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Questions dealing with creatures that have the ability to change their body form into someone or something else, voluntarily or involuntarily. Consider also the [chimera-folk] tag.

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What are some ways to explain how a shapeshifter retains his/her mental capacity?

Since you're dealing with some hand-waving anyway (Where does all the mass go?), some or all of these could be used. It strikes me that the shape-shifter might treat non-self transformations as memori …
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