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| class_name = Shapeshifter
| class_name = Shapeshifter
| alignment  = [[Neutral]]
| alignment  = Neutral
| city = (none)
| tutor = varies v53710
| attacks = phys - bal - str
| armor = none
| weapons = unarmed
| skillset_1 = Ferality
| skillset_1 = Ferality
| skillset_2 = Shapeshifting
| skillset_2 = Shapeshifting
| skillset_3 = Vocalizing
| skillset_3 = Vocalizing
| desc      =
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| class = Shapeshifter
| overview = '''Shapeshifters''' are savage, bestial creatures of fang and claw (or beak!). They wear no armor and wield no weapons aside from the wicked tools of destruction nature has generously gifted them. Possessed of a primal willingness to rend flesh and shatter bone, shapeshifters specialize exclusively in limb based offenses, but execute these with the awesome efficiency of an apex predator. Two or more shapeshifters can tear hapless victims to shreds in record time. Shifters are capable hunters, a little on the vulnerable side but with above average, if not stellar, damage output.
| statpack = typical


| skill1 = Ferality
| skill1_desc = is the meat and potatoes of a Shapeshifter's arsenal, featuring almost exclusively attacks, including the signature rips and the awesome might of [[Ferality_(skill)#Devour|devour]] and [[Ferality_(skill)#Quarter|quarter]].
| skill2 = Shapeshifting
| skill2_desc = consists primarily of defences granted by the beastial form the Shapeshifter has taken on, in addition to a scattering of utility abilities.
| skill3 = Vocalizing
| skill3_desc = offers an array of aura-style abilities that, once 'put up', passively 'tick' for a variety of effects. Shapeshifters can eventually use up to three howls at a time.


A '''shapeshifter''' is an individual that has manifested a permanent channel to the primal [[ley]] within themselves, allowing them to tap into the power and transform into a beast form.
| def1 = Shapeshifting Weathering
| def1_desc = Cold damage resistance.
| def1 = Shapeshifting Bodyheat
| def1_desc = Caloric poultice, but without the need for poultice balance.
| def1 = Shapeshifting Parrying
| def1_desc = Passive. Allows you to parry without anything wielded.
| def1 = Shapeshifting Metabolize
| def1_desc = Increases strength stat.
| def1 = Shapeshifting Endurance
| def1_desc = Reduces celerity time from 1 second to .5 seconds, letting you move twice as fast.
| def1 = Shapeshifting Thickhide
| def1_desc = Increases physical defense.
| def1 = Shapeshifting Cornering/Bracing/Scales/Vibrance
| def1_desc = Provide various forms of damage reduction, depending on shapeshifter type.
| def1 = Shapeshifting Berserk
| def1_desc = Immune to unconsciousness, stun, and paralysis (but not paresis). Gives an incurable recklessness effect.
| def1 = Shapeshifting Hardening
| def1_desc = Provides a chance to resist crippled limbs.
| def1 = Vocalizing Howls
| def1_desc = Run up to three howls at a time passively.


=== Origin ===
| weapon_info = none, Shapeshifters use nothing but their fangs and claws (or beaks!)
| armor_info = none, again - thick pelts, hardened scales, and bladed feathers offer protection enough
| tattoo1 = Boar
| tattoo2 = Moss
| tattoo3 = Moon
| tattoo4 = Tree
| tattoo5 = Shield
| tattoo6 = Cloak
| tattoos_hunt = Consider a starburst, mountain, or book tattoo while hunting.
| tattoos_combat = Consider a starburst, crystal, or flame tattoo to help in combat against others.


The first recorded shapeshifters were the defenders of the [[Mystics]]; these powerful warriors drew on the [[seamlore|Seams]] to fuel a transformation into a werebear. Taking note of this, the [[Ankyrean Order]] dispatched spies to steal the secrets of the transformation and eventually succeeded in isolating the ability. Through the use of numerous slaves, the Ankyreans managed to manifest the werewolf form, and then proceeded to use the hardier transformed slaves in their spectacularly lethal [[Elemental Plane|planar exploration studies]].
| hunt_info = Someone should fill this out.
 
| offense_info = Someone should fill this out.
Escapees from this brutal program fled to the nearby enclave of [[Three Rock]], forming the first Atabahi Rout; they dug their hall in the hills and swore that one day Spinesreach would fall to the rellyw. This would, sadly, not be delivered for centuries, and only when the bones of the last Three Rock lycanthropes found rest in the Den of the new Rout.
| group_info = Someone should fill this out.
 
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When [[Yrtez]] fled the [[Spinesreach|Citadel]] during [[The Second Ankyrean War|the Ankyrean Civil War]], she took with her a corps of devoted [[Syssin]]. During the experimentation that led to the creation of [[vampire|vampirism]], Yrtez manufactured a fanatically loyal pack of hounds devoted to her personal defense; they would later be killed almost entirely during the events immediately prior to the [[Grand Artifice]].
 
The Kith of Torston developed many years after the Grand Artifice, and under the oversight of a very different group. When the [[Nazedha]] Empire occupied the sunken ruins of [[Ashtan]], they unearthed scrolls belonging to the Mystics. A Grook slave named [[Rodney]] was set to translating the ancient writings, and eventually developed within himself the ability to shift into a werecrocodile. He promptly took the scroll and escaped with Nazedha enforcers hot on his trail; unfortunately for the people of Sapience, his notes were enough for the Nazedha to decipher the process themselves, resulting in scaled enforcers guarding the gates of [[Huanazedha]].
 
The origins of the Scrofan Tribe remain obscure.
 
=== Known shapeshifter factions ===
* The Atabahi Rout - werewolves.
* The Kith of Torston - werecrocodiles.
* The Bahkatu Sleuth - werebears.
* The Scrofan Tribe - wereboars.


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