MitD XIX: The Potted Plant Is Starting To Look Reasonable

[mashlagoo1982]

Is there an Ex ability a protean could copy that would replicate the effects of the "Stop" scene?

It looks to be either Command (halt) or Fear (pass check causing shaken).

The thing is, once more, that while it doesn't have to be all or nothing, the notion that
a. he is perfectly capable of doing the one thing that does in fact require deliberate effort and active awareness constantly;
b. except on two or three occasions when it is convenient for him not to be able to; and

I can buy into the idea of the protean controlling its shape because that is an inherent ability of the creature itself.

I can also buy into the idea of the protean not controlling the abilities it is granted from copying the shapes of others because they are not inherent to the protean... they are something it is getting from another creature type instead.

Basically, it knows and understands what it can do, but it doesn't really understand what it is gaining from other creatures.