Quori Shards and Metamorphosis

[Endarire]

Eberron Campaign Setting 264 has rules for embedding shards into a Kalashtar or Inspired.  What happens if I'm a Dragonborn Kalashtar with some embedded shards and use metamorphosis to become a dragon?

[carnivore]

you loose access to the Shards as long as you dont fullfill the reqs for Implanting them

 

[Havok4]

Do polymorph effects change your creature type? You should still qualify for the shards but what happens to them when you transform is beyond me.

[Phoenix00]

Two things

1)  Metamorphosis unlike Polymorph doesn't require you to have a minimal hit dice to change into a new form.  The only dependent characteristic is manifester level, and the new form hit dice is 15 or less.
1b)  You can combine the magic mantle (to give perfect transparency) with the feat reserves of strength, to break the 15 hit dice cap.  Now there are two interperations of the feat.  One interpretation of the feat is that you can you break the cap from 15 to 15+3 for a total of 18 HD forms.  The other interpretation of the feat is that you completely break the cap.  If so, a 10th level caster can assume 30 hit dice forms with 10 quori shards and so on.

2)  You can always do a UMD check to retain use of the Quori Shards while you are in dragon form.

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Some magic items work only for members of certain races, or work better for members of those races. You can use such an item as if you were a race of your choice. You can emulate only one race at a time.

[Surreal]

Do polymorph effects change your creature type? You should still qualify for the shards but what happens to them when you transform is beyond me.

I've always felt fuzzy about this, but have been assuming yes.

[CantripN]

As far as I know, yes, you change type, but then I don't allow that spell, so I'm far from an expert.

That said, I'm itching to play a Psion PC for once (which I've never used, not even a bit of, and know the rules only from what I'd seen used against me, which is gishes and a blaster). Care to post your build so I can study it?

Am I better off with a Magic Transparent (Mantle) Spell-to-Power Erudite, or do I otherwise combine the 2 to godly power?