Homebrew Fox Spirit (Wu Xing) Species Details
Fox Spirits often appear in their human forms most of the time, occasionally using their Illusions to assume the forms of others or reveal their True Selves.
Fox Spirit (Wu Xing) Traits
Fox Spirits often appear in their human forms most of the time, occasionally using their Illusions to assume the forms of others or reveal their True Selves.Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 1, and your Charisma score increases by 2.
Age
Fox Spirits are rumored to live to 1000 years of age, and then 'ascend' past the mortal world to a sort of spiritual nirvana. The approximate age of a Fox Spirits can be told by the number of tails they have, the oldest of which have 9. Others disregard any limit on age, leaving room to assume they are immortal.
Size
Fox Spirits are often the same size and build as humans, if not a bit smaller. Your size is Medium or Small depending on what form you are taking at that moment.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Additionally, you gain a burrowing speed of 5 feet when in your fox form.
Darkvision
Thanks to your spiritual heritage, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
True Form
If a Fox Spirit trusts a human they may reveal their True Selves, but most of their face to face interactions are made within the guise of others or a representation of themselves in human form.
True Form: When you are not assuming the guise of others, you appear in one of two forms of your choice. Your natural more foxlike appearance may vary in size and number of tails depending on your age. Your human form may appear to be any age and gender you like, however once you choose the appearance of this form you may never change it. Additionally, your magic cannot hide all of your natural forms features. As such, you still retain your tail, ears and a shadow mimicking your true nature.
Shapeshift
Fox Spirits often appear in their human forms most of the time, occasionally using their Illusions to assume the forms of others or reveal their True Selves.
Shapeshift: With this feature, you may perform a minute long ritualistic spell to transform into a young woman, a child or an old person by placing reeds, a leaf, or a skull over your head. Additionally, you may disguise yourself in this way as a specific person if the ritual is performed using one of their personal belongings instead. You may do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus per day, the illusion lasts until Dusk, all charges are replenished at Dusk.
Additionally, when using this feature, although the Illusion is almost indiscernible from reality, your magic cannot hide all of your true form. Regardless of the person you disguise yourself as, you retain your tail and a shadow mimicking your true nature. A particularly devout individual may even be able to see through a fox's disguise merely by perceiving them.
Spiritual Legacy
You know the minor illusion cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the speak with animals spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the invisibility spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Celestial.
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