Animal Shifting: Abilities/Weaknesses
Capabilities:
Takes on the abilities and strengths of whatever animal she shifts into. She is limited to a total of four forms (ever) and they cannot change. Jenna’s four animals are: a wolf, a cat, an eagle, and a fly. While she will retain all information she learns while in her forms, she cannot communicate verbally with anyone unless it’s a telepath.
Wolf Abilities: heightened sense of smell, hearing, sight, and speed. They are same as any real wolf would have. Sense of smell is about 100x greater than that of a human, sense of hearing is about 30 khz, their sight is a little less than 180 degrees but can see things quickly and very minute, and their speed is only about 5mph.
Cat Abilities: all five senses are heightened in comparison to a human, but as a cat agility is a major strength. The ability to get in and out of small spaces and quickly is important.
Eagle Abilities: eyesight is 20/4, where humans its only 20/20. This is the only truly heightened sense, but she does have the ability to fly.
Fly Abilities: flies have extremely strong visual reflexes. Flies taste, smell, and feel with the hairs that cover their bodies. The hairs on the fly's mouth parts and feet are used for tasting.
Weaknesses:
While in her forms, she can be killed just like any of the animals themselves. (ie. hunted/shot, hit by a car, swatted with a fly swatter).
If she is in wolf or cat form for four hours, she will need two hours of recovery time. Jenna basically needs half the time she’s in one of these forms to recover. Recovery would involve food and sleep.
If she in the eagle or fly form, since it takes more concentration and strength to stay in such smaller forms that are vastly different from the human body, she needs the full amount of time for recovery. If she’s in these form for four hours, she needs to sleep for four hours afterwards.
It’s not an immediate need for rest, but she does need to rest within fifteen to twenty minutes post shift back to human form.
In order to shift, Jenna must be naked... which means she’ll be naked when she shifts back to human form. If she is not near her clothes when she shifts back, then she will need improvise on how to either get back to her clothes or hide in order to recover.