Silly Changeling Ideas

[Kateaclysm]

Have the horror form lash out randomly at things surrounding it a la raj or berserker.  One free attack per second or every other second, directed at a random adjacent tile.  Smash windows, break tables, etc.  Maybe come up with some random limbs in addition to the regular changeling ones and have them deal the attacks, with different limbs doing different things.

The frenzied tentacle hits Mr. Muggles, knocking him back!
Mr. Muggles hits the vending machine!
The vending machine falls over on Mr. Muggles!
Mr. Muggles's Mr. Muggles's left monkey arm flies off in a bloody arc!
Mr. Muggles screams!

Might also make shambler a slightly better emergency button for lower skill players who don't know you need to switch up your targets to not get beaten to death.

The grody intestine spews digestive juices over Slippy the Clown!
The clown mask melts!
Slippy the clown screams!
Slippy the Clown is holding his breath, it appears he's trying to commit suicide.

I really like the idea of the flailing mass of limbs and tentacles throwing out random attacks within a one tile radius of the shambler. Really great idea.

Personally, my only real huge (and within-scope) thing that I would add / change to changeling is a counter to grabbing the changeling while it's in shambler mode. Right now, you can grab, pin, and even suplex the giant tentacle monster from hell. I know this isn't the game to have "realism", but I think that the shambler being able to put a mouth full of sharp, mangled teeth anywhere on it's body should probably give anyone that tries to grab it a nasty bite, or even have a chance to delimb.
There's two ways i could see this working: 

• if you grab the shambler, the game treats it exactly like how a shambler grabbing YOU would work - you start to have your limbs ripped off one by one until you release the grab or lose your grip because your arm was just eaten.
  

OR

• If you attempt to grab or touch the shambler with your bare hands, it deals a nasty slashing damage bleed, similar to how werewolves lash out when someone attempts to pet them.
  

There's already a big counter to the shambler devour ability by dragging or grabbing victims out of their grip before they are devoured, so this won't change too much. But it WILL make attempting to touch the monstrocity -suitably- extremely dangerous. Being able to drag someone out of their jaws is already a desperation move, but it should be something you do by risking your own wellbeing.