Distension

Distension Mystic Proficiency (Willpower) 800 hours Requires: Undeath

Being dead has certain advantages. One of them is that you can learn how to separate your bones, and stretch your flesh. This is the most basic form of vampiric shapeshifting. Vampires who have mastered this skill are nearly impossible to keep imprisoned. Benchmarks for this proficiency include the following: I) Double-jointedness—you can bend your limbs the wrong way; III) you can twist your limbs to unnatural angles; V) you can completely separate your bones in your extremities from one another; VII) you can separate the bones in your skull, spine, ribs, & hips; X) you can compress or extend an area from half to twice its proper size; XV) your body can bend & flow like a thick liquid. Note that this skill does not allow a change in mass or composition; nor does it allow for either the skin to separate—stretch certainly, but not tear or reflow—neither does Distension allow body parts to change relative position, no hand from the skull, for example. This skill is not easy or rapid, and can be quite painful. A suggested skill check is 15 for the relatively simple (putting your elbow in your ear), to 40+ for the full waterflow trick. Trying to rush this skill involves higher success numbers, and risks damage.