What I find most difficult to understand is the "gliding-only" rule if your character can shapeshift into a flying creature and does not have wings. To be frank, it strikes me as a bit nonsensical—while I do presume it's based on the character not knowing how to fly, why can't they... learn to fly? I think one of the main reasons people choose bird-based shape shifting abilities for their land bound character is to offer them a unique method of travel/the chance to experience something new; and to have the gliding rules undermine that.
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