I figured out the character I shall use for the opening boss. He wears a fantastical suit of armor inspired by this: [hider][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/35/c7/4d/35c74d53f43596e76f857a1b10837142--final-fantasy-characters-final-fantasy-art.jpg[/img][/hider]

He can absorb things into a spot on his armor and it disolves into it, able to be regenerated into as many copies as his suit has energy for. They pop out of slots in the arm/legs for the most part, so if he has a sword copied they would stick out handle first and he could grab a hold of them physically or he can telekinetically control things of his creation. They look the same material as his armor and don't gain powers his armor doesn't have so if he absorbs excaliber it wouldn't be exactly like the sword of legend. 

However, I think it might be good if he can somehow not destroy the original copy so he can make nonsentient clones of things such as cats. This is up for consideration. It's getting late so I'll have to finalize my ideas tomorrow. Could be fun if his soul can enter said creations so he can scout around as a cat that looks like it's in full body armor. XD To absorb and not be fatal, able to pop things out again, would open up a lot of handy implications rather than simply allowing him to maintain morals to copy living things.