OK, so I am a mage, just starting out, and I want Morrigan to teach me how to shapeshift.  I am at the camp in Lothering, yet she keeps telling me that she will teach me "When we get to camp".  I believe her disposition is quite close to neutral (I talked some shit just to make sure it's not too high), so what am I doing wrong?  Do I need to be standing in a certain place, or wait longer, or what?  Or is the game just bugging?   Thanks for the help.

She's talking about the Party Camp

oh, so that would be later then?  That makes sense, thank you. 
 
EDIT: is that pretty soon?  I can't remember from my last playthrough.  I just want to be careful to avoid romancing Morrigan until then.

Shapeshifting is useless. Don't worry about it. 

It might be useless, but it's still badass.

" oh, so that would be later then?  That makes sense, thank you.  EDIT: is that pretty soon?  I can't remember from my last playthrough.  I just want to be careful to avoid romancing Morrigan until then. "

Yeah it's pretty soon. You can go to your camp right when you leave Lothering, which is probably like 1-2 hours away at the very most. Also, you're going to need pretty high approval with Morrigan to get her to teach you shapeshifting.

If you really want to rush it, you can just look up a conversation FAQ for the game, and it'll tell you which responses to pick to get the most points. You can pretty much get to 100% approval in Lothering.

I'm sorry to say but shape-shifting is not even bad ass, rangers are better, but to me the most bad ass specialization is the Keeper in awakening.

Morrigan is a mean bitch and she hurt my feelings

Haha, that's amusing Teran.  I just have a soft spot for useless but flashy spells.

Right on.

" I'm sorry to say but shape-shifting is not even bad ass, rangers are better, but to me the most bad ass specialization is the Keeper in awakening. "