Ever wonder who would win in a fight between a shark and a tiger? How about the classic mongoose vs. cobra? How do you think YOU would fair in such a contest? Now imagine that instead of regular animals, these are magically enhanced super beasts, and you are approaching what the SHAPESHIFTER class on Carrion Fields is about.

Where others need weapons, or spells, or prayers to their gods to compete, the shapeshifter needs only his FORMS. Armed with claws for natural weapons, or the shell of an armadillo as natural armor, they gain only their health from the items they wear.

Shapeshifters get access to WANDS, STAVES, and SCROLLS. That means you can turbo charge yourself into an uber beast of epic proportions. Whether it be inciting a holy FRENZY or throwing up a BARRIER to deflect attacks, these potent skills can increase the survivability and deadliness of your animal forms.

But what can an animal do? Lots! From running faster than any adventurer, to dodging any skill or spell, the animal forms of the shapeshifter have many unique talents unavailable to anyone else. Want to fly above the land as a golden eagle, spot your prey, and swoop in for the kill? Only the shapeshifter can.

There are many diverse forms that fall into 5 general categories: Offensive, Defensive, Air, Water, and Utility. The choice may seem simple, but because your forms are chosen at random, no two shapeshifter will play alike, even those with the same SHAPEFOCUS.

For those rare shapeshifters who excel at all aspects of the game an even greater reward may await. Quest forms are rare and powerful, but the promise of the displacer beast, or ice drake, or even the lightning fast cheetah brings some players back time and time again to this versatile class.

Of course, even the most appeasing of shapeshifter will be hunted by the BATTLERAGERS for wielding their magics, and shifter forms are particularly vulnerable to maladies such as BONESHATTER or HAMSTRING as their armors cannot protect them from the effects of these crippling blows.