Werebeasts
Humanoids infected by therianthropy, cursed to shapeshift into an animal form.
- Immune to mundane, non-silver weapons.
- Capable of shifting between their (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 hit with wolfsbane, must Save vs Poison or flee, as with the Scare spell.
- 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.