Just a couple of questions as I try to plan out how I want to split up shards! Regarding the abilities characters received from the potion they drank, how many shards would it take to max upgrade that ability versus shards to upgrade slowly?

Also, at some point I would like to try to regain Willow’s Palisman. Among other abilities, Palismen are able to shift from a wooden staff form to a sentient moving creature form, as well as allow their user to fly while in staff form. Would the Palisman count as a magical item, and therefore the shifting between its forms count as a weak enchantment, so I’d have to upgrade its ability for flight? Or would it count as a magical creature, and the shifting and flight just be part of its magical abilities?