Quadruped

Quadruped (minor) by Senator Cybus

This is the strange ability to change from a bipedal, humanoid shape to that of a quadruped. The super being can alter his basic structure, contorting the bones and muscles of his body until it resembles the form of a wolf or big cat.

Range: Self.

Duration: The transformation can be maintained indefinitely.

Attacks Per Melee: Changing from biped to quadruped (or back) initially requires one full melee round, but by the third level of experience the super being is practised enough to transform almost instantly, using up only one attack/action!

Bonuses: Speed is tripled, the character can jump twice as far/high in quadruped form, +20% to maintain balance, +2 to roll with punch, fall or impact, +12% to Prowl and +3 to dodge ranged attacks only due to the lower profile.

The super being also gains a bonus of +15 S.D.C. and +1D4+1 P.E. that applies in either form.

Limitations: As a quadruped, the character’s hands are transformed into simple paws, meaning that his manual dexterity is severely reduced: weapon usage is impossible and performance of any skill requiring a delicate sense of touch is out of the question. Equally, most combat moves are impossible; the character can only bite or ram an opponent.

While the super being may have the general shape of an animal, he is still obviously human, albeit a very strangely deformed human. He does not grow claws or fangs, unless he has other superpowers that would allow this.

Note: This is an accidental variant of Quadramorph, by Iczer. While created independently, Quadruped is unintentionally very similar to Iczer's earlier work: having already written up the power, I've chosen to post it anyway, and allow readers to compare the two.