Difference between revisions of "Shapeshift Gifts (Action Powers)"

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Beast Cloak

Basic Action

You can assume the form of an animal similar to yourself in size, as decided when you use the power. This does not change any of your skills or ability scores, but you gain a natural Melee attack doing Body +2 damage of an appropriate type.

Bestial Self

Limit Beak

You free your inner monstrous nature. You must build a monstrous variant for for yourself on the same point total. This is usually a hulking monstrosity, but is some cases it can be small and stealthy. It is never Folk or Animal.

The bestial self and you share Hits and Fortune points. When the bestial self runs out of Hits, it runs away until it gets away or until it has taken Hits equal to your Body, which causes it to be defeated. After successfully running away, when defeated, or at the end of the scene, you transform back into your normal form. Any hits and other effect taken remain with you, possibly leaving you unconscious.

Your bestial self is different enough that observers will not recognize you without some stunt. The transformation is shocking and distracting, which protects your identity; your normal form is assumed to be hiding or to have run away by casual observers.

Duplication

Limit Break

You create a copy of yourself. This copy is a separate creature and has the same skills, attributes, and schticks you do, but is not Focused and lacks Hits and Fortune points. Whenever the duplicate spends one of these resources, you spend that resource instead. As an alternative, the Duplicate is defeated. When you use this power, make an Initiative check to see when it can act, but this can never be earlier than the current shot. At the end of the scene you absorb the duplicate, only in exceptional circumstances will it remain a separate creature as required in the plot.

Mutation

Inherent

Pick one Stance power. Your body mutates to accommodate this power, and it becomes inherent, always on, and a part of your body. This often changes your physical appearance and works well with the Mark of Power method.

You can take this power several times, each time it applies to a separate power that is a stance.

Ride the Blast

Trigger Action (Combo)

When you hit a target using a Shoot, you can use this power to Teleport to a spot adjacent to the target.

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-===Analyze Gifts===
+=== Beast Cloak ===
 Basic Action
-You can analyze the properties of any power within reach, even if it is inside a container or otherwise separated from you. You learn what power it is, who used it, when, to what effect, and an approximate power level. Even powers that have ended leave a signature that can be analyzed, though the impressions fade; after the end of the scene, it is no longer possible to determine who used the power and its exact effect. The signature fades completely in a matter of days or weeks, stronger and more dramatic used leaving stronger impressions.
+You can assume the form of an animal similar to yourself in size, as decided when you use the power. This does not change any of your skills or ability scores, but you gain a natural [[Melee (Action)|Melee]] attack doing [[Body (Action)|Body]] +2 damage of an appropriate type.
-{{:Meta Power (Action)}}
 === Bestial Self ===
 Limit Beak
-You free your inner monstrous nature. You must build a monstrous variant for for yourself on the same point total. This is usually a hulking monstrosity, but is some cases it can be small and stealthy. It is never Folk.
+You free your inner monstrous nature. You must build a monstrous variant for for yourself on the same point total. This is usually a hulking monstrosity, but is some cases it can be small and stealthy. It is never [[Folk_(Action_Creatures)|Folk]] or [[Animals_(Action_Creatures)|Animal]].
-The bestial self and you share [[Damage_(Action)#Hits|Hits]] and [[All_Attributes_%28Action%29#Fortune|Fortune]] points. When the bestial self runs out of  [[Damage_(Action)#Hits|Hits]], it runs away until it gets away or until it has taken [[Damage_(Action)#Hits|Hits]] equal to your [[Body (Action)|Body]], which causes it to be defeated. After successfully running away or being defeated you transform back into your normal form. Any hits taken remain with you, possibly leaving you unconscious or even dying. Effects other than  [[Damage_(Action)#Hits|Hits]] don't transform from you to your bestial self or vice-versa.
+The bestial self and you share [[Damage_(Action)#Hits|Hits]] and [[All_Attributes_%28Action%29#Fortune|Fortune]] points. When the bestial self runs out of  [[Damage_(Action)#Hits|Hits]], it runs away until it gets away or until it has taken [[Damage_(Action)#Hits|Hits]] equal to your [[Body (Action)|Body]], which causes it to be defeated. After successfully running away, when defeated, or at the end of the scene, you transform back into your normal form. Any hits and other effect taken remain with you, possibly leaving you unconscious.
+Your bestial self is different enough that observers will not recognize you without some stunt. The transformation is shocking and distracting, which protects your identity; your normal form is assumed to be hiding or to have run away by casual observers.
-=== Instant Change ===
+=== Duplication ===
-Basic Action
+Limit Break
-You can assume a mundane form and back again. The mundane form is normally human, but can be any [[Folk_(Action_Creatures)|Folk]] or a normal [[Animals_(Action_Creatures)|Animal]].  In this form, you have normal attribute maxima of your race, and you lose any powers based on physical form. It is not possible to detect your lost powers or gifted nature when you are in this form; they simply are not present to be detected.  This is tied to the [[Methods (Action)#Mark of Power| Mark of Power]] method.
+You create a copy of yourself.
+This copy is a separate creature and has the same skills, attributes, and schticks you do, but is not [[Actions_(Action)#Focus|Focused]] and
+lacks [[Hit (Action)|Hits]] and [[Fortune (Action)|Fortune]] points. Whenever the duplicate spends one of these resources, you spend that resource instead. As an alternative, the Duplicate is defeated.
+When you use this power, make an [[Actions_(Action)#Initiative|Initiative]] check to see when it can act, but this can never be earlier than the current shot.
+At the end of the scene you absorb the duplicate, only in exceptional circumstances will it remain a separate creature as required in the plot.
 === Mutation ===
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 You can take this power several times, each time it applies to a separate power that is a stance.
+=== Ride the Blast ===
+Trigger Action (Combo)
+When you hit a target using a [[Blast_(Action_Powers_Technique)|Shoot]], you can use this power to [[Teleport (Action)|Teleport]] to a spot adjacent to the target.