Feats/Alteration School/Shapeshift

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As a standard action you may shapeshift yourself or a touched creature, changing their form for as long as you concentrate. If the target is unwilling, this costs a spell point, and they are allowed a Fortitude save to negate. You may spend a spell point to allow a shapeshift to remain for 1 minute per caster level without concentration. You may dismiss your shapeshift as a free action.

Creature Traits: When shapeshifting a target, the caster must choose a form and a series of traits for them. Forms constitute a creature’s basic physical makeup (humanoid, draconic, animalistic, avian, etc.) while traits are special characteristics or alterations (natural attacks, creature size, monster special abilities, etc.). A caster may grant 1 trait (increasing to 2 at caster level 5) and cannot grant the same trait more than once unless the trait indicates it may be granted multiple times.

With the exception of Blank Form (detailed below), placing a form on a creature causes that creature’s physical body to change into that of another creature. The target gains the listed number of limbs and loses all others.

The target loses any extraordinary or supernatural abilities, natural attacks, and movement types dependent on their original form (darkvision, scent, wings, claws, etc.) and gains the listed benefits in their place. Alternate sources of physical traits (such as a dragon sorcerer’s ability to grow claws) still function.

Equipment: In addition, the target’s equipment melds into their new form, causing them to lose their armor and shield bonuses and the ability to pull any item from a backpack or belt. They also cannot activate magic items (although constant bonuses from magic items still remain).

Multiple shapeshifts: Shapeshift is a polymorph effect. A target may only be affected by one shapeshift at any one time. If a caster attempts to place a second shapeshift on a target, he must succeed at a magic skill check. If he succeeds, the second shapeshift is successfully placed on the target, dismissing and dispelling the first.

You gain the following form when you gain Shapeshifter:

Blank Form: Unlike other forms, the Blank Form does not change the creature’s basic makeup. They do not lose their abilities, equipment, natural attacks, or any other aspect of their unaltered form. The Blank Form allows a caster to add traits to a creature without fundamentally changing the target first.

A caster may grant the following traits to a creature affected by their shapeshift. A target must possess the appropriate limb where listed, and cannot grant a natural attack to a limb that already possesses a natural attack.

Basic Traits: In addition, you may grant the following traits to any form:

• Darkvision 60 ft
• Low-light vision
• 2 claw attacks (Primary attacks, 1d4, 1d3 small, requires arms). You may grant this trait multiple times.
• 1 bite attack (Primary attack, 1d6, 1d4 small, requires head). You may grant this trait multiple times.
• 1 gore attack (primary, 1d6, 1d4 small, requires head). You may grant this trait multiple times.
• 2 slam attacks (primary, 1d4, 1d3 small, requires arms). You may grant this trait multiple times.
• 2 pincers (secondary, 1d6, 1d4 small, requires arms). You may grant this trait multiple times.
• You change the target’s cosmetic appearance. This could include changing the target’s apparent age, making an elf into an orc, disguising a large dog as a small pony, changing a male into a female, or some other such alteration.

Shapeshift Feats

Name	Categories	Prerequisites	Benefit
Shapeshifter	Alteration • Arcane • School	—	You gain the power to shapeshift yourself and others.