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236 Lycanthrope, Werefox (Foxwoman) Each foxwoman is always accompanied by 1d4 + 1 charmed males. At least one of the males is a ghter (70%) or ranger (30%) of level 1d4 + 1. There is a 50% chance that any one of the other males is also a ghter of OHYHO G 7KHUH LV D FKDQFH WKDW RQH RI WKH UHPDLQLQJ PDOHV LV D FOHULF GUXLG PDJH WKLHI RU VRPH RWKHU FODVV RI OHYHO G 2I KHU HOYHQ RU KDOI HOYHQ FRPSDQLRQV DUH PXOWL FODVV characters. All males who do not t into any of the above categories are 0-level ghters and elves or half-elves of 1 Hit Die. The males may use such magical items as they possessed prior to being charmed into the fox ZRPDQ V VHUYLFH Foxwomen are barren. They must kidnap or adopt their children. There is a 10% chance that a foxwoman has a “daughter.” The foxwoman has VWROHQ DQ HOYHQ JLUO LQIHFWHG KHU ZLWK O FDQWKURS DQG LV UDLVLQJ KHU DV D foxwoman. Such a child is 1d8 + 5 years old. If she is 12-13, she is treated the same as a normal foxwoman; otherwise she is a noncombatant. Non-elven women who are af icted with lycanthropy undergo a slow WUDQVIRUPDWLRQ WKDW DOWHUV WKHLU QRUPDO IRUP 2YHU D SHULRG RI RQH WR WZR HDUV VXFK ZRPHQ WXUQ LQWR HOYHQ ZRPHQ RQO WKHLU IDFHV DQG RGG PDUNV WDWWRRV ELUWKPDUNV SURYLGH IDLQW SURRI RI WKHLU ROG LGHQWLWLHV (FRORJ Foxwomen are unique among the lycanthropes. They have no PDMRU JRDOV RU GHVLUHV DVLGH IURP SDPSHULQJ WKHPVHOYHV DQG IHHGLQJ WKHLU vanity. They have little contact with other foxwomen (whom they see as rivals), real foxes (irrelevant beasts), or other lycanthropes (crude, unat WUDFWLYH DQG XQFKDUPDEOH /,0 ( ( ,1 Q ) ( (1 9HU UDUH 2 1, ,21 6ROLWDU , , /( 1RFWXUQDO ,( Carnivore ,1 (//, (1 ( Average to exceptional (8-16) ( ( ( 4 6 /, 10(1 Chaotic evil 12 ( ,1 VHH EHORZ 02 / RU 02 (0(1 RU , , ( 12 2) . 0 ( . RU E ZHDSRQ ( , / . Charms, spells ( , / ()(1 ( 6LOYHU RU RU EHWWHU ZHDSRQ WR KLW 0 , ( , 1 ( 6SHFLDO VHH EHORZ , ( 0 02 /( (OLWH / ( A foxwoman is an elven-appearing woman who is able to transform herself into a silver fox form or a silver-furred humanoid (vixen) form with a fox’s head. They are extremely self-centered. The female elven form of the foxwoman is extremely beautiful. 6KH KDV VLOYHU RU VLOYHU VWUHDNHG KDLU LQFOXGLQJ D ZLGRZ V SHDN 6KH GUHVVHV DWWUDFWLYHO LQ ORRVH JDUPHQWV SRXFK KROGV YDOXDEOHV DQG VSHOO FRPSRQHQWV The vixen form is a hybrid of elven and fox-like features. The body DQG OLPEV DUH WKRVH RI WKH HOYHQ IRUP EXW FRYHUHG ZLWK VLOYHU IXU The head and tail are fox-like. The vixen may wear elven clothing. The vixen can run very quickly (18). The silver fox form appears to be a normal, large fox. It moves ex WUHPHO IDVW FDQ SD ZL R UD H DQG LV XQGHWHFWDEOH LQ XQGHUJURZWK LI LW SDVVHV RXW RI YLHZ IRU D PRPHQW RPEDW The silver fox’s bite in icts 1-2 points of damage but is oth erwise harmless. The vixen’s more savage bite causes 2d6 points of damage. Human or elven women who are bitten by a vixen for 50% or more of their hit points become foxwomen within three days unless ERWK D UH GL HD H DQG D UHPR H U H VSHOO DUH FDVW XSRQ WKH YLFWLP E D SULHVW RI DW OHDVW WK OHYHO In elven form, the foxwoman relies on weapons. She gains a +1 bo QXV ZLWK ERZ RU VZRUG +HU EHVW ZHDSRQ LV KHU LQFUHGLEOH EHDXW Q KXPDQ KXPDQRLG RU GHPLKXPDQ PDOHV ZKRVH :LVGRPV DUH RU OHVV DUH HIIHFWLYHO FDXJKW E D DUP VSHOO 7KRVH ZKRVH :LVGRPV are 14 or greater are not charmed but still nd the foxwoman extreme ly attractive. In elven form, the foxwoman has magic use as a wizard RI OHYHO G 6KH LV UHVLVWDQW WR OHHS DQG DUP VSHOOV In any form, the foxwoman is able to see by infravision (60-foot UDQJH 7KH FDQ RQO EH KDUPHG E VLOYHU RU RU EHWWHU PDJLFDO ZHDSRQV 6FDUV IURP QRQIDWDO ZRXQGV YDQLVK ZLWKLQ D PRQWK DELWDW RFLHW Foxwomen dwell in lonely woodlands far from hu PDQRLG FRPPXQLWLHV 7KHLU KRPHV PD EH KLGGHQ FRWWDJHV RU FRP fortably furnished cave complexes; in either case their homes are lled with typical human comforts. Foxwomen are solitary in regard to their own kind. They are self-serving, vain, and hedonistic. Fox ZRPHQ VHUYH WKHLU YDQLW E HQVODYLQJ KXPDQRLG PDOHV 7KRVH PDOHV EHFRPH VHUYDQWV DQG FRPSDQLRQV Werefoxes do not keep dwarves, gnomes, or hal ings; such males DUH VODLQ TXLHWO DV VRRQ DV WKH RSSRUWXQLW DULVHV

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