Homebrew Human Weretiger Species Details

Weretigers are ferocious hunters and warriors with a haughty and fastidious nature. Lithe and sleekly muscular in humanoid form, they are taller than average and meticulously groomed. Weretigers grow to enormous size in animal and hybrid form, but they fight in their more refined humanoid form when they can. They don’t like to pass on their curse, because every new Weretiger means competition for territory and prey.

Humanoids can be afflicted with the curse of lycanthropy after being wounded by a lycanthrope, or if one or both of its parents are lycanthropes. A remove curse spell can rid an afflicted lycanthrope of the curse, but a natural born lycanthrope can be freed of the curse only with a wish.

A lycanthrope can either resist its curse or embrace it. By resisting the curse, a lycanthrope retains its normal alignment and personality while in humanoid form. It lives its life as it always has, burying deep the bestial urges raging inside it. 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. When the moon wanes, the beast within can be controlled once again. 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.

Some individuals see little point in fighting the curse and accept what they are. With time and experience, they learn to master their shapechanging ability and can assume beast form or hybrid form at will. Most lycanthropes that embrace their bestial natures succumb to bloodlust, becoming evil, opportunistic creatures that prey on the weak.

Weretigers live in jungles on the fringes of humanoid civilization, traveling to isolated settlements to trade or revel. They live and hunt alone or in small family groups.

Human Weretiger Traits

Weretigers are cursed with powerful strength, but terrible bestial urges.

Alignment

Humans have complete freedom when it comes to their alignment, they can be anything they want. Weretigers do not have tendencies to any particular alignments, some will embrace the curse while others will reject it.

Shapechanger

The weretiger can use its action to polymorph into an tiger-human hybrid, into a tiger, or back into a human. Its statistics, other than its AC, are the same in each form. You gain a +1 to AC in hybrid and tiger form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.

Keen Hearing and Smell

You have proficiency with the Perception skill. And have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.

Bite (Animal or Hybrid Form only)

Your fanged maw is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d8 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. (Animal or Hybrid Form only)

Claws (Animal or Hybrid Form only)

Your clawed paws are a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal slashing damage equal to 2d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. (Animal or Hybrid Form only)

Pounce (Animal or Hybrid Form only)

If you move at least 15 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone, you can make one bite attack against it as a bonus action.

Tiger Movement

While in Animal Form your movement speed is set to 40 feet.

Ability Score Increase

Humans are a well rounded species and gain a +1 to all ability scores. Weretigers gain an increase in strength to 17, if they do not already have higher.

Age

Humans live a relatively short life, reaching maturity around 18 and often not living for more than a century. Lycanthropes have a marginally increased lifespan compared to humans, extending their life by 15 to 20 years.

Size

Humans stand from 5 feet to slightly over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds. Weretigers are often taller than normal humans and therefore weigh slightly more.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30, the same as normal humans. While in your hybrid form your speed is increased by 10 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.
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