Homebrew Oni Species Details

In nursery rhymes, oni are fearsome bogeymen that haunt the nightmares of children and adults alike, yet they are very real and always hungry. They find human babies especially delicious. Oni look like demonic ogres with blue or green skin, dark hair, and a pair of short ivory horns protruding from their foreheads. Their eyes are dark with strikingly white pupils, and their teeth and claws are jet black.

Night Haunters. By the light of day, an oni hides its true form with magic, gaining the trust of those it intends to betray when darkness descends. These creatures can change their size as well as their shape, appearing as humanoids as they pass through towns, pretending to be travelers, woodcutters, or frontier folk. In such a form, an oni takes stock of the selection of humanoids in a settlement and devises ways to abduct and devour some of them.

Magical Ogres. Oni are sometimes called ogre mages because of their innate magical ability. Though they are only distantly related to true ogres, they share the ogres’ habit of joining forces with other evil creatures. An oni serves a master if doing so proves lucrative or provides it with a luxurious, well-defended home. Oni covet magic, and they work for evil wizards and hags in exchange for useful magic items.

Oni Traits

Your ogre blood and magical abilities grant you the following abilities.

Age

Oni live longer than humans, but reach maturity at about 20. You will probably live beyond 400 unless you are killed.

Alignment

Oni are evil by nature, and typically lawful, your alignment is Chaotic Neutral or any Evil.

Size

Oni are as tall as ogres, reaching as tall as 11 feet. Your size is large.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 ft, also you a flying speed of 30 ft.

Change Shape

You can polymorph yourself into a medium or smaller humanoid, or a large giant or return to your original form.

Oni Magic

You know the minor illusion cantrip. When you reach third level you can cast the darkness or invisibility spells with this feature, but once you do you can’t cast either spell until you finish a long rest. When you reach fifth level you may chose 1 of the spells you gained through this feature, you can cast it three times a day and as a bonus action.

Languages

You can speak, read and write common and giant.

Ability Score Increase

 Your strength score increases by 2, and your body ntellegence score increases by 1.