Playing The Kitsune

Deceptive, mischievous, seductive, trapped. The Kitsune is about being unable to

tell the truth, even when it would be the best choice to do so.

Nine Tales encourages you to lie by giving away Strings any time you tell the truth.
That isn’t all bad though, as people with Strings on you will use them, giving you
more screen time. Lie enough and people might offer you XP to tell them the
truth for once. This is the reason you don’t have a “mark XP” move. Use it to your
advantage.

In Japanese folklore Kitsune are shape shifting tricksters, taking the shape of
beautiful women or young girls that seduce or waylay travelers. Skinchange allows
you to assume a human form that is distinctly yours, recognizable to everyone
else. With Sincerest Flattery though, you can take another person’s form and
Kitsunesuki allows you to take another person’s body. You don’t gain any of the
target’s knowledge or mannerisms though, so you might have to hold steady to
avoid raising suspicions.

Use common sense and the fiction when dealing with Conditions while wearing
someone else’s shape or skin. Physical and social Conditions will stay with the
body (whether yours or not), but emotional ones will stay with you.

The word kitsu-ne means “comes to sleep” while ki-tsune means “always comes”.
Because of this, many stories have the kitsune continuing to spend every night
with their lover, even after their true nature has been revealed. These fox-wives
often grant wishes or powers to their lovers (and offspring), both of which are
represented in your Sex Move.

Sex
The Kitsune
When you have sex, decide if you have a loud, dramatic, and
obviously fake orgasm. If you do, give your partner the
Move Condition infatuated with [your name] and they choose one:
 they awake the next morning with you in their arms,
The lies started out so small, so innocent. You told yourself they were nec-
with or without reason as to how you got there;
essary to keep playing at being a human. Cover your tracks. Double back on
 they may use a move from any playbook once before the
your trail. Mask your scent. Keep the hounds confused.
next sunrise or sunset (their choice);
 they give you the Condition faker and take a String on
But they kept growing, knotting up on each other like a tangled skein of
you.
yarn. It’s impossible to separate one lie from another now, and you couldn’t
unwind this mess even if you wanted to.
People with the Condition infatuated with [your name] count
as having no Strings on you when using your Kitsune moves.
The only thing to do now? Keep lying.

Identity
Name: Danny, Jess, Kumiho, Miho,
Reynard Sionn, Tamamo, Todd,
Veronica, Voss
Look: opulent, sleek, fur trimmed,
vulpine, red headed, beguiling,
obviously false
Your Backstory
Your compulsive lying hurt someone
you care about. If they confronted you,
take a String on each other. If not, they
take two Strings on you.
You’re not shy about sharing other’s
beds. Take a String each on up to three
people that absolutely everyone knows
you’ve slept with.
Darkest Self
Every word that falls from your mouth
is a brazen lie; a malicious falsehood
intended to destroy reputations and
relationships. You lie even in the face
of irrefutable proof and at great cost
to yourself. You escape your Darkest
Self when someone you care about
is physically harmed by one of your
many untruths.
Hot 2 Cold -1
Hot 1 Cold -1
Eyes: cunning eyes, honest eyes, sly
eyes, hooded eyes, playful eyes
Origin: curious about humans,
a century old, fox lover, nine tailed,
devoured a thousand livers, messenger
of the kami Inari
Strings
Conditions
Harm
Experience 
 Add +1 to one of your stats.
 Take another Oni move.
 Take another Oni move.
 Take a move from any Skin.
 Take a move from any Skin.
 Join an Onizoku family.
Volatile -1 Dark 1
Volatile -1 Dark 2
Kitsune Moves
You get Nine Tales and Skinchange and
choose one more:
 Nine Tales
Whenever you tell the complete truth,
without exaggeration, embellishment, or
omission, give anyone listening a String
on you.
 Skinchange
You chosen item is (circle one):
a flat broad leaf, a bundle of reeds, a
human skull, a discarded sandal.
When you balance your chosen item on
your head, you assume human form.
Describe what you look like during your
backstory; you’ll always assume this
form while masquerading as a human.
Take the item off, and you’ll revert back
to your fox form.
 Sincerest Flattery
When you mimic the form of someone
who has no Strings on you, spend any
number of Strings on them, then roll
with Strings spent. On a hit (7 up), you
look and sound like that person until the
next sunrise or sunset (your choice). On
a 10 up, you can revert to your normal
form any time you wish before then.
 Vixen
When you successfully turn someone on
(7 up), they choose an additional option
from the 7-9 list.
Credits
This Skin designed by HyveMynd (Chris Stone-Bush)
Play this with Monsterhearts 2, available at buriedwithoutceremony.com
 False Promises
When you glamour worthless junk to
serve as a payment or a bribe for
someone who has no Strings on you, roll
with dark. On a 10 up, choose two. On a
7-9, choose one:
 the glamour is extremely flashy or
impressive (and the target reacts
appropriately);
 the glamour lasts for a full scene
rather than just a few minutes;
 the target will assume they lost the
item when the glamour fades.
 Kitsunetsuki
When you stare into the eyes of a side
character who has no Strings on you,
roll with dark. On a 10 up, you possess
them; you are in full control of their
body and experience the world through
their senses until you take harm or
choose to leave. On a 7-9, you still
possess them, but choose one:
 you have a voracious appetite and
must eat constantly;
 you develop unmistakably vulpine
facial features, gaining the Condition
fox-faced;
 you’re unable to speak intelligibly
and can only babble gibberish.
 Blind Trust
When you tell the truth to someone with
the Condition infatuated with [your name],
you choose if you give them a String or
not.