Tanuki

The raccoon spirits of the Seishin isles, tanuki are a race native to the faewild that transmigrated to Seishin during the earlier years of the realm. Settling across the many Southern isles of the archipelago, the tanuki finds themselves often under the oppression of the Kemono Dynasty, and the many kitsune of the hierarchy of the empire.

Pranking Spirits

Tanuki are mischievous by nature, loving to disguise themselves and object with the express purpose of messing with another person, sometimes going so far as to disguise themselves as the most mundane of objects just to jump out into the open shocking anyone that would happen to be nearby.
This has led to many races finding tanuki to be nuisances and caused a cultural divide between themselves and the many other races of the Kemono Dynasty. This divide often causes Tanuki to form tight nit communities away from the eyes of others, and often also leads to their subservience to the likes of the Kitsune, who utilize their inability to form connections with other races to suppress them.

Illusional Equals

The tanuke are very comparable to the likes of the kitsune. Capable of strong illusions and mental manipulations, the tanuke can be seen as the only equals that the kitsune must face, with their innate abilities being the most comparable. This is in part one of the many reasons that the kitsune have gone out of their way to push the tanuki into a lower caste within the Kemono Dynasty, Shattering any form of structural organizations dedicated to bettering or uniting the tanuki, and keeping them suppressed.
If a tanuki were to dedicate their lives to the study of illusion magic, they'd be on the fast track to becoming a master of the magic, comparable to the powerful kitsune illusionists, for they too are capable of great feats in the field, though are a much rarer sight in part due to the kitsune's suppression.

homebrew by Team Brievary

Tanuki CR: 1/2 (100 XP)

Medium fey, lawful neutral

Armor Class: 11

Hit Points: 45 7d8+14

Speed: 30 ft

STR

16 +3

DEX

12 +1

CON

14 +2

INT

11 +0

WIS

9 -1

CHA

12 +1

Skills: Animal Handling +2, Deception +4

Condition Immunities: charmed

Senses: darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9

Languages: Common, Sylvian

Challenge Rating: 1/2 (100 XP)

Innate Spellcasting. The tanuki's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). The tanuki can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: silent image

3/day: charm person

Actions

Multiattack. The tanuki can make two warhammer attacks.
Warhammer. Melee Weapon Attack: 5+ to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8+3) bludgeoning damage.
Change Shape. As an action, the tanuki magically polymorphs into a raccoon, or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.

Civilization and Culture

Major Organizations

Almost all tanuki find themselves as citizens of the Kemono Dynasty, and are members of the lower middle and lower class of their empire. Being created and maintained by the Tenko and her inari servants, the empire is designed to put kistune first, often leaving their other citizen with less opportunity for improvment.

Tanuki Cover by PerryHan Zhang

Genetic Descendants

• Yuki-Onna

Origin/Ancestry

Fey

Lifespan

500 years

Average Height

4'7" - 5'2"

Average Weight

116 lbs - 137 lbs

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

While the skin color of their humanoid forms doesn't tend to vary much, their hair, and by proxy, their fur colors can appear within a range of reds, oranges, browns, blacks, and whites.

Geographic Distribution

• Seishin Isles

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