User blog comment:DYBAD/Character Sheet/@comment-4867780-20160925064633/@comment-4867780-20160926083356

In a way, you could say the Materium is a variation of Omnifarious, with two differences :

First, Omnifarious is magical in nature, being essentially the physiology version of Reality Warping, with users simply turning their imagination into reality when it comes to their body. The Materium on the other hand (like Lawrence’s abilities in general) follows a science-like logic, the Selforge Essence within operating as live transmuting platform within the limits of available information and resources.

So Lawrence’s Materium version has more merits since it can achieve similar results the hard way, through sheer intelligence and practical expertise rather than simply wishing the changes into reality. And while it remains technically limited in comparison to  Omnifarious, between the tremendous amount of data and resources he accumulated combined to his complete cross-reengineering abilities, you really wouldn’t notice the difference in practice.

If anything, Lawrence’s immeasurable knowledge and mastery would probably give him the upper hand over just imagination, which often blanks out when faced with the unexpected.

Second, Omnifarious is mostly about shifting from one stable physiology to any other you can imagine, while the Materium is a highly mutative material in and of itself, with its inner attributes and properties constantly fluctuating according to every situation.

So OF favors the form while TM favors the content, with Omnifarious being akin to robotic transformation (Form A => Form B), while the Materium is more akin to biological evolution (myriad invisible changes 24/7).