Tanuki

[Anomander]

TANUKI


   
Hit Dice: d10

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will			Special
1st	1	2	2	0			Raccoon Body, Change Shape, Sake Affinity, Least Tanuki Magic, +1 Con, +1 Cha
2nd	2	3	3	0			Just for Laughs, Lesser Tanuki Magic, +1 Cha
3rd	3	3	3	1			Just for Laughs, Greater Tanuki Magic, +1 Dex
4th	4	4	4	1			Master of Mischief, +1 Con, +1 Cha

Class Skills
The Tanuki's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Hide (Dex), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Spot (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spellcraft (Int).
Skill Points at 1st Level: (6 + int)x4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int modifier.

Class Features

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Weapon and Armor Proficiency
Tanukis gain proficiency with simple weapons.

Raccoon Body
The tanuki loses all other racial bonuses, and gains the Monstrous Humanoid traits and the Shapechanger subtype. It is a medium sized monstrous humanoid with a base speed of 30-feet and a slam natural weapon (1d6 at medium size).
It has a natural armor equal to its Constitution modifier.

Change Shape (Su)
At first level the tanuki gains the Change Shape ability. As a standard action, it can to transform into a raccoon dog indefinitely. If it isn't in its natural form, the tanuki can return to its original form with a standard action.
While it is a raccoon dog, it counts as a small creature when such would not be beneficial to it instead of tiny.
At 3 HD, its raccoon dog form counts as a tiny creature, as normal.

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Raccoon Dog
Size: Tiny
Natural weapons: 2 claws (1d2) and Bite (1d3)
Senses: Low-light vision, darkvision, scent
Speeds: 30-ft., climb 20-ft.

Sake Affinity (Su)
As a swift action, a tanuki can take a swig of sake from a gourd it carries provided that it is easily accessible (ei: attached to its belt with a cord. Anything that must searched into, like a backpack, doesn't work. Other kinds of alcohol work only if they are made from fermented rice).
When it does so, it gains the effect of one of the following spells at a caster level equal to its HD:
At HD 1, it may be affected with a Divine favor spell effect.
At HD 3, it may be affected with a False life spell effect.
At HD 5, it may be affected with a Haste or Rage spell effect.

Each day the tanuki can use its own power as a free action 1/day per HD to fill a gourd with enough sake to take one swig.
Each time a tanuki takes a swig of sake, it becomes progressively drunker and takes a –1 penalty to its AC and on Reflex saves. These penalties stack and last for as long as their spell effect lasts.

Tanuki Magic (Sp)
At the indicated levels the tanuki acquires the ability to use certain Spell-like Abilities. Save DCs are 10 + ½ HD + Cha mod.

• Least: At first level the tanuki gains Detect Poison and Purify food and drink each 2/day per HD.
• Lesser: At second level the tanuki gains Create food and water, Magic stone and Shrink item each 1/day per 2 HD.
• Greater: At third level the tanuki gains Major Creation and Veil (self only) 1/day per 3 HD.
  At HD 5 its Detect Poison SLA becomes continuous.
  

Ability Score Increase
The tanuki gains a permanent +1 bonus to

• +1 to Dexterity at level 3.
• +1 to Constitution at levels  1 and 4.
• +1 to Charisma at levels  1, 2 and 4.

For a total of +1 Dex, +2 Con and +3 Cha at level 4.

Just for Laughs
Every time the tanuki gains this ability it obtains a power of its choice among the following options. Unless it states it can be taken multiple times, each option can be selected only once:

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Belly of the Beast (Su): The tanuki is a passionate eater whose gluttony knows no bounds. Whenever it can deliver a Coup de Grace to an adjacent target of its size or smaller, it can choose to deliver it with its slam attack to try to eat the target by transforming its belly and mouth to temporarily take the proportions it needs to swallow it (without getting sick or any other harmful effect). If the Coup de Grace would kill the target, it is instantly eaten, its body lost for the purpose of resurrections requiring it. It can similarly eat an adjacent dead (but still fresh) creature with a full-round action.
Whenever it eats a creature, it heals an amount of HP equal to its Charisma modifier times the eaten creature's CR (before death).
It can also use a standard action and a use of its create food and water SLA to eat a whole day's meal and replenish lost hit points equal to its own HD times its Charisma modifier. Tanukis with this ability are generally pretty darn fat. Feel free to increase their weight modifier by 1d4.

Disguise the limit!: Each time this ability is taken the tanuki's change shape gains one additional creature of its choice it can transform into per amount of time this ability has been selected (ie: selecting this ability 3 times gives a total of 6 additional shapes) and can also transform the look of any clothing (and clothing accessories) it wears along with its body.
The appearance of the body and clothing (if any) of the creature it transforms into can be different every time the ability is used (including gender and apparent age).
This ability cannot allow a tanuki to select a creature whose size is different than her own.
At 6 HD and every additional 6 HD, the size difference can be one more size category smaller or larger than its original form, to a maximum equal to the number of times you have selected this option. (ie: A medium tanuki that selects it twice can choose a huge creature to change shape into).
At HD 13, even effects such as True Seeing cannot pierce this disguise. A successful Spot check still succeeds.

You can change the chosen creatures every time you gain a level.

Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: The tanuki is an accomplished warrior. Each time this ability is taken the tanuki gains one Fighter bonus feat for which it meets the prerequisites and either the improved Unarmed Strike feat or proficiency with one Monk special weapon of its choice.

I do it all for your sake: Each time this ability is selected, the tanuki gains one additional spell effect option for his Sake Affinity ability. The chosen spell effect must have a personal range, a casting time no longer than a standard action and be of a spell level no higher than your HD-1 halved (rounded down).
Unlike the other spell effects, these can only be received if the tanuki drinks up one of the daily swigs it can create.
You can change the chosen effect every time you gain a level.

It Tickles!: The tanuki gains Sneak Attack 1d6, as per the Rogue ability of the same name. This ability can only be selected twice, getting 2d6. If the tanuki gains this ability from one other source, it stacks with it.
When it attacks with its Slam attack, it may choose to deal non-lethal damage (including Sneak attack damage). Opponents that would fall unconscious from one of these attacks has a 75% chance to wet themselves.

Leaf Blower (Su): The tanuki has an unlimited supply of leaves and can throw them like shurikens. It is proficient in their use. It qualifies for any ability or feat that requires proficiency with shurikens or improvised weapons and can benefit from these abilities with these leaves.
The tanuki gains a +1 magical enhancement bonus it can apply to every leaf it throws. These enhancements does not stack with any enhancement done to the leaves themselves. Any daily charges (or similar) use the same pool of charges.
Every 4 HD the enhancement bonus increases by +1.
Starting 4th HD, the tanuki may assign any special weapon ability that can normally be assigned to a ranged thrown weapon in exchange for its equivalent enhancement bonus. The tanuki may not have a total enhancement bonus to attack and damage greater than +5 until it reaches 21 HD, at which point it may not have a total enhancement bonus to attack and damage greater than +10. It may also reduce its enhancement bonus by one to have its leaves treated as a special material or alignment.
Once per day, the tanuki can reassign the enhancement bonuses and special abilities after spending 8 hours in meditation.

Major Objection: This ability can be selected if the tanuki as at least 3 class levels in this monster class.
It may now use its Major Creation ability by casting it for 1 minute, but the created object may look a little (or very) surreal.
When you use this ability, make a Disguise skill check. Any who beat the result with a successful Spot check recognize the object is not fully real and can interact with it as if it did not exist.
It can quicken the process by taking a cumulative penalty to its Disguise check of -1 per round of concentration bypassed.
At a -10 penalty, it can do it with a single full-round action. At -20, as a standard action. At -30, as a swift action.

Masked Thief (Ex): The tanuki is an accomplished thief. It can raid a place in the blink of an eye. Picking objects up is a free action for the tanuki. If it has a bag or a similar container, it may store all picked up goods into it instantly.
Additionally, it may make Sleight of Hand attempts to lift objects of any size from a creature provided that the objects' weight is within half the tanuki's light load.
If you take this ability a second time, the object's weight can be up to the tanuki's light load and it only takes a -10 penalty for making Sleight of Hand attempts as a free action instead of 20. The tanuki also doesn't increase the DC by 10 if it has been caught or is being watched by someone who noticed its attempts.

