Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Another thing, the character is born with the curse, and doesn't initially know he even HAS lycanthropy.
Also, would vampirism or zombification work on lycanthropes (humanoid form)?
Yes, because it just says it has to be a creature in order to become a vampire spawn, it doesn't specify a type.
By the way, why do you have half of Smaug's head as your portrait?
Establish boundaries. And if anyone crosses them, speak up. If they don’t listen, there’s always cloudkill …
-Tasha
Have you thought of having him become a Blood Hunter - order of the Lycan?
I now have a CoS problem as well. I let a PC play the UA Owlkin, he was bitten by the werewolf. Failed the CON save. I am unsure if to allow the curse or not as they are humanoid, but fey touched race. We are already calling him a Wowlf. What are the opinions, curse or not?
When I had PCs in CoS get infected by lycanthropy, they were NPCs while shifted and didn't get any special abilities while not shifted.
the lycanthrope can still be hurt/killed by fire, lightning, thunder, radiant, necrotic, acid, poison, cold, etc.
still very capable of dying
Lycanthropy is good for one encounter- but difficult to use as recurring villains. Which is why I use them in all my campaigns.
With a bit of tweaking, this can be totally fine for a PC. Here are some suggestions:
There is also the Blood Hunter class which they could dip into to get their subclass: Order of the Lycan. This allows them to control their lycanthropy with certain rules in place to make it not as OP as it sounds (But it still seems pretty OP to me).
One of my players is a Blood Hunter (OotL) and it can be challenging to play. Pretty cool though.
The Bloodhunter definitely needs some tweaks to bring it in line with the 2024 class upgrades.
I agree with that, although Critical Role may not do that. So hopefully Wizards can pick that up and tweak it a bit.
Why did they take away the damage immunities?
They can't, in all likelihood. They don't own the Blood Hunter, they just host it here. Thus they can't tweak that class and publish it since it's someone else's IP.
I wish D&D would have better ways to play as a lycanthrope, so far, the only options are:
there's another way which ironically in my opinion is the best in grim hollow there is a transformation system through boons which includes fey fiend horrors vampires seraphs liches and lycans though i cant remember all the others theres like 3 ish more but dnd beyond doesnt let you use them without homebrewing them in because it uses its own unique system but id look into them theyre neat
An interesting way to handle lycanthropy is to treat it like a magic item, as that gives it an inherent balancing factor. I'd probably do it as follows
Curse of Lycanthropy
A character bitten by a lycanthrope acquires the curse of lycanthropy. While in this state, treat it as an item with the following traits:
Ameliorating the Curse
A character who frequently conflicts with their curse may try to modify the alignment and personality of the lycanthropic spirit. To do so they must accept (attune to) the curse, and then go through an appropriate test (DM decides) to come to an agreement with the spirit. If successful, as long as they bide by the agreement, they will not Conflict with the curse.
Removing the Curse
Removing the curse has two requirements: the character must have remove curse cast on them, and if attuned, they must end their attunement within 24 hours. Doing so destroys the curse.
Improving the Curse
Characters may attempt to improve their curse; the method is up to the DM. The curse may have a bonus of +1 to +3, which adds to its base AC and to the attack and damage rolls of its intrinsic weapons (not cumulative with wraps of unarmed power). Improvement to +1 is equivalent to gaining a Rare item, to +2 is equivalent to a Very Rare item, to +3 is equivalent to a Legendary item.
Balance?
Mostly, your natural weapons are going to be equivalent to weapons and armor you can already wear. It's giving advantage on one or two skills. A wizard probably appreciates the armor but doesn't care about much else. You might want to nerf pack tactics and prowl, as they're rather strong bonuses -- maybe change them to bonus action help and hide. Overall, while they're certainly solid bonuses to the tier 1 PCs who are likely to find themselves cursed with lycanthropy, they're hardly game breaking.