{"id":"mage/power/rote/abilities-of-the-new-form","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"Abilities of the New Form","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":20}],"entries":["A shapechanged creature retains his original mind and abilities; the new form, of course, might prohibit him from using them – a cat, after all, cannot text accurately on a cell phone even if he knows what he’s doing!","If the new form has certain innate physical abilities (wings, claws, gills, a tail), then the shapechanger can use them naturally; however, abilities that human beings could not innately possess – fire-breath, levitation, poison, etc. – do not automatically come with the new form. A mage can use other Spheres to create those abilities (say, {@sphere Forces|M20} and {@sphere Prime|M20} to conjure fiery breath), but such powers must be “built into” the shapechanging Effect, as described above under The Basics – they’re not automatically “part of the package.”"],"tags":["hdydt","feat"],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"hdydt-feats"},"level":null,"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/abilities-of-the-new-form","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/abilities-of-the-new-form","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/abilities-of-the-new-form/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":20,"folio":20,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"Abilities of the New Form","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"A shapechanged creature retains his original mind and abilities; the new form, of course, might prohibit him from using them – a cat, after all, cannot text accurately on a cell phone even if he knows what he’s doing!","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}