Polymorph

Time: Action Target: Any in Throwing Distance(8u)
Test: Mage Strained Save: Edge
Effect: Attack

You must choose a form for your target when starting this Ability, you can choose any creature with the "Easy" or "Moderate" Creature Tag (such as a Sheep or Animated Furniture.) The target does not gain any Variant benefits.

If the target Fails the Edge Save or choses to Fail the save willingly, they gain two stacks of Polyformed. If they Pass the Edge Save, they gain just one stack of Polyformed.

If the target is an object, the effect is based on your Score. A Low Score has no effect. A Mixed Score inflicts one stack of Polyformed. A High Score inflicts two stacks of Polyformed. If the object is a non-magical object, it can also be transformed into another inanimate non-magical object that is within one Size of itself. If you animate a magical object, the GM can instead choose any form for the object.

You can attempt to copy the exact look of a creature or object. If you get a High Score on the Mage Stat Test, the target becomes a spitting image of your goal. If you get a Mixed Score, the target would only be passable at a glance. If you get a Low Score, the target is noticeably different from your goal. (Note that the target may also still be asked to perform an Acting Tests when attempting to portray a target beyond just looks.)

As with all Straining Abilities, you gain a stack of Strained if you Pass the Test.

For Reference:

Polyformed

Before reaching 2 Stacks of this Condition, there is no effect. Once you reach 2 Stacks, you are transformed into a new creature as determined by the source of the last stack you gained of this Condition.

While transformed, you are affected in the following ways:

You must use your new form's Creature Sheet as your Character Sheet (replacing all of your Stats, Skills, Abilities, etc.) with exception of the following:
- You retain your Social Stats, Performance Skills, and Social Abilities.
- You retain your general mental faculties, though you will feel a subtle draw toward the creature's natural behaviors, including desires and fears.
- You retain your current Health and Vitality.
- Your Shield is set to the larger of the chosen form's Health or Vitality. If your Shield reaches zero, you will transform back into your original self. Any Damage left over when your Shield reaches zero affects your Health and Vitality in the usual way.
- Your Shield cannot be increased. (Abilities can still reset your Shield to where it already is, if that would in-turn trigger other effects.)
If this Condition ends before your Shield reaches zero, you will first return to your normal form, then whatever Shield you had left over from this Condition will be halved (rounded down.)

Upgrades:

Chaotic.
- TODO: Create a roll table. Caster then chooses to roll on that instead.
Lasting.
- You can choose to cast this Spell as an Exhausting Ability instead of a Straining Ability. If you do, the target's stacks of Polyformed are persistent and only go away the next time the target's Shield reaches 0.

Versatile.
- Targets can gain the benefits of one Variant of the form you chose.

Prestige Upgrades:

Greater.
- You can now choose any creature with the Hard Creature Tag. When choosing a Hard creature, the target has the following limitations:
  - The target's Shield is capped at 12.
  - The target will lose 1 Shield at the end of each of its Turns.