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Oreads with this racial trait learn how to mimic the magic of their shaitan ancestors. Once per day, such an oread can cause a touched piece of non-magical iron or steel to grow into an object up to 10 pounds in weight, such as a sword, crowbar, or light steel shield. This object remains in this form for 10 minutes or until broken or destroyed, at which point it shrinks back to its original size and shape. This racial trait replaces the spell-like ability racial trait.
This ability is seriously lacking details on just what it can affect, and how.
1) What kind of action is this?2) Does the touching have to be done with hands? (Turning leg shackles into greaves when the character's hands are bound)
3) What level of detail can this ability produce? Are we talking Prestidigitation or Fabricate?
4) Just what defines a "piece of iron or steel"? (Turning a foe's weapon into 4 square yards of foil or his helmet into a metal hood or bubble)
5) Do attended objects get a saving throw?
6) Can this affect Cold Iron?
7) Can this affect an object heavier than 10lbs? (turning a whole iron wall into a shield) [Probably not, based on the "grow ... then shrink" language]
8) If not, then what about part of a >10lb object? (turning a statue's arm into a mace)
9) Can an object be transformed into a smaller object? (a crowbar into a lockpick) [again, the "grow...shrink" suggests no]
10) Can a small, multi-part metal object be treated as a single "piece of metal" (turning a door's locking mechanism into a statuette of yourself)