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* Mentuthuyopi from [[Hunter X Hunter]], one of the elite Chimera Ants, has the ability to mutate his own body. There is seemingly no limit to the number of bodyparts or amount of distortion. He does some really cool stuff with this, too; his period as a centaur-thing was impressive.
* This is [[Inuyasha|Naraku's]] main method of attack.
* In ''[[Ranma
* In [[Speed Grapher]], one of the Euphorics<ref>(people with disturbing sexual fetishes turned into super powers)</ref> is a dentist who can make lots of tentacles made out of dental instruments sprout out of his back. Because backs sprouting tentacles and dental tools weren't terrifying enough on their own.
* [[Guyver]] tends to invoke this trope, especially with the first activation of the eponymous suit.
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** ''[[Dragon]]'' #s 296 and 300 introduced the Monster Cultist prestige classes. Give yourself over to a monstrous god, and you gain the powers of their natural worshippers ... at the cost of becoming more like them. Examples include Sphere Minion (beholders); Illithidkin (mind flayers); Snake Servant (medusas); Waker of the Beast (tarrasque); Faceless Ones (doppelgangers); Deep Thrall (kraken); Shoal Servant (kua-toas); and Tiger Mask (rakashas). Anything that involves shifting your Creature Type from Humanoid to Abberation is probably a bad idea...
* In ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' is the Obtenebration discipline, which at a certain level allows the user to make tentacles out of shadows.
** Don't forget what Tzimisce can do with their Vicissitude, which allows them to sculpt themselves or others into [[The Blob|slimy pus-heaps]] or powerful [[Mutants|mutant monsters]], as they see fit. One sourcebook played up the Lovecraftian connections by making it a parasitic virus from the Umbra. [[Canon
** A few of the [[Prestige Class|bloodlines]] in the successor game, ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]'', have similar abilities. Take [[Circus of Fear|the Carnival]], whose special Discipline ranges from contortion tricks to merging with another vampire to form a hybrid. Or the [[I'm a Humanitarian|Noctuku]], who alter their flesh so they can absorb more blood and better digest vampiric flesh. Or the Norvegi, who lack fangs but make up for it by producing bony spines that allow them to feed through their fingers. Or...
* The ''[[New World of Darkness]]'' Cherion Group thaumatechnology from ''[[Hunter: The Vigil]]'' is based on implanting monster organs and body parts into a human host.
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