Raccoon Champion (Su): When the tanuki transforms into the form of an animal, all its equipment merges with its new form but they maintain their benefits. It retains its ability to speak (even if the creature as no mouth. Its voice is simply heard) and can use held items with its mouth and paws/claws/talons/other-front-limbs as if it had fine manipulation and any item in its possession can be summoned or dismissed as a free action. Additionally, whenever it is transformed into an animal it counts as having the Animal creature type whenever it is to its benefit.
IE: As a raccoon dog, it can make a sword appear, use its mouth to wield it and attack then dismiss it back.
An item held in its mouth counts as two-handed if it holds nothing else.
(using front limbs for most creatures or talons for birds)

Super Leaf (Su): The tanuki can manipulate its weight (and that of its carried objects) to become as light as a leaf.
The tanuki's weight capacities are tripled.
If it falls, it can benefit from a Feather Fall spell effect.
At HD 5, it can interact with a liquid surface as if it was firm ground and fragile surfaces (such as thin branches) as if they could support its weight.
At HD 9, it can even fly at double its base speed (average maneuverability) by twirling/wiggling its tail or flailing its arms in the air wildly.
If you have the Leaf Blower ability, your leaves' damage increases to 1d6 (if medium).

Tanuki Leaf (Su): The tanuki can put a leaf on its head equipment slot to improve its transformation abilities. The leaf sticks to its head as if it wore an helmet. While equipped, the leaf grants the tanuki a +2 bonus to its effective HD or caster/initiator level for the purpose of determining the power of all its transformation-based abilities. Its transformation abilities also gain a +1 to their DC.

The Flabbergaster (Ex): The tanuki can now stretch its scrotum to absurd lengths and shapes. With a move action, it can stretch it to have it take the general shape of any object of a volume of 5-cu-ft./2 HD that can reasonably be made with a huge nutsack.
Typical uses.
It can now use it as a natural weapon dealing 1d4 bludgeoning damage (if medium sized) with an additional 5-ft. reach per 4 HD.
The tanuki also gains a +2 circumstance bonus to Diplomacy checks when interacting with someone that can see its scrotum. Much respect.
A female tanuki (or a poorly endowed male tanuki) that takes this ability can instead stretch its tail (or transform into a well-endowed male tanuki. Getting weird enough?).

Master of Mischief
When the tanuki gains this ability it obtains a power of its choice among the following options or two options of its from the Just for Laughs ability list. Unless mentioned otherwise, each option can be selected only once:

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Extreme Makeover: The tanuki's Veil SLA becomes a Transmutation instead of an Illusion. The Transformations are real and cannot be disbelieved unless they notice a flaw in the tanuki's transformation. Those who succeed on a Spot check opposed by the tanuki's Disguise check can treat the ability as an illusion and save for disbelief normally.
At HD 7, it may now also affect terrain and all unattended objects within a 10-ft. cube/HD area within range as per the Mirage Arcana spell effect.
At HD 9, it can affect other creatures as per its regular Target indicator.
At HD 15, True Seeing-like effects cannot automatically pierce any of the tanuki's transformation-based abilities.

Great Tanuki: The tanuki is just better than most of its kind. It gains a +3 increase to one of it's physical scores.

Primal Raccoon Spirit: The tanuki gains a +1 bonus to Charisma and can now cast its Magic Stone SLA as a free action. The stones gain an additional bonus to attack and damage rolls increases of 1 per 3 HD and deals double damage against undead.
Once per day per 4 HD, it can store one of its spells or powers that requires a touch attack (ranged or melee) into a magic stone. The spell/power affects the next target hit by the stone.
Additionally, if the tanuki multiclasses into a casting class, its Tanuki levels count as levels of that class for the purpose of determining its CL/PL and new spells/powers known and new spells/PP per day. It does not retroactively gain spells known and spells per day, nor does it adds Tanuki levels for the purpose of other class features, such as turn undead.

Punch In, Punch Out: All in a day's work! Duty is often an important value to the tanukis and it has grown used to warfare. Its speeds increase by 5-ft. per 2 HD (even when transformed) and becomes proficient with all armors (heavy, medium, and light) and shields (including tower shields). Its Tanuki levels now stack with Fighter levels to determine its effective Fighter level for all purposes. Any armor worn adapts to its new shape when it transforms using its Change Shape ability and one shield can still be used by the new form despite the lack of any appendage to wield it (often set on its back or as some sort of reinforced bracers).

Skin-tight Transformation: Choose one of the tanuki's Supernatural transformation-based abilities. That ability is now an Extraordinary ability. This option can be selected more than once.

Soulmates (Su): The tanuki realizes that the rent is cheap in another's body, becoming a tsukimono: a being of possession.
Once per round, up to once per day per HD, the tanuki can transform into a spiritual entity and possess any creature with a physical body.
This effect is similar to a Magic Jar spell effect (caster level equal to its HD) but there is no range and no focus component is required.
To use this ability, it must use a standard action to move to a square adjacent to the target or share its space or while already in such a square.
If the target fails the Will save (DC 10 + ½ HD + Cha modifier), the tanuki vanishes and enters the target until the effect ends, at which point its body reforms into any square of your choice adjacent to the target. The soul of the possessed being remains within its own body but is bound while the tanuki is in control. If it succeeds, it becomes immune to this ability for 24 hours.
At 8 HD, a successful Will save gives immunity for 10 minutes instead of 24 hours and the ability can be used as a move action.
At 12 HD, this ability can be used as a swift action if already adjacent or sharing space with the target.
At 16 HD, this ability can be used as an immediate action instead of a swift action and can also pierce wards (such as Protection from Evil) that would prevent it if you win an opposed caster level check against the ward's caster level (or its equivalent).

Spirited Away: The tanuki drinks strong, and much. Perhaps too much. When it uses its Sake Affinity, it can chug down more than one spell effect at once, taking a swig for each effect. Unlike normal sake swigs, each gives double the penalty per swig. It can now also drink potions with a swift action.
If this ability is taken a second time, it takes normal penalties per sake swig and it may take a full-round action to spend three uses per day of its Sake Affinity ability to fill any receptacle with enough sake to take one swig. It can be used by another creature to gain a predetermined spell effect of your choice (as per Sake Affinity) by drinking it as if it were a potion. This tanuki sake is some pretty strange stuff; non-tanuki creatures receive a –3 penalty to their AC and Reflex saves per swig instead of the normal penalties and the sake loses its power after 24 hours.

Spiritual Tanuki: The tanuki has delved deeper into its inner strengths than most of its kind. It gains a +2 increase to one of it's mental scores.

Tricks of the Trade: The tanuki learns two martial maneuvers and one martial stance for which it qualifies.
Both must be from the same martial discipline. They are both readied and it recovers them all whenever it transforms. When the tanuki gains a new Just for Laughs ability, it may now instead choose to learn two new maneuvers or one stance of the selected discipline(s) and change one maneuver previously selected via this ability to any other now available to it.
Its Tanuki levels now grant it full initiator level. If it multiclasses with any one martial class, its Tanuki levels stack with it to determine initiator level alone. This ability can be selected more than once, choosing a different martial discipline each time.
If this ability is acquired by a Tanuki prestige class, only the prestige class levels grant full initiator level (unless it is acquired by both the prestige class and the base Tanuki monster class).

New Feats

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Quick Change Shape
Prerequisites: Change Shape ability.
Benefit: The Change Shape ability can now be used as a move or swift action.
Additionally, whenever you move more than your speed (usually a double move, run or charge) you can change during the movement as a free action.
Normal: Change Shape requires a standard action.

More Laughs!
Prerequisites: Just for Laughs class ability.
Benefit: You gain an extra Just for Laugh class ability.
Special: This feat may be selected multiple times.

More Mischief!
Prerequisites: More Laughs! feat and Master of Mischief class ability.
Benefit: You gain an extra Master of Mischief class ability.
Special: This feat may be selected multiple times, up to a number of times equal to your More Laughs! feat picks.

