Kitsune Physiology
Kitsune before the Moon
Power/Ability To:	Use the traits of kitsune

Power to use the abilities of kitsune. Variation of Yokai Physiology and Canine Physiology.

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can transform into an kitsune, a fox-spirit, who usually gain their powers by living long and keep growing stronger as they age: the more tails a kitsune has (they may have as many as nine) the older, wiser, and more powerful it is. They are often tricksters, with motives that vary from mischief to malevolence, but some act as faithful guardians, friends, lovers, and even wives.

Stories depict them as intelligent beings and as possessing magical abilities that increase with their age and wisdom. Their powers include illusions, shapeshifting, possession and especially ability to use fox-fire.

Applications

• Canine Physiology
  • Enhanced Bite
  • Enhanced Durability
  • Enhanced Endurance
  • Enhanced Senses
    • Enhanced Hearing
    • Enhanced Smell
    • Night Vision
  • Enhanced Speed
  • Enhanced Stamina
  • Enhanced Strength
  • Environmental Adaptation
  • Predator Instinct
  • Temperature Regulation
• Claw Retraction
• Decelerated Aging/Semi-Immortality
• Dream Manipulation
• Enhanced Intelligence/Enhanced Wisdom as their age increases.
• Fox-Fire Manipulation
• Flight
• Illusion Manipulation
• Insanity Inducement
• Life-Force Absorption
• Possession
• Shapeshifting
  • Gender Transformation
  • Human Disguise
  • Size Manipulation

Variations

• Curse Inducement
• Intangibility
• Invisibility
• Plant Manipulation

As kitsune grow older they gain more tails, as well as intelligence and magical power, nine-tailed kitsune gain:

• Elemental Aura
• Nigh Omniscience
• Spatial Manipulation/Time Manipulation
• Spirit Physiology

Associations

• Disaster Manipulation - only demonic version of a kitsune.

Limitations

• May keep some trait that reveals their true form when shapeshifting, tail, shadow/reflection and facial features being the most common.
• Carelessness and/or drunkenness may reveal true form.
• Kitsune have a fear or a hatred of dogs.
• Dogs can detect kitsune.
• Until they gain their ninth tail, kitsune are essentially physical foxes.

Known Users

Gallery

Kurama (Naruto) the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, can cause tsunamies and flatten mountains simply by swinging one of his nine tails.

Ran Yakumo (Touhou) is a nine-tailed kitsune.

Renamon (Digimon Tamers) mimics the traits of a kitsune in her standard and evolved forms.

Being a type of demonic kitsune himself, Kurama (Yuyu Hakusho) specializes in plant manipulation.

Shippo (Inu-Yasha) is young kitsune.

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