puffing up your tail makes you appear much larger than you actually are and stomping about makes a great scare tactic. any animals the see you doing this will surly think twice about attacking you

+1 to dex

you gain the ability to read speak and write goblin, common and one other language of your choice

while the race was still developing there was a divergence between stripped fur and spotted fur. the striped skunkfolk became more civilized and intelligent, being drawn to science and the arts and have better control of their stink giving them a more welcomed place in general society. the spotted skunkfolk gained more muscle mass and prefer living alone rather than in town or cities, hunting for food and making everything they needed by hand.

lifting your tail you unleash an unholy stench from your anal scent glands, coating anything you've sprayed in a foul smelling has disadvantage on all smell based checks.