Category:Shapecrafter's Form

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Alistair's body, the focus of his Transmuter's spark, is teeming with ether constantly seeking to lash out against his foes and reveal its strength. As a result of this, Alistair's form may sometimes appear to bear odd shapes of ether crawling above the skin, typically wild wisps of blue energy without any clear borders. If Alistair likes, he can channel Shapecraft through this ambient ether, pulling on a nearby resource to temporarily meld this Shapecrafted object to his form. This could result in a defensive mechanism, such as merging a metal band with his forearm to help reduce impact from an attack, or an offensive measure such as sprouting blades from his heels. Due to the nature of the spark, the shapes of ether will almost always be battle-focused in nature, meant to either defend his body or forge weapons to assail his foes.

As backlash to this ability, the objects may often grow dangerously melded into his skin, muscle or bone (the latter two typically unintentional) and must either be ripped off - taking skin and even flesh with them, and in very rare cases dislocating bones - or must expire. There is also a slight ether expenditure in crafting these shapes, though considering the light costs of Sculpting and Shapecrafting, it is not in any way significant, and depends on the extremity of the shape crafted. Equally, this is not a permanent Transmutation, and will eventually break off and crumble much like any other Transmuted object.