Homebrew Fox-kin Species Details

A Fox-kin is a bipedal humanoid creature that appears like a mixture of a human and fox, they come in many different forms as different sub-races that are classified by which fox they resemble.

The most common Fox-kin resemble red foxes and have fur that can range in colour from red, orange, white, black or any mixture of the colours. They also have large ears that follow the same colour pattern and a tail that does the same but usually ends with a white tip at the end. They often have orange eyes that are well adapted for seeing at dusk and dawn and snouts that offer a better sense of smell when compared to most other humanoids. A single row of large canine teeth can be found inside their mouths that follow along their snouts which are tipped with a black nose similar to a dog and other canids.

Fox-kin, like any other race when it comes to behaviour, have exceptions to the usual pattern but they are often found to be rather cunning, curious and cheeky when interacting with their environments and other creatures. They've also been known to be "playful" and will usually get along well with more friendly creatures such as younger humanoids or domesticated animals like dogs and cats.

(Note: Sub-races are not actually sub-races. They only affect the size and appearance of the player's character depending on what fox species they wish to portray, such as the difference between a red fox and a fennec fox.)

Fox-kin Traits

Fox-kin have similar abilities to that of their non-humanoid counterparts.

Crepuscular vision

Crepuscular Vision allows the player to add their proficiency bonus to their passive perception and roll perception with advantage when in dim lighting conditions such as a cave, dusk or dawn. 

Their fox like eyes allow more light to enter their pupils and their fox-like ability to hear small noises allows them to notice stuff in darker environments better than other creatures and provides dark vision up to 30ft.

Canid physicality

Fox-kin are inherently similar to other canids in the sense that they have tooth and claws at their disposal.

Using their teeth and claws as weapons they are able to deal extra damage if a hit lands on their target of choice within range.
Target must be within 5ft.

Choose one type of damage to use or the other, you cannot use both at the same time.

Gekking

Gekking allows Fox-kin to talk with other Fox-kin and actual foxes by using a rudimentary language of "Gekks", yells and barks.

Fox cunning

Like their smaller counterparts they are naturally more cunning than other species.