a lot of options to use him to provide comic relief: The story might start like a straight poltergeist tale with a house haunted by creaks and bumbs from the attic and even a sound like rustling of large wings, and when the PCs enter the attic, this is what they find. Another trope subversion would be an enemy who has found an invocation to summon Yokai, and when the big confrontation arrives, this is all he summons. Or a sensei sending the young monk on a quest to learn how to throw a powerful kick from a “Kasa-Obake” with no additional information what that is, and have the monk find an umbrella at the end. That kicks him.
- The PCs might be sent on a quest by a supernatural creature to get insight into crafting a superior katana from a sage on a mountain-top, and when they reach the top, all that is there is this hopping umbrella. They might not realize that the Kasa-Obake is the sage they were looking for.