Inosuke Hashibira is one of the main characters of Demon Slayer, a member of Tanjiro’s team, and a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps. He is known for being raised by wild boars and as such he lacks the basic skills in human interaction. What he lacks in social graces he more than makes up for in his immense strength, supernatural perception, resistance to toxins, and incredible flexibility. When he fights he is a wild animal possessed, using twin nichirin swords that saw the flesh of his demon foes as he unleashes numerous sword blows upon them. His Breathing Style is based on his experiences living in the wild and being raised by wild boars. This gives him extrasensory perception, incredible durability, and stamina, as well as vicious techniques designed to cause maximum damage to his foes.
Inosuke Stats
Str 15 Dex 14 Con 14 Int 8 Wis 11 Cha 9 (27 point buy)
Str 15 Dex 14 Con 16 Int 8 Wis 12 Cha 9 (after racial and feat mod)
Class Barbarian 5(Path of the Beast)/Fighter 1
The three things that I wanted to achieve in this build are:
- Dual Wielding Fury.
- Senses all Around.
- Bestial Fury.
Background
For Background I chose Outlander for Inosuke He gains the Skill Proficiencies of Insight and Survival, Tool Proficiency of Drum, the language of Sylvan, and the Background Feature of Wanderer. This feature allows being self-sufficient in the wild with the ability to have an excellent memory for maps and geography as well as being able to find food and water for up to 5 people.
Race
For the race, I chose Hill Dwarf for him. With this race, he gains +2 to Con and +1 to Wis, Darkvision, Dwarven Resilience, Dwarven Combat Training, Tool Proficiency, Stone cunning, and Dwarven Toughness. For Inosuke the key parts of this race are Dwarven Resilience and Dwarven Toughness. Both suit his incredible durability as well as his resistance to poisons.
Class
Inosuke’s class breakdown is a mixture of two classes, Barbarian 5(Path of the Beast)/Fighter 1. It is with these classes that he gains access to Unarmored Defense to showcase his shirtless physique, supernatural senses in the forms of Danger Sense and Blindsight, and his bestial fighting style with Form of the Beast and Fast Movement and Rage. This combination of class and feats is the best attempt to consolidate his abilities and talents at this level.
Barbarian 1 is the starting class for Inosuke. This gives him the skills of Perception and Athletics, Rage, and Unarmored Defense.
Barbarian 2 is the next step in Inosuke’s development. It is with this level he gains Reckless Attack and Danger Sense. Danger Sense allows him to gain an advantage on Dex Saving Throws against traps and spells while Reckless Attack gives him an advantage on his first attack which also gives his enemies an advantage as well.
Barbarian 3 gives him access to the Primal Path of Beast with Form of the Beast. Form of the Beast gives him the ability to grow either a Bite, Claw, or Tail while raging.
Barbarian 4 is where Inosuke gains his trademark fighting style with the feat of Dual Wielder. Dual Wielder gives him +1 to AC, the ability to wield non-light one-handed weapons, and the ability to draw both weapons at the same time.
Barbarian 5 grants him Extra Attack and Fast Movement. Now he has the ability to attack three times and move at a rate of 35 feet.
Fighter 1 is the last level for this build with the features of Fighting Style: Blindsight and Second Wind. Blindsight gives Inosuke the ability to see anything within 10 feet of himself. Second Wind allows Inosuke to heal some of his wounds in the middle of a fight.
With full use of Inosuke’s powers he can perform the following techniques via spells and abilities:
First Fang: Pierce- Dual Wield + Rage
Second Fang: Slice- Dual wield + Rage
Third Fang: Devour- Dual Wield + Reckless Attack + Rage
Fourth Fang: Slice ‘n’ Dice- Dual Wield+Rage+Extra Attack
Fifth Fang: Crazy Cutting-Jump+Dual Wield+Extra Attack +Rage
Sixth Fang: Palisade Bite-Reckless Attack+ Dual Wield +Rage
Seventh Form: Spatial Awareness-Blindsight+Danger Sense
Eighth Fang: Explosive Rush-Reckless Attack+Dual wield+Extra Attack + Rage
Ninth Fang: Extending Bendy Slash- Form of the Beast-Tail
Tenth Fang: Whirling Fangs-Dual wield+Dodge+Form of the Beast-Tail(Deflection)
Sudden Throwing Strike- Improvised throwing Weapon of Longswords
This combination of feats, stats, and spells makes this DND build of Inosuke a rampaging tyrant of fury and steel in Six levels or Less.
Spells
None
Equipment
Standard Barbarian equipment with a Longsword and Handaxes. Grab a second Longsword and start slashing.
Shout out to https://kimetsu-no-yaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Kimetsu_no_Yaiba_Wiki for their amazing information in making this amazing character as well as DNDBeyond for its character creation platform. My next build will be the lightning lad himself, Zenitsu Agatsuma! Until next week Tale-Tellers!