TANUKI PRESTIGE CLASSES

Alpha Tanuki

Bake-danuki

Tanuki Hero

Tanuki Soothsayer

Taninjuki

Comments:

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Pathfinder's Tanuki + PrCs. Nuff said.

So if you want to play a transforming trickster, the Tanuki's for you!

[oslecamo]

Seems pretty good, regardless of the NSFW material, but you may've done it a bit too strong in raw numbers:
-Considering all the stuff it gets, double ability score progression, and that's supposed to be more of a roguish guy, it probably should have just average Bab.
-The bonus from Sake Affinity should last for the drunkness penalty durations. False Life in particular lasts for hours.

[Leviathan]

-The bonus from Sake Affinity should last for the drunkness penalty durations. False Life in particular lasts for hours.

Alternatively, the drunkenness penalty should last as long as the benefit: If you drink to get False Life, you should stay drunk for as long as you have the temporary HP.

Also, does being drunk prevent you from concentrating on rage?

[phaedrusxy]

This is hilarious. I want to play one.

[Stratovarius]

Just so you can teabag people with your expansive scrotum?

Also, Sake Affinity needs clearing up for effect duration and actions and the like.

[phaedrusxy]

Just so you can teabag people with your expansive scrotum?

And use it as a parachute if I fall off tall buildings/cliffs/etc.

[Anomander]

I'd rather we work on the Shinigami before we get into this one since its been around longer. Even though it is about 4 times longer.

-Considering all the stuff it gets, double ability score progression, and that's supposed to be more of a roguish guy, it probably should have just average Bab.

I was actually concerned it might not be strong enough. There are a monster classes that get a good string of abilities per level and actual double ability score progression (this one is mostly partial). Some are even Templates instead of a base class, like the Pseudonatural Creature.

-The bonus from Sake Affinity should last for the drunkness penalty durations. False Life in particular lasts for hours.

Agreed. I took the ability as is in PF.
I saw it but figured that it was probably meant by the PF guys to only be a problem when used during battle and didn't mind if it could benefit from certain effects if it has more than one minute before a battle to prepare for it.

I hope the Just for Laughs are good enough since I didn't give it the clear-cut significant double/triple(or more when abilities are condensed into one)/per monster classes level that those without a caster/manifester/initiator progression usually get.
Especially considering changing into a raccoon and the Least and Lesser SLAs are pretty meh.

NSFW

But safe enough to make movies about it for our kids. 
From Studio Ghibli, no less.

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This reminds me that perhaps I should put some kind of Tanuki mob ability there for group transformations.
Or perhaps consider making some space some prestige classes and a special Tanuki mob template when enough tanukis group together.

Also, does being drunk prevent you from concentrating on rage?

I thought it would get the 1 round/level that comes after concentration, which would be enough but I could specify.

Also, Sake Affinity needs clearing up for effect duration and actions and the like.

I think its clear enough as for as actions go (swift action to take a swig) and the duration was meant to be as written, using the duration of the spell effect as per the original creature. I could reduce their duration to all match, say, 1 round/CL to make them fit the whole drink-into-battle but I could also do as Leviathan suggested and just increase the drunkness effects to the duration of the spell effect since it has the benefit of possibly making it easier to keep track of the penalties per round. Thanks for the suggestion, by the way.

[oslecamo]

-Considering all the stuff it gets, double ability score progression, and that's supposed to be more of a roguish guy, it probably should have just average Bab.

I was actually concerned it might not be strong enough. There are a monster classes that get a good string of abilities per level and actual double ability score progression (this one is mostly partial). Some are even Templates instead of a base class, like the Pseudonatural Creature.

Pseudonatural creature doesn't get 6+ skill points per level, and none get an alternate form for another net +2 bonus (easily +4 if you dump Str) with extra size bonus on top.

-The bonus from Sake Affinity should last for the drunkness penalty durations. False Life in particular lasts for hours.

Agreed. I took the ability as is in PF.
I saw it but figured that it was probably meant by the PF guys to only be a problem when used during battle and didn't mind if it could benefit from certain effects if it has more than one minute before a battle to prepare for it.

Except that hour per CL means you don't have to prepare, you just have to remember to take a sip at each main meal and it'll last all day long.

Or at least Leviathan's suggestion, make the drunkness penalty last as long as the bonus.

I hope the Just for Laughs are good enough since I didn't give it the clear-cut significant double/triple(or more when abilities are condensed into one)/per monster classes level that those without a caster/manifester/initiator progression usually get.
Especially considering changing into a raccoon and the Least and Lesser SLAs are pretty meh.

Tiny size is a lot more awesome than people give it credit for.

You did a great job with Just for Laughs, quite some nice variety, and all of them seem pretty useful with utility on top. Long-range versatile natural weapons, moar self-buffs, super thief, or just some plain good old extra feats or bigger numbers.

Well, except Fleet-Footed I guess, that's kinda meh. Probably could scale up to some funky flying or something.

NSFW

But safe enough to make movies about it for our kids. 
From Studio Ghibli, no less.

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...
I'll go find some monster with breasts to try to counter that.

This reminds me that perhaps I should put some kind of Tanuki mob ability there for group transformations.
Or perhaps consider making some space some prestige classes and a special Tanuki mob template when enough tanukis group together.

That looks more of a plan for a Tanuki prc yes.

I'd rather we work on the Shinigami before we get into this one since its been around longer. Even though it is about 4 times longer.

I was starting to wonder if you would ever ask.

Well, truth be told, I still get bloodlust just trying to read that. So I'd rather not. Unless you're prepared for me to be exceptionally vitriolic, at start at least.

[Rakoa]

Anomander, if you make the Tanuki Mob prestige class, I will love you forever. Like, seriously, please get on that! 

A suggestion: perhaps allow "It Tickles" to let the Tanuki levels stack with Rogue levels (or other precision damagers) to determine Sneak Attack dice?

[Anomander]

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Alpha Tanuki



Requirements:

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Any Just for Laughs selections among the following:

• I do it all for your Sake
• The Flabbergaster
• Raccoon Champion

And a Master of Mischief selection between:

• Great Tanuki
• Spirited Away
• Spiritual Tanuki

Hit Dice: d10

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will			Special
1st	1	2	2	0			The Coon (and friends), +1 Cha
2nd	2	3	3	0			Just for Laughs, Trans-Formation, +1 Con
3rd	3	3	3	1			Master of Mischief, Best Friends, +1 Dex, +1 Cha
4th	4	4	4	1			Just for Laughs, Best Friends Forever, +1 Con
5th	5	4	4	1			Master of Mischief, Best Friends Forever and Ever, +1 Cha
6th	6	5	5	2			Coon Elder, +1 Dex, +1 Con, +1 Cha

Class Skills
The Alpha Tanuki's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Hide (Dex), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Spot (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spellcraft (Int).
Skill Points at Each Level: 6 + Int modifier.

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency
Alpha Tanukis gain no proficiency with any weapon or armor.

The Coon (and friends)
The Alpha Tanuki can take a full-round action to have its faithful troupe of Tanuki pals come out of wherever they are always hiding (they are always somewhere nearby. Sometimes crammed in the most surprising places) and appear within 25-ft. + 5 ft./2 HD.
The Alpha Tanuki must be able to speak and be heard. If it cannot it can try to gesticulate wildly for its friends to come but there is a 50% chance that they ignore it, fault of not understanding its meaning or pretending not to (that's just how friendship works).

As part of that full-round action, the Alpha Tanuki must succeed on a Diplomacy or an Intimidate skill check.
(DC= 20 + the Tanuki mob's CR + the Tanuki mob's Will save)
On a success, the Alpha Tanuki becomes the mob's leader and the Tanuki mob becomes its led mob.
On a failure, the mob remains helpful to the Alpha Tanuki but are too wasted/unmotivated to follow its commands reliably.
They remain a mob and help the Alpha Tanuki but are not led. If it fail by 10 or more, its Tanuki pals pretend they didn't hear it and remain hidden.

You get a number of Tanuki followers equal to 2x your HD. They form a Tanuki mob for you to lead.
At HD 11, you instead get a number of Tanuki equal to 2.5x your HD.
At HD 16, you get a number of Tanuki equal to 3x your HD.
At HD 21, you get a number of Tanuki equal to 5x your HD.

