Linghua

Linghua is a fox spirit cleric, a creature akin to light mischief but with bouts of meaningful helpfulness devoted to the trickster goddess Hui Fen. She has crossed paths with her actual party by chance.

## Physical description

### Gender

Female

Linghua looks like a young woman of 23 or so, with long, silky black hair she wears up in a ponytail, curious amber eyes and clear skin. She possesses a few fox traits, such as long, fluffy ears, a bushy tail, whiskers and some patches of dark fur here and there. If she tries to conceal them and tries to pass as a normal mortal being through Disguise Self, for example, she must keep her emotions on check, because as soon as she gets excited, scared or nervous, the features will pop up back if she isn't careful enough. She wears priestess robes normally, with some trinkets here and there she keeps for both warding herself up and also because she thinks they look cute on her; one particular amulet of hers is a jade bracelet she keeps on her left wrist, with a little effigy of her goddess that serves as a holy symbol. She has a sickle as a weapon, although she favors various catalysts more.

When she turns on her fox form, she turns into a black fox, and retains her capability of understanding people and speech alike.

## Personality

In her own words, Linghua is "a little bundle of joy and chaos". She is very enthusiastic and naturally curious about everything, leading her to prod around everything catching her attention. She is also a little mischievous and likes to pull out harmless pranks for people, whether to help them out unadvertedly with something, teach them a little lesson, or just because she wants to play around; however she gets sad whenever her pranks don't land well. She is quite sociable and affectionate and will return any positive attention thousandfold if she can, as she believes it's the least thing she can do as she is "stocking her aura" from such attention. The thing she hates the most in the world is being alone, so she will constantly try making friends all around. Very intuitive and savvy, she usually goes with her gut with situations and people, yet she can also be reckless in doing so. She has little patience for standing around in just once place or for waiting for too long, as she gets bored easily; sometimes she gets too excited to see the big picture of something, leading to various mishaps and misunderstandings with some people around her.

## Abilities

As a fox spirit, she is more powerful the more aura she manages to borrow for herself or eventually gain. If her own aura depletes, she risks weakening herself permanently to the point of turning into a full fox forever and being little more than a beast. Fox spirits usually gain aura via seduction, although charms and genuine affection work too.

Her goddess helps her borrowing some power for herself, but she has to do most of the job herself anyway.

#### Fox spirit abilities

* Ability to shapeshift into a full fox form and back any time they want
* Darkvision
* Spells: Charm Person, Vicious Mockery

#### Cleric abilities

* Spellcasting, Divine Domain
* Channel Divinity

#### Cleric spells

*Cantrips*

* Spare the Dying
* Sacred Flame

*1st*

* Disguise Self
* Cure Wounds
* Inflict Wounds
* Blessing of the Trickster

*2nd*

* Channel Divinity: Invoke Duplicity
* Augury
* Spiritual Weapon

*3rd*

* Pass Without Trace
* Mirror Image
* Beacon of Hope