Shapeshifting (skill)

Skill	Rank	Percent	Description
Shapeshift	Inept	0 %	Mutate into the form of a Lycanthrope.
Pelts	Inept	32 %	Select the color of your pelt.
Carrion	Inept	65 %	Eat the fallen pieces of your prey.
Nightsight	Novice	0 %	See your prey in darkest night.
Weathering	Novice	25 %	Enhanced protection from the elements.
Dash	Novice	50 %	Run with the wind behind you.
Leaping	Novice	75 %	No obstacle may block your hunt.
Bodyheat	Apprentice	0 %	Grow a heavy winter coat.
Swipe	Apprentice	0 %	Force the hearing back into them.
Pacing	Apprentice	40 %	Follow even the fleetest prey.
Parrying	Apprentice	60 %	Parry blows with your sheer strength.
Alertness	Capable	0 %	Hear them before you see them.
Metabolize	Capable	25 %	Recycle the devoured into strength.
Hiding	Capable	50 %	Cloak yourself from the eyes of your prey.
Flight	Capable	75 %	# Take to the skies.
Stampede	Capable	75 %	## Break their bones beneath your hooves.
Stealth	Capable	75 %	T### read with paws silent as the stars.
Resting	Capable	75 %	#### Indulge in brief hibernation.
Submerge	Capable	75 %	##### Lurk in the watery depths for your prey.
Listen	Adept	0 %	Perk your ears in attentive hearing.
Endurance	Adept	25 %	Feel your limbs move quickly.
Thickhide	Adept	50 %	A thick hide will negate some damage.
Awaiting	Adept	75 %	Stealthily await your prey.
Climbing	Skilled	0 %	Climb into the branches.
Seize	Skilled	25 %	Drag your prey into the branches.
Shove	Skilled	50 %	Push prey from their perch.
Startle	Gifted	0 %	Scare away steeds with your bestial nature.
Scent	Gifted	50 %	Sniff out prey and competition nearby.
Pounce	Gifted	75 %	Quickly attack your prey.
Ambush	Expert	0 %	Fall upon your prey with bared teeth.
Charge	Expert	40 %	Barrel into your prey, knocking them down.
Sniff	Expert	60 %	Catch the scent of your prey.
Hoist	Expert	80 %	# Take them to the skies.
Cornering	Expert	80 %	### Cut off their escapes while opening up your own.
Bracing	Expert	80 %	#### Brace yourself from physical attack.
Scales	Expert	80 %	##### Even their magic has little effect on your hide.
Vibrance	Expert	80 %	## The heartbeat of the boar is not one to be denied.
Clotting	Virtuoso	0 %	Close your wounds.
Salivate	Virtuoso	20 %	Keep your prey's blood flowing.
Violate	Virtuoso	40 %	Take your fallen prey's head.
Heatsight	Virtuoso	40 %	Find prey by their warm blood.
Berserk	Virtuoso	60 %	Sacrifice presence of mind for speed.
Rage	Fabled	20 %	Overcome weaknesses of the spirit.
Hardening	Fabled	60 %	Give strength to your bones.
Mark	Mythical	0 %	Mark your territory.
Return	Mythical	25 %	Return to your marked territory.
Track	Mythical	50 %	Follow the trail to your prey.
Den	Mythical	75 %	Burrow out your own little hole in the ground.
Quietus	Transcendent	0 %	Become a corpse upon the ground.

A # indicates exclusivity to the Wereraven subclass.

A ## indicates exclusivity to the Wereboar subclass.

A ### indicates exclusivity to the Werewolf subclass.

A #### indicates exclusivity to the Werebear subclass.

A ##### indicates exclusivity to the Werecroc subclass.

Shapeshift
Syntax:	MUTATE and REVERT MADNESS DESCRIBE MUTATED SELF <description>
Description:	By releasing hold of your rational mind, you may allow your feral self to take hold, mutating you into a Shapeshifter. While mutated, you can accumulate shapeshifter 'madness' which which may prevent you from reverting. Please see HELP SHAPESHIFTERS for more information on madness. You can also set a description of your mutated self that will be separate from your usual description, showing only to others while mutated.

Pelts
Syntax:	GROW <colour> PELT
Description:	The pelt of a shapeshifter is now an attribute that you have control over. Each Spring, you can choose to grow a new fur or hide of your choosing. Use GROW alone to see the possible choices for your shapeshifter type.

Carrion
Syntax:	EAT <corpse>
Description:	Satisfy your animalistic hunger with the corpses of your fallen victims.