Once a Tanuki mob has been defeated, its Tanuki pals instantly scatter and flee, hiding for 24 hours. They will not answer its call until then, at which point they usually forget the ass-kicking they got served.
The Alpha Tanuki can equip them (clubs and slings w/rocks can be provided pretty cheaply) and anything possessed by its friends are kept by them wherever they go when they leave. Battle gear is brought back next time they are called.
The Tanuki Mob is too frolicsome and carefree to be trained into a Unit.
They have a nonelite ability score array, the feat they get at first HD (all of them have the same feat of your choice) and skills points as selected by you. They cannot ever get an ability of any sort that allows them to have minions of their own.
*These friends do not need to be provisioned; they can take care of themselves. As their Alpha, however, if you do not provided them with food daily they might cause trouble in the surrounding areas.

Tanuki Mobs

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CR 3
CN large monstrous humanoid (shapechanger) : (mob of Y Tanukis, between 8 and 20):
Init: +1
AC: 12, touch 10, flat-footed 11(-1 size, +1 dex, +2 natural armor)
HP: (Y-1) x 5.5 + 10 (Yd10)
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +0
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares)
Attack: Mob up with slam attacks (3d8)
Space: 10 ft.; Reach: 5 ft.
Base Atk: +1; Grp +5
Spell-like abilities: 2/day— Detect Poison and Purify food and drink
Atk Options: Mob grapple, trample 2d6
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 10
SQ: Mob anatomy, mob mind, change shape, sake affinity
Feats: 1 feat, Improved, Bull Rush, Improved Overrun
Skills: 20 skill points

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CR 5
CN huge monstrous humanoid (shapechanger) : (mob of Y Tanukis, between 21 and 37):
AC: 11, touch 9, flat-footed 10 (-2 size, +1 dex, +2 natural armor)
Attack: Mob up with slam attacks (6d6)
Space: 15 ft.; Reach: 5 ft.
Base Atk: +1; Grp +9

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CR 8
CN large monstrous humanoid (shapechanger) : (mob of Y Tanukis, between 8 and 20):
AC: 9, touch 7, flat-footed 8 (-4 size, +1 dex, +2 natural armor)
Attack: Mob up with slam attacks (12d6)
Space: 30 ft.; Reach: 5 ft.
Base Atk: +1; Grp +13

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CR 12
CN large monstrous humanoid (shapechanger) : (mob of Y Tanukis, between 8 and 20):
AC: 5, touch 3, flat-footed 4 (-8 size, +1 dex, +2 natural armor)
Attack: Mob up with slam attacks (3d8)
Space: 20 ft.; Reach: 5 ft.
Base Atk: +1; Grp +13

Ability Score Increase
The Alpha Tanuki gains a permanent +1 bonus to

• +1 to Dexterity at level 3 and 6.
• +1 to Constitution at levels 2, 4 and 6.
• +1 to Charisma at levels 1, 3, 5 and 6.

For a total of +2 Dex, +3 Con and +4 Cha at level 6.

Just for Laughs
As per the Tanuki class ability of the same name.

Trans-Formation
Whenever the Alpha Tanuki leads a Tanuki Mob, it can take a standard action along with it to use their Change Shape ability together to take the shape of one creature. The resulting creature is under the Alpha Tanuki's control. They count as one creature with one set of actions.
The creature uses the Alpha Tanuki's stats and abilities but keeps the Tanuki mob's hit points, . If it is reduced to 0 hit points or lower the transformation breaks apart and the Tanukis composing it disperse to hide, leaving the Alpha Tanuki behind.
The creature can be an amorphous mass that has all the Alpha Tanuki's natural attacks (it takes their general shape when it attacks and can perform fine manipulation by taking the shape of a hand) or any of the Alpha Tanuki's available Change Shape options. The creature has the size of the mob (ie: Change Shaping into a raccoon dog with a huge Tanuki Mob would form a huge raccoon dog).

Master of Mischief
As per the Tanuki class ability of the same name.

Best Friends / Forever / and Ever
Its tanuki friends got better. Such is the power of friendship.
They now count as if they had 2 levels in the Tanuki monster class. They can now use their own SLAs to feed themselves.
All your Tanuki friends get the same Just for Laughs, Master of Mischief, feats and skill selections.
At 4th level, they gain their third Tanuki level. If the Tanuki Mob has a Just for Laughs ability that you have also acquired, add your Charisma modifier to their effective HD for the purpose of determining its effectiveness while you are leading it, to a maximum equal to your own HD. 
At 5th level. they get their last Tanuki level and their base ability scores get the elite array (Str 14, Dex 13, Con 15, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 10).

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CN medium monstrous humanoid (shapechanger)
Init: +1
AC: 13, touch 11, flat-footed 12 (+1 dex, +2 natural armor)
HP: 19 (2d10+4) [irrelevant in a mob]
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +0
Speed: 30 ft. (20-ft. in a mob)
Attack: Slam+2 (1d6) [Mob Up in a mob]
Space: 5 ft.; Reach: 5 ft.
Base Atk: +2; Grp +2
Spell-like abilities: 4/day— Detect Poison and Purify food and drink, 1/day— Create food and water, Magic stone and Shrink item
Atk Options: -
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 11 [10 in mob]
SQ: Change shape, sake affinity, just for laughs
Feats: 1 feat
Skills: 25 skill points (usually Disguise +5, Hide +6, Perform(percussion) +5, Listen +5, Spot +5)
Languages: Common, Tanuki

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CN medium monstrous humanoid (shapechanger)
Init: +1
AC: 13, touch 11, flat-footed 12 (+1 dex, +2 natural armor)
HP: 27 (3d10+6) [irrelevant in a mob]
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +1
Speed: 30 ft. [20-ft. in a mob]
Attack: Slam+4 (1d6+1) [Mob Up in a mob]
Space: 5 ft.; Reach: 5 ft.
Base Atk: +3; Grp +4
Spell-like abilities: 4/day— Detect Poison and Purify food and drink, 1/day— Create food and water, Magic stone, Shrink item, Major Creation and Veil (self only)
Atk Options: -
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 11 [10 in mob]
SQ: Change shape, sake affinity, just for laughs (x2)
Feats: 2 feats
Skills: 30 skill points (usually Disguise +6, Hide +7, Perform(percussion) +6, Listen +6, Spot +6)
Languages: Common, Tanuki

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CN medium monstrous humanoid (shapechanger)
Init: +2
AC: 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+2 dex, +4 natural armor)
HP: 42 (4d10+16) [irrelevant in a mob]
Saves: Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +1
Speed: 30 ft. (20-ft. in a mob)
Attack: Slam+6 (1d6+3) [Mob Up in a mob]
Space: 5 ft.; Reach: 5 ft.
Base Atk: +4; Grp +6
Spell-like abilities: 4/day— Detect Poison and Purify food and drink, 2/day— Create food and water, Magic stone and Shrink item, 1/day— Major Creation and Veil (self only)
Atk Options: -
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 14, Con 18, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 15
SQ: Change shape, sake affinity, just for laughs (x2), master of mischief
Feats: 2 feats
Skills: 35 skill points (usually Disguise +7, Hide +9, Perform(percussion) +7, Listen +7, Spot +7)
Languages: Common, Tanuki

Coon Elder
At 6th level, the Tanuki Mob have become dependable and experienced under the Alpha Tanuki's leadership. They may now be called as a Tanuki Unit instead of a Tanuki Mob and the Alpha Tanuki can lead the Unit with a successful Diplomacy or Intimidate check (DC 20 + unit's CR) as part of the full-round action used to call them.
If you have levels in another Tanuki Prestige Class (except Kaminuki), all your tanuki friends in your personal Tanuki Mob gain a level in the same Tanuki Prestige Class. Each level in Kaminuki instead has them all gain a level in one Tanuki Prestige Class of your choice (they all get the same one).

