Obanai Iguro is a major supporting character of Demon Slayer, a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps, and the current Serpent Hashiras. He is known for being strict and harsh to those who fail to follow the rules set by the Demon Slayer Corp, lashing out at Tanjiro as he pins him down during their first meeting. He is a tragic character who has suffered greatly from his family’s sinful past involving demons which feeds into his self-loathing for himself. Despite his unforgiving nature, he cares deeply for Mitsuri Kanroji the Love Hashira and Kagaya Ubuyashiki the leader of the Demon Slayer Corp. As the Serpent Hashira, his style of breathing involves a series of twists and turns based on the movements of serpents. He combined his style to incorporate his pet snake Kaburamaru in the fighting as well. This breath style is one based on attacking a foe at strange angles, slithering in and out with swift strikes that mimic the bite of a viper.
Obanai Iguro Stats
Str 11 Dex 12 Con 10 Int 12 Wis 13 Cha 15 (27 point buy)
Str 11 Dex 14 Con 10 Int 12 Wis 13 Cha 16 (after racial and feat mod)
Class Monk 2 /Warlock 4(The Hexblade)
The three things that I wanted to achieve in this build are:
- Twisting and Turning around the battlefield.
- Never-ending backup.
- Vicious Strikes that weaken the strongest foes.
Background
For Background, I chose Haunted One for Obanai. He gains the Skill Proficiencies of Investigation, Religion, the languages of Undercommon and Deep Speech, and the Background Feature of Heart of Darkness. This represents Obanai’s early background as a human sacrifice for a demon’s using his clan.
Race
For Race, I chose Yuan-ti. With this race, he gains +2 to Cha, and +1 to Dex, Darkvision, Magic Resistance, Poison Resilience, and Serpentine Spellcasting. Serpentine Spellcasting is key to this race since it fits in well with Obanai’s snake-themed build.
Class
Obanai’s class breakdown is a mixture of two classes, Monk 2/Warlock 4 (The Hexblades). It is with these classes that he gains access to Unarmored Defense, Unarmed Fighting, and Ki usage, fierce attacking prowess through Hex Warrior and Hexblade’s Curse, a useful ally in the form of Pact of the Chain. If you choose Quasit you could have it transform into a snake form (re-flavored from centipede form). With this combination of classes, he gains enough power to represent Obanai’s power up to his fight against Muzan. 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 Obanai. This gives him the skills of Acrobatics, Athletics, and Cook’s Utensils 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.
Warlock 1 is the next step in Obanai’s progression. It is with this level he gains access to Otherworldly Patron: Hexblade, Pact Magic, Expanded Spell List, Hexblade’s Curse, and Hex Warrior. Now he can attack using his high charisma, strong spells to assault foes with and buffs to his melee against a single target.
Warlock 2 gives him access to Eldritch Invocations. The key invocations are Voice of the Chain Master and Investment of the Chain Master once he becomes a level 3 Warlock. His initial invocations are Fiendish Vigor and Misty Visions.
Warlock 3 is where Obanai gains his constant companion, Kaburamaru, in the feature of Pact Boon: Pact of the Chain. With this feature, he can summon a strong familiar that he can use to attack instead of himself. I would have him summon a quasit and re-flavor the centipede form as a snake form. That combined with his invocations gives Obanai a second set of eyes and aid should he need it.
Warlock 4 is the final level for Obanai with access to the feat Mobile. This feat grants him an extra 10-foot move, the ability to Dash over difficult terrain, and the ability to move away from a foe after attacking them and not provoking an opportunity attack.
With full use of Obanai’s powers he can perform the following techniques via job features and abilities:
Serpent Breathing
- First Form: Winding Serpent Slash- Mobile feat + Attack or Step of the Wind + Attack
- Second Form: Venom Fangs of the Narrow Head- Movement + Misty Step + Attack
- Third Form: Coil Choke- Movement + Step of the Wind + Attack + Mobile feat
- Fourth Form: Twin-Headed Reptile- Movement + Step of the Wind + Attack + Branding Smite
- Fifth Form- Slithering Serpent- Movement + Step of the Wind + Sword Burst spell
This combination of feats, stats, and spells makes this DND build of Obanai a twisting coil of lighting strikes that leaves demon corpses in his wake in Six levels or Less.
Spells
Duergar
Animal Friendship
Suggestion
Warlock
Cantrip
Blade Ward
Booming Blade
Sword Burst
1sr Level
Shield
2nd Level
Branding Smite
Hold Person
Misty Step
Shatter
Equipment
Standard Monk equipment with Darts, Shortsword. If you want to you can upgrade to a Longsword for more damage using Hex Warrior.
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 Muichiro Tokito, The Mist Hashira! Until next week Tale-Tellers!
