Yashimata
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7 years ago For survival, I would suggest a power bar while you're morphed. It would steadily decrease while morphed (and go back up while in your natural form). Additionally, using abilities would cause various amounts of strain on you, causing it to drain faster (like when flying) or expend a certain amount of power (like throwing a potion). Could also include an expensive consumable (potion?) that would immediately bump up how much power you have available if you find yourself running out at a bad time.
Perhaps a more intricate method of acquisition? For example, maybe you have to use an item that heals the target to full and makes them stronger / faster / sort of like a miniboss, and then kill them while the effect is on them. Mobs like chickens or cows probably wouldn't pose much of a threat, but a wither skeleton could become quite difficult to take down to earn that withering effect, and a bat could become so fast that it's almost impossible to pin down and kill.
Forms (or just morphing in general) could also accumulate XP to either increase your power or decrease the drain (net effect of allowing you to stay in the form for longer). Could be gained by staying in the form to "adjust" to it, maybe with combat or using abilities, or so on. Could be per-form or just for forms in general.
Finally, more trade-offs. Equipment especially. Bats probably shouldn't benefit from armour (so it's a very anti-combat form, since anything will kill you). Iron Golems should be slow / water inept. Blazes should have really slow flight (since they're much sturdier than bats). Ghasts should probably be fine since they're enormous and won't fit in very many places. Maybe a bit slower than bat flight though. In general just more differentiation in base stats (like movement speed) between forms. Health is already a nice touch, but different forms should be good at different things. Horses being fast would make them a great travel form that doesn't strain your power too much like flying around would. Wolves and ocelots could be a bit faster to get help get into melee range if they're restricted from using ranged weapons (claws / fangs only, dogs shooting bows sounds a bit silly).
Bonus: More abilities. Blaze fireballs should probably be different / shouldn't explode like ghast balls. Creepers should be afraid of you in ocelot form (and skeletons in wolf form). Cows and mooshrooms should be able to be milked by machines from other mods or just other players. Maybe some way to choose what potions the witch form throws, since splash potions of harming are great against players, but very, very detrimental against the undead. If possible, the rest of the mob immunities and weaknesses. Spiders and undead are immune to poison. Undead should have healing and harming's effects reversed for them. Spiders aren't affected by cobwebs. And so on.
For forms with no real abilities, maybe create some that are flavourful? Maybe polar bears can fish at an improved rate. Silverfish could 'call for help', converting nearby stone blocks into friendly silverfish to attack enemies for a while. Normal skeletons could have a slight bonus when using bows / ranged weapons. Just small, flavourful things that would make you want to use a form that might otherwise be too weak or overshadowed by other forms.
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