While it transforms with its Unit using Trans-Formation, the Tanuki Unit can partially separate from the resulting creature; it still counts as a Led Unit and can use its own actions, using its own stats with the benefits of Leadership as if the Alpha Tanuki directed them (including its Discipline, Wall of blades, Tactics ability and its AoOs dealing Mob Up damage). If either the Alpha Tanuki or the Led Tanuki Unit makes the creature move, the other counts as having spent a move action.

At the beginning of each turn the Alpha Tanuki must make a skill check (which skill dependent of the DM) with a DC of 10 + tanuki unit's CR + 1 per 10% of the Unit's total hit points missing.

On a failure, the creature cannot move until its next turn.
If it succeeds by less than 5, the creature uses only the Alpha Tanuki's actions.
If it succeed by 5 or more: As above, but the Led Tanuki Unit can also take a partial action.
If it succeed by 10 or more: the creature uses the actions of both the Alpha Tanuki and its Led Tanuki Unit.

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Bake-danuki



Requirements:

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Just for Laughs (Disguise the limit!) and a Master of Mischief selection between:

• Extreme Makeover
• Skin-tight Transformation
• Soulmates

Hit Dice: d10

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will			Special
1st	1	2	2	0			Tanuki Youkai, Full of Shift, +1 Cha
2nd	2	3	3	0			Just for Laughs, Shift Delete, +1 Con
3rd	3	3	3	1			Master of Mischief, Shift Insert, +1 Dex, +1 Cha
4th	4	4	4	1			Just for Laughs, Win Shift Up/Down, +1 Str
5th	5	4	4	1			Master of Mischief, Shift Alt Tab, +1 Dex
6th	6	5	5	2			Control Shift Escape, +1 Str, +1 Con, +1 Cha

Class Skills
The bake-danuki's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Hide (Dex), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Spot (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spellcraft (Int).
Skill Points at Each Level: 6 + Int modifier.

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency
Bake-danukis gain no proficiency with any weapon or armor.

Tanuki Youkai
The bake-danuki is a magical creature of wonder. Its nature is empowered by its mystical power.
It gains DR/silver equal to half its HD, and SR equal to 11+HD. It may rise or lower its SR at any time as a free action even if it isn't its turn.

Full of Shift
Disguise the limit! now grants a wider array of transformations. Instead of selecting creatures it can transform into with that ability, the bake-danuki may now choose one creature type. Using its change shape ability, it may now transform into any creature from of a chosen creature type (within the limits of its change shape ability, such as maximum creature size).
It can take on the form of a creature with templates but only gains their appearance (no additional natural weapons/movement modes and so on).
IE: A bake-danuki with 4 Disguise the limit! selections can transform into any creature from 10 creature types.
 
Ability Score Increase
The bake-danuki gains a permanent +1 bonus to

• +1 to Strength at levels 4 and 6.
• +1 to Dexterity at levels 3 and 5.
• +1 to Constitution at levels 2 and 6.
• +1 to Charisma at level 1, 3 and 6.

For a total of +2 Str, +2 Dex, +2 Con and +3 Cha at level 6.

Just for Laughs
As per the Tanuki class ability of the same name.

Shift Delete
The bake-danuki deepens its mastery of transformation. Choose one creature per Bake-danuki level that it can use change shape to transform into.
Whenever it transforms into one of the chosen creatures, it can choose 1 class ability available to the monster class of the creature it transformed into provided that it isn't granted at a level higher than its Bake-danuki level.
It has access to that ability for as long as it is transformed into it.
If it scales with HD, use its Bake-danuki level instead of its HD (+2 if it uses the Tanuki Leaf ability).
The ability cannot grant spellcasting, spell-like abilities or martial initiation.
If it studies a creature for 10 minutes, it can replace one of its chosen creatures for the one it studied.

The chosen ability must grant, or be directly related to, one of the following to be selected and it can only select such abilities from templates or monster prestige classes if its Bake-danuki level is higher than any HD or level prerequisite, the difference being used to determined the levels at which abilities are available.
If the ability grants other benefits that aren't directly related to one of the following (such as giving a new creature type or subtype) those benefits are not acquired.

IE: Transforming into a Shambling Mound would allow a level 6 bake-danuki that chose that creature for this ability would be able to take its 3 abilities between Shambling Body(but wouldn't get the plant traits), Shambling Grab (improved grab), Plant Predator(only the reach extension of its two Slam attacks are directly related to natural weapons), Constrict, Slimy Vines(directly related to its improved grab and constrict abilities) and Fertilizer(directly related to Constrict).
A level 4 bake-danuki wouldn't have access to Slimy Vines and Fertilizer.
IE2: Transforming into a creature with the Paragon template as a level 6 bake-danuki would only allow it to take abilities from its first level (6 - 5 HD requirement = 1) but the only ability that is in its allowed list is Paragon Breath.
 

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Blindsight / Blindsense / Tremorsense / Scent / other sense
Breath Weapon
Gaze Attack
Fast Healing
Fear attack (such as an aura or frightful presence)
Improved Grab / Constrict
Invisibility
Movement Mode
Natural Armor
Natural Weapons
Poison
Pounce
Rake
Ray attack
Regeneration
Rend
Special attack inflicting ability damage, ability drain or energy drain
Swallow Whole
Trample

Master of Mischief
As per the Tanuki class ability of the same name.

Shift Insert
At 2nd level, the bake-danuki counts as if it had the Deceivingly Innocent Form feat, with the difference that the feat functions as if the last creature you transformed into with your change shape ability was your original form and as if your original tanuki form was the deceivingly innocent form.
The benefits of the feat are active only if you return to your normal tanuki form as per change shape (instead of the feat's full-round action activation) and decide to keep certain physical characteristics of your previous transformation (as per the feat, but the +10 to disguise check is to pass as a normal tanuki instead of a humanoid creature).

Win Shift Up/Down
The bake-danuki refined its mastery of transformation. Its Shift Delete ability now allows it to choose 2 class abilities.
If it uses change shape to take the form of a creature of a different size than its own, it can change the size of that creature to be the same as its own size or any in between.

Shift Alt Tab
Starting 5th level, the bake-danuki learns to do partial transformations. When it uses change shape, it may keep one of the Shift Delete abilities that it had in its previous form and maintain it for its new transformation if it would grant it no Shift Delete abilities. This includes its original form.

Control Shift Escape
The bake-danuki is now a true master of transformation.  Its Shift Delete ability now allows it to choose 3 class abilities.

The bake-danuki can now transform to impersonate creatures of a more complex heritage. If the bake-danuki uses its change shape ability to transform into a creature with more than one monster class (or template or combination of the two), it can now split its Shift Delete abilities among them provided that the sum of the levels at which they are granted isn't higher than its Bake-danuki level.

Whenever it gains the Monster Blooded feat, it now counts as having the related Monster Hybrid feat for multiclassing purposes. It has perfect control over its monstrous aptitudes. The bake-danuki can choose to have all the class abilities of a monster class apply only to its transformations or to itself (except ability score increases). This can change whenever it transforms.
IE: A bake-danuki with 2 levels in Fire Elemental could choose not to gain the Body of Fire, Burn and Meta Blaze abilities on its normal form but apply normally whenever it transforms (or vice versa). It could thus appear as a normal tanuki and transform into a flaming raccoon dog or be a flaming tanuki and appear as a normal raccoon dog.

[Threadnaught]

...
I'll go find some monster with breasts to try to counter that.

Challenge accepted.


Fiend Folio 21, Fiend Folio 42, Fiend Folio 58 and Fiend Folio 70. You did mean the disturbing kind, right?

[Rakoa]

"If the Tanuki gains this ability from one other source, these precision damage dice stack with it."

Haha, my apologies. I meant something more along the lines of a Tanuki 4/Rogue 1 having the Sneak Attack dice of a fifth level Rogue, instead of as it is. Sort of like what the Anthropomorphic Animal gets, if it goes in the shrinking direction.

Though I'm fine with it as it is, trust me.

Edit: It would make it a bit more powerful, but perhaps not the best idea if it is already too powerful like Oslecamo is saying.

[Anomander]

-Off

[Rakoa]

Personally I think It Tickles! isn't much of an interesting option. It's real purpose is mostly to allow a player that wants a particularly roguish Tanuki character to get into Rogue-oriented prestige classes soon after getting the Tanuki levels. Or for certain builds.
Though it could also be a possible requirement for a Tanuki Tricksterthief PrC.

