Shapeshifting

Class Abilities
"R O O K I E"

"E X P E R T"

"M A S T E R"

"G R A N D M A S T E R" {| class="article-table" ! Mutate
 * Corruption: 10 // 5 (per Turn)
 * You have observed so many creatures and textures that you are able to recall their bodily structures from memory, allowing you to create more ideational iterations and forms. This ability can also increase your height or size appearance by rearranging the structure of your body. Each time a part is altered in any way (other than deactivation) corruption will be used. 5 corruption is channeled to use this ability each time it's emoted. The chart below is what makes up the basic activation cost (10). Any extra extremities (such as wings, extra limbs) will cost 2 corruption per set.
 * You have observed so many creatures and textures that you are able to recall their bodily structures from memory, allowing you to create more ideational iterations and forms. This ability can also increase your height or size appearance by rearranging the structure of your body. Each time a part is altered in any way (other than deactivation) corruption will be used. 5 corruption is channeled to use this ability each time it's emoted. The chart below is what makes up the basic activation cost (10). Any extra extremities (such as wings, extra limbs) will cost 2 corruption per set.
 * You have observed so many creatures and textures that you are able to recall their bodily structures from memory, allowing you to create more ideational iterations and forms. This ability can also increase your height or size appearance by rearranging the structure of your body. Each time a part is altered in any way (other than deactivation) corruption will be used. 5 corruption is channeled to use this ability each time it's emoted. The chart below is what makes up the basic activation cost (10). Any extra extremities (such as wings, extra limbs) will cost 2 corruption per set.


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Grand Masters of Shapeshifting:

Elemental Ascents
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Tier
!Wild Beast
 * 1
 * When shapeshifting into a multilingual creature, you become fluent in its native language.
 * 2
 * New Ability:
 * 3
 * When using Worldly, you also gain access to a species ability, buff, or feature even if it is magical in nature. This must be an ability that most members of the species are able to have.
 * 4
 * You may now learn forms larger than yourself by scaling them to your own size.
 * 5
 * New Ability:
 * 6
 * You only need to observe an animal once to learn its form. Since this allows you to log a new animal reference in as little as an hour of observation, the animal must be observed living.
 * 5
 * New Ability:
 * 6
 * You only need to observe an animal once to learn its form. Since this allows you to log a new animal reference in as little as an hour of observation, the animal must be observed living.
 * 6
 * You only need to observe an animal once to learn its form. Since this allows you to log a new animal reference in as little as an hour of observation, the animal must be observed living.


 * 7
 * One shapeshift animal form of your choosing will appear in its natural size and weight.
 * 8
 * Add a second transformation to Worldly that can include a sub-faction or rarer species. You can also swap your original Worldly form for a rare-species transformation if you have never altered the species of your original Worldly form. This ability can be learned when using tier 6 Wild Beast to simply observe the creature in secret for the duration of reference logging.
 * 9
 * Transmogrify now works with heights. By selecting a larger height choice for your species, you gain access to all animal references naturally within that height range and scale any animal form to the maximum height for your species.
 * 10
 * Give Twisted Shifter a custom appearance that acts as its natural form.
 * Max
 * Add 1 ideational form to your Shapeshifting ability. This will be a single form that can use the same rules as Mutate but cannot be adjusted with Mutate during use. It can also exceed maximum height and weight limits.
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 * Give Twisted Shifter a custom appearance that acts as its natural form.
 * Max
 * Add 1 ideational form to your Shapeshifting ability. This will be a single form that can use the same rules as Mutate but cannot be adjusted with Mutate during use. It can also exceed maximum height and weight limits.
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== Ability Troubleshooting: ==

Using Shapeshifting Practically
• Think Before You Shift

Knowing the potential of each of your animal parts and forms will save you corruption and mental strain. Your character's mentor will teach them the strengths and weaknesses of each animal, and the when's and how's of using them to fight. The form you decide to use should always be the best form to use in your situation. This way you don't have to scramble around picking different forms and making alterations to compensate for your missteps. A good shapeshifter has a small handful of forms, knows when to use them, and has go-to alterations to modify them. A better shifter also knows how to make effective decisions about their bodies when faced with new obstacles.

• Take Time To Create Transformations

Using Shapeshift is easy, but knowing how much corruption is required to create complicated forms is difficult. Take some time to figure out what kind of custom forms you want your shapeshifter to have and calculate how much corruption they use. These forms should be few and practical, this way knowing how much corruption you're using is as simple as remembering which form you're in. This also makes it much easier to keep track of corruption used for additional alterations in combat.

• Practice Often

As your character is trained and mentored, so to will you become more comfortable with playing your element freely. While it may look like a lot to remember now, your mentor and other trainers will guide you through using your ability sheet, give you tips and shortcuts, let you in on favored techniques or combos, and help you try out new ideas or strategies.

Recovery (On Yourself)
== Star Combos: ==

Plants

Water

Banned Combos:
Drain

Poison

== Progression Overview ==

• Rookie
It is common to involuntarily transform into half of an animal upon unlocking, as full forms and more exclusive abilities are too complex. It takes a great deal to complete a full shift and you cannot hold your form for long. You are also only able to customize the look of your pelt. In order to progress, a rookie must study many creatures and practice familiarizing themselves with their shapeshifts often as possible.

• Expert
You have become able to alter the scent of your pelt and customize your species traits. You are also beginning to learn how to control inner body parts, which for now allows you to monitor the healing process of an injury. Your reference of shapeshifts are able to be utilized more easily but new forms must continue to be heavily studied.

• Master
Your ability to control the inside of your body has increased. Although you cannot control your own bones, you are now able to manipulate individual muscles, fibers, and tissues, which allow you to strengthen a weakened area, close a wound, etc. Your reference of forms is so great that you are now able to create forms made of mismatched parts, and can control your fur and hair as if it were an extension of you.

• Grand Master
Your understanding of living anatomy is so extensive that you are able to create entirely customized forms by building them conceptually. You also have a specific set of memorized forms which you may shapeshift into automatically.

== Useful Items for this Element ==

• Animology Book
"A book of common critters and where the can be found. You cannot learn forms by reading about them or looking at illustrations."

F.A.Q.
 Q.)  Can my Void learn new forms by looking at pictures of them?  Q.)  What happens when crystal bones are targeted?  Q.)  Can I turn into fish?  Q.)  I turned into a mouse and someone stepped on me. Am I dead?  Q.)  Can I talk while I'm an animal? Q.) I saw a lobster in the forest?! __NONEWSECTIONLINK__
 * No. Shapeshifters cannot learn new forms via pictures and descriptions. All forms must be witnessed first-hand.
 * The shapeshifter will forcibly revert back to their original form the moment the action takes place.
 * Sure! Just don't get eaten! Remember that you can only give yourself air lungs if you have Multishift.
 * Probably. You can be seriously injured in smaller, more vulnerable forms. Your reaction depends on how much warning you had and how quickly you can change forms. Pay attention!
 * That depends on your proficiency. Talking while in an animal form involves transposing multilingual vocal chords into animal bodies, which can only be done by those who know Multishift.
 * NO YOU DID NOT.