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Tagged with shapeshifters creature-design
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How can I make a humanoid character look less human? [closed]
I have a shapeshifting character who isn’t human but pretends to be one, but people who look at them notice something is wrong, but can’t quite place it. What kind of features could I give them that ...
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Why would shapeshifters choose to keep an original form?
In any modern story nowadays, shapeshifters always have an original form; Andalites from Animorphs or Mystique from X-men to name a few. It raises the question of why something that can change forms ...
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Anatomically Correct Werewolves
Could werewolves exist in a realistic world?
All that is required for an accepted answer is the ability to change shape over night. Bonus points will be awarded if you can explain a bite spreading ...
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If a person had control of every single cell of their body, would they be able to transform into another creature?
If a person had control over each and every single cell in his body, I.e:
Cell growth
Cell multiplication
Shape and form of cells
How cells bond/bind with each other
Cell Function
Would they be able ...
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How to differentiate between different races of shape shifters?
In my world I have a race of god-like beings who I've recently decided should be shapeshifters. However everything in my world comes in threes, and there are three races / clans of these beings. For ...
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What sounds would be common for both forms for a human/wolf shapeshifter?
Here's a world much like Earth, except it's inhabited by a race of shapeshifters. On one side of the appearance divide there is an appearance much like a large Earth wolf; on the other is an ...
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Would it make sense for animalistic shifters to have mounts?
Would it make sense for animalistic shifters to have mounts when they can shift into a large feral-like form?
That is, not humans that turn into animals, but a species of large humanoids that can ...
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How does the full moon effect the human body? (CONTEXT: Possible causes for werewolf transformations) [closed]
This question doesn't concern how it might be possible for a human to take on werewolf form. I'm asking about what impact the lunar cycle has on a human body and any other possible ideas of what might ...
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Dragon shapeshifting and memory mechanism
Dragons are biologically immortal creatures that have evolved the most versatile sexual reproduction in existence, they can morph through a cocoon into any other species from the animal kingdom that ...
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How to Train Your Mimic (or, why would a Mimic be capable of domestication)
I'm making a world where I want domesticated Mimics to be a thing.
These Mimics are pretty similar to the original concept of D&D Mimics: shapeshifters that imitate objects, and hunt by imitating ...
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Anatomically Correct Pinocchio
Pinocchios are known to be mischievous creatures, but why did they evolve that way and how do they survive?
The creature has the following properties:
Appears to be made of wood
Not taller than a ...
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What would Mimics be like without human influence?
How would a wild Mimic differ in behavior compared to a dungeon mimic? What are the strategies they may employ? What would they mimic without human influence?
In D&D and other media Mimics are ...
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Anatomically Correct "Stranger Things" Mindflayer's Monster
Background, with potential spoilers:
In the Netflix show Stranger Things...
If we skip the psychic stuff, there's still a pretty interesting creature there. To qualify as a Mindflayer monster, an ...
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Would a creature that can change its shape and has temporary limbs have a default/resting body shape?
I have some species of aliens that have pseudopodia, less like the temporary protrusions of amoeba but more like the retractable eye stalks of snails. Their body is covered in areas where limbs can ...
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How can a team of shapeshifters communicate?
There is a group of people who can shapeshift. They send out hunting parties, scout teams, etc. In a circumstance where a group of ten people can look like ten different species (one human, one wolf, ...
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How would shapeshifters be affected by their abilities?
So I have a race of shapeshifters in my world, and in order to change shape or make adjustments to their body (grow wings, arms, tails etc.) They rearrange the atoms in their body, probably through ...
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How could the alien hybrids from the "Species" movies be approximated under real physics?
The hybrids were created when unseen aliens sent SETI a message explaining how to combine human and alien DNA. (Ignoring the scientific illiteracy and contradictions in the films) Under the ...
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Instantly grow new limbs
In a couple of games, you encounter a creature or two that regrows limbs immediately after losing them, not necessarily the same kind or aesthetic of limb.
You shoot the creature, it loses an arm, it ...
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How would tattoos for shapeshifters work?
So there is a species of shapeshifters who use a tattoo in a specific location on their bodies as a "belonging" indicator. Basically it is a symbol of group pride: it gives information about what the ...
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How would this creatures transition areas look? [closed]
I have been working with a creature in mind for awhile and just cant quite figure out the transition areas. The person changes from a human to a creature form.
Creature Form:
Reddish Gold in Color ...
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How big of a taur do you get out of a human?
The title sort of explains what I'm asking, but here is some context;
Bill shouldn't have taken that help wanted ad for the mad scientist
up the street. Now his legs were gone, and replaces with ...
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How practical or impractical would a werewolf mount be? [closed]
Got this idea in my head the other day. How big would a werewolf have to be to accommodate a human's weight? Twice the size? Anatomy wise there are bipedal but are capable of running on all fours.
As ...
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Would an inter-dimensional being need to eat? [closed]
Would a being that could enter any space in any time, assume any shape, need sustenance or a source of energy to stay alive or does their very existence as inter-dimensional beings imply that they are ...
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What would be the most useful were-animals? [closed]
I'm trying to develop a set of "were-animals". The rules of this universe are pretty classic, were-somethings turn into their animal counter-parts on full moons, and once transformed, they look like ...
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