You raise a good point. And I will not complain at seeing even more Tanuki PrCs. Go where your imagination takes you! I love these little guys.

[Anomander]

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Tanuki Hero



Requirements:

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Any two Just for Laughs selections among the following:

• Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
• Leaf Blower
• Super Leaf
• Tanuki Leaf

And one Master of Mischief selection between:

• Great Tanuki
• Punch In, Punch Out
• Tricks of the Trade

Hit Dice: d10

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will			Special
1st	1	2	2	0			Strong Be-leafs, Stunning Heroism, +1 Str
2nd	2	3	3	0			Just for Laughs, Shield Leaf, +1 Con
3rd	3	3	3	1			Master of Mischief, Tailwhip, +1 Dex, +1 Str
4th	4	4	4	1			Just for Laughs, Statue Leaf, +1 Con
5th	5	4	4	1			Master of Mischief, Fairytail, +1 Str
6th	6	5	5	2			Invincibility Leaf, +1 Str, +1 Dex, +1 Con

Class Skills
The Tanuki Hero's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Spot (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Swim (Str).
Skill Points at Each Level: 6 + Int modifier.

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency
Tanuki Heroes gain proficiency with martial weapons.

Strong Be-leafs
The Tanuki Hero is a master of Leaf Power. It can send a volley of sharp leaves at its enemies as a full-round action.
It makes an attack roll and all those whose within a cone area of up to 30-ft. whose AC is beat are dealt 1d4 (if medium)/2 HD + double its Strength modifier as slashing damage.
If it has the Punch In, Punch Out ability, it can use a standard action to use this attack as a thrown weapon against a single target (30-ft. increment) or use iterative attacks with it as a full-attack action.
If it has the Tricks of the Trade ability, it recovers one expended maneuver whenever it uses this attack. Maximum once per round.

• For each of these abilities acquired - the attack's maximum range increases by 5-ft. (+5-ft. range increment as a thrown weapon)
• Leaf Blower - The attack gains the properties of Leaf Blower's magical leaves.
• Super Leaf - The attack's damage die increases by one size category.
• Tanuki Leaf - After using the attack, it can use its Change Shape ability as a free action.
• Shield Leaf - The attack's area of effect can be used as a blast radius instead of a cone.
• Statue Leaf - The attack ignores all DR and hardness.
• Invincibility Leaf - All targets must succeed on an opposed level check or lose the latest beneficial effect they received.

Stunning Heroism
The Tanuki Hero gains the Stunning Fist feat even if it does not meet its prerequisites. It can use it a number of times per day as if its Tanuki Hero levels were Monk levels and can activate the feat with its natural weapons. The save DC is equal to 10 + ½ its HD + its highest mental ability score)
At HD 13, those who fail the save are also transformed into a CR¼ animal (or lower) of its choice for 1 round as if they had been polymorphed.

Ability Score Increase
The Tanuki Hero gains a permanent +1 bonus to

• +1 to Strength at levels 1, 3, 5 and 6.
• +1 to Dexterity at level 3 and 6.
• +1 to Constitution at levels 2, 4 and 6.

For a total of +4 Str, +2 Dex and +3 Con at level 6.

Just for Laughs
As per the Tanuki class ability of the same name.

Shield Leaf
Shield leaf it be. The Tanuki Hero can invoke or dismiss spinning leaves that shield it from harm with a move action.
The leaves can emulate a buckler or any other shield in which it is proficient and it can change the emulated shield with a standard action.
These leaves can be enchanted as a single shield (including spikes, but they are unavailable if spikes are incompatible with the shield) if the Tanuki Hero sacrifices wealth equal to the the market price of the desired enchantments with one minute of meditation.
Once per day as a full-round action it can change the leaves' enchantments to any other combination of enchantment bonuses and special abilities available for the sum of the wealth sacrificed into the leaves.

Alternatively, it can temper them using pure crafting to change their nature but once that is done they can no longer be enchanted and lose any enchantment already in place. It can give Pure Metal properties to the shield leaves if the sacrificed wealth equals the costs of the required materials and if the Tanuki Hero has the required amount of ranks in Craft (Armorsmithing) but the process is irreversible.
The Tanuki Hero is treated as if it had the Pure Crafting feat for the purpose of altering its shield leaves. If it takes other Pure Crafting feats they only work for its Shield Leaf ability unless it actually gains the Pure Crafting feat.

If they are sundered (base hardness 10 + HD, base hit points equal to 5 x HD) they can be invoked again after 1d4 rounds.
They spin around the Tanuki Hero and follow it everywhere. The emulated shield does not require any hand/arm to be used and functions as if the Tanuki Hero wields it. The leaves impose no maximum Dexterity bonus, armor check penalties or arcane spell failure chance and they are treated as weightless.
IE: An emulated tower shield can be used to gain total cover normally if the Tanuki Hero gives up its attacks.

Master of Mischief
As per the Tanuki class ability of the same name.

Tailwhip
This a complex Battle Master Xenomorphing (BMX) technique that involves wiggling your tail dangerously while partially transforming it to make your opponents lose their focus and become more vulnerable to attacks. The Tanuki Hero can Feint as a move action instead of a standard action and may use the Disguise skill to feint instead of Bluff.
If you win the opposed check by 5 or more, the target gets a penalty to AC equal to your Dexterity modifier for 1 round.
If you win the opposed check by 10 or more, the target completely loses it and must attack you (and only you) to the best of its ability for 1 round.
If you have the Improved Feint feat, you can feint once per round as a free action.

Statue Leaf
As an immediate action, the Tanuki Hero can transform into a stone statue until the beginning of its turn. It remains conscious and can perceive everything it could normally see and hear but counts as an inanimate object for targeting purposes. While it is a stone statue, its properties are changed as follow:

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Its weight is increased tenfold.
It gains hardness equal to its HD.
It takes half damage from fires of all kinds and cold deals it one-quarter damage.
It loses its Dex bonus and any dodge bonus to AC.
It cannot take any action other than maintaining the transformation.
It becomes immune to blindness, critical hits, ability score damage, deafness, disease, drowning, electricity, poison, stunning, and all spells or attacks that affect its physiology or respiration.

After the transformation it can choose to maintain its stone statue form until its next turn if it spends a full-round action each time.
If it dies or becomes unconscious while in this form, the transformation ends.
At HD 14, it can instead benefit from an Iron Body spell effect for 1 round.

Fairytail
The Tanuki Hero can now use its Stunning Fist feat (as per Stunning Heroism) with thrown leaf attacks.
It can also use it with its Strong Be-leafs area attack but one daily use of the feat must be spent per target.
If the Tanuki Hero targets an empty space with one of these augmented leaf attacks, it creates a small twister of leaves (5-ft. square, 60-ft. height column) that lasts for a number of rounds equal to its highest physical ability modifier.
The leaf twister blocks all ranged attacks that aren't made by a Tanuki and any non-Tanuki who enters it is automatically affected by its Stunning Heroism ability as if they rolled a natural 1 on the save. If a Tanuki enters a leaf twister, it can automatically move 5-ft. for every 4 HD of the Tanuki Hero as a free action (even if it isn't its turn). If a Tanuki makes and ranged attack through a leaf twister, it gains a +1 bonus on the attack roll per 4 HD against those attacked if a straight line can be traced through the twister between it and the target. The bonus stacks if it passes through multiple twisters.

Invincibility Leaf
If the Tanuki Hero would die or become unable to take actions, it can return at 1 HP and removes all ill effects from itself.
At 12 HD it returns with half HP and at 15 HD it returns at full HP.
It may never do this more than once per day.
Alternatively, it can render itself fully invulnerable to all damage and ill effects until the start of its next turn as a full-round action.
At 13 HD, it can do this as a standard action.
At 16 HD, it can do this as a move action.
At 20 HD, it can do this as a swift action.
For every 2 Master of Mischief abilities the Tanuki Hero has, it can use this ability once per day.

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Tanuki Soothsayer



Requirements:

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Any Just for Laughs selections among the following:

• I do it all for your Sake
• Major Objection
• Tanuki Leaf

And Master of Mischief (Primal Raccoon Spirit).

