Building a shape shifter with interesting rules

ericthered · 06-11-2012, 06:05 PM

I am trying to build a race of shapeshifters based on Kandra. (if that helps you know what I am trying to do, I don't want say where they're from cause the exact abilities may constitute spoilers.)

The creatures can take the shape of any vertebrate, but they require the creature's bones, and seem to have very different levels of skill, with the ability to change represent a human they didn't individually "eat". It seems that they have differing levels of skill with different shapes, one character learning how to use the body of a dog (most stick to humans).

how would the levels of skill in working with less than ideal circumstances work out? and is this an alternate form where you can buy more, or is it a very limited morph where you use skills to assume a different form.

on another note, they can only be killed by corrosive damage, and to take one out of the fight you break its bones, but they can be hurt by normal dammage. How do I model this?

06-11-2012, 06:05 PM	#1
ericthered Hero of Democracy Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: far from the ocean	Building a shape shifter with interesting rules I am trying to build a race of shapeshifters based on Kandra. (if that helps you know what I am trying to do, I don't want say where they're from cause the exact abilities may constitute spoilers.) The creatures can take the shape of any vertebrate, but they require the creature's bones, and seem to have very different levels of skill, with the ability to change represent a human they didn't individually "eat". It seems that they have differing levels of skill with different shapes, one character learning how to use the body of a dog (most stick to humans). how would the levels of skill in working with less than ideal circumstances work out? and is this an alternate form where you can buy more, or is it a very limited morph where you use skills to assume a different form. on another note, they can only be killed by corrosive damage, and to take one out of the fight you break its bones, but they can be hurt by normal dammage. How do I model this?