Kitsune

Kitsune are a highly spiritual race. With dedicated meditation, kitsune can grow more in touch with the spirit realm, growing more tails in the process. Additionally, this meditation sustains their mortal bodies, but as they get older balancing their connection to the spirit realm and the mortal realm gets increasingly complicated. While kitsune can theoretically live indefinitely, most slip away into the spirit realm around the ages of 60 to 120. Kitsune grow a new tail on average around once a decade.
Unlike the other races, kitsune are still born with unique souls rather than fragments of their parents' souls. One of their gods survived the World Death and is being kept alive by the kitsune in their old kingdom's capital. Kitsune souls are birthed by this god whenever new kitsune are born. Without this, the kitsune would lose their proper connection to the spirit realm and quickly die out as a species within a couple generations.

Kitsune Traits

Size. Kitsune are generally of similar heights and builds to humans, generally between 4 to 6 feet tall, and 150-250 lbs. Extra tails add a small amount of weight. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages. You know the dominant language of your home citadel, most likely Nix or Peaks and Valleys. You likely also know a second language commonly spoken in your home citadel. Even if it isn't dominant, you are likely to know the primary kitsune language, Foxteeth.

Disciplined. Kitsune are masters of their bodies, both mentally and physically. You gain one feat that adds 1 to an attribute.

Dual Nature. Kitsune typical fall into two categories, noble fighters and deep thinkers. You gain Proficiency in two skills of your choice from Acrobatics, Arcana, Athletics, Insight, Nature, Perception, and Religion.

Spiritual Tails. Kitsune are born with 1 tail, and gain more as their connection to the the spirit realms grows stronger. This connection manifests as deeper knowledge, intense bodily control, or other profound skills. Every time you level up and at character creation, you can choose to grow another tail, up to your Wisdom modifier (excluding your original tail). For each tail gained in this way, you lose 5 max HP as you begin to break away from the mortal realm, and pick one skill, tool, instrument, or saving throw. Each time you roll for what you chose, you may add 1d4 to the roll. You may choose the same skill, tool, instrument, or saving throw multiple times, gaining an additional 1d4 to the roll.