when kitsune change shape, they get a +10 racial bonus to disguise checks to appear human... do they also get the generic +10 bonus to disguise checks granted by transmutation/polymorph spells? change shape does say it works per alter self, which is a polymorph spell...
i have a kitsune sorcerer (high cha) with a decent disguise skill check... just wondering if i'm adding +10 or +20 onto that when someone tries to pierce my secret identity. :)
also, kitsune get low-light vision, but if i'm reading things corrrectly, i can only use that when in kitsune form... i lose it when in human form, just like my bite attack. is that correct? the kitsune description says 'in her natural form...' for bite attacks, but not for low-light vision. it's just the description of how polymorph magic operates that says you lose your original form's physical capabilities like scent, darkvision, etc...
since my character is pretending to be human, as kitsune often do, it just seems odd that they have these abilities that can rarely be used... "hey, you get this great stuff... now put it away and don't touch it!"
I believe that the racial bonus and the generic polymorph bonus are the same thing, so they wouldn't stack. I don't have a heck of a lot to firmly support that besides them being the exact same numeric bonus though: i think the kitsune feature is just reminding the player of the bonus.
I would not penalize the kitsune for assuming a different race/gender/etc. with change shape, since they really ARE that shape for the moment.
Yes, you lose low light vision in human form. As per polymorph you lose all racial abilities dependent on physical characteristics and those slited eyeballs and reflective coating in the back of those eyes of yours are what let you see in the dark.
Yeah, the +10 bonus is the bonus for polymorph effects, not an additional bonus.
Unfortunately you do lose low light vision.