Your Dexterity score increases by 2 and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Due to the nature of the curse a Jackalwere has an extended lifespan over the base span of their natural Jackal form, reaching adulthood in their mid - late teens. They live to around 75 years.

Jackalweres tend to lean towards a more chaotic neutral alignment, showing a more naturalistic style of living.

Jackalweres have the same builds as humans in their human/human-hybrid forms, ranging from 5 to 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium. Your Jackal form is Small.

Your base walking speed is 40 feet.

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

You can use your action to polymorph into a specific Medium human or a jackal-humanoid hybrid, or back into your true form (that of a Small jackal). Other than your size, your statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment you are wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. You revert to your true form if you die.

You have advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated.

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 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. (Hybrid or Natural form only)

The jackalwere gazes at one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target succumbs to a magical slumber, falling unconscious for 10 minutes or until someone uses an action to shake the target awake. A creature that successfully saves against the effect is immune to this jackalwere’s gaze for the next 24 hours. Undead and creatures immune to being charmed aren’t affected by it.

You can speak, read, and write Common but cannot speak in Jackal form.