Tamec Venture-Agent, Florida–Altamonte Springs |
Actually yes you do need certain book to play Kitsune As stated here
The key phrase is the final sentence of the second paragraph
Like other race options, it is still necessary that a player have a book or watermarked pdf reference for the race, such as from Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Dragon Empires Gazetteer, Pathfinder Player Companion: Dragon Empires Primer, Pathfinder RPG: Advanced Race Guide, or Pathfinder RPG Bestiary: Bestiary 4.
The only races that do not "require" books are core races.
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thaX Venture-Lieutenant, Indiana—Martinsville |
Fromper |
You always know Common, at least in PFS. I would also venture to say that the newer book takes precedence, even if one is using the older source for reference/legality.
This came up before, and Mike Brock specifically said that when there's a conflict between two legal sources, you can actually choose which to use.
I remember specifically, because when I made my nagaji character using a boon, roughly a year and a half ago, I could get Tien and Nagaji as starting languages if I used Dragon Empires Primer, or Common and Draconic as starting languages using Advanced Race Guide. Having both books and a character concept that involved being born in the nagaji homeland of Nagajor, I went with the version that gets Tien and Nagaji, and just got Common for free because it says so in the Guide to Organized Play.