Shapeshifter Weapon: Difference between revisions

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A [[Voluntary Shapeshifter]] is never without a weapon, because they ''are'' a weapon. When nothing else is within reach, they can form their body or [[Artificial Limbs]] into [[Wolverine Claws|claws]], [[Blade Below the Shoulder|blades]], [[Cool Guns|guns]], [[Drop the Hammer|hammers]]... their arsenal is limited only by their [[Green Lantern Ring|imagination]]! (And possibly the story's [[Magic A Is Magic A|internal logic]].) Others who are "limited" to only one alternate shape will use a [[Partial Transformation]] to unsheathe their claws (or [[Combat Tentacles|tentacles!]]) while still in human form.

** Mystique can do this with some effort, but usually doesn't because she still has organs and needs to remember where they are. Instead, for example, she'll shift most of the muscles of her upper body into her right arm just as she delivers a punch, thereby increasing its power. She's also been known to hide guns ''inside herself''. At one point she even gave herself two heads and four arms to fight on two fronts at once.

** Carnage (and to a lesser degree, the other symbiotes) is a perfect example, as he's famous for morphing his body into weapons, especially axes and other blades.

* [[The DCU]] has a few as well:

** Guy Gardner, when he was Warrior. A bit of a step down from a [[Green Lantern Ring]] (''especially'' since he had the yellow ring before).