The wang-liangs are a rather interesting monster, evidently derived from Chinese folklore. They were first described for AD&D in a 1989 Dragon Magazine article by Sylvia Li. They were later updated for 2nd Edition in the Kara-Tura Monstrous Compendium, and reappeared yet again in the 3e Oriental Adventures hardcover. We in turn have updated them for 3.5 and written them up as a Savage Species monster class.

WANG-LIANG MONSTER CLASS

Giant (Spirit)

The wang-liangs are an ancient race of giants in decline, closely related to the ogre magi. Wang-liangs are exceptionally intelligent and long-lived, with their own unique brand of magic. They are implacably hostile to human beings and rarely pass up a chance to kill, injure, humiliate, or frighten them. Toward humans, their behavior is destructive; among their own kind, there are no known instances of cruelty to each other. The wang-liangs pay their debts and keep their promises.

Physically, wang-liangs stand about 10 feet tall and weigh around 600 pounds. Their bodies are covered with soft pelts of lustrous dark brown or black hair, including a great mat on top of their heads; males also sport long dark beards. Their catlike eyes are wide and large, having black irises rimmed with luminous, fiery red. They have the sharp, pointed teeth of a carnivore set in a protruding and delicate muzzle.

Racial Traits

Starting Ability Score Adjustments: +2 Str, +2 Cha.
Speed: Wang-liang land speed is 40 feet.
Low-Light Vision: Wang-liang can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of shadowy illumination. It retains the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
Automatic Languages: Giant, Common.
Favored Class: Wang-liang. The best multiclassing choice for a wang-liang is fighter.

Class Skills

The wang-liang's class skills are Climb (Str), Intimidate (Cha), Listen (Wis), and Spot (Wis).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the wang-liang monster class.

Weapons and Armor Proficiency: A wang-liang is automatically proficient with simple weapons, martial weapons, all light armors, and splint mail armor.

Weapon Familiarity: A wang-liang treats a lajatang as a martial weapon, rather than an exotic weapon.

Feats: A wang-liang receives one feat at 1st level, another at 5th level, and another at 11th level. After 12th level it gains feats normally according to its character level.

Claws: A wang-liang has two claw attacks that are natural weapons dealing the indicated damage plus Strength bonus.

Spell-Like Abilities (Sp): A wang-liang can use the indicated spell-like abilities at the indicated frequency. It has a caster level equal to its Hit Dice from class levels.

Regeneration (Ex): A wang-liang takes normal damage from fire and acid.

The Wang-Liang
Level	Hit Dice	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Skill Points	CR	Special
1st	1d8	+0	+2	+0	+0	(2 + Int mod) x 4	1	feat, +1 natural armor, 2 claws 1d4, spell-like abilities (see invisible 1/day), subtype (spirit)
2nd	1d8	+0	+2	+0	+0	-	1	+2 natural armor, +2 Wis, spell-like abilities (alter self 1/day)
3rd	2d8	+1	+3	+0	+0	2 + Int mod	1	+2 Int, +2 Con, spell-like abilities (invisibility 1/day)
4th	2d8	+1	+3	+0	+0	-	2	+2 Str, 2 claws 1d6, spell-like abilities (telepathic bond [with other wang-liang only] 1/day)
5th	3d8	+2	+3	+1	+1	2 + Int mod	2	feat, +2 Dex, +2 Cha, +3 natural armor, spell-like abilities (see invisible 3/day)
6th	3d8	+2	+3	+1	+1	-	2	regeneration 1, +2 Str, +2 Int, spell-like abilities (alter self 3/day)
7th	4d8	+3	+4	+1	+1	2 + Int mod	3	+2 Wis, spell-like abilities (invisibility 3/day)
8th	4d8	+3	+4	+1	+1	-	3	+4 natural armor, +2 Con, +2 Int, regeneration 2, spell-like abilities (telepathic bond [with other wang-liang only] 3/day)
9th	5d8	+3	+4	+1	+1	2 + Int mod	3	2 claws 2d4, +2 Str, regeneration 3, spell-like abilities (see invisible at will)
10th	5d8	+3	+4	+1	+1	-	4	Large size, reach 10 ft, +2 Wis, +5 natural armor, regeneration 4, spell-like abilities (alter self at will)
11th	6d8	+4	+5	+2	+2	2 + Int mod	4	feat, +2 Str, +2 Cha, regeneration 5, spell-like abilities (invisibility and telepathic bond [with other wang-liang only] at will)