In a recent trunk update, reget-index and DracoOmega added a ton of new talismans, completely revamping the shapeshifter. I made a few of the tiles, but most of them are placeholders and could use improving. (Please reply with community feedback and the such)
Flux talismans were also replaced with ‘baubles’ a new consumable that grants a temporary form.
Here is most of the new stuff:
personally I like it it really brings a breath of fresh air to the shapeshifters
I think this is really cool. im not interested enough in the current talismans to even really try to play a shapeshifter
It does feel like it has improved a lot, before alternate forms felt almost strictly like Unarmed Combat boosters and some didn’t work too well with some races. Now there’s nice alternatives both for UC and weapon wielders at several skill training ranges, even interesting tradeoffs of some forms sacrificing different body-armor slots. (Which may be better or worse for some races, but its great to have more options)
The tagging/categorizing racial traits, mutations, and forms (Anatomy, Substance, etc) is also another great improvement, since now some of these can remain active in some forms. (and in the case of Jiyva’s mutations, now they are not ALL supressed if you supress/alter Anatomy)
(as a side note: I think the Werewolf’s Bestial Takedown should be usable while raging, feels like it would be quite thematic if I do say so myself!)