Post by Ruby on Mar 7, 2006 21:11:44 GMT -5
Okay, Zallie, I know how animal shapes are dangerous to Mary-Sueishness. However, I want to suggest a solution:
In D&D there is a condition called Lycanthropy (i.e. ebing a werewolf/rat/boar/bear/tiger/etc). If you contract the disease by being bitten, and you realize you have it, you can take a Feat called Wereform or something like that. When you have this Feat, you can have limited control over your shapeshifting. Let's say Ruby wants to change to dragon form. She rolls a 20-sided die (D20) and if she beat a difficulty class (DC) in her roll, she can change.
For instance, let's say the base DC is 17. I say Ruby attempts the change. She used her power two times in the past day, once to resist burns while practicing magic with Leah, the other to annoy Ehmer by absorbing his sense of smell. Each of these uses gives her a minus 2 penalty, because they sapped her energy, so any roll she gets has four points deducted from it. let's say she has been studying two years, and therefore is an Afreet of the second rank, one above beginner level, so she adds two to her roll. She rolls the D20, and gets a fourteen. Minus four plus two gives her 12, not enough to transform. This counts as a magic usage so if she retries it she gats a further 2 points deducted.
Certain selected tasks have different DCs, which you choose. Like if she managed to change and is changing back, it is less of a DC b/c human form is her most-used form, and therefore easy for her to assume. You just judge what the DC and minuses and pluses are, and roll a D20 (which you can get at a gaming sotre, or just draw peices of paper) and there you are.
In D&D there is a condition called Lycanthropy (i.e. ebing a werewolf/rat/boar/bear/tiger/etc). If you contract the disease by being bitten, and you realize you have it, you can take a Feat called Wereform or something like that. When you have this Feat, you can have limited control over your shapeshifting. Let's say Ruby wants to change to dragon form. She rolls a 20-sided die (D20) and if she beat a difficulty class (DC) in her roll, she can change.
For instance, let's say the base DC is 17. I say Ruby attempts the change. She used her power two times in the past day, once to resist burns while practicing magic with Leah, the other to annoy Ehmer by absorbing his sense of smell. Each of these uses gives her a minus 2 penalty, because they sapped her energy, so any roll she gets has four points deducted from it. let's say she has been studying two years, and therefore is an Afreet of the second rank, one above beginner level, so she adds two to her roll. She rolls the D20, and gets a fourteen. Minus four plus two gives her 12, not enough to transform. This counts as a magic usage so if she retries it she gats a further 2 points deducted.
Certain selected tasks have different DCs, which you choose. Like if she managed to change and is changing back, it is less of a DC b/c human form is her most-used form, and therefore easy for her to assume. You just judge what the DC and minuses and pluses are, and roll a D20 (which you can get at a gaming sotre, or just draw peices of paper) and there you are.
