Shapeshifting (v 2.0)

The signature power of the Courts, Shapeshifting is the power to slowly alter your body tissues and organs. It is not "comic book" shapeshifting, allowing instantaneous change to any variety of shapes and materials, though, as the Shapeshifter gains skill and power, truly dramatic effects can be achieved.

The only differences between this version and version 1.0 are the prices of some of the powers. The topography of the tree, as it were, is the same. This is because I was basically pleased by how Shapeshifting worked.

Shapeshifting is bought wholly piecemeal, and has two partial powers that have no prerequisites. In general, time to assume a new shape is around five to ten minutes, less for a familiar form or a skilled Shapeshifter.

Shapeshift Wounds

requires: nothing
costs: 15 points

As per the book. This does not include regeneration, merely healing.

Combat Form

requires: nothing
costs: 5 points

What the book calls 'Chaos Form.' Amberites might have a demonic combat form or an animal-like combat form (think of it as a meld between Chaos form and their old 'Avatar form.')

Primal Form

requires: Shapeshift Wounds
costs: 3 points

Exactly as the book.

Alternate Human Form

requires: Combat Form
costs: 2 points

Not including the ability to mimic a particular person, just to change to look different.

Animal Form

requires: Combat Form
costs: 2 points

Change to animals or other fanciful forms that do not involve major organ changes. Also the ability to take animal attributes, as per the book.

Automatic Shapeshifting

requires: Primal Form
costs: 5 points

As the book.

Specific Human Form

requires: Alternate Human Form
costs: 3 points

Mimickry of a particular human (or humanoid).

Shapeshift Aura

requires: Automatic Shapeshift and Specific Human Form
costs: 5 points

As the book.

Shapeshift Others

requires: Shapeshift Aura
costs: 9 points

As the book.

Shapeshift Organs

requires: Shapeshift Aura and Animal Form
costs: 8 points

As the book. Regeneration possible.

Shapeshift Blood

requires: Shapeshift Organs
costs: 8 points

As the book. This is a cool power.

This is a modification to the Shapeshifting power presented (and copyrighted) by Phage Press in the Amber Diceless Role-Playing System. All original work on this page is © 1998 by Epoch. Permission to copy, but not distribute, this material is granted for personal game purposes only. Questions or comments can be directed to the maintainer at msulliva@wso.williams.edu.