Homebrew Half Oni Species Details
The half-oni is born from a humanoid and oni that fall in love or when particular wizards experiment with breeding an oni. These half breeds retain the appearance of both their humanoid and oni parent, with many having horns, fang-like tusks, sharp teeth, and/or extremely wild hair. Half-oni's height varies considerably, as some half-oni are tall and thin, while others can be extremely large and bulky. Regardless of a half-oni's appearance, their mixed heritage makes it so they never truly look like a member of their non-oni's parent's race, but they are never as horrifying as their full-blooded oni brethren.
Half Oni Traits
Half-oni tend to either be troubled or calm and collected souls. The ones that are in between usually don't last long.Ability Score Increase
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength or Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.
Age
Age. Half-oni mature at the same rate as humans, but can live for much longer, often reaching 280 years of age.
Alignment
Alignment. Due to their giant origins, many half-oni tend towards evil.
Size
Size. Half-oni are built like humans but are much more bulky, tall and weigh excessively more anywhere between 200-400 pounds. Your height ranges from 6 to well over 7 feet in height; your size is Medium.
Speed
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision
Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Menacing
Menacing. People tend to get nervous around you. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.
Oni-ni-Kanabo
Oni-ni-Kanabo. Half-oni carry the sense of “strong beyond strong,” and dislike defeat. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.
Supernatural Strength
Supernatural Strength. Half-oni have been known to be able to tear even the strongest of Yōkai apart with their raw strength, and are reputed to launch boulders at their opponents without a struggle. When wielding a melee weapon without the heavy or two-handed properties, you can use either your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage roll of the attack.
Powerful Build
Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining the weight you can push, drag, or lift. This doesn't affect your carrying capacity.
Languages
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and your choice of either Giant or Infernal.
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