Wildshape etc. and Metamorphic Transfer?

[moritheil]

RAW, should this work to give you a Su ability from what you turn into? What would you say is "like" metamorphosis for the purposes of triggering metamorphic transfer?

Metamorphic Transfer [Psionic]

You can gain a supernatural ability of a metamorphed form.
Prerequisite

Wis 13, manifester level 5th.
Benefit

Each time you change your form, such as through the metamorphosis power, you gain one of the new form’s supernatural abilities, if it has any.

You gain only three uses of the metamorphic ability per day, even if the creature into which you metamorph has a higher limit on uses (you are still subject to other restrictions on the use of the ability.) The save DC to resist a supernatural ability gained through Metamorphic Transfer (if it is an attack) is 10 + your Cha modifier + ½ your Hit Dice. No matter how many times you manifest the metamorphosis power on a given day, you can gain only a total of three supernatural ability transfers per day.
Normal

You cannot use the supernatural abilities of creatures whose form you assume.
Special

You can gain this feat multiple times. Each time, you can gain one additional supernatural ability.

 

[Shayuri]

Well...wildshape is limited to animals, none of which have Su abilities.

And the elemental wildshape specifically allows the Su abilities of elementals to be used.

So...I'm not sure -why- this feat would interact with wildshape, but as written it looks like it would.

For characters with Master of Many Forms...I dunno. It probably wouldn't be too big an issue, but you'd have to be wary of sneaky killer kombos.

 

[moritheil]

Well...wildshape is limited to animals, none of which have Su abilities.

And the elemental wildshape specifically allows the Su abilities of elementals to be used.

So...I'm not sure -why- this feat would interact with wildshape, but as written it looks like it would.

For characters with Master of Many Forms...I dunno. It probably wouldn't be too big an issue, but you'd have to be wary of sneaky killer kombos.

Well, you can take Dragon Wildshape, Exalted Wildshape, or any number of feats/PrCs that allow you to turn into magical beasts, dragons, or aberrations.

 

[blargney the second]

Interesting - you could meet the prereq by taking 1 level of psychic warrior and using the bonus feat to take Practised Manifester.