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Originally Posted by Drakyrias
Thank you. I just got it. Its already improving my NPCs
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You didn't say whether it was Compendium or Shapeshifters which you just got, but for the purpose of answering your next post, I'm assuming that it was Shapeshifters.
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Originally Posted by Drakyrias
So not meaning to be dense here, but should I use shape shifting to just entirely replace multiple forms, even when not building a were, because otherwise my original issue with the 1d minutes limitation still needs to be answered?
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Yes, Shapeshifting ("Were") is what you want, even if the character isn't technically a were. As the text mentions, your alternate form(s) can be anything: animal, alien, robot, etc., as long as it can be built with points. The change takes 3 seconds of unbroken concentration, but you can use the enhancements and limitations on pp. SH26-35 to alter the advantage. Specifically, if 3 seconds to change is still an issue, you should look at Fast Change (p. SH27). You may also find Absorptive Change and Active Change (both on p. SH26) useful as well.
Morph and Shapeshifting ("Were") both allow the character to have multiple forms but there are differences between the two base advantages. The forms (racial templates) for Shapeshifting are fixed when you buy them, so if your racial templates were: man; wolf; fox; raccoon; and black bear, then those are the forms you can turn into, though you could later add polar bear, for example, with earned experience points.
Morph, on the other hand, can use any racial template that the base advantage can afford and can later use earned experience points to allow the use of higher priced templates. A Morph needs to have a sample creature present in order to change, while a Shapeshifter does not. For example, a Morph couldn't change into a black bear unless a black bear was physically present where the Morph could see it (unless a black bear was one of the limited number of forms that the Morph has "memorized.") A Morph takes longer to complete a change than does a Shapeshifter and the base advantage Morph is significantly pricier than Shapeshifting ("Were"). Additionally, the GM has final say on what racial templates are available to Morph. The text example is a Morph not having the robot template available as a choice, though it's specifically mentioned as being a valid template for Shapeshifting ("Were").