There are multiple non-Fate ways to start and also to train your Shapeling Arts skill. You can find them all in the wiki article “Advanced Skills (Guide)”. Two non-Fate ways to start out your Shapeling Arts are to finish the study of a thorned ribcage in your laboratory or to upgrade bones in the Below-Stairs section of Helicon House. (I picked up the last sentence from the wiki myself, since I maxed out my Shapeling Arts fate-free quite some time ago)
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