Because of their former incorporeal nature, oni are starved for physical sensation and revel in hedonism individual oni often obsess over one sensation, such as the feeling of pain or a specific taste. Their continued connection to the spirit world grants them the power to regenerate wounded flesh, while their supernatural nature makes them wily shapeshifters. Once an oni manifests on the Material Plane, it remains in that form for all time. 3 EcologyĪll oni have a form based on a specific humanoid race, such as the human-derived kuwa or the giant-derived yai. In Minkai, spirit world creatures such as oni are collectively known as Yokai. Because of their origin, oni despise kami as cowards and weaklings. Oni become obsessed with their new-found corporeality and revel in physical pleasures such as food, sex, and violence. Most former kami simply fade away, but some are so overtaken with rage and despair that they will themselves into a physical form that mimic humanoids, becoming oni. When a kami fails to live up to these laws, it is stripped of its powers and becomes a formless spirit. Oni begin existence as kami, nature spirits bound by strict divine rules, the Laws of Golden Perfection. Oni originated in Minkai in Tian Xia, where they are still most prevalent.

The most common type of oni is the ogre mage, but many others exist as well. Oni clothe themselves in humanoid flesh, taking on the aspect of various mortal races, though all oni share the common traits of regeneration and shapeshifting.

Unlike demons and devils, oni are native to the Material Plane, not the Outer Sphere.

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