These are the animals a first-tier Animal Transformer would become, their general stats, and what they can do. You keep your skills and mind, but cannot speak, obviously, as no animals have that capability in entirety except human beings. It is assumed that unless you have the proper limbs/extremities to use an object, you cannot do so - so you need arms to use a sword/gun, and at least a beak to press buttons (sorry, Slug-Man).
At this level, you are limited to real, existent animals that, while you may not have seen, you ought to be lightly familiar with (but again, you could theoretically not know a liger really is a huge-ass tiger/lion hybrid in real life, and just happen to turn into a huge-ass tiger/lion hybrid when you think: form of - a liger!). It is acceptable to either turn into the animal with or without your clothes/bodily possessions. Obviously you cannot know that the random animal is a player in disguise - that's meta-gaming - and not allowed. Unless you have a power like Telepathy or Power Sensing.
As with Animal Mimicry these represent a type of animal more than only this specific creature, so a falcon would have the stats of an eagle, a shark those of a dolphin, a kangaroo those of an elk, et cetera. You can speak to any animal other than a human as an Animal Transformer, even when in your other forms. While your physical Attributes do change, and you gain a few odd Qualities (and lose your old ones, for the most part) you do keep your skills (as mentioned above) and your mental Attributes.
Badger
Badgers are more than just a meme - they're tough little rascals with surprisingly cute facades - before they eat your face off.
STR: 2
DEX: 4
CON: 4
+2 to Kung Fu.
Night Vision
Natural Weapon 2xSTR (Claws)
Bear
Whether Mocha, Vanilla, or Super Chocolate, bears of all kind are godless, heathen killing machines - but at least they don't have guns… yet.
STR: 8
DEX: 5
CON: 7
+2 to Intimidation rolls.
Natural Armor 5
Natural Weapon 4xSTR (Claws)
Superhuman Senses Smell/Taste
Buffalo
Or Beefalo.
STR: 6
DEX: 4
CON: 8
+2 to Takedown maneuver.
Coyote
Maybe one day you can have a Native American tribe make myths about you.
STR: 3
DEX: 6
CON: 3
+2 to Dodge rolls.
Natural Weapon 2xSTR (Claws)
Superhuman Senses Smell/Taste
Crane
Almost as cool as not being a crane.
STR: 2
DEX: 7
CON: 3
+2 to Impressive rolls (PGM discretion).
Flight
Natural Weapon 2xSTR (Lower Half)
Superhuman Travel 1
Dolphin
At least you're not the Miami kind, am I right?
STR: 4
DEX: 6
CON: 5
+2 to rolls in the water.
Echolocation
Underwater Breathing Yes we know dolphins are mammals, have lungs, and do need air, but for game mechanics sake, you have this ability.
Eagle
Double eagle, muthafucka.
STR: 3
DEX: 6
CON: 3
+2 to Acrobatics.
Flight
Natural Weapon 4xSTR (Talons)
Superhuman Senses Sight
Superhuman Travel 3
Elk
Fun fact: if this game took place in Alaska, you'd be killed from a helicopter!
STR: 7
DEX: 6
CON: 5
+2 to rolls with Style (PGM discretion).
Natural Weapon 4xSTR (Antlers)
Fox
Fun fact: if this game were in England, you'd be killed from a horse.
STR: 3
DEX: 5
CON: 2
+2 to Biting maneuver.
Natural Weapon 2xSTR (Claws)
Superhuman Senses Hearing
Superhuman Senses Smell/Taste
Gorilla
Godzilla cold still whip yo' ass.
STR: 7
DEX: 4
CON: 4
Lizard
If you try to say Geico, you will be erased. They're small and sneaky, though. And scare those girls in your first-grade class.
STR: 2
DEX: 4
CON: 2
+2 to Jumping rolls.
Mouse
I do not like mice.
STR: 1
DEX: 4
CON: 2
+2 to Stealth rolls.
Superhuman Attributes Hearing
Otter
You now have a perfectly good tummy to eat off of. They're often seen in the water, of course. And zoos.
STR: 2
DEX: 5
CON: 3
+2 to Acrobatics.
Owl
Like the one in Winnie the Pooh.
STR: 1
DEX: 4
CON: 3
+2 to Perception rolls and WC: Bird Calling.
Flight
Night Vision
Superhuman Senses Sight
Puma
Ah, shit. You got the puma, now, son.
STR: 5
DEX: 7
CON: 5
+2 to Stealth/Ambush rolls.
Natural Weapon 4xSTR (Claws)
Superhuman Senses Sight
Rabbit
Perfect for stew and foot harvesting.
STR: 1
DEX: 7
CON: 2
+2 to Acrobatics.
Raccoon
Your alter-ego might as well be The Coon.
STR: 2
DEX: 5
CON: 3
+2 to Crime rolls.
Natural Weapon 2xSTR (Claws)
Night Vision
Raven
Quoth the…
STR: 1
DEX: 5
CON: 3
+2 to Hiding rolls/Ambushes.
Shark
You watch Shark Week, right?
STR: 6
DEX: 7
CON: 3
+2 to Swimming maneuvers and the Bite maneuver.
Snake
There is such a wide variety of different snakes that the real amount is depending on the animal you become (PGM discretion).
STR: 1 - 9
DEX: 3 - 5
CON: 2 - 5
+2 to rolls making/breaking grapples.
Weasel
Vertigo has often had inter-species trysts with weasels.
STR: 1
DEX: 4
CON: 2
+2 to rolls involving utterly destroying things - not people.
Natural Weapon 2xSTR
Whale
Now can you save them. And you are enormous.
STR: 13
DEX: 7
CON: 9
+2 to Acrobatics and WC: Whale Calling.
Natural Armor 15
Underwater Breathing - Like the dolphin, we know they don't actually do this - we know.
Wolf
You get bonuses if your t-shirt has three wolves on it before transforming.
STR: 4
DEX: 5
CON: 3
+2 bonus to rolls involving teamwork with other characters.
Natural Weapon 4xSTR
Wolverine
You can also turn into Hugh Jackman.
STR: 3
DEX: 3
CON: 5
+2 to Survival rolls.
