Ilphyl was adapting to the curse. Discovering racoon paws could hold a piece of chalk was a marked improvement to using a parrot's or raven's ability to mimic words, or carry a communication device around and try to type. The raccoon was becoming one of the forms they tended to socialize as until they could figure out a way to break the curse. That and the cat, on the general principle that people like cats.
Ilphyl also has taken pains to make themselves still recognizable -- their tattoo is visible as a pattern on fur, and they have their spell focus around their neck, in addition to hauling a slate and chalk around, and whatever supernatural senses could pick up a druid in wild shape. 'The Farmer sounds good'.
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Date: 2025-05-14 02:08 pm (UTC)Ilphyl also has taken pains to make themselves still recognizable -- their tattoo is visible as a pattern on fur, and they have their spell focus around their neck, in addition to hauling a slate and chalk around, and whatever supernatural senses could pick up a druid in wild shape. 'The Farmer sounds good'.