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Can a Fetch change its Catch with True Shapechanging and Modular abilities?

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--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on October 09, 2017, 03:54:19 AM ---And for what it's worth, I don't think it's best to model fetches as having unrestricted shapeshifting Powers. Going by what I remember from the books, if they show up in a given form they're staying in that form until at least the end of the scene. Been a while, so I could be remembering, but if I were writing them up I'd put a heavy Limitation on their Shapeshifting powers.

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That makes sense with what I remember: Their Catches in the novel where based on the movie they were imitating so they had to be killed in whatever manner the fictional villain was.  Being able to change forms mid-scene to change/avoid that seems...if not cheating/broken then something that should be reserved for the most powerful (akin to how only the strongest Ramps can use their fleshmask to hide from the sun. 

Though Potesta's point about Fae magic as the source makes sense too.  I think Id rule that fundamental Catches like Iron to Fae would stay in place, but you'd also get the additional "Catch" based on the Fictional Form used.  Normal rules would apply, so a famous villain that dies by Fire would be wildly different than say a version of Zod that could only be killed by actual Kryptonite, and give you more or less points to play with on the new form.  But then Id also want to significantly limit their ability to swap out those shapes. Maybe you have to spend a scene on a marathon of all the movies of a given villain before you can *attune* to a new Form?

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