{"id":"shared/trait/merit/natural-shapeshifter","type":"trait","system":"merit","line":"shared","name":"Natural Shapeshifter","sources":[{"source":"BoS","page":73}],"entries":["Guided by an innate affinity for metamorphosis, you can change your shape more easily than most mages do. Such changes still demand the usual {@sphere Life|M20} Sphere Ranks and Effects, but your difficulty for such rolls is reduced by -2 (the usual limits apply), and you don’t need to worry about losing yourself in the new form, as described in How Do You DO That?, p. 20. Such talents don’t necessarily link you to the Night-Folk, although this Merit fits in well with {@merit Fae Blood|BoS} or {@merit Shapechanger Kin|BoS} (and the Mental Flaw: {@flaw Feral Mind|BoS}, as well; see p. 52). The gift does not, however, affect your ability to change other people’s shapes in any way. Such talent works for you alone.","For a potentially related paradigm and practice, see","the Chapter Three entries We are Meant to be Wild (p. 93) and {@npc Animalism|V20} ( pp. 197-199)."],"cost":3,"category":"Supernatural","_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"bos-merits"},"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/shared/trait/merit/natural-shapeshifter","html":"/records/shared/trait/merit/natural-shapeshifter","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/shared/trait/merit/natural-shapeshifter/children","sources":[{"abbr":"BoS","page":73,"folio":73,"title":"The Book of Secrets"}]},"_db":{"title":"Natural Shapeshifter","props":[["Cost","3 pts"],["Type","Supernatural"]],"parent_id":null,"level":3,"category":"Supernatural","summary":"Guided by an innate affinity for metamorphosis, you can change your shape more easily than most mages do. Such changes still demand the usual Life Sphere Ranks and Effects, but your difficulty for such rolls is reduced","tags":[],"children":[]}}