[TheHug]

(Preface: my whole shadowrun group are noobs, including me. Just ran the first game. Lotta kinks to work out  )

One of my players is a troll Shaman (he decided it would be fun to take less of a charisma buff against drain, which is awesome).

He took shape-shifting. Now, during the game the team chased some gangers out of a bar, and he shapeshifted into a crow to chase after one of them. While the image of a massive troll running out of a Redmond bar and instantly jumping into the air and becoming a small bird was entertaining, we realized later on closer reading that you can only shift into non-para critters within two body of you. Which I think leaves for him (if only using SR4A content) a choice of Horse or Great Cat.

Is there a sourcebook with a big 'ole list of critters that might be more troll-friendly? I realize that all non-paranormal birds are almost definitely out of the question for him but... maybe an albatross on performance enhancers?

[Walks Through Walls]

There is a PDF source book that has more creatures in it, but I don't know if there are more that would be troll type size. Another option would to be yeah you can change into a crow, but it is a huge crow and will stand out. Another thing to realize is that just because he becomes a bird doesn't mean he knows how to fly automatically.

[Mason]

Have him take critter form bird. IIRC correctly, the specialized spell removes that limit.

[Irian]

I wouldn't read it that way... "Critter form works like the shapechange spell..." Sounds to me, that the same restrictions apply.

[Makki]

Running Wild is the book you need. It has tons of critters - normal, awakened and emerged.
The biggest bird has Body of 2, so the troll would still have to cast and sustain a Decrease Body spell on himself.

[Mirikon]

Or use the Arcana skill (or pay someone who has the Arcana skill) to make a new spell that allows one to turn into other kinds of creatures, such as a Thunderbird.

[tzizimine]

Key point that is overlooked with Shapechange is that the completely mundane animal does NOT still have to be alive. So shapechanging into a dodo bird or a Tasmanian devil is both legit, even if both are extinct...


And so are dinosaurs...


(Image the possibilities)


*Edit to add the word 'animal'

[Mirikon]

Tzizimine, I will publicly blame you when my naga magician shapeshifts into a velociraptor.

[tzizimine]

hehehehehehahahahahahaha




My work here is done...