Werebeasts

Humanoids infected by therianthropy, cursed to shapeshift into an animal form.

  • Immune to damage from mundane, non-silver weapons.
  • When hit with wolfsbane, must Save vs Poison or flee, as with the Scare spell.
  • While not in contact with silver or wolfsbane, heals 1 hp at the end of each combat round in which they take no damage.
  • Capable of shifting between (natural) humanoid form, animal form, and a hybrid form.
    • Takes one combat round to shift form, can attack as new form at end of round.
    • Must change into and remain in hybrid or animal form during a full moon.
  • Cannot wear armor, as it limits their ability to shapeshift.
  • Cannot use beak, bite, claw, or talon attacks when in humanoid form.
  • Humanoid form usually retains some characteristics from animal form.
  • While in animal form, can only speak with animals of that type (unless otherwise noted).
  • Cannot use weapons while in animal form.
  • May summon 1d2 animals associated with their animal form from the surrounding area.
    • Animals arrive in 1d4 rounds.
  • When killed in animal or hybrid form, reverts to humanoid form.
  • Can smell other werebeasts.
  • Some animals can smell werebeasts, and are afraid of them.

Infection

When a humanoid loses more than 1/2 of their max hit points from the natural attacks of a werebeast (ex: bite or claw), they must Save vs Poison or become infected with therianthropy.

  • The disease takes 2d12 days to fully infect, with signs of infection appearing halfway through.
  • Humanoids become the same type of werebeasts (and are typically run by the referee, at least while transformed).

Subtypes

  • Werebadger: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent giant badger.
  • Werebat: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent giant vampire bat.
  • Werebear: Shapeshifts into an intelligent bear.
  • Wereboar: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent boar.
  • Werecrow: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent crow.
  • Werefox: Shapeshifts into an intelligent fox.
  • Werefrog: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent frog.
  • Werejaguar: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent jaguar.
  • Wereleopard: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent leopard.
  • Werelion: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent lion.
  • Weremoth: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent moth.
  • Wereorca: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent killer whale.
  • Wereotter: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent giant otter.
  • Wereowl: Shapeshifts into an intelligent owl.
  • Werepanda: Shapeshifts into an intelligent panda.
  • Wererat: Shapeshifts into an intelligent giant rat.
  • Wereraven: Shapeshifts into an intelligent raven.
  • Wereshark: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent mako shark.
  • Werespider: Shapeshifts into an intelligent giant spider.
  • Weresquirrel: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent giant squirrel.
  • Weretiger: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent tiger.
  • Werevulture: hapeshifts into an intelligent vulture.
  • Werewolf: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent, pack-hunting wolf.
  • Werewolverine: Shapeshifts into a semi-intelligent giant wolverine.