Hi,
one of my players are making a raven shapeshifter. Shapeshifter are close to useless in SR5.
We talked about how much of his gear that shifts with him. As far as I can tell there is no official rules about it.
So I guess that the official rule is "none". Is this correct? none of the material object on the shifter would change with him?
I wanted to make them more playable, so I wanted to make a ruling about it.
First rule: it had to make physical sense. An Armor Jacket could be absorbed but wouldn't have an effect on the animal form. Likewise with a cyberleg.
Foci would be absorbed and function - as they are bound to the aura of the shifter. However, a raven can't physically use a weapon focus
Cyberware would be absorbed, but it would only work if it would fit into the physical form of a Raven. Yes, you can have a raven with a smartlink, no, you can't have a raven with a cyberspur.
This is all very-complicated and I have a hard time coming up with a criteria that makes sense and that makes shifters interesting to play powerwise.
What would you do?
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