From:	Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Metahuman Shapeshifters?
Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 1997 10:55:19 -0700

| > Allowing metahuman shapeshifters would be logical IMO, though it would
| > require re-writing the table I think.
|
| I thought about this too, but I don't think it requires any
rewriting of
| the rules. Here's how I'd handle it. The shapeshifter has the option of
| what (meta)human form they assume, whether it be human or otherwise.
| Gender is always the same (male wolf becomes a male human or male elf or
| male whatever). Stats don't change, so a fox-shapeshifter in Troll form
| is going to be fairly punny troll, but would be a great elf. Likwise a
| tiger shapeshifter could probably pass for a troll, but would be brawny
| elf. The biggest trouble I see with this is a shapeshifter changing
| meta-type as a form of disguise. But in a campaign allowing
shapeshifters
| to begin with this might not be much of a problem.

Are you saying that if a bear shapeshifter turned into a troll that you
would give them the attribute modifiers as per a bear shapeshifter, but not
any of the mods for a troll? That's the way I read the above, so I wanted
to see if that is what you meant or not.

-Caric

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