Hit Dice: d6

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will			Special
1st	0	2	0	2			Soothing Touch, Force of the Ancients, +1 Cha
2nd	1	3	0	3			Just for Laughs, +1 Con
3rd	1	3	1	3			Master of Mischief, +1 Dex, +1 Cha
4th	2	4	1	4			Just for Laughs, Leaf Spirits, +1 Con
5th	2	4	1	4			Master of Mischief, +1 Cha
6th	3	5	2	5			Soothing Nature, +1 Dex,1 Con, +1 Cha

Class Skills
The Tanuki Soothsayer's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Hide (Dex), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Spot (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Spellcraft (Int).
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency
Tanuki soothsayers gain no proficiency with any weapon or armor.

Soothing Touch
With a touch, the tanuki soothsayer can impose a special Calm Emotion effect that does not suppress positive emotions (such as Bless and Good Hope effects). It lasts 1 round per 2 HD. Will save (DC 10 + ½ its HD + highest mental ability bonus).

At 14 HD, the touch can also dispel any mind affecting effect on the target that incite violent emotions (ie: confusion, fear, rage but not charms) by winning an opposed level check against the source of the effect.

Force of the Ancients
The tanuki soothsayer counts its class levels as Tanuki levels for the purpose of its Primal Raccoon Spirit ability.
Choose one base class that has a casting ability (spells/psionics/invocations/etc). Whenever it gains a Just for Laughs ability, it can have one of its Tanuki Soothsayer levels count as one level in the chosen casting class to determine its casting ability (spells known/spells per day and similar) instead of stacking with its Primal Raccoon Spirit ability.
If this ability progresses invocations, it also progresses the related ability (ie: Warlock's Eldritch Blast).

It can choose to use its highest mental ability score as the primary ability of that casting ability (DC/bonus daily castings/etc).

Ability Score Increase
The tanuki soothsayer gains a permanent +1 bonus to

• +1 to Dexterity at levels 3 and 6.
• +1 to Constitution at levels 2, 4 and 6.
• +1 to Charisma at levels 1, 3, 5 and 6.

For a total of +2 Dex, +3 Con, and +4 Cha at level 6.

Just for Laughs
As per the Tanuki class ability of the same name.

Master of Mischief
As per the Tanuki class ability of the same name.

Leaf Spirits
The tanuki soothsayer uses its transformation powers to gain one leaf spirit per 4 HD. It can dismiss them as a free action and can create/renew them as a standard action once per minute. They are permanent and do not stack with Mirror Image.
These leaf spirits function as per the Mirror Image spell effect. Each count as one image that has your appearance or that of any shape you can take on with your Change Shape ability (or simply look like bluish wisps). Unlike the spell effect, each leaf spirit do not have to mimic your actions, you can choose what they appear to be doing, including using your Change Shape ability to change their appearance.
They can interact with you or other things as if they were unseen servants (but automatically remain close to you, as per Mirror Image).
Once per encounter per 4 HD, you can perform a standard action through a leaf spirit as if you did it yourself, using your resources. Any copy of an item in your possession used this way is affected as if it was the real item.
ie: If a leaf spirit throws its copy of a sword that you possess, the thrown sword becomes the real sword and you lose your own copy of it. If the leaf spirit uses a daily charge from a copy of an item, the daily charge is lost for the real item as well.

Soothing Nature
The tanuki soothsayer is incredibly appeasing. For each Master of Mischief ability it has, choose one creature type. Those of the chosen types can be soothed by this aura. It can suppress it for 1 round as a free action, it has a 5-ft./HD radius and requires a Will save (DC 10 + ½ its HD + highest mental ability bonus).
Each round, those who fail the save are affected by a special Calm Emotion effect (as per Soothing Touch) that lasts for as long as they remain within the aura and 1 round then-after.

You can also now to swap your position and appearance with any one of your leaf spirits once per round as a move action.
If the leaf spirit has its wisp-like appearance, the leaf spirit takes on your appearance as normal and you appear as a wisp (illusion with the same DC) for 1 round.
At 13 HD, you can this as a free action.
At 20 HD, you can do this as an immediate action.

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Taninjuki



Requirements:

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7 ranks in Hide and Move Silently, Just for Laughs (It Tickles!) and any Just for Laughs selection among the following:

• Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
• It Tickles!
• Leaf Blower
• Super Leaf
• Masked Thief

Hit Dice: d8

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will			Special
1st	0	2	2	0			Kunai, Tsujigoe, +1 Dex
2nd	1	3	3	0			Just for Laughs, Kasumi Gake, Raida, +1 Con
3rd	2	3	3	1			Master of Mischief, Kubi Ori, +1 Dex, +1 Cha
4th	3	4	4	1			Just for Laughs, Kasumi Suzaku, +1 Con
5th	3	4	4	1			Master of Mischief, Yoroitoshi, +1 Dex
6th	4	5	5	2			Mischief Combo, Yami Shigure, +1 Dex, +1 Con, +1 Cha

Class Skills
The taninjuki's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Disguise (Cha), Hide (Dex), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Spot (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Tumble (Dex).
Skill Points at Each Level: 8 + Int modifier.

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency
Taninjukis receive the Exotic Weapon Proficiency feat for the shuriken.

Kunai
Whenever the taninkuki uses a thrown weapon with an unmodified weight of up to 1 lb. for medium creatures, such as daggers or its leaves to attack (whether in melee or at range), it can transform that weapon into a deadly kunai (special shuriken) for the duration of the attack.
The kunai keeps all the properties of the original weapon but can deal precision-based damage to targets within 30-ft.+ 5-ft. per HD.
Targets within half that maximum range receive half precision damage if they are immune to precision damage.

The taninjuki may now also select the Just for Laughs (It Tickles!) ability more than twice, up to half its HD.

Tsujigoe
When unarmored and unencumbered, the taninjuki adds 1+ its Charisma bonus (if any) to its AC. In addition, the taninjuki gains another +1 bonus to AC at 6th level and for every five levels in any one class with the AC Bonus class ability.
These bonuses to AC apply even against touch attacks or when the taninjuki is flat-footed. It loses these bonuses when it is immobilized or helpless, when it wears any armor, when it carries a shield, or when it carries a medium or heavy load.
If it has the Master of Mischief (Punch In, Punch Out) ability, it retains this ability even if it wears a light armor.
If it has the Tanuki Hero's Leaf Shield class ability, it may also use the Leaf Shield and retain these bonuses.

Additionally, the taninjuki may now use a standard action at any point during movement.

Ability Score Increase
The taninjuki gains a permanent +1 bonus to

• +1 to Dexterity at levels 1, 3, 5 and 6.
• +1 to Constitution at levels 2, 4 and 6.
• +1 to Charisma at level 3 and 6.

For a total of +4 Dex, +3 Con and +2 Cha at level 6.

Just for Laughs
As per the Tanuki class ability of the same name.

Kasumi Gake
As a swift action, the taninjuki can move up to half its fastest speed in any direction (if it ends that movement in mid-air, it falls unless it can hover).
If the taninjuki tumbles through an opponent's occupied area during this movement, it leaves behind an afterimage to fool the enemy.
Make a Disguise check opposed by the opponent's Spot check. On a success, the taninjuki is treated as if it flanked the fooled target.
If you win the opposed check by 10 or more, the target loses its Dexterity modifier to AC against your attacks until the beginning of its turn.

At HD 14, it can move up to its full speed instead of up to half its speed.

Raida
The taninjuki may now use its Dexterity modifier for grapple checks instead of its Strength modifier.
Additionally, whenever the taninjuki is grappling (regardless of who started the grapple), it can use a standard action to make a touch attack with one of its natural weapons against any enemy grappling it, even if is pinned. On a hit, the grapple ends and the enemy is launched 10-ft. for every Sneak Attack damage die of the taninjuki in the direction of its choice. If it collides with an obstacle, both it and the obstacle receive damage equal to its Sneak Attack damage (not precision based).
If the taninjuki is pinned, it doesn't have to win a grapple check to do this attack but the attack requires a normal attack instead of a touch attack and the grapple automatically ends on a hit without the grappler being launched off. It still takes damage equal to the natural weapon's base damage + half the taninkuki's Sneak Attack damage.
When the taninjuki uses this ability, the grappler can opt to make a grapple check to end the grapple and retreat 5-ft. away from the taninjuki as a free action out of turn (before the attack is rolled).
If it uses this ability against a target it is pinning, it may launch the target against an obstacle they are currently in contact with (usually the ground) and maintain the pin if it wins a grapple check.

