This form is something like vampirism but with multiple stages. It is meant to push the limits of humanity and make the ultimate warrior. It takes from Japanese culture and creates demonic humans. However, you still look roughly like a human, over time becoming visibly stronger and taller, growing a full height (foot) with every stage past stage one.
Stage One of the Oni
Passive Abilities of the Oni
Cellular Regeneration
You regenerate limbs and health at a rate of 1d8 every 10 minutes. This gets faster the more you progress through the stages of Oni. A limb takes a minimum of a day to regenerate. (My group typically does a week for something like an arm getting cut off though at Stage one.)
Undead Nature
As an Oni, you do not need to eat, sleep, or rest.
You can finish a long rest in 4 hours as an elf, or 6 hours as any other race that doesn't have a form of trance.
Max Stat Increase
Your body increases in height and so does your physical and mental capabilities. You increase All Stat Maximums to 30. (even for ability score improvements.)
Oni Realm
You have the ability to enter the Oni Realm. The Oni realm is a place where all Onis' can stay. Only Onis' can enter normally and an Oni is the only one that can open the portal. A general plane of existence where Onis' reside. This is created when the first Onis' comes into existence, being known as the safe place of all Oni. The Oni realm houses a big mansion, infinite floors, and a large training yard.
Immortality
The mask brings the abilities of both ageless and physical immortality. To a degree, that is... Age does not affect you and if your soul is not instantly consumed or destroyed upon death, your soul is taken to the Oni realm where you reform and come back to life, severely weakened with a constant 4th level of exhaustion unless you consume souls to get you back up to full strength. This can take anywhere from 1 - 12 Months to recover without doing so. (Up to the DM.)
Much like in Skyrim or normal D&D, you get an Oni Transformation. For a visual representation, go to google and search Oni Samurai or Demon Samurai.
Temp HP gain of 100
Increase in dam mod by 15
Physically enlarge gaining more imposing form and much more stronger physical stature
Increase str by 6 and dex by 6 and con by 6
Advantage on sav str, dex, con throws
(Ability of the oni)
Typically up to the DM's choice but usually targets a frequently used ability or an anomaly in the individual like sharingan or enhances a certain form like a susanoo. If there are none like these in the individual then it grants them an ability or chooses a stat to increase rapidly and increase the cap by 20 making it the main thing all future oni upgrades will target for the most part, however changes are not yet observable until Stage 2 of the Oni Form where they begin to show but until it is revealed your use of the Oni's new ability can cause strain and even can harm the Oni trying to force it. As an example, if a sharingan was modded by the oni form and the oni tried to force its ability to use it, not only will it not work but can cause exhaustion and cause temporary side effects like blindness or crippling effects on the affected area of the body or can outright lock the entire ability for a week meaning the sharingan cannot be used until a long rest is completed. However, it is usually very obvious what is modded by the oni form, whether it be a sharingan or some other things, its new form will change typically within the hour or if its a form like susanoo, it will usually change the susanoo whether that be by small appearances like a larger susino or a completely different form, even changing the color and weapon of the susanoo. Of course, these are just examples of how the change is seen by the user. They also feel more compelled to use it as well sometimes even activating on accident but can be felt before it breaks out and can happen whenever. [This was really hard to make legible. His english is terrible! Yes, English is his native tongue. Banter...]
Disclaimers:
For starters, this unique form was created by a friend of mine and I edited a lot of it to make his writing comprehensible and have legible phrases (for the most part) for most people to understand, with his consent, of course. Some examples, like Sharingan (from a show called Naruto), some of you may not understand and might have to do some research so I blame no one for not using this form.
Secondly, it is meant to be very powerful and most DM's won't use it. It's not at all meant to be balanced. Well, it is but it's not. Confusing, eh?
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