The animal people, also known as spirit folk, kami, or as they prefer, Hengeyokai. These are not the animal people from dragon ball/z/gt. This is a mystical shape changing race that normally keeps to itself and does not intrude upon the other races affairs as long as that favor is returned in kind. Hengeyokai are actually highly intelligent animals that can assume the shape of humans. Initially, the only two forms available to players of this race are animal form and human form.
Bonuses for pc's of this race vary with the animal chosen as the base creature, but, a few things remain the same.
Such as the ability to shape change into the base creature at will. In most cases a slight natural armor bonus. In some cases infravision.
All hengeyokai, regardless of their base creature type have Animal Mastery. An ability that allows them to communicate freely with all animals, and even attempt to control them as per a Dominate spell with a succesfull animal empathy check.
*Note* Unusual creatures like dragons, dinosaurs, or even Oozaru can actually be mind controled, but these are much harder, requiring a very high charisma or a large amount of luck. Also, animal mastery has no effect whatsoever on other Hengeyokai.
Domesticated animal such as a dog or cow - DC 0
Small wild animal such as a squirrel - DC 2
Medium size wild animal such as a wolf - DC 5
Large wild animal such as a black bear - DC 10
Unusually powerfull or overly large wild animal such as a polar bear, kodiak grizzly, or even a great white shark - DC 15
Unnatural creature like a dragon or dinosaur - DC 20
Oozaru - 30
