Fox

Foxes were a common animal found throughout Faerûn.

Description
Foxes had large ears, long red fur and a bushy tail.

Abilities
Foxes were known for their excellent senses of hearing, smell and vision. They were very agile and were able to evade predators with ease.

As a familiar to a sorcerer or wizard, foxes gained the innate ability to duplicate the effects of the dimension door spell three times per day. This ability functioned similar to a dryad, where the fox was only able to dimension door into a bush or a tree.

Behavior
Foxes were cunning animals.

Combat
Foxes were excellent hunters.

Habitat
Foxes lived in various climates and terrains. On Toril, they were known to live in Anauroch, Cormanthor , the Farsea Marshes , Fox Ridge in Shadowdale , Thar , and the Vast Swamp. Foxes were also found in Brux, the second layer of the Beastlands.

Ecology
Foxes were carnivores but would eat plants if desperate. They preferred insects and rotting meat.

Uses
Foxes were hunted for their pelts, which were worth between three and five gp at the market. Foxes were often kept as familiars.

Relationships
According to Qukoku, the guiding philosophy of the Iulutiun and Angulutiun peoples of the Great Glacier, the fox was an utqukoku animal representing patience.

Appearances

 * Comics
 * The Grand Tour
 * Novels
 * Sword Play • The Shadowmask
 * Video Games
 * Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms • Neverwinter Nights