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Player > Races > Oni, kanabo
Starfinder Alien Archive 2 p.89
Kanabo are Medium outsiders with the goblinoid and native subtypes.
Kanabo have an innate mastery of the use of armor. When wearing armor, they gain a +1 racial bonus to AC. When wearing heavy armor, their armor check penalty is 1 less severe than normal.
Kanabo have darkvision with a range of 60 feet.
Kanabo gain the following spell-like
abilities. The caster level for these effects is equal to
the kanabo’s level.
1/day—disguise self, supercharge weapon
Oni are a race of malevolent spirits given physical form. Most
oni begin their existence as kami, spirits tasked with the
protection of a specific part of the natural world, but for some
reason reject their duties and turn to evil. Less often, the souls
of particularly vile mortals can become oni upon death. When
oni first form, they are intangible, powerless spirits. In places
with strong connections to evil, or as a result of unspeakable
rituals, these formless spirits can gain physical bodies drawn
from a humanoid species, often one predisposed to war—
though their spiritual origins also give them the power to
shapeshift. There are known to be oni that resemble drow,
humans, giants, shirrens, and vesk, but among the most
common oni are the ja noi, who have ties to the violent and
militarist race of hobgoblins (see page 76).
Ja noi are distinct from hobgoblins in appearance due to their
bright-red color, prominent ridges on their brow and forehead,
a near-permanent facial grimace, and even greater size and
muscular frames. Ja noi stand over 6 feet tall and weigh roughly
220 pounds. A ja noi is particularly driven to experience the
sensations of battle, actively seeking to lead armies and build
empires. Ja noi fight in close combat if possible, and while
perfectly capable of reveling in victory won with starships
and huge fighting machines, they take every opportunity to
lead infantry assaults and fight in face-to-face confrontations.
Ja noi often gather hobgoblin soldiers to fulfill their need to
command troops. For their part, hobgoblins normally embrace
the presence of a ja noi within their ranks, seeing them as
among the most perfect expressions of the hobgoblin form
and treating them as mighty heroes.
Some hobgoblin groups interact so closely with ja
noi that children are sometimes born to one ja noi
parent and one hobgoblin parent. Known as kanabo,
a term that means “the strongest,†these oni-blooded
goblinoids breed true with both ja noi and other goblinoids.
They have innate powers that often make them champions of
their people, though they also often develop an independent
streak that causes them to reject hobgoblin rules and society.
Kanabo share the size of their oni ancestors, but their appearance
is much more variable, ranging from stout hobgoblins to forms
closer to half-orcs, and some even appear nearly human. The
average kanabo is over 6 feet tall and weighs 250 pounds.
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