Why OHHH why do people keep thinking Shapeshifting is something else entirely? They described it already it REALLY isn't anything that lasts more then one turn (as cool as that would be).
I am frankly REALLY glad Bard lost if only because I felt it was a low move to tell people to vote for it. Especially after Shapeshifting won. It makes the vote feel cheap and unfair.
Look Larian Studios I know it was a joke but fanbases can actually take you seriously and vote for something JUST because you told them to. When you put a vote out there and people paid money just to get the vote...
It feels rather dishonest to get a team of fans to vote for what you tell them to do, thus illegitimize the entire vote.