Quick Questions Archive

[Albert Wesker]

I'm a bit confused as to the difference between the powers of shapeshifting and malleability.

Is shapeshifting tied exclusively to full-body changes or mirroring an individual object or organism?
For instance, can one simply change the shape of a limb (say turning one or both arms into a wing), change the color of their hair, or turn a single patch of skin into scales while only possessing the shapeshifting power (as a few examples)?

Malleability is taking your already-present body and...moving it around. Stretching out, shrinking, moving around your organs or limbs, opening a hole in your torso, etc. Shapeshifting is, as you said, the purview of changing your entire form to look like someone else; it's more of hiding your real self under a mask or disguise, as opposed to actually changing anything.

The examples you provided wouldn't even need the shapeshifting power, only the appropriate powers/moves if they are intended to have any functional effect.