Favoured Enemy: Lycanthropes? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Favoured Enemy: Lycanthropes? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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TheUnknownZombie
12-10-05, 08:57 PM What favoured enemy would a ranger need to take to specialise against lycanthropes? Techincally it seems to be the base race, but does that mean that a ranger who has a +6 bonus against human werewolves, has no idea what to do against elven ones?
Darth Sephiroth
12-10-05, 11:32 PM Humanoid (Shapechanger)

would probably work, or just use Lycanthrope, that would let you apply it to reverse ones as well if they show up in your campaign...
Borris
12-10-05, 11:41 PM By the rules, the correct Favored Enemy would be Humanoid (shapechanger).

But there are so few of them that, in my games, I'd let a player take (shapechanger) as a Favored Enemy, which would include all lycanthropes (humanoids or giants) as well as a few shape-shifting monsters like the aranea, barghest, mimic, or doppelganger.

And since those bonuses do not stack together, I don't see how this could get overpowered.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
TheUnknownZombie 12-10-05, 08:57 PM	What favoured enemy would a ranger need to take to specialise against lycanthropes? Techincally it seems to be the base race, but does that mean that a ranger who has a +6 bonus against human werewolves, has no idea what to do against elven ones?
Darth Sephiroth 12-10-05, 11:32 PM	Humanoid (Shapechanger) would probably work, or just use Lycanthrope, that would let you apply it to reverse ones as well if they show up in your campaign...
Borris 12-10-05, 11:41 PM	By the rules, the correct Favored Enemy would be Humanoid (shapechanger). But there are so few of them that, in my games, I'd let a player take (shapechanger) as a Favored Enemy, which would include all lycanthropes (humanoids or giants) as well as a few shape-shifting monsters like the aranea, barghest, mimic, or doppelganger. And since those bonuses do not stack together, I don't see how this could get overpowered.