Worldbuilder's Anvil

Episode 56: With all laws of physics- how would shapeshifting work?


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Today's Topic -  Random Question: In this setting-with all laws of physics- how would shapeshifting work? 
  • Questions are the foundation of Worldbuilding
  • Found on stack exchange from Molua Young
  • Criteria
    • magic is an inherited ability to manipulate energy and matter
  • Answer
    • Look to the universe for inspiration
    • The butterfly effect
      • Egg to Caterpillar
      • Caterpillar to goo
      • goo to butterfly
    • Really everything starts in a different form from birth through life
  • Additional questions
    • Does the mass of the being change
    • What happens to the conciseness of  the altered being
    • What limits the ability to shapeshift
    • Can magic speed up or slow down the process
    • Can living beings change into a rock...

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Worldbuilder's AnvilBy Jeffery W. Ingram And Michael Miller

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