Nightsight
Syntax:	NIGHTSIGHT
Description:	Let your eyes adjust for darkness before hunting your prey.

Weathering
Syntax:	WEATHERING
Description:	Steel yourself against the ravages of the weather, providing some resistance against cold damage and light protection against the temperature.

Dash
Syntax:	DASH <direction>
Description:	Use your powerful legs to quickly dash in a particular direction, allowing you to move through multiple rooms at once.

Leaping
Syntax:	LEAP <direction>
Description:	With your abnormal strength, you can leap over obstructions that would otherwise block your way.

Bodyheat
Syntax:	BODYHEAT
Description:	Your powerful biology provides for a persistant defence against attacks that would otherwise freeze or chill you. Cooldown (on proc): 20 seconds

Swipe
Syntax:	SWIPE <target>
Description:	A quick swipe of the hand will knock the hearing back into them.

Pacing
Syntax:	PACING <ON/OFF>
Description:	At a constant endurance drain, you will be able to tense yourself to follow those that take off in a sudden dash.

Parrying
Syntax:	PARRY <limb> or PARRY NOTHING
Description:	With this ability, you can parry a targeted attack aimed at one of your limbs using your mutated strength. You cannot hold anything in either hand. You can parry your head, torso, left or right arm, and left or right leg. You will be unable to parry if you become prone (see HELP PRONE). Being fallen is excluded from this list.

Alertness
Syntax:	ALERTNESS <ON/OFF/ALL>
Description:	Heighten your sense of hearing to allow the detection of movement from players in surrounding locations. If you choose all, you will also see denizens.

Metabolize
Syntax:	METABOLIZE <ON/OFF>
Description:	Your will is such that you can force your food to metabolize faster, gifting you with increased strength.

Hiding
Syntax:	HIDE and EMERGE
Description:	Conceal yourself from view, hiding yourself from the eyes of others within the room. You may emerge if you wish to reveal yourself and cease to hide.

Flight
Syntax:	FLY and LAND
Description:	Your winged form allows you to fly. Beware heavy winds!

Stampede
Syntax:	STAMPEDE
Description:	Stomp your hooves and bellow forth a mighty warcry, temporarily bolstering the movement speed of you and your allies to a great degree. Cooldown: 10 minutes

Stealth
Syntax:	STEALTH <ON/OFF>
Description:	Quiet your footsteps, allowing you to mask your movements from prying eyes.

Resting
Syntax:	REST
Description:	You can rest your weary bones, allowing you to recover endurance at an increased rate as long as you remain seated.

Submerge
Syntax:	SUBMERGE
Description:	While in a watery location, you can instantly submerge yourself which will hide, shroud and stealth you. You will no longer be submerged if you leave the water.

Listen
Syntax:	LISTEN <direction>
Description:	Use your auditory acuity to listen in on spoken conversations in an adjacent room.

Endurance
Syntax:	ENDURANCE
Description:	The never ending endurance of the beast. This will half the time it takes for your movement limit to be reset, allowing you to move about the land considerably faster.

Thickhide
Syntax:	THICKHIDE
Description:	This ability will thicken your skin to protect yourself from physical attacks, reducing the damage dealt by blunt or cutting strikes. This is considered as armour, rather then as a straight reduction.

Awaiting
Syntax:	AWAIT <target>
Description:	Detection difficulty modifier: 0% Slip into the shadows and silently wait for your target to arrive. When they do, you will begin to secretly follow them. There is a chance of being detected when using this ability. Please read HELP DECEIT for more information.

Climbing
Syntax:	SWING <UP/DOWN>
Description:	When in a location with trees, you may swing yourself up into the treetops from view.

Seize
Syntax:	SEIZE <target>
Description:	While in the trees, you may seize someone on the ground below you and bring them to your elevation.

Shove
Syntax:	SHOVE <target>
Description:	While in the trees, you may shove someone to the ground, possibly crippling their legs.

Startle
Syntax:	STARTLE <player or denizen>
Description:	AFFECTS: Both players and NPCs Let loose a bellowing roar, terrifying any non-sentient denizen or driving mounts to buck their riders.

Scent
Syntax:	SCENT
Description:	By using your sensitive snout, you can determine the location of those in the local area and in adjacent areas. Should you currently be in a pack challenge, then it will mark those of the enemy pack and highlight them on QW and WHO.

Pounce
Syntax:	POUNCE <target>
Description:	AFFECTS: Both players and NPCs You can now quickly pounce upon your foe, dealing damage and briefly stunning them. If they are shielded, then it will destroy the shield.

