10-15-2015, 02:28 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Southern NH, USA
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Alternate Form (Absorptive Change)
Is there a way to have different item sets per alternate form?
For example, I have a human with 2 alternate forms, a bear and a wolf. I have armor on the human, but would like to have armor for the bear and wolf as well. Is it possible to have the armor emerge when I shift into bear form, then remerge when I go to another form? If this isn't possible in RAW, how would you stat this? |
10-15-2015, 03:00 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: UK
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Re: Alternate Form (Absorptive Change)
Hmmm, interesting question. You could give the Alternate Forms the Payload advantage. Just make sure you have enough "room" for all your stuff.
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10-15-2015, 03:38 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: The ASS of the world, mainly Valencia, Spain (Europe)
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Re: Alternate Form (Absorptive Change)
I personally feel that purchasing Absorptive Change twice would let you absorb your gear when shifting either way, meaning that if someone put some armor on while you were in the alternate form, it would disappear when you shifted back to your natural form, but it would reappear when you shifted to wolf again.
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10-16-2015, 06:49 AM | #4 | |
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Re: Alternate Form (Absorptive Change)
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Would you suggest that "Heavy Encumbrance" is purely based on the original form, or should I split the difference by having all items the original form absorbs be based on their ST, and the cumulative absorption of all the other forms be based on the alternate form with the highest ST? |
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10-16-2015, 07:06 AM | #5 | |
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10-16-2015, 08:05 AM | #6 | |
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Thanks again. |
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05-28-2019, 03:13 AM | #7 |
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Location: New Mexico
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Re: Alternate Form (Absorptive Change)
Is the use of Absorptive Change:an all or nothing use? Meaning can I absorb SOME of the gear (that which is not comparable with the Alternate Form) and transform with other?
For example: I have a Human who changes to a Minotaur. The armor will not fit BUT can I keep the sword the human is carrying from being Absorbed?
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05-28-2019, 08:04 AM | #8 |
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Re: Alternate Form (Absorptive Change)
If you want to designate what gets absorbed on-the-fly, I'd enhance Absorptive Change with a version of Selective Area (+20%). If you want to specify something static rule for what is absorbed, like "weapons are not absorbed, armor, backpacks, etc., are," I'd rule it a feature.
If you have time, you could always put the sword down, then transform, then pick the sword back up.
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05-28-2019, 04:58 PM | #9 |
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Re: Alternate Form (Absorptive Change)
All are good ideas. Thanks.
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