Lycanthropy

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DC Action: Toughness (>50%) Administration: Lycanthrope Unarmed Attack/Bite/Blood
Increase Method: Consuming Corpses

Lycanthropy is the ability to change into a bestial creature of the night, typically, the most common creature is a Wolf, but can be other creatures such as Bears, Foxes, Beavers, etc. Lycanthropes are very strange creatures, with an adversion to silver and such metals, and are known to be devastating monsters in various locations, Lycanthropes typically only shift on full moons, and lower ranking ones do not shift voluntarily, nor are they sane enough or have the ability to remember. They typically consume meat from humanoids, being their preference, but they can consume vegetables and animal meat. To increase your Lycanthropy rank, you must consume 10 x current rank amount of corpses while in your Lycanthrope form.

Rank 1 - Worg

Benefits
Carnivore – You receive double the saturation from meat.

Downsides
Uncontrolled Shifter – You will shift on a full moon into a werereuf, causing you to lose control of your inhibitions, attack and perform various deeds similar to the monster. You gain all statistics and abilities of a werereuf, and lose all of your own for the time period that you are shifted, everything you were wearing immediately is destroyed. You return normal with no recollection of the night before by the next morning.
Shifting Nausea – After shifting, you will receive a -20% to all ability scores the next day.

Rank 2 – Lycan

Benefits
Carnivore – You receive double the saturation from meat.
Lycanthropic Scent – You gain a lesser scent ability, all effects and ranges are halved.

Rank 3 – Werewolf

Benefits
Carnivore – You receive double the saturation from meat.
Lycanthropic Scent – You gain a lesser scent ability, all effects and ranges are halved.

Downsides
Lesser Shifter – You will shift every night into a werereuf, causing you to lose control of your inhibitions, attack and perform various deeds similar to the monster. You have some form of control over your form, but will act out on instinct. You gain all statistics and abilities of a werereuf, and lose all of your own for the time period that you are shifted, You return normal with no recollection of the night before by the next morning.
Shifting Nausea – After shifting, you will receive a -10% to all ability scores the next day.

Rank 4 – Lesser Lycanthrope

Downsides
Shifting Nausea – After shifting, you will receive a -10% to all ability scores the next day.

Rank 5 – Lycanthrope

Benefits
Carnivore – You receive double the saturation from meat.
Lycanthropic Scent – You gain a scent ability, all effects and ranges are halved.
Shifter – Choose a creature to shift into equal to your level or less, at night, you have the option to transform into this creature, you gain all traits, attacks and abilities related to the creature, and replace all of your physical stats with the new creatures while retaining your mental scores. You are completely aware and conscious in this form.
Lycan Blood – All melee attacks made with non-silver weapons immediately damage a weapons condition to broken, and deal 50 (1d2%) Acid damage to the attacker.

Downsides
Shifting Nausea – After shifting, you will receive a -10% to all ability scores the next day.

Rank 6 – Pact-Blood Lycanthrope

Downsides
Shifting Nausea – After shifting, you will receive a -10% to all ability scores for the next hour

Rank 7 – Greater Lycanthrope

Benefits
Carnivore – You receive double the saturation from meat.
Lycanthropic Scent – You gain a scent ability.
Shifter – Choose a creature to shift into equal to your level or less, you have the option to transform into this creature at will, you gain all traits, attacks and abilities related to the creature, and replace all of your physical stats with the new creatures while retaining your mental scores. You are completely aware and conscious in this form.
Lycan Blood – All melee attacks made with non-silver weapons immediately damage a weapons condition to broken, and deal 50 (1d2%) Acid damage to the attacker.
Lycan Resilience – You receive Damage Threshold 50 against all weapons except silver.

Downsides Shifting Nausea – After shifting, you will receive a -10% to all ability scores for the next hour.

Rank 8 – Omega Lycanthrope

Downsides
Shifting Nausea – After shifting, you will receive a -10% to all ability scores for the next hour

Rank 9 – Beta Lycanthrope

Benefits
Lycanthropic Modifiers – You gain a +5% to all physical stats while not shifted.
Carnivore – You receive double the saturation from meat.
Lycanthropic Scent – You gain a scent ability.
Shifter – Choose a creature to shift into equal to your level or less, you have the option to transform into this creature at will, you gain all traits, attacks and abilities related to the creature, and replace all of your physical stats with the new creatures while retaining your mental scores. You are completely aware and conscious in this form.
Lycan Blood – All melee attacks made with non-silver weapons immediately damage a weapons condition to broken, and deal 50 (1d2%) Acid damage to the attacker.
Lycan Resilience – You receive Damage Threshold 50 against all weapons except silver.

Downsides
Shifting Nausea – After shifting, you will receive a -10% to all ability scores for the next hour.

Rank 10 – Alpha Lycanthrope

Benefits
Lycanthropic Modifiers – You gain a +10% to all physical stats while not shifted.
Carnivore – You receive double the saturation from meat.
Lycanthropic Scent – You gain a scent ability.
Shifter – Choose a creature to shift into equal to your level or less, you have the option to transform into this creature at will, you gain all traits, attacks and abilities related to the creature, and replace all of your physical stats with the new creatures while retaining your mental scores. You are completely aware and conscious in this form.
Lycan Blood – All melee attacks made with non-silver weapons immediately damage a weapons condition to broken, and deal 50 (1d2%) Acid damage to the attacker.
Lycan Resilience – You receive Damage Threshold 50 against all weapons except silver.

Downsides

N/A