In-game shapeshifting theme? (Warning: Possible RP)

Hi there people,

I have a question which I am not sure fits best where, so I kinda decided on here, as this after all is general discussion.

It is commonly known these days that the success that is shapeshifting, namely animal shapeshifting, has many fathers: Anthromorphism, Zoanthropes (Bloody Roar), Animagi (HP, Rowling) etc. Is there a general agreement in CoX about s definition for animal shapeshifting?

Not... quite sure what you're asking. You mean "Why do/would things shapeshift?"

The only "canon" shapeshifters we have, obviously, are Kheldians - and they're just rearranging energy patterns to match previously encountered hosts.

Anything else is purely what you can pull off - magic spell, magic amulet, mutation of some sort, natural "camoflage" of a hidden race, science experiement, reconfigurable robot/implants, whatever you want.

Or, you could ask the devs, who would make it all because of the Puddle of Annoyance.

Your question is ambiguous. Let me break it down some and see what I can reply:

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Originally Posted by JanusFrs It is commonly known that the success that is shapeshifting has many fathers?

In terms of the player base, yes it is. We're a pretty diverse bunch here and we have many who aren't shy about their own tastes, much as they may be mocked elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by JanusFrs Is there a general agreement in CoX about a definition for animal shapeshifting?

No. If you're trying to create a shapeshifer, it is what you say it is. Kheldians aside, the most common shapeshifters you'll see are Council/Column War Wolves. What you'll see is a soldier who, when his health gets low, will burst into a full-blown War Wolf. What's happening, however, is the reverse - these are War Wolves who've learned to return to their human shapes. You'll learn this if you read the description of the transformed wolves.

So far as that concerns you - it doesn't. You can feel free to write whatever reason you can make sense of as to why your character is shapeshifting. In fact, I have a somewhat cliche vampire whose "thing" is being able to morph into a wolf, a bat and I forget what else. The reason? Eh, he's a vampire. He can just do that.

I have a couple more shapeshifters, as well, both of them from the same story. The reasoning behind them is they've both died and had their souls transformed into a fantasy other world where they were given new forms specific to that world. In time, they learned to return to Earth and shift back into their human forms.

Mechanically, this is simple to do via alternate costumes. Ensure that you have either the age-old Super Science Booster Pack or that you've bought the Super Tailor ability which allows you to swap between model types and alter height after creation. Then, create one costume that's your human or otherwise "original" form, and after that create another, I suppose "bigger" animal form. Bind a key or make a macro to swap between them with a cool animation and you're set. If you're making a werewolf, /cce # cchowl is a good one, I believe.

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And above all else, don't let anyone tell you what your character is "supposed" to be. It's YOUR character. It is whatever you say it is.

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Instead of making the wolf a useless non combat pet, they easily could have made it a shapeshift travel power. Click and you turn to a wolf with eg. ninja run stats. No one would have complained then.

How about posting what your character concept/theme is and we can discuss/give pointers about it?

If you didn't notice, 'shifters' are a character type I enjoy dearly

I'd say about 60% of my characters are either animal shapeshifters, anthropomorphic, or use some kind of animal power/quality as a source of their abilities.

My main character suffered from an ailuranthropic curse (he's a weretiger)by a powerful witch when he was young to which, later he isolated to an object and now uses the curse as a weapon.

On his journey through life vs evil, he meets others like himself (other heroes, villains, opponents, etc) that help him learn and fully develop into his final embodiment as Tiger Squall, one of the fiercest young swordsman of Paragon City...

It's all in how you present the character. If you write up something awesome and fits in perfectly with the game lore, maybe you can make a SG/VG in game around that theme. I'd certainly join it

Geez, what is it with people's fascination of wolves?

There's Jekyll/Hyde and other mad science themes. Gender Bending ala Ranma or Birdy the Mighty assuming of course you have the super tailor. Heck Ultraman time shares a body usually while on Earth.

Right, thanks for the all the tips and backgrounds of your characters, sounds interesting all of them I s'pose I'll have to put my creativity hat on, maybe Zwill can lend me one >.>

Taking things into the absurd with the origin stories...



Just make what you want, no matter how silly it is. Sometimes the sillier, the better!

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My characters tend to take the view that there's several things (some related, some not) that go by the name "werewolf". By and large, they're not suprised in the least when the encounter some variation they've never met before. Ditto that for other weres, vampires, "True" mages, ect...

I think this is the best way to go with it. Don't get hung up on the names, someone else will use the same name for something quite different. Just shrug, accept it, and deal with the charcter. It's the character that's important, not the name.

Just for a bit of additional clarification: Your powers come from the Well of the Furies. According to the Incarnate lore of late, everyone's talents do even if they're not super powers.