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jagggar 09-14-04, 12:19 AM	Is there a 3.X _____were template? As opposed to a werewolf, it'd be a wolfwere, a wolf that turns into a human. If not, would the best way just be to make a werewolf and say that the wolf form is it's natural form?
Ssussunriyh 09-14-04, 01:11 AM	Not sure. But back in 2E, such creatures were called "Antherions." Two examples were the Wolfwere and the Jackalwere. But I haven't seen them written up in 3.0/3.5 Edition. A Lycanthrope is a humanoid that can take the form of an animal, while an Antherion is an animal that can assume a humanoid form. And as Lycanthropes are vulnerable to silver weapons, Antherions are vulnerable to iron weapons (or 3.5E Alchemical Silver and Cold Iron, respectively.) Lycanthropes and Antherions of similar type (such as werewolves vs. wolfweres) feel an unrelenting hostility toward each other and will attack each other on sight.
Tanuki, the Bewildered 09-14-04, 03:24 AM	The Jackalwere is in the Fiend Folio. You could probably use it as a template to work up Wolfweres or similar creatures.
Gez 09-14-04, 03:43 AM	There is a third-party d20 monster book that contains more than a few converted old critters. About 300 of them, actually. Plus about 100 original creations, as well. Well, not only does this bestiary contains stats for a number of antherions (asswere, foxwere, jackalwere, lionwere, owlwere, and wolfwere); it also proposes a template allowing you to make *were of any animal. Here's the content of that elusive book. (http://p082.ezboard.com/fnecromancergamesfrm31.showMessage?topic ID=41.topic) Failing that, you could always reverse the lycanthrope template, and add an humanoid to an animal instead of the reverse.
Incenjucar 09-14-04, 04:20 AM	I'd also suggest you make a series of 'lure' powers, or the like, akin to how ghosts have a whole collection of possible options. The thing that made beastweres truly different from werebeasts was that they all had UNIQUE ways of luring humanoids to them, rather than template situations.
Keeper of the Dark Realms 09-14-04, 07:56 PM	There is a third-party d20 monster book that contains more than a few converted old critters. About 300 of them, actually. Plus about 100 original creations, as well. Well, not only does this bestiary contains stats for a number of antherions (asswere, foxwere, jackalwere, lionwere, owlwere, and wolfwere); it also proposes a template allowing you to make *were of any animal. Here's the content of that elusive book. (http://p082.ezboard.com/fnecromancergamesfrm31.showMessage?topic ID=41.topic) Failing that, you could always reverse the lycanthrope template, and add an humanoid to an animal instead of the reverse. That d20 (3rd party) product would be the Tome of Horrors (by me) :) and produced by Necromancer Games. The "XXXweres" (antherions, anthromorphs, therianthropes, whatever) are in the Appendix.
jagggar 09-15-04, 12:31 AM	Thanks all. I'll try to check it out if I get a chance to go to my FLGS when I go back home for the weekend.