Homebrew Fire Kitsune Species Details

Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth, carry the power of the planes in their blood. The fire Kitsuna are one such beings.

The Elemental Planes are often inhospitable: crushing earth, searing flames, boundless skies, and endless seas make visiting these places dangerous for even a short time. The powerful nine tailed fire Kitsune, however, don’t face such troubles. They adapt well to the mingled elements of the Material Plane, and they sometimes visit—mostly by their own volition- by wearing a humanoid disguise.

During these visits, a mortal might catch a Kitsune’s eye and a friendship forms, maybe a romance blooms, and sometimes children result. These children are always Kitsune, though it is possible to put the Kitsune's bloodline to sleep using powerful bloodline spells.

Occasionally, fire Kitsune are born from normal foxes cultivating elemental power.

Heirs to Elemental Power

Fire Kitsune are created when enough elemental power is gathered inside their small bodies. This fire element burns them from the inside out and creates them anew with greater affinity for said power. A fire Kitsune will be able to use their elemental powers in various interesting ways, most of which focus on battle.

A fire Kitsune is a terrible enemy to have and a great ally to be had.

Fire Kitsune Elemental Quirks

Born with a high affinity to fire, the fire Kitsune are resistant to fire in all forms and can use the power stored in their tails in order to shoot fireballs at their enemies.

Being so close to the fire element makes them suspicious of any creature that has affinity with the ice element, and hate any water based creature. Most times the fire Kitsune will not recklessly attack, but set a trap for those beings - if a water/ice creature will show kindness, the fire Kitsune will be bound by Karma to return that kindness and will no longer be hostile towards that creature.

Eye for an Eye

As a fire Kitsune you believe in Karma above all else, and are the walking definition of eye for an eye. 

The fire Kitsune will often assume the form of a harmless humanoid creature and ask passerby for help. Those good souls that help the fire Kitsune will be blessed with good luck for the reminder of the day, while those that ignore the fire Kitsune's 'plight' will suffer bad luck for the same duration.

Eye of the Beholder

The fire Kitsune is sometimes called 'tricksters' for their unique ability to assume any living form that enters their mind and playing with people's minds. Most often the fire Kitsune will assume the form of an attractive woman or men, for they are vain creature that care a lot for their aesthetics.

The duration of such a skill depends on the number of tails a Kitsune posses.

Fire Kitsune Names

Fire Kitsune are not named until their third tail appears and they are seen as mature enough to name themselves. To distinguish between themselves, the fire Kitsune will refer to each other using numbers instead.

Fire Kitsune Traits

The fire Kitsune are creatures of fire and of freedom

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Primordial. Primordial is a guttural language, filled with harsh syllables and hard consonants.

Eye of the Beholder

You can transform to any living being you've seen before or is described to you. The duration of the transformation is restricted by the number of tails you posses.

At one tail you can keep the transformation going for a ten minutes.

At two tails you can keep the transformation going for an hour.

At three tails you can keep the transformation going for four hours.

From four tails you can keep the transformation going for a day.

Fire Element Tail Increase

For the experiences you've accommodated,  the fire element inside of you increased in volume and now you're ready to add a new tail (to the maximum of nine.)

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 2.

Your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Age

Fire Kitsune mature at their own pace, which can take years upon years. The Fire Kitsune will be considered an adult when they finish cultivating three tails. They live much longer than humans do, up to 10000 years.

Alignment

Independent, free spirited, and self-reliant, fire Kitsune tend toward the choatic alignment.

Size

Fire Kitsune are seen as small foxes in their base form, and when transformed, they assume the same size as their transformed state.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Your base flying speed is 30 feet