Homebrew Worgen (Human) Species Details

Worgen are large, lupine humanoids that walk upright, but hunt and howl as wolves, and lope on all fours to run. They primarily inhabit forests and are natural hunters. Being bitten by or drinking the blood of a worgen transmits the worgen curse and causes humans and night elves to be transformed into one. After the transformation, those that are overcome by rage and guilt gradually lose all vestiges of their former lives and turn mindless. By controlling their emotions via medication, magic, and self-discipline, worgen may resist being overcome by their feral instincts.

Those that become so by choice, like the members of the Wolf Cult and Wolfcult, embrace their new lives as neither man nor beast and form tribal societies known as "packs", such as the Bloodfang, the Nightbane, and Bloodmoon pack. Other groups are more disciplined, like the Gilnean worgen, but still run and hunt on all fours.

The worgen were created during the War of the Satyr by the grieving priestess Belysra Starbreeze and the rebel druid Ralaar Fangfire. They sought a solution to the wolf pack form, which embodied the full fury of the wolf Ancient Goldrinn, something the druids had never been able to command, and believed that the magic of Elune could tame its uncontrollable rage. She thus created the Scythe of Elune, which mixed the power of the moon goddess with the wolf form, turning Ralaar and the Druids of the Pack into the first worgen. They turned the tide in the war, but when Malfurion Stormrage called Ralaar (now known as Alpha Prime) a monstrosity, the worgen attacked the night elves as well. Malfurion was forced to seal them within the Emerald Dream after it was discovered that their bite turned other night elves into more worgen, through what is now called the worgen curse.

Centuries later, Alpha Prime and his followers were freed from the Dream by the human archmage Arugal to defend Gilneas from the undead Scourge. While extremely effective against the undead army, the worgen then turned on the Gilneans, prompting them to close the Greymane Wall. While no worgen managed to enter the city, humans who had been bitten by them did. They would turn into worgen themselves and were hunted by the nobility of Gilneas, including King Genn Greymane. Led by Alpha Prime, the worgen outside grew in number, used tunnels under the Greymane Wall, and mounted an invasion to bite as many as possible. After being taught how to control their inner beast by the night elves, through the Ritual of Balance, many worgen are now members of the Alliance.

Worgen (Human) Traits

Worgen (Human) Traits

Ability Score Increase

Increase your strength score by 2 and one skill of your choosing by 1

Darkflight

Activates your true form, increasing movement speed by 10 for two rounds

Aberration

Resistance to necrotic damage

Running Wild

Drop to all fours to run as fast as a wild animal, your speed matching that of a horse

Two Forms

Transforms you between human and worgen forms. There's no benefit of doing so, just looks