An Oni, often called an Ogre Mage, is a more intelligent and dangerous variety of its mundane cousin. Rapacious and cruel by nature, ogre mages, often lead organized raids for slaves, treasure, and food. These creatures usually dwell alone in fortified structures or underground lairs, often with a group of ogre followers.
- Ability Adjustments: +4 Strength, +2 Charisma.
- Darkvision: Oni can see in the dark up to 60 feet.
- Natural Armor: Oni receive a +2 (stacking) bonus to natural armor.
- Long Gait: Oni are able to take much larger strides than average humanoids; this results in a 10% movement speed bonus.
- Large: Oni are Large creatures and can wield larger weapons than Medium creatures. They suffer a -1 size penalty to attack rolls and AC, and a -4 size penalty to Hide rolls, but can lift and carry twice as much weight as a medium-sized creature of their Strength could.
- Level Adjustment: +2. Oni are more powerful and gain levels more slowly than other races. It will take more experience for an Oni to reach level 2 than it would for normal races, for example.
- Favored Class: Sorcerer.
As a Oni, you may take levels in the Ogre Mage racial prestige class.