Tengen Uzui is a major supporting character of Demon Slayer, a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps, and the current Sound Hashira during the Entertainment Arc of the series. He is known for being flamboyant, flashy, and full of pride in both his abilities and his demeanor. He was a former shinobi who endured extremely punishing training that most of his siblings died trying to survive. Due to his training, he is extremely resistant to poisons, able to stealth away with few being the wiser, and one of the hardest training members of the Demon Slayer Corps. He is married to three loyal and cunning kunoichi that he holds near and dear to his heart, to the point of putting their lives above his own. Everything Tengen Uzui does is full of energy and flair and his breath style of Sound is just another extension of his passion. As the Sound Hashira, his style of breathing is a cavalcade of sounds and intense movements built upon a musical score of precision and destruction layered onto the bodies of his foes. He is also skilled in the use of alchemical explosions that he rhythmically uses in between his melee attacks. This style is one based on the flair and fury of a musical concerto that no demon has survived unscathed.
Tengen Uzui Stats
Str 9 Dex 14 Con 14 Int 8 Wis 13 Cha 14 (27 point buy)
Str 9 Dex 16 Con 14 Int 8 Wis 14 Cha 14 (after racial and feat mod)
Class Monk 2 /Bard 4(College of Swords)
The three things that I wanted to achieve in this build are:
- Music Powered Destruction.
- Stealthy yet Standing Out.
- Dual Wielding Displays.
Background
For Background, I chose Criminal/Spy for Tengen. He gains the Skill Proficiencies of Deception, Perception, Tool Proficiency of Thieves’ Tools, Playing Card Set, and the Background Feature of Criminal Contact. This represents Tengen’s shinobi connections and talents.
Race
For Race, I chose Duergar. With this race, he gains +2 to Dex, and +1 to Wis, Darkvision, Duergar Magic, Dwarven Resilience(Cha), and Psionic Fortitude. The key parts of this race are Duergar Magic and Dwarven Resilience. With Duergar Magic he gains the ability to cast enlarge/reduce and invisibility, while Dwarven Resilience gives him advantage on poisoned condition saves and poison resistance damage.
Class
Tengen’s class breakdown is a mixture of two classes, Monk 2/Bard 4 (College of Swords). It is with these classes that he gains access to Unarmored Defense, Unarmed Fighting, and Ki usage, bardic spells that enhance his abilities, strong dual wielding abilities with a flourish, and fierce damage dealing in both melee and spells. This combination of class and feats is the best attempt to consolidate his abilities and talents at this level.
Monk 1 is the starting class for Tengen. This gives him the skills of Acrobatics, Insight, and Alchemist’s Supplies with Unarmored Defense, and Martial Arts.
Monk 2 grants him access to Ki and Unarmored Movement. Now he has access to multiple attacks, increased defense, and the ability to increase his movement speed in a round.
Bard 1 is the next step in Tengen’s progression. It is with this level he gains access to the proficiencies of Lute and Stealth, Spellcasting, and Bardic Inspiration.
Bard 2 gives him access to Jack of All Trades and Song of Rest. The key feature is Jack of All Trades which grants Tengen some talent in each skill. This allows him to go undercover and use whatever skill he would need to pose in the role.
Bard 3 is where Tengen is granted his signature fighting style with the Bard College of Swords. With this level he gains Expertise in Stealth and Perception, Bonus Proficiencies with medium armor and scimitar that allows him to cast spells through the weapon, Fighting Style: Two-Weapon Fighting and Blade Flourish. Blade Flourish gives Tengen three different options to do extra damage and an additional bonus whether that be to his AC, extra damage to foes around the initial opponent, and crowd control options.
Bard 4 is the final level for Tengen with access to the feat Dual Wielder. This feat grants him +1 to his AC, allows him to wield weapons that aren’t light, and the ability to draw two weapons at the same time.
With full use of Tengen’s powers he can perform the following techniques via job features and abilities:
Sound Breathing
- First Form: Roar- Dual-wielding + Shatter Spell
- Fourth Form: Constant Resounding Slashes- Pyrotechnics: Fireworks + Ki: Patient Defense
- Fifth Form: String Performance-
- Round 1:Dual-wield + Blade Flourish: Defensive Flourish
- Round 2:Shatter: Pyrotechnics spell + Ki: Patient Defense
This combination of feats, stats, and spells makes this DND build of Tengen a blaring crescendo of flashy destruction in Six levels or Less.
Spells
Duergar
Enlarge/Reduce
Invisibility
Bard
Cantrip
Blade Ward
Thunderclap
Vicious Mockery
1sr Level
Disguise Self
Feather Fall
Healing Word
2nd Level
Cloud of Daggers
Pyrotechnics
Shatter
Silence
Equipment
Standard Monk equipment with Darts, Shortsword, and Alchemical Supplies to create Alchemist Fire, Eventually switch to 2 Longswords once you gain the Dual Wielder feat
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 continue building the Hashiras! That Hashira being Obanai Iguro, The Serpent Hashira! Until next week Tale-Tellers!
