Post by Tami on Nov 5, 2007 21:17:32 GMT -5
Blessings
The Kitsune’s great strength is their magical versatility. Not only do they posses potent gifts of their own, but they can learn the Gifts of other Changing Breeds with great facility. They rely more on their gifts than do shapechangers like the Garou; however this has yet to prove a handicap.
Kitsune may enter the umbra as easily as the Garou. When in Koto (Crinos) or Juko (Hispo) form, their teeth do aggravated damage. Finally, they have the advantage of extremely long life – when a Kitsune goes up in rank ( not counting counting the attainment of rank one), her lifespan effectively doubles. As a result Kitsune elders are usually very deserving of the term, and a fox with nine tails – of whom there has been exactly one throughout the ages – is effectively immortal.
Maledictions
Unfortunately, the werefoxes are not without their weaknesses; when they were created in the Fourth Age, Gaia and Luna did not have the strength to grant them some of the boons their changing cousins enjoy. Most poignantly, each time a Kitsune is born, a parent is likely to die; a life is required to bring a Kitsune into the world.
Also making life difficult for the Foxes is the fact that they lack the healing abilities of their cousins; without the use of healing gifts, Kitsune heal all wounds as do mortals. In effect, all damage is aggravated to the werefoxes (who rightly avoid combat unless absolutely necessary). They may still soak this damage, even from aggravated sources such as a Kuei-jin’s (eastern vampire) claws or teeth; however, this doesn’t include silver or other forms of damage that Garou cannot soak.
The foxes came into the world just after the wars of the Fourth Age, and never played a part in controlling humanity. As a result, their Koto form does not invoke the Delirium in onlookers, and Kitsune are careful about hiding this form.
Finally, Kitsunemay indeed frenzy, but they always go into fox frenzy, appropriately enough. Gaia did not choose foxes to be berserkers – one need only to study history to see how well those worked out.
The Kitsune’s great strength is their magical versatility. Not only do they posses potent gifts of their own, but they can learn the Gifts of other Changing Breeds with great facility. They rely more on their gifts than do shapechangers like the Garou; however this has yet to prove a handicap.
Kitsune may enter the umbra as easily as the Garou. When in Koto (Crinos) or Juko (Hispo) form, their teeth do aggravated damage. Finally, they have the advantage of extremely long life – when a Kitsune goes up in rank ( not counting counting the attainment of rank one), her lifespan effectively doubles. As a result Kitsune elders are usually very deserving of the term, and a fox with nine tails – of whom there has been exactly one throughout the ages – is effectively immortal.
Maledictions
Unfortunately, the werefoxes are not without their weaknesses; when they were created in the Fourth Age, Gaia and Luna did not have the strength to grant them some of the boons their changing cousins enjoy. Most poignantly, each time a Kitsune is born, a parent is likely to die; a life is required to bring a Kitsune into the world.
Also making life difficult for the Foxes is the fact that they lack the healing abilities of their cousins; without the use of healing gifts, Kitsune heal all wounds as do mortals. In effect, all damage is aggravated to the werefoxes (who rightly avoid combat unless absolutely necessary). They may still soak this damage, even from aggravated sources such as a Kuei-jin’s (eastern vampire) claws or teeth; however, this doesn’t include silver or other forms of damage that Garou cannot soak.
The foxes came into the world just after the wars of the Fourth Age, and never played a part in controlling humanity. As a result, their Koto form does not invoke the Delirium in onlookers, and Kitsune are careful about hiding this form.
Finally, Kitsunemay indeed frenzy, but they always go into fox frenzy, appropriately enough. Gaia did not choose foxes to be berserkers – one need only to study history to see how well those worked out.