You are a Fey.

When determining your character’s ability scores on character creation, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. You can’t raise any of your scores above 20 through this trait.

You are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you select this race.

Your walking speed is 30 feet.

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 discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the Charmed condition on yourself.

The Nine-tailed Foxes from which you descend are each associated with a both a season and an element. You inherit some of their power at your birth and will grow into it as time goes on. As your character level increases you will gain more tails, your second tail at level 4 and another every even level thereafter, and each new tail comes with a new power based on your element. Choose one of the following affinities when creating your character:

As you grow in power you will also grow more tails, up to nine. Each tail grants you additional power based on your Elemental Affinity.

You are born with one tail, and will grow more according to your character level. At level 4 you grow your second, and will grow another every even level thereafter until level 18 when you grow your 9th. Each new tail you grow will grant you access to another spell based on your affinity, but be warned, should you lose a tail you will also lose access to one of those powers. If you lose a tail, then it is treated the same as any lost limb and can be restored in the same ways, but only a natural tail will grant you power, not a prosthetic.

The spells you gain through your tails use your Wisdom bonus as their spell casting modifier. Each spell may be cast once per long rest without material components or consuming a spell slot. The following table is a general guide to the levels of the spells you'll receive and at when you'll gain access to them, but there might be exceptions.

From birth you have limited access to Fey magic which can obscure your features. As an Action, you may magically hide your vulpine features and pass as a mundane humanoid for up to an hour, granting you advantage on any checks to hide your race. This counts as an illusion and a creature may attempt to see through it with an opposed skill check. They roll an Intelligence Investigation against your Wisdom Deception, seeing through and becoming unaffected by the illusion on a success. You may only use this ability a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus. Any effect that would counter magic will also work against this ability.

Once you've grown your second tail, you gain further access to your Fey magic. You may then shapeshift into a fox of the same size, coloration, and number of tails as your true form. Any items and equipment you are holding or carrying when you do so will merge into your body and reemerge when you change back . While in fox form, your stats remain the same and you retain access to any magic you may have, but you cannot speak any language or use humanoid equipment. Instead, you have Advantage on Stealth checks and gain a natural strength weapon Bite attack, which deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier Piercing Damage.

You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan. Sylvan is a lyrical language with mysterious intonation and many subtleties.