Star-Demon, Mind Reaver, Visitor from Beyond

They are whispered about in mountain shrines and remote farming villages alike. Small, pale oni with oversized heads and eyes like black mirrors. They arrive silently. They leave scars on the mind. And sometimes they leave offerings behind that do not belong to this world.

Some scholars insist they are demons. Others claim they are spirits fallen from the stars. The Gray Oni never corrects anyone.

Type: Demon: Gray Oni are subject to any effects that target demons, such as Banish and Purge.
Size: Medium
Movement: 10
HP: 10
Willpower Points: 15
Armor: Special (see Adaptive Field)
Attributes
STR 8
AGL 12
CON 10
INT 16
WIL 15
CHA 9

Skills:
Awareness 14
Evade 12
Sneaking 14
Mentalism 16

Attacks

Psychotronic Probe
Melee, Mentalism 15, Damage D10 (ignores armor)
On a successful hit, the target must succeed at a WIL roll or suffer Confused for one round. If the roll is a Dragon, the target also loses 1d4 WP.

Electro-Staff
Melee, Staves 12, Damage D10
On a dragon, the target is Stunned for one round.

Special Abilities

Adaptive Energy Field
The Gray Oni is surrounded by a faint, shimmering distortion. The first successful physical attack against it each round gains 2 Armor. Subsequent attacks add 1 Armor. This armor resets at the beginning of each round.

Mind Harvest
By spending 1 WP as an action, the Gray Oni may force one creature within 10 meters to make a WIL roll. On a failure, the victim loses 1d6 WP and gains a Condition.

Silent Levitation
The Gray Oni can move over difficult terrain and gaps without penalty, appearing to glide rather than walk. It leaves no tracks unless it wishes to.

Alien Presence
At the start of combat, all non-demons who can see the Gray Oni must make a WIL roll. Those who fail suffer a Bane on their first action due to dread, disorientation, or intrusive thoughts.

Combat Behavior

Gray Oni avoid prolonged physical combat. They disable, confuse, and extract information before retreating. If reduced to 5 HP or fewer, they attempt to flee immediately, often using terrain or darkness to vanish without explanation.

Lore & GM Notes

Gray Oni are not conquerors. They are observers, collectors, and experimenters. Villages plagued by strange dreams, missing livestock, or circular scars in fields may unknowingly sit atop a site of repeated Gray Oni visitation.

Their tools often stop functioning after a few days… unless someone very unlucky keeps them close.

Random Encounter

The party encounters a lone mountain hermit who insists the stars spoke to him last night. As he talks, his shadow moves slightly out of sync with his body.

Adventure Seed

A rural shrine dedicated to warding off oni has mysteriously begun to work too well. No demons approach. No spirits linger. Even animals avoid the area. Something else has taken notice, and it does not appreciate competition.