Editing Monster Girls/Extra (section)

===Transformation magic===

* Being able to take on the form they had in the ancient era is not a power limited among monsters to only dragons, it is simply dragons who are most known for it as they find it easy to do the transformation due to being created to be "the strongest creatures". Baphomets are another race that can easily do this. In truth, any monster that builds up sufficient power can gain access to this transformation magic, with some caveats.

* 1. While building up power is necessary, there is not a set level of power needed. This is due to how the most important thing is to have a strong image in your head of what the ancient form looked like (gained from learned knowledge, having lived in that time, or other means), or to have instinctive knowledge of this form. Dragons have the latter, baphomets the former (due in part to their high intelligence and high rank as monsters). In contrast, low rank monsters like the large mouse are generally unaware of their ancient form both on an instinctual and intellectual level, and thus transforming into it is often not possible or very difficult for such a monster no matter how powerful they become. In many cases it also varies on an individual level, some monsters are simply good at it while others are not.

* 2. Monsters that did not exist in the ancient era, such as holstaurs and jabberwocks, don't have an ancient form of their current selves. However, because they are descended from minotaurs and dragons, they can use that ancient form if they transform (easy for a jabberwock, potentially possible for a holstaur).

* 3. Monsters that looked the same in the ancient era as they do now, such as lamia and succubi, of course have no ancient form to turn into. It may be possible for them to turn into a more monstrous form, but in that case it would just be transformation magic rather than taking on an ancient form.

* As for the ancient form, it's important to note this is not a "super mode." No monster is any stronger when transformed like this, so the uses for the form are more for utility such as providing greater reach, carrying more things, etc. In relation to this, it gives you a further sense of how powerful a monster like a dragon is, in that she packs in a serious tail swipe in her human-sized form all the power that the tail of her ancient form has. (source: Personal communication with Kenkou Cross).