Toshigami
Toshigami,1 also known as blossom kami, are a powerful type of kami associated with cherry trees, primeval powers, growth, decay, and time.2
Appearance
A toshigami resembles a humanoid composed of blossoms, bark, and antler-like branches.2 A toshigami is five feet tall and weighs 100 pounds.3[citation needed]
Ecology
The lives of mortal beings fascinate toshigami, and stories tell of toshigami who have blessed worthy mortals on the side of justice. However, toshigami are such rare beings that few mortals ever encounter one, and some spend up to centuries hidden in a community appearing as an otherwise mundane cherry tree.2
Such tales engender appreciation for cherry trees, and people founding new settlements sometimes do so at the site of an ancient cherry tree or plant them at the center of a larger settlement, not only to appreciate its beauty but also out of respect for toshigami.2
Abilities
A toshigami wards a specific cherry tree in a similar manner as a shikigami wards an object, and can also take the form of a cherry tree or stride between them with ease. They bear a staff of magical wood that shakes loose their magical blossoms when they strike a foe, and can fly, speak with plants, and communicate telepathically.2
Toshigami can curse a being with its time-affecting touch, rapidly and repeatedly twisting its victim's perspective from one of an infant to old age.2
References
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- ↑ Toshigami serves as both singular and plural forms.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 . “Monsters A-Z” in Bestiary 3, 145. Paizo Inc., 2021
- ↑ . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary 3, 164. Paizo Inc., 2011