Well... Ummmm..... Well.....
The Durulz (at least in my Glorantha) are cut off from the roots of their racial origins. They don't know where their first ancestors came from or why they look like they do. They worship the gods of their neighbours (Orlanth, Humakt, the Creek-Stream-River god) and try to get along. Although Duck Shamans can call up the spirits of their ancestors who have lived in Maniria since before the dawning, unlike the Trolls who know how to honour and contact Kyger Litor, they have no means of contacting Mother Duck.
If you go to a Duck his first reaction will be: "You want to WHAT?" He will edge away from someone who wants to give up being tall and strong in favour of being small, quick and able to hold your breath underwater for a good long time. The Durulz tend to have self-image problems: they *know* how small and stupid looking they are....
Now there is a way (in my Glorantha) to contact Mother Duck and that is to go and find the Duck-Keets of the East Isles. They haven't lost contact with their ancestral forces and if you could convince them that you were serious in such a loopy request they would try to help you. But I've no idea if there is any way to get that information to your character. Of course you could try to run (as I did) a long game involving taking the Last Egg Of Mother Duck from Duckpoint to the East Isles and throw it into the volcano guarded by the chaotic Sorn- But perhaps that is too extreme a solution to your problem.
The obvious way to become a Duck is to buy a long duration Shapeshift from a sorcerer. But everyone knows that having truck with sorcerous magic will destroy your soul!
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