Shapeshifting

Overview
Ability:
Alter one's form and appearance
Limitations:
  • Users may need awareness of each form's limitations & weaknesses
  • Users of Mind Reading may detect true identity
  • Unconsciousness, excessive pain, or death may involuntarily revert the user
  • May require visual or genetic sampling to have access to likenesses
  • May be limited to length of time dedicated to transformation
  • May be limited to humanoid shapes
  • May be unable to transform into complex machinery
  • May be unable to augment their natural abilities
  • Staying in a single form for extended periods may start affecting user behavior
  • The process of changing shape may be painful
  • Users may involuntarily transform in response to physical or mental stimuli
  • Assuming different forms might lead the user to develop different personalities
  • Reflective objects such as mirrors may reveal a person true form
Variations:
  • Age Shifting
  • Consumption Shapeshifting
  • Magical Shapeshifting
  • Object Shapeshifting
  • Vehicle Morphing
Users
  • Martians (DC Comics)
  • Chameleon Boy (DC Comics)
  • Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
  • Miss Martian (DC Comics)
  • Mystique (Marvel Comics)
  • Morph (Marvel Comics)
  • Chameleon (Marvel Comics)
  • Spawn (Image Comics)
  • Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
  • T-1000 (Terminator)
  • Changelings (Star Trek)
  • Chameloids (Star Trek)
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