Morph. Memorized Forms and Improvised Traits

[mehrkat]

Hi I have a character wanting Morph with Improvised Forms
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Do you have to use a memorized form?

So let's say you have a memorized form of duck and you want to give your human form wings (assuming you have the points in morph)

Do you have to use another memorized form? To get human with duck wings.

I'm perfectly cool with touches duck borrows wings.

[Pursuivant]

Since Improvised Forms is an enhancement it stands to reason that you should be able to use a full memorized form if you wish to do so.

My reading of Improvised Forms is this: as long as a trait exists within a known memorized form you can mix traits from different forms as part of a new improvised form which you can then memorize. For example: Duck's wings, alligator's scales, and racoon's Climbing ability all improvised from the relevant memorized animal forms.

If you want to freely improvise without needing to base traits on memorized forms, also buy No Memorization Required.

[the_matrix_walker]

You do not need to use a memorized form.

With Improvised Forms, you can take any shape you wish (that doesn't require an elemental meta-trait or insubstantiality, which requires unlimited), modifying any physical Attributes and adding any physical Advantages that exist in your game world (not mental ones). If you want Mental Advantages, you have to start with a memorized (or appropriately sampled) form that has them, and then improvise what other physical advantages you like.

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

My reading of Improvised Forms is this: as long as a trait exists within a known memorized form you can mix traits from different forms as part of a new improvised form which you can then memorize. For example: Duck's wings, alligator's scales, and racoon's Climbing ability all improvised from the relevant memorized animal forms.

There is no requirement for a physical Advantage to be part of one of your memorized forms before it can be improvised into another. If that were the case, there would be no need for the disclaimer that the trait must exist in your game world. If you had the opportunity to copy it from another creature, that would be a given.

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

If you want to freely improvise without needing to base traits on memorized forms, also buy No Memorization Required.

No Memorization Required has the effect of automatically slotting any form you take into one of your memorization slots (which you only need for forms with mental advantages when combined with Improvised Forms) when you shapeshift into it, without the need to concentrate for the privilege.

There is no enhancement on the books that removes the memorization mechanic (except for Cosmic, of course).


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