D&D Monster: Kappa #dnd #ttrpg #dnd5e

Meet the Kappa—trickster water spirits from Japanese legend. Picture a creature part turtle, part monkey, part frog, with webbed hands and a shell on its back. On its head sits a shallow dish of water—its very source of power. Spill that water and the Kappa is helpless.These two-faced beings love pranks—stealing food, dragging swimmers under, or heckling bathers. But outwit one with a simple bow—politeness forces it to bow back, drenching its head—and you've won. Offering cucumbers, their favorite snack, works too.Kappa dwell in rivers, lakes, and hidden pools but can roam on land. Legend even says they know healing arts, rewarding a worthy challenger with magical secrets. Beware the Kappa—playful yet deadly, as capricious as water itself.