| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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| Subject: | Re: Metahuman Shapeshifters? |
| Date: | Wed, 2 Jul 1997 11:18:27 +0100 |
> > 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.
That's a way I hadn't thought of. I was trying to find a way to
incorporate Human and Metahuman priorities into the table, so the
metahuman Attribute modifiers could then be applied to the character's
stats. This way the character would always change into the same
(meta)human species, rather than have a choice. For example, a
bear/troll would have +6 Body, -1 Quickness, +5 Strength, -2 Charisma, -2
Intelligence, and -1 Willpower in troll form, and the normal bear
modifiers in bear form.
A way this can be done is to charge the character priorities A _and_ B for
race, and modify Magic as follows: B: Human magician; C: Human
adept/Metahuman magician; D: Metahuman adept. This would still allow the
character to become a magician, except he/she won't have any priority left
for resources.
Strange is that the chargen rules fail to mention how to create a
shapeshifter with the Building Points rules. Logically it'd cost 10
points (as for a metahuman), but it's not mentioned anywhere I could
find.
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