Editing Tanuki (section)

===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).