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The '''Shifter''' classification was discontinued shortly before the start of the story<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/32xwta/thoughts_on_some_of_the_power_classifications/cqgxh75 Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> and folded into [[Changer]].<ref name="R1">[https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/53h8s2/shifters_are_changers_right/d7t4krn?context=3 Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> However, it is still occasionally used by capes and outdated files<ref name="19.x">[[19.x (Donation Interlude 1; Blasto)|Interlude 19 (Donation Bonus 1)]]</ref><ref name="9.1">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/cell-9-1/ Sentinel 9.1]</ref><ref name="10.2"> [[Parasite 10.2]]</ref> as a synonym for Changer.<ref name="R1"/> | |||
==Methodology== | |||
Shifter referred to someone who could alter their appearance to look like another person or alter their human features - as opposed to a Changer, who could physically take on another form. [[Biter]]<ref name="R2">[https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/53h8s2/shifters_are_changers_right/d7t8kqs Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> and [[Oliver]]<ref name="22.6c1">Oliver would be a low-level shifter. [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/cell-22-6/#comment-23151 Wildbow comment] on [[Cell 22.6]]</ref> would have been examples of a Shifter. | |||
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Revision as of 15:14, October 27, 2016
The Shifter classification was discontinued shortly before the start of the story<ref>Wildbow on Reddit</ref> and folded into Changer.<ref name="R1">Wildbow on Reddit</ref> However, it is still occasionally used by capes and outdated files<ref name="19.x">Interlude 19 (Donation Bonus 1)</ref><ref name="9.1">Sentinel 9.1</ref><ref name="10.2"> Parasite 10.2</ref> as a synonym for Changer.<ref name="R1"/>
Methodology
Shifter referred to someone who could alter their appearance to look like another person or alter their human features - as opposed to a Changer, who could physically take on another form. Biter<ref name="R2">Wildbow on Reddit</ref> and Oliver<ref name="22.6c1">Oliver would be a low-level shifter. Wildbow comment on Cell 22.6</ref> would have been examples of a Shifter.
References
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