Homebrew Oohan Species Details

Angry, Powerful, & Obsessed

The Oohan are a people that believe that their rage makes them stronger. And indeed it does. With their mastery of rage, the Oohan have figured out how to harness the hidden powers of shear fury better than any other race. They live their lives in a way that makes them grow furious at anything they deem worthy to get angry about. This can also be somewhat of a problem. Dropping a weapon,  receiving a minor insult, etc. can send the Oohan into a rage where they could end up smashing things in their rage that they might have needed. Once they realize what they've done, they continue to go into a rage until they can find a way to calm down. Because of this, Oohan usually have sturdy weapons other gear. They also have an intense and deep love for bananas, so much so that in some clans, they worship them by wearing banana peals. In many Oohan legends, after a great hero defeats a great evil, the hero will find a hoard of bananas in the monsters cave in place of gold.

Dexterous tail.

Starting at first level, if you have a class proficient in melee weapons, you can wield a third weapon in the grip of your tail, giving you an extra attack roll against your target.

Cold Fury.

Beginning at 5th level, you can (if you are proficient in spells) cast a spell without taking up a spell slot, or (if you are proficient in melee combat) any roll counts as a critical strike. This is only available once every two long rests.

Oohan names.

Here are some examples of Oohan names: Groh, Huke, Lhokan, Kijey, Ormak, Tuke (male). Ani'ka, Arkla, Ee'na, Hi'liye, Mune, Parna (female). 

Ability Score Increase.

Your strength modifier is increased by 3, and your dexterity is increased by +2.

Description.

Oohan range between seven and nine and a half feet tall, and weigh between 320 and 500 lbs. They sport powerful frames, and have sleek, waterproof black fur. They are renowned for their immense strength, and their abilities to wield three melee weapons at once. They have fantastic senses of sight, smell, and hearing.  They are capable of lifting something easily ten or eleven times heavier than they are. The Oohan are also incredible swimmers and climbers. 

Age.

They have fairly short lifespans in comparison to other races, rarely reaching much longer than 90 years. When they are young, Oohan look like a typical adult capuchin. As they reach about 3, they really begin to pack on the pounds, height, and muscle. At this point, their shoulders, necks, and furry parts of their heads, which are usually cream begin to turn black, and their skin begins to toughen and turn gray. They reach adulthood at around 16 years old. In most cases, when they reach about 60 years old, their hair begins to change from sleek black to silver on their shoulders and backs. once they are near the end of their life, they are almost completely white. In every Oohan tribe, there is a test for young Oohan to become adults. Some of the challenges change from clan to clan, but most of them involve a certain fight against a certain foe. Once an Oohan reaches 16 years of age, they are set to fight against the greatest enemy of the Oohan. Crocodiles. Giant Crocodiles. There are usually two of them in a large lake that the Oohan must swim to the middle of, and kill not one, but both crocodiles. 

Language.

You can speak, read, and write in Bananascript, and common. Bananascript/bananaspeak is a language of complicated yet distinctly monkey sounding "ooh ooh ah ah"ing. The script is of many slightly curved lines, and other symbols that look like bananas.

Bestial hide.

Oohan are as dexterous as an elf but have skin as tough as a gorilla's. Your constitution modifier is +2.

Awkward in public, but home in the wild.

As one could imagine, Oohan don't emerge into largely public areas where their fearsome appearance could send folks into a panic. They prefer to let others do the talking when they can do to their strong accents in which they pronounce "oo'"s, "ee"s, and "ah"s for longer spaces. They also pronounce the letter "H" with a hiss in the back of their throat. Their voices are also something that can cause people to dislike them. They have two different voices they can speak in. One, (the one typically used by males) is deep and gravely, and sounds somewhat like the grunts of a large primate. In some cases it is extremely difficult to understand what they are saying. Their second voice (typically used by the females) is much higher, and resembles the higher pitched noises a small primate might make. When they are startled, the ones that use deeper voices will jump several octaves to their higher pitch voice. This also occurs when they are frightened. The ones that use their higher voices, can enter into their deep voice state when they are angry, or are trying to intimidate. They also feel out of place among large crowds due to their great height. The also tend to dislike buildings, due to the tendency to slam their heads into the ceilings, and get knocked over by doorways. Their height also makes them easy to spot in a crowd, but in the wilds, they are as stealthy as a panther.

Clan names.

Banaknife, Hakumaki, Hathuka, Nakute (clan names). These are the only clans, Banaknife being a clan that promotes the worship of bananas and lawbreaking, Hakumaki being a magic clan, Hathuka being a hunting clan, and Nakuta being a clan that specializes in warriors. Pick one of these clans.

The Oohan Heritage.

Banananar is the Oohan god. Taking the visage of a half monkey, half banana creature, Banananar created the Oohan from simple troop of capuchin monkeys that had pleased him by figuring out how to use tools, and had begun to worship bananas. With his great power, Banananar made the creatures of this small monkey troop a great and powerful people. It had taken the monkey-banana god a couple tries to perfect the image of the Oohan, resulting in the savage Oharr. Eventually, the Oohan people began to drift apart. Each one falling into their own clan. The Banaknife, Hakumaki, Hathuka, and Nakute. The Oohan people are not typically inclined towards evil, despite their hellish persona. A normal Oohan would go through their life, living in the jungle mostly peacefully, destroying anything in their path when they get angry, and eating/worshiping bananas.

Oohan Traits

Oohan have two traits, that are innately granted to them by Banananar.