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Oni(OH-nee)

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Basic Description

Powerful yokai with horns. Though fearsome in appearance, many are gentle at heart.

Folklore & Legends

A quintessential yokai told of since antiquity. Widely known from Setsubun, when people scatter roasted soybeans to drive oni away.

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Oni across multiple art-style decks

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Detailed Analysis

A classic oni with red skin, proud horns, and a tiger-skin loincloth. Despite the fearsome look, he carries a warm heart. His booming laughter echoes through the mountains, and he treasures bonds with his comrades above all. Though terrifying when roused to anger, he is usually jovial and a dependable, big-brother figure.

Character Profile

This section is our own creative profile for storytelling. It is not historical fact or scholarship.

Rarity
Legendary
Personality
powerful and boisterous, kind-hearted, strong sense of justice, loves sake and festivals, cheerful, big-brotherly and caring, terrifying when angered
Compatibility
passionate people, loyal friends, community-minded companions
Abilities
superhuman strengthlightning manipulationsake brewingbanishing evil spirits
Weaknesses
beans
Habitat
mountain caves, old fortresses

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The diagram below is a diagnostic evaluation chart for Oni (Traditional Folklore Form). The higher the value of each item, the stronger that characteristic is expressed.

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