Concentration (New Use: Must have a natural ability to change shape)
Exotic Change Shape: Just as you can modify your physical form to disguise yourself, you can also make modifications that can boost certain skills. The DC you beat determines the racial bonus you gain and you must actually have at least 2 ranks in that skill to know what needs to be done to enhance your ability.
You can Take 10 or Take 20 to get the form just right, but because you are forcing your body into an unusual form, your Concentration can be disrupted in the same manner that a spell can be disrupted. If you lose your Concentration, your form will return to what it was just before the modification and you loose any bonuses you gained.
DC Bonus
10 = +2
20 = +4
25 = +6
30 = +8
35 = +10
The skills you can modify are;
Balance: You can adjust your center of gravity to a lower point and better set yourself when your need to be balanced.
Climb: By extending your reach and enhancing your grip, you can adapt to the wall your are climbing.
Disable Device: By modifying your shape, you can reach into places others cannot and avoid pressure sensitive triggers.
Escape Artist: By modifying your size, you can shift out of ropes and slip away from another’s grasp.
Hide: By altering your shape, you can fit into areas other’s cannot and you can mute your skin color to better blend into the shadows.
Intimidate: By using subtitle changes or exaggerated features, you can play on a target’s fears.
Jump: By shifting your muscle mass into your legs, you can jump farther.
Listen: By enlarging and moving your ears as a cat does, you can listen better and determine when a sound is coming from.
Move Silently: By using your control of your body’s shape, you can limit to sounds it makes.
Open Lock: With longer, more dexterous fingers, you can better manipulate a lock.
Perform: While your disguise ability will allow you to take a pleasing shape, you can also alter how your body moves when you Dance or perform in other physical ways.
Ride: You can adapt your shape to your mount’s form and flow with it’s movements.
Search: By enlarging your eyes, ears and nose, you can enhance your sensory acuity.
Sleight of Hand: By adapting your body to move in ways others cannot, you can avoid being seen doing things secretly.
Spot: By enlarging your eyes and nose, you become more aware and alert.
Survival: By adapting to the weather around yourself, you can better gain the Fortitude save bonus against the weather’s effects.
Swim: You can make your shape more sleek and lengthen your hands and feet as well as adding a membrane of skin between them to swim faster.
Tumble: By shifting as you move, you can move in ways others cannot.
Use Rope: By lengthening your fingers, you can better tie and untie knots.
Other exotic uses of your Change Shape ability are;
You can willingly Blind, Deafen or close your nose by sealing them shut and avoid Gaze, Sonic and Scent based attacks. Since you seal them close, there in no chance you will accidentally open them.
When you are “holding your breath”, you can seal your nose and mouth and gain a bonus to your Concentration check because you cannot accidentally swallow any water.
