Transforming/Shapeshifting Creatures

I'm curious, as far as lore goes, how many creatures can freely transform/shapeshift?

For example, the sylphs can appear as other people, pretty much a form of shapeshifting. Are there many other species/races that can also do something similar?

Lets see.

Sylph, & the pixies, they're basically the same but from different nation's lore. They still both shapeshift.

In stormblood there's the 4 lords plotline showing that a creature who's lived long enough can become a ... not quite a primal... and most of them have multiple forms. There's also a kitsune analog with shape shifting in that region too.

Do you want to include those who can invoke a primal into themselves?

Do you want to include the Ascians?

Are we counting use of glamours? (It looks like we're counting glamours.)

I believe the Continental Circus from the All Saints' Wake events are imps who can shapeshift both themselves and others.

I think thats a good list! Don't need to delve into ascian and primal stuff. Thank you for the info. ^^

To be 100% honest I don't know the full information around glamours in lore, so I couldn't really say. How common are glamours?

Certain monster mobs in Eureka Pagos/Pyros can adapt/mutate (seems they don't in Anemos or Hydatos tho). they grow bigger/stronger when they adapt, and transform their appearance and shape as well when they mutate.

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To be 100% honest I don't know the full information around glamours in lore, so I couldn't really say. How common are glamours?

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There's a chameleon that's naturally covered with glamour prisms and it uses mana to change them to fit perfectly into the background.

the sylphs and imps use glamours, there's a leve that explicitly states the latter and the former use it to prank people. pixies are the same.

so its likely limited to dragons (nidhogg changing into estinien and back plus how they grow up) auspices, and certain mobs.

invoking a primal doesnt count really, i think op's more on about a natural biological shift.

Thanks for all the great answers! ^^ Definitely more than I knew of already, I was really curious about it.

Ah, a big one is ..what’s the word.. catalyzed transformation? Lycanthropy? Drachenthropy?

The people (some?all?) of Ishgard turn into dragons if they consume dragon blood. Not sure if that extends to all races, just elves or just Ishgardians.

The people of Nym were also cursed to become Tonberry.