Master of Mischief
As per the Tanuki class ability of the same name.

Kubi Ori
The taninjuki's base land speed increases by 20-ft.
If it has used a move action to move into an enemy's occupied area, it can then use an attack action to grapple the enemy with the momentum of its speed. It does not provoke an AoO for attempting that grapple.
If its melee touch attack to grab the target hits, it can make a grapple checks with a bonus of +1 per 10-ft. of its fastest move speed for 1 round. If the grapple succeeds, the Taninjuki can make a melee attack at the enemy with a free action.
That attack automatically threatens a critical hit if it hits (roll again to confirm) but the grapple ends after the attack.

Kasumi Suzaku
All ranged attacks made with its Kunai ability can now be cloned. It may throw two of each kunai with a single attack roll. Damage for each kunai is resolved separately but it does not apply its Strength bonus to either damage roll.

Yoroitoshi
One melee attack per round now ignores half armor, shield, natural armor and deflect bonuses to AC.
With a swift action, it can use this ability with all its melee attacks for 1 round.
With a move action, the taninjuki can gather ki to ignore armor, shield, natural armor and deflect bonuses to AC on its next melee attack, or all its melee attacks for 1 round if a swift action is also spent on this ability.

Mischief Combo
At the beginning of its turn, the taninjuki now gains 1 Combo. The maximum amount of Combo it can have at a time is equal to the number of Master of Mischief abilities it has acquired.
It can spend any amount of Combo to either boost an ability or make a quick succession of special attacks.

For each Combo spent, it can perform one of these abilities as a free action:
Change Shape, Kasumi Gake, Sake Affinity, Yoroitoshi (either the move action or the swift action version).

If they are used to boost an ability, the following happens:

• Kunai - Each Combo spent doubles the range increment of the Kunais and increases the maximum range to deal precision damage by 20-ft.
• Raida - The damage inflicted is doubled. The damage multiplier increases by 1 per additional Combo used.
• Kubi Ori - If you have line of sight of an enemy, you instantly appear the target's occupied area and begin the ability. Add 3 to your roll to confirm the critical damage for each additional Combo used.
  The additional Combo spent is lost if the grapple fails.
• Yoroitoshi - You can use ranged attacks instead of melee attacks. Each additional Combo spent increases the attacks' base damage by an amount equal to your Charisma modifier.
• Yami Shigure - For each additional Combo used, you are treated as invisible during one of the attacks made as part of the full-round action.

Yami Shigure
With a full-round action, the taninjuki can now move up to its speed and make a full-attack action at any point during the move.
Using this ability requires the use of 1 Combo.

[Rakoa]

The Alpha Tanuki looks pretty sweet! Good use of the mob. It encourages you to keep your mob from dispersing, because 24 hours of almost no more abilities is pretty crappy, which is a good thing. You shouldn't be rewarded for using your Tanuki buddies in an expendable fashion.

One thing I should suggest is that you make it clear that Master of Mischief abilities are obtained in the text, as you have done with Just For Laughs. Other than that I have not much to say. Well done!

...Master Thief next? 

[Anomander]

One thing I should suggest is that you make it clear that Master of Mischief abilities are obtained in the text, as you have done with Just For Laughs.

Thought I had put that one down. Fixed.

Now I really should try to think of some Master of Mischief abilities. Maybe I'll use a pattern similar to other monster classes using that kind of multi-option ability.

...Master Thief next?

Hm. I don't think so. If I make more I'll probably focus on the Tanuki specialized in certain folklore powers.
I recall some doing possession (could be a Master of Mischief power) so I could make one getting particularly good at that. One particularly good at transformation and maybe get on the thief then. Definitely working on the Master of Mischief abilities first so there is at least some variety when you get more of those in the PrCs.

[oslecamo]

Pseudonatural creature doesn't get 6+ skill points per level, and none get an alternate form for another net +2 bonus (easily +4 if you dump Str) with extra size bonus on top.

It does get an alternate form that is much better. And its a template. The raccoon form is is pretty meh despite the ability score adjustments of the original monster. If the adjustment is somehow too good for the raccoon form I don't mind scratching it off.
Being tiny is nice but it goes with being a raccoon, meaning you can't really hold items, or speak or do anything you could normally do with an humanoid body.

Scratch the extra ability scores for raccoon form and it should be allright.

Alpha Tanuki
Looks pretty awesome, don't really see anything I dislike!
 My only critiques would be that some details have to be clarified:
-Can you call the mob if you're able to speak but otherwise immobilized?
-What are the base stats being used to create the basic tanuki slaves minions friends? I suppose nonelite array, altough you never specify it.
-Just to be in the safe side, a clause that the tanuki emergency food organ donors friends cannot take feats that would give them minions of their own.

[Anomander]

Scratch the extra ability scores for raccoon form and it should be allright.

Done. I only even put it there to begin with only because the Racoon-transformation of the original creature did.

Can you call the mob if you're able to speak but otherwise immobilized?

Yep. I'll specify that you have to be able to speak to call them. Or gesticulate wildly for them to come over, but there is 50% chance that they don't come as they are wondering what you're actually trying to say or just pretending they don't get it as an excuse to slack off. Because it amuses me.

-What are the base stats being used to create the basic tanuki slaves minions friends? I suppose nonelite array, altough you never specify it.

I put some pre-made Tanuki Mob statblocks of each size to give an idea of how it goes but, yeah, nonelite array.

-Just to be in the safe side, a clause that the tanuki emergency food organ donors friends cannot take feats that would give them minions of their own.

Most certainly.
I was struggling with the idea that Coon Elder could potentially make it possible to make the mobs get more Tanuki levels in a Tanuki prestige class (other than Alpha Tanuki) from then on when it gets additional levels. Perhaps only getting levels in a Tanuki PrC that the Alpha Tanuki has taken as well, up to its own level in them.
ie:

• Tanuki 4/Alpha Tanuki 6/ Tanuki Warrior (tentative titles) 4 : would have a Tanuki Mob/Unit composed of (Tanuki 4/Tanuki Warrior 4) friends.
• Tanuki 4/Alpha Tanuki 6/ Tanuki Warrior 2/ Tanuki Trickster 3 : would have a Tanuki Mob/Unit composed of (Tanuki 4/Tanuki Warrior 2/Tanuki Trickster 3) friends.

[oslecamo]

Can you call the mob if you're able to speak but otherwise immobilized?

Yep. I'll specify that you have to be able to speak to call them. Or gesticulate wildly for them to come over, but there is 50% chance that they don't come as they are wondering what you're actually trying to say or just pretending they don't get it as an excuse to slack off. Because it amuses me.

It amuses me as well.

-Just to be in the safe side, a clause that the tanuki emergency food organ donors friends cannot take feats that would give them minions of their own.

Most certainly.
I was struggling with the idea that Coon Elder could potentially make it possible to make the mobs get more Tanuki levels in a Tanuki prestige class (other than Alpha Tanuki) from then on when it gets additional levels. Perhaps only getting levels in a Tanuki PrC that the Alpha Tanuki has taken as well, up to its own level in them.
ie:

• Tanuki 4/Alpha Tanuki 6/ Tanuki Warrior (tentative titles) 4 : would have a Tanuki Mob/Unit composed of (Tanuki 4/Tanuki Warrior 4) friends.
• Tanuki 4/Alpha Tanuki 6/ Tanuki Warrior 2/ Tanuki Trickster 3 : would have a Tanuki Mob/Unit composed of (Tanuki 4/Tanuki Warrior 2/Tanuki Trickster 3) friends.

Well, I would say it's better for you to first design those other prcs, and only after that to get to work on integrating them back in the Alpha Tanuki.