Youkai Tanuki
Tricksters extraordinaire, the Youkai Tanuki are a race of shapeshifters who delight in impersonating humans for fun. They are known to transform into objects and plants to play pranks and even live among the humans inconspicuously. They drink hard, party hard and fight hard.
They are believed to be lucky, are often associated with precious metals and are known to be a bit heavy on the booze. As such, they often take levels in Oni Brawler.
These youkai tend to live in large clans, working together and getting influence their for kind in whichever nation they hide in. Often, they manage to occupy positions of power in human societies and then work hard to protect the humans and their own from rival youkai races.
Youkai Tanuki are social creatures. They go out of their way to mingle with other races and even create friendships among many different races.
They are largely friendly to humans and so, although onlookers rarely realize that what looks to be a totally cute raccoon dog is actually a youkai, those aware of the existence of the Youkai Tanuki usually consider it to be an omen of good fortune.
Type : Youkai Tanuki are a Magical Beast with the Shapechanger subtype.
Ability Score Increases : Youkai Tanuki are social creatures but their overconfidence tends to have them dismiss important details.
Youkai Tanuki have -2 Wis, +2 Charisma
Size: As a Small creature,the Youkai Tanuki gain a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks, but they use smaller weapons than humans use, and their lifting and carrying limits are three-quarters of those of a Medium character.
A Youkai Tanuki's base land speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision out to 60 feet and low-light vision.
Animal Bite : Youkai Tanuki have a natural bite attack with a base damage of 1d4. They are not capable of fine manipulation but usually transform into something that does.
Lunar Dependency : The Youkai Tanuki are stronger at night and weaker during the day. When they create an ability, spell or similar to create a disguise, they get a +10 bonus on their Disguise check while the moon is visible in the sky. A full moon doubles that bonus to +20.
Ears and Tail : The tail and ears of the Youkai Tanuki are harder to conceal away when they use abilities that allow them to transform. When they create an ability, spell or similar to create a disguise, they do not get a +10 bonus on their Disguise check. They still gain a +10 bonus on disguise checks to pass as a normal raccoon dog.
They cannot gain the Unalterable Features flaw.
Alternate Form (Su) : The Youkai Tanuki gains the Alternate Form ability, except that it does not gain the physical ability scores nor movement speeds of its new form and their size modifiers are unchanged nor do are their weapon base damage. If it isn't in its natural form, the Youkai Tanuki can return to its original form with a standard action. While transformed and under a stance, it gains a bonus equal to the maneuver level of the stance on all Charisma checks and Charisma-based skill checks made against other creatures of the same race as the one it is transformed into. The creature types it can alternate form into depend on the maneuver level of its stance. The size of the chosen form must be Small or Medium.
While a Youkai Tanuki is on a 1st level or higher Stance, it can alternate form into any humanoid or fey creature.
While a Youkai Tanuki is on a 3rd level or higher Stance, it can alternate form into any animal, vermin or giant. Forms can be Tiny sized or Large sized.
While a Youkai Tanuki is on a 6th level or higher Stance, it can alternate form into any other magical beast, monstrous humanoid or plant creature/plant-like object (tree, bush, etc). It now also changes its movement speeds for the alternate form's.
While a Youkai Tanuki is on a 8th level or higher Stance, it can alternate form into any mundane object. Forms can be Huge sized or Diminutive sized.
While a Youkai Tanuki is on a 9th level or higher Stance, it can alternate form into any creature type.
Automatic Languages : Common and Tanuki. Bonus Languages: Any (other than secret languages, such as Druidic).
Favored Class : Oni Brawler. A multiclass Youkai Tanuki’s oni brawler class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty.
