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Old 06-12-2012, 04:38 PM   #1
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Default Re: Building a shape shifter with interesting rules

Considering I can take a CT Scan of my head to a 3D printer and get back a 1:1 scale steel of my skull... given enough money... the limitation isn't on the substance so much as the match to the subject. Which would be a function of the skill of the artisan and the technology used to visualize the subject bone(s) - In other words, very much like the imitation requires equipment.

Well, unless having "fake" replacement bones causes disguise penalties for supernatural reasons. I do suspect that most people wouldn't notice you having a fake femur made out of PVC piping unless you cut the length wrong and ended up with mismatched leg lengths... but it's a lot easier to cut it to the right length if you can take the other bone out to measure ;)
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Old 06-12-2012, 06:44 PM   #2
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Considering I can take a CT Scan of my head to a 3D printer and get back a 1:1 scale steel of my skull... given enough money... the limitation isn't on the substance so much as the match to the subject. Which would be a function of the skill of the artisan and the technology used to visualize the subject bone(s) - In other words, very much like the imitation requires equipment.

Well, unless having "fake" replacement bones causes disguise penalties for supernatural reasons. I do suspect that most people wouldn't notice you having a fake femur made out of PVC piping unless you cut the length wrong and ended up with mismatched leg lengths... but it's a lot easier to cut it to the right length if you can take the other bone out to measure ;)
Its a physical change, so if you used, say, one of those plastic model skeletons you could look fairly normal. However, it would require creating your own face, which is much different than copying an already existing face.
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