8/27/2023 0 Comments Dnd homebrew races canine![]() They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. ![]() Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet in humanoid form. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium. Size: Lycanthropes very as much as all other races in their humanoid form, from lithe agile Werecats to tall hulking Werebears and stocky Wereboars. Those who view it as a curse and aim to control it tend to be Lawful or Neutral alignments and those who view it as a gift to be used tend towards Evil or Chaotic alignments. Most lycanthropes that choose to embrace their bestial nature succumb to bloodlust, becoming evil, opportunistic creatures that prey on the weak.īorn Lycanthropes have different traits depending on the strain they are infected with, but all share these traits:Ībility Score Increase: Your Constitution increases by 2.Īge: Lycanthropes age at 4/5 of the rate of their original race.Īlignment: Lycanthropes cover a large spread of alignments and tend toward no one alignment in paticular. With time and experience, they learn to master their shapechanging ability and can assume their beast form or hybrid form at will. Some individuals see little point in fighting the curse and accept what they are. Especially if the cursed creature is unaware of its condition, it might not remember the events of its transformation, though those memories often haunt a lycanthrope as bloody dreams. When the moon wanes, the beast within can be controlled once again. However, when the full moon rises, the curse becomes too strong to resist, transforming the individual into its beast form - or into a horrible hybrid form that combines animal and humanoid traits. It lives its life as it always has, burying deep the bestial urges raging inside it. By resisting the curse, a lycanthrope retains its normal alignment and personality while in humanoid form. You can either resist your curse or embrace it. Despite this inherent mastery, you still feel the pull of the beast within when the moon is fullest or your heart races. As a born lycanthrope you can more easily control the curse. ![]() Curse of Lycanthropyīeing born as a Lycanthrope, you have dealt with the shift for most of your life, the changes often appearing around puberty, as a natural-born lycanthrope you can be freed of the curse only with a wish. Good lycanthropes are reclusive and uncomfortable around other civilized creatures, often living alone in wilderness areas far from villages and towns. Evil lycanthropes hide among normal folk, emerging in animal form at night to spread terror and bloodshed, especially under a full moon. ![]() In their animal form, a lycanthrope resembles a powerful, bipedal version of a normal animal, its eyes show a spark of unnatural intelligence and might glow yellow or red in the dark. Over time, however, many lycanthropes acquire features suggestive of their animal form. In its natural humanoid form, a creature cursed by lycanthropy appears as its normal self. One of the most ancient and feared of all curses, lycanthropy can transform the most civilized humanoid into a ravening beast.
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