[quote=Ichthys]If you even wanted to go a step farther, you can have the spell exchange the raven's spirit for the caster's soul and spirit, meaning that while the spell is in effect, the raven has control of the caster's body, although it can't stop the spell because the raven-inside-the-caster still has no soul to do so. [/quote]

I was thinking of doing that actually, as without a spirit for a body I would see it as an empty shell, much like that of a corpse and I'd rather not consider my character being a corpse while another body has the potential of two beings in another.

@Milieu: That's one reason I put the distance stipulation onto the ability, as I was and to an extent still am a huge Animorph fan. It's kind of where I originally drew inspiration for the character's ability, outside of them possibly being an Animage which I didn't want to do (didn't seem as "fun"). I like having downsides to abilities, it keeps them more vulnerable and more "human" as it were.