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| Re: Shifter questions [message #45066 is a reply to message #45057 ] |
Tue, 30 August 2011 08:04   |
Niknokitueu
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| Steven wrote on Tue, 30 August 2011 07:26 | Thank you, I wanted my char to be a very powerful Shifter and I wanted to know what is and is not really possible with their power. Mostly there are two things I really wanted to know 1: can clothing be shifted, if it is being worn and 2: how can powers be mimicked, is it by taking a form of someone with it, or just by wanting to use said powers.
I'll check out those char and hopefully I can get my answer 
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1. Shifter 'clothing' is effectively their skin. If they are wearing normal clothing, it may (or may not) be absorbed in the shift (see also possible magical effects of clothing 'disappearing' as part of the process).
Someone like Jimmy T manifiests his clothing, and as such it is a part of him. He also can create biological processes (including secreting acid strong enough to quickly eat through concrete) so if he was wearing normal clothes, he would be able to absorb them into himself as he shifted. Heck, he is a good-enough shifter that he could probably create an internal 'pouch' to hold them safely until he needed them (ie shift around them and store them until needed).
Someone like Jamie, however, does not so much 'shift' as get overwritten by the spirit he is currently housing. As such, he would not absorb clothing (or be able to manifest any), and may well split the seams of clothing if his proportions change much.
2. Power mimicing is a separate issue. A high-end shifter (again like Jimmy T) can manifest other powers (in his case, I believe it to be an EN rating). Again it will depend on the shifter.
You could run it as a shifter/power mimic that 'needs' to assume the target shape in order to access the target's power style (this would be a mental block, as it were).
Just remember that shifting, of itself, does not automatically guarrantee being able to mimic the power used by the person you have shifted into.
Have Fun!
Niknokitueu
Do, or Do Not. There is no Try.
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| Re: Shifter questions [message #45089 is a reply to message #45024 ] |
Tue, 30 August 2011 13:35 |
 Steven
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Location: Florida |
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Thank you for your responses. The clothing thing makes sense to me like that, I guess mystique from X-men is somehow like it would work.
As for power mimicking, I would like my char to be learn to do so, as I believe it would fit for a reason to better accept their powers, but also allow new possibility to interaction with others.
Also I figured as much as learning powers, as my char is still trying to learn theirs, but still there could be some effects that are less restrictive to knowing how to use them and more about just having them.
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| Re: Shifter questions [message #45116 is a reply to message #45024 ] |
Tue, 30 August 2011 19:53 |
khade
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The Canon Materials section of the forum probably has a lot of information you could use, not sure if they've done much with shifters, but I think they have. And the Canon Materials Comments have a ton of conjectures on the reader's part.
My advice is to decide more or less how powerful you want the character, but don't set that in stone, in case you need to change it, I assume it's more group storytelling then official game play(can't remember what it's called right now).
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| Re: Shifter questions [message #45125 is a reply to message #45116 ] |
Tue, 30 August 2011 21:44 |
Steven
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Location: Florida |
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| khade wrote on Tue, 30 August 2011 19:53 | I assume it's more group storytelling then official game play(can't remember what it's called right now).
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RP, or Role Play 
Well I want my char to be powerful, but take time to really understand and control her powers.
I forgot to say, but the mental block in place for her, keeping her a girl and unable to return to her own original male body.
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| Re: Shifter questions [message #45127 is a reply to message #45024 ] |
Tue, 30 August 2011 21:52 |
khade
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Ha! Figured it out, I'm assuming it's a free-form RP rather then a fully stated out one.
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| Re: Shifter questions [message #45143 is a reply to message #45127 ] |
Wed, 31 August 2011 01:48 |
Steven
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Location: Florida |
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| khade wrote on Tue, 30 August 2011 21:52 | Ha! Figured it out, I'm assuming it's a free-form RP rather then a fully stated out one.
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yup,Still I'd like to get a better understanding about what is realistic in the universe, so i can get a better understanding about what i can/can't do with the powers
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| Re: Shifter questions [message #45167 is a reply to message #45163 ] |
Wed, 31 August 2011 13:52 |
Steven
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Registered: August 2011
Location: Florida |
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I think your pot shots are just going to say I got everything wrong 
I'll post it later, when I have some more time
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| Re: Shifter questions [message #45204 is a reply to message #45176 ] |
Wed, 31 August 2011 22:35 |
Steven
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Registered: August 2011
Location: Florida |
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| Kristin Darken wrote on Wed, 31 August 2011 16:34 | Well, the only way to be sure you understand the Whateley Universe well enough to RP in it correctly is to read all the stories. Shouldn't be anything stopping you, its not like we charge money for them.
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nothing except time, selective memory (), and selective reading interest (Some kind of story's I just can't get into)
Still I will try to get into as many as I can.
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