TANUKI (Racoon Dog)
Original Animal Characteristics
Description: The racoon dog is a canine often confused with raccoons or badgers. Tanuki are omnivores, with their diet typically consisting of berries, birds, crabs, frogs, invertebrates, lizards, rodents, seeds, and scavenged marine life.
Size Level: 4
Height: to 2 feet
Weight: 9-22 pounds
Build: Short
Mutant Changes & Costs
Total BIO-E: 55
Attribute Bonuses: +1 to I.Q., +2 to M.A., Brute Strength and +4 to Spd.
Human Features
Hands: 5 BIO-E for Partial or 10 BIO-E for Full.
Biped: 5 BIO-E for Partial or 10 BIO-E for Full.
Speech : 5 BIO-E for Partial or 10 BIO-E for Full.
Looks: None; It is a dog that for all argument looks just like a raccoon, raccoon markings and body structure in all. It has a very thick body, stout legs, small rounded ears, and bushy tail. Their thick, short fur is a grizzled grey in color, with
dark areas around the eyes, the legs and the tip of the tail, and lighter areas on the muzzle and underneath their tail. The canine teeth are small.
5 BIO-E for Partial; Furry humanoid with a prominent grey face with black "mask like" pacthes over eyes, long tail, lean muscular body and short legs.
10 BIO-E for Full; Humanoid with small sharp facial features, dark circles around the eyes, pointed nose and ears, grey thick hair, lean tight body and no tail (unless a Vestigial one is taken).
Natural Weapons:
5 BIO-E for 1D6 damage Teeth
10 BIO-E for 1D4 damage Running Claws
Mutant Animal Powers:
5 BIO-E for Advanced Vision (otherwise color blind)
5 BIO-E for Advanced Hearing
5 BIO-E for Advanced Smell
10 BIO-E for Extra Intelligence Quotient
10 BIO-E for Extra Mental Endurance
10 BIO-E for Extra Mental Affinity
10 BIO-E for Extra Physical Prowess
10 BIO-E for Extraordinary Speed
10 BIO-E for Beastly Strength
20 BIO-E for Crushing Strength
5 BIO-E for Winter Torpor (80)
10 BIO-E for Ability to Play Dead (124)
10 BIO-E for Digging
Vestigial Disadvantages:
-5 BIO-E for Vestigial Ears
-15 BIO-E for Vestigial Tail
-10 BIO-E for Reptile Brain: Prey
-10 BIO-E for Vestigial Testicles (These extremely large reproductive organs make life difficult for the character. They generally get in the way and tend to be extremely sensitive. Reduce running speed by 30% and make a saving throw vs pain
for every 50 yards traveled (at any speed).)
-10 BIO-E for Nocturnal
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