Ambush
Syntax:	AMBUSH <target>
Description:	Providing you are within the treetops, you can prepare to ambush someone below. After a delay, you will drop down from above and throw them to the floor, dealing some damage and briefly stunning them.

Charge
Syntax:	CHARGE <target>
Description:	With this ability you can now charge at your prey from an adjacent location. This will throw them to the floor and knock them off balance.

Sniff
Syntax:	SNIFF DIRECTION OF <target>
Description:	You can now figure out the direction of your target by sniffing out the scent they have left behind.

Hoist
Syntax:	HOIST <target> and RELEASE <target>
Description:	If you are flying above your target, and after a short delay, you will swoop down and bring them into the sky in your talons. They will be trapped with you until they writhe free, or are released.

Cornering
Syntax:	CORNER <ON/OFF>
Description:	With this skill you will circle your foes, driving them in to a weaker position. This will give an increased chance to dodge attacks directed at you. Read HELP AVOIDANCE for more information.

Bracing
Syntax:	BRACE
Description:	You can now use your sizable body to brace yourself against the physical attack, further reducing the amount of damage you take from cutting and blunt strikes.

Scales
Syntax:
Description:	This ability is passive. Your hardened hide will lessen the effects of elemental strikes, reducing the damage you take from fire and electrical attacks.

Vibrance
Syntax:
Description:	This ability is passive. The vibrance of the boar increases the potency of your health elixirs when consumed.

Clotting
Syntax:
Description:	Syntax: CLOT [#] This ability will allow you to partially clot your bleeding in trade for your mana. You can specify how many times you wish to clot if need be. If you input no amount, then you will try and clot away 20 bleeding by default.

Salivate
Syntax:	SALIVATE
Description:	After a short delay, you will begin to salivate at the mouth. Any bite attack you perform in Ferality will deliver haemophilia to the poor sap that you sink your teeth into. You can perform this ability at no cost to yourself.

Violate
Syntax:	VIOLATE <corpse or husk>
Description:	In the ultimate display of ferality, you can violate the corpse of a fallen foe, ripping their head clean from their body. Now you have a lovely trophy.

Heatsight
Syntax:	HEATSIGHT
Description:	Use your superior eyesight to sense the heat of your prey, allowing you to briefly see those that would otherwise be hidden.

Berserk
Syntax:	BERSERK
Description:	You can now slip into a rage so great that you will find yourself incapable of becoming unconscious or being stunned. Additionally, paresis will never transform into full blown paralysis. However, you will lose sight of yourself and will no longer be able to determine your own health and mana levels.

Rage
Syntax:	RAGE
Description:	This ability will allow you to cure afflictions based upon altruism, such as those normally cured by eating a steroid pill. Please see HELP CURE ORDER for afflictions that can be cured with the steroid pill. Cooldown: 30 seconds

Hardening
Syntax:	HARDEN BONES
Description:	In your bestial form, you will be able to harden your bones and occasionally shrug off blows that would otherwise cripple them.

Mark
Syntax:	MARK HERE
Description:	Use your scent to mark a location as yours. You will show up at this location when a person attempts to locate you through non-magical means.

Return
Syntax:	RETURN
Description:	As long as you stand outdoors where the scent is strongest, you can, after a delay, return to the location where you laid your mark.

Track
Syntax:	TRACK <target>
Description:	Using your snout you can quickly seek out your prey, bringing along anyone who might be following you. Your target must be outdoors and either in the same local area or in an adjacent one.

Den
Syntax:	DIG DEN COLLAPSE DEN LOCATE DEN
Description:	Additional syntax: STORE CARRION and EAT CARRION This will create a small den to the 'in'. You can build dens in forests, valleys, swamps, mountains, grasslands, hills, and some natural underground locations. You may only ever have one den at a time. You can additionally store carrion within your den, providing you have fresh corpses to do so. When you so choose, you can consume the carrion you have stored. When first you build your den it will have a default description. Your patron has permission to redescribe your den, as long as it stays within the confines of a small, natural, hollowed out hole. In other words, do not ask for a furnished room, with pillars and windows.

Quietus
Syntax:	QUIETUS and QUIETUS REPRIEVE [CEASE]
Description:	You now have the ability to fake your own death instantly, or prepare yourself to do so the next time you take damage. If your opponent attempts to pick up your 'corpse' while you are faking death, you will leap up in a surprise attack and strike them, dealing damage and stunning them. You will be immune to attack while faking your death, but you will be unable to perform any actions yourself.