Ancient Beast: Fox
It is said that when a fox lives for 100 years their tail will split in two and they gain the power to change their shape. The enemy of the tanuki, the ancient fox hides its dens on the magical wellsprings of the forests in the material plane. Fox warlocks are messengers and crafty assassins who gain their patrons mastery of shapechanging.
Expanded Spell List
The Ancient Fox lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.
Ancient Fox Expanded Spells
| Spell Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 1st | beast bond, faerie fire |
| 2nd | animal messenger, pass without trace |
| 3rd | conjure animals, tiny servant |
| 4th | guardian of nature, divination |
| 5th | commune with nature, dispel evil and good |
Kitsune Magic
Starting at 1st level, your service to your patron has afforded you the following boons. You gain the message cantrip, it counts as a warlock spell for you and doesn't count against spells known. Additionally, You can speak to Foxes as if you were under the effects of the Speak with Animals spell.
Master of Shapes
Additionally, at 1st level, your service to your patron grants you a fox tail. You can hide and reveal your tail at will and you will gain more tails as you take levels in this class representing your bond with your patron and your rank among its followers.
Choose a beast of Challenge Rating 1/8th or lower; you can transform into this beast once as per the rules of the Wild Shape feature for 1 minute. Each time you gain another tail from this feature you can choose another beast to add to your repertoire and you gain another use of this feature. At 8th level, you can pick any creature of Challenge Rating 1/4th or lower.
You gain an additional tail at 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, and 17th level.
Benevolent Deity Gates
At 6th level, you can summon a pair of your patrons red ceremonial gates. As an action you can summon 1 or 2 gates to an unoccupied space within 60 feet of you. The gates are Large in size and remain for 24 hours or until you dispel them as an action.
If you cross through the threshold of one of these gates you transport to another gate of your choosing.
You can summon a number of gates equal to your Charisma modifier and regain all expended uses after finishing a long rest.
Kami's Favour
At 10th level, your patron has blessed you personally, entering you into the upper echelons of its followers. You gain the following benefits;
- You learn to speak, read, and write Celestial.
- You gain resistance to fire and radiant damage.
Beast Channeling: Graceful Lord of Illusions
At 14th level, you have gained great understanding and control over the power your patron holds and you can now being to channel even greater power from your patron. As an action, you can enter a special transformation that lasts for 1 minute. While in this state you hair turns to the color of your patrons fur, your tails are on full display and you have fox like ears. While in this transformation you gain the following benefits;
- When you enter this transformation you cast hallucinatory terrain without using a spell slot. The duration of this spell lasts until your transformation ends.
- You can cast the phantasmal force spell as a bonus action without consuming a spell slot.
- You can change the damage type of your warlock spells to either fire or radiant damage.
You can use this feature once per long rest.
Eldritch Invocations
Fox Fire
Prerequisite: Ancient Beast: Fox Patron, eldritch blast cantrip
When you cast eldritch blast each blast floats around you as fiery whisps for 1 minute. You can as a reaction, fire 1 or more of these whisps at creatures when they attempt to move within 15ft. of you as if you where casting the spell. The damage type of these whisps is fire and the creatures movement speed is reduced to 0 until the start of their next turn.
Fox's Wedding
Prerequisite: 15th level, Ancient Beast: Fox Patron
You can cast control weather once per long rest without expending a spell slot.
Feral Form
Prerequisite: 3rd level, Ancient Beast Patron
You gain the ability to as an action, polymorph into the same creature as your patron. You can do this once per long rest.
Beasts Fangs
Prerequisite: Pact of the Blade, Ancient Beast Patron
you gain a natural weapon from your patron, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing, peircing, or bludgeoning damage (your choice when you gain this invocation) equal to 1d8 + your Charisma modifier.
Perfect Beast Channeling
Prerequisite: 18th-level, Ancient Beast Patron
When you use your Beast Channeling Feature you gain these additional effects;
- You gain +1 to Charisma ability checks and saving throws.
- The duration of your transformation increases to 10 minutes.
- The spell Regenerate is cast on yourself with you as the caster.
