Shapeshifting

Shapeshifting
Shapeshifting is the ability to alter one's own form, being able to change one's own appearance, shape, or even molecular composition.

Tier 0
The character has no shapeshifting abilities and cannot modify their form in any way.

Tier 1
At this basic tier of shapeshifting allows users to make very minor changes to their appearance. They might be able to alter the color of their hair or eyes, or, with extreme effort, add slight changes to their skin tone, making themselves slightly paler or more dark skinned, but nothing that would be outside the parameters of their natural ethnic norms.

Tier 2
The second tier of shapeshifting enables, in addition to the basic color changes, to actually allow minor changes in structure and serious changes in coloring. A user at this tier might be able to change the shape of their nose, puff their lips, or shrink their ears. However, most cannot make changes in more complex tissues like skeletal structure or musculature. However, most at this tier are able to make rather noticeable changes to their skin coloration.

Tier 3
Tier 3 shapeshifting allows for the shifting of bone and muscular structure in addition to previous abilities. This means that users are able to manipulate their appearance to such an extent that they can appear as another individual of their own species. However, no one in this tier is able to alter their bodies to an extent that is outside the shape of a normal member of their race.

Tier 4
At this tier of shapeshifting, the user is able to take on forms slightly beyond the norms of their native species. They might be able to elongate their limbs to unnatural proportions, toughen bits of skin, or cause unnatural growths, such as spikes or bone plates to emerge.

Tier 5
Those at the fifth tier of shapeshifting are able to alter their forms to such an extent that they are able transform into separate species, such as a human transforming into a snake or an elephant.

Tier 6
The sixth shapeshifting tier allows for a shapeshifter to transform their biological matter into any shape they desire. They might transform themselves into a blob of muscle, gout of blood, or a pillar of bone. However, they are not able to shape themselves into something composed of a material which is not at all part of their body. This tier of shapeshifting allows one to simulate intangibility, by allowing objects to pass through their body simply by reshaping themselves to allow it to pass through.

Tier 7
Tier 7 shapeshifting allows for the user to change the very composition of their cells into wholly different, enabling them to change from biological material to some other solid. For example, a man might be able to shift his flesh into metal, or turn into a silicon based body. However, they cannot transform themselves into something that is both wholly not found within their normal tissues and in a different state of matter.

Tier 8
This shapeshifting tier allows an individual to change into things that are not normally found within their body, and make one phase change, such as turning from their normal solid state to a liquid one.

Tier 9
Tier 9 shapeshifting, at allows an individual to make two phase changes with their matter, for example turning from a solid state to a gaseous one. This level of shapeshifting allows for true intangibility by simply loosening one's molecules.

Tier 10
This tier of shapeshifting allows one's shape to transcend matter entirely, allowing them to shape themselves into energy forms, such as fire or electricity.

Tier 11
Those at this tier of shapeshifting can transform into absolutely anything they desire, including pure antimatter or nothingness. They are able to alter their size to an absolutely unlimited degree, being able to reduce themselves infinitely, or grow to encompass the entire universe.