I think this would be pretty cool with some more rules behind it. Like they can shift into another body within range and literally gain everything that creature has, but it has limited range and a save to resist being taken over based on the hitdie, level, both, etc.
we can go further: what if the ONLY way they have to progress is copying another creature? and they can’t just go back, they’d have to find the creature they previously copied to do so again.
now they can become powerful sure, but most powerful creatures aren’t something you can just walz into a town as, and every time you change form you have to abandon your previous powers.
I think this would be pretty cool with some more rules behind it. Like they can shift into another body within range and literally gain everything that creature has, but it has limited range and a save to resist being taken over based on the hitdie, level, both, etc.
we can go further: what if the ONLY way they have to progress is copying another creature? and they can’t just go back, they’d have to find the creature they previously copied to do so again.
now they can become powerful sure, but most powerful creatures aren’t something you can just walz into a town as, and every time you change form you have to abandon your previous powers.