Editing Tanuki (section)

==Dungeons & Dragons==
The tanuki has appeared in three of the five editions of [[Dungeons & Dragons]], as one of the sub-racial options for the [[hengeyokai]] race. It appeared in both Oriental Adventures (1e and 3e), and in [[Dragon Magazine]] #404... sadly, because the D&D hengeyokai race is kind of crap, the D&D tanuki (or "raccoon dog hengeyokai", to give it its official name) is really nothing to write home about.

===1st Edition===
::Ability Score Modifiers: +2 Strength, -2 Wisdom
::Ability Score Minimum/Maximum: Strength 12/18i, Dexterity 9/18, Constitution 12/18, Intelligence 12/18, Wisdom 12/18, Charisma 12/17
::Class & Level Limits: Shukenja 8, Kensai 6, Bushi Unlimited, Wu Jen 9
::Movement Value: 12'
::Shapeshifting: A Tanuki hengeyokai can change form once per day per level; once it has exhausted this bility, it must remain in its current form until the next day. Changing form takes a full round to complete, and all armor & equipment is left behind when it transforms. Spells that reveal illusions do not affect a tanuki in its animal or human forms.
:::Animal Form: A tanuki in animal form has Infravision 120 feet, a bite that does 1d6 damage, an AC of 9, and a 9' movement rate. It can only speak the hengeyokai and animal languages in this form. It cannot use weapons, armor or equipmient, nor can it cast spells. In animal form, its maximum hitpoint value is halved (round up); damage from one form carries over and it cannot assume animal form if this would leave it with 0 or less hit points. If reduced to 0 HP in animal form, the tanuki is slain outright.
:::Bipedal Form: Now appearing as a humanoid animal, the tanuki retains infravision and the ability to speak to animals, but has access to all of its normal abilities.
:::Human Form: In human form, a tanuki loses its infravision and animal-speech abilities, but retains all of its class abilities.
::Restricted Alignment: Any Evil

===3rd edition===
::Ability Score Modifiers: +2 Strength, -2 Wisdom
::Size: Medium or Small (in animal form)
::Base Speed: 30 feet
::Type: Shapechanger
::Alternate Form (Su): A tanuki hengeyokai can assume one of three possible forms at will; an animal, a hybrid, or a human. This functions as a Polymorph Other spell that can be used 1 + character level times per day. Changing form is a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity.
:::Animal Form: In animal form, all equipment the hengeyokai is wearing or carrying is melded into the tanuki's form, with magic items ceasing to function. The tanuki has low-light vision, the ability to speak to non-hengeyokai tanuki, a 30ft speed, an AC of 13, a bite that does 1d4+1 damage, Strength 12, Dexterity 13, and Constitution 12. It also gains a +10 racial bonus to Disguise checks made to pass itself off as an animal.
:::Hybrid Form: A hengeyokai in hybrid form cannot wear Heavy Armor, but all of its equipment functions as normal. It gains Low-Light Vision and the ability to speak with animals of its own kind. A tanuki in hybrid form gains a +4 bonus to Wilderness Lore checks.
::Favored Class: [[Wu jen]]
::[[Level Adjustment]]: +1

As a [[hengeyokai]] subrace, tanuki were updated to 3.5 in [[Dragon Magazine]] #318, which removed their Level Adjustment and changed their type to Humanoid (Shapechanger).

===4th Edition===
::Ability Scores: +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom or Charisma
::Size: Medium (Human/Hybrid form) or Tiny (animal form)
::Speed: 7 squares (35 feet)
::Vision: Low-light
::Skill Bonuses: +2 Bluff, +2 Stealth
::Elusive: +1 racial bonus to Reflex
::Fey Origin: You are considered to be a Fey creature for effects that relate to creature origin.
::Beast Nature: You are considered both a magical beast and a humanoid for effects that relate to creature type.
::Shapechanger: You have the Shapechanger subtype.
::Languge of Beasts: You can communicate with any natural or fey beast that either shares your animal form or is closely related to it (for example, Dog Hengeyokai can speak with wolves). You can understand and speak to animals in animal and hybrid form, but in human form, you can only understand them.
::Racial Power - Nature's Mask: At-Will Polymorph Minor Action power that you can only use once per round. You immediately change into your human, animal or hybrid form as you wish. In human and animal form, you gain a +5 bonus to Bluff checks made to disguise yourself as your apparent species. In animal form, you cannot use attack powers, although you can sustain them, nor can you speak any humanoid languages, although your statistics are otherwise unchanged. Equipment melds into your animal form; you continue to gain the benefits of all equipment bar shields and item powers. As a tanuki, you also gain access to a Climb speed of 3 squares (15 feet) in animal form.