Initially I latched onto the idea of making a Kitsune Bloodrager, because you can get Pounce, so I started building at lvl 11.
But Kitsune as a race just lend themselves so well to social intrigue.
So I ended up building a bloodrager that can easily fit into such a campaign.
Here's Kyoki (and here's some character art). He can as a swift action turn into any human he has seen (with a disguise check of +24), or a fox with +20. He's an adept liar to navigate situations where he's pretending to be someone else (and of course his armor is glamered. He might need some smaller back up weapons until he can afford Gloves of Storing for his greatsword, but he can always turn into his kitsune form and bite). He has a good collection of spells for recon as well.
In combat, he's rather defensively focused (perhaps too much so). You could remove some AC from the build for stat items, as is he counts on infiltration to get the jump on enemies. There's a bunch of buff spells he can use to get up to snuff, and his offensive numbers look much better than first glance reveals, since that's without his bloodrage -> courageous furious weapon (standard fare for any barbarian).
If someone is interested in the original idea (bloodrager with pounce), you can scrap Realistic Likeness and Fox Shape for Skill Focus, Eldritch Heritage, and thus be open to Improved Eldritch Heritage (Just switch Dex and Cha to get the prereq done). Likewise spend less on defense and more on physical stat boosters, since Displacement can probably carry you far by itself.
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