Transmutation is about changing your or someone else's body in some way. There are a few different uses. There are the general Stat buffs you can give, giving an animal part to aide in some skill or multiple (monkey tail for climbing etc.) or things to help against the environment #gamedesign #ttrpg - ThreadSky

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spiritoriginrpg.bsky.social • 47 days ago

Transmutation is about changing your or someone else's body in some way. There are a few different uses. There are the general Stat buffs you can give, giving an animal part to aide in some skill or multiple (monkey tail for climbing etc.) or things to help against the environment #gamedesign #ttrpg

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spiritoriginrpg.bsky.social•47 days ago

There's also giving yourself a natural weapon.

Quick general rule aside previously not mentioned: Like Pathfinder 2e, using multiple actions to make more than 1 attack in a round will see penalties on subsequent attacks after the first (setbacks in my system). Natural attacks reduce this penalty

spiritoriginrpg.bsky.social•47 days ago

You can also give yourself a disguise changing your body, hair, etc., grow or shrink, have a chameleon effect, tough skin AC increase, or elongate limbs.

I already mentioned how flavorful magic should feel, and how it is also interesting out of combat, Transmutation especially so in my eyes

spiritoriginrpg.bsky.social•47 days ago

The environment being so important in Spirit Origin, the environmental mitigators got a lot of attention. There are things for cold like fur, gills to breathe in water, camel hump, gliding membrane on arms, bioluminescence for the dark, wings, compound eyes, webbed feet for slip and on and on

spiritoriginrpg.bsky.social•47 days ago

I wrapped all these into transmutation of the body because there are so many spells in other games that have interesting effects but no visual flavor. I wanted everything of mine to be striking and I think giving yourself fur to stay warm is infinitely more interesting than just a resistance

spiritoriginrpg.bsky.social•47 days ago

I think my favorite thing about it is how much it is going to characterize anyone who uses it as it is inescapable except in the general attribute buffs to use transmutation without it being A Thing. Should be fun for half casters to tack this on to their builds too, adds so much #ttrpg #gamedesign

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