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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6140164" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Anyhow, on with the "Ratwere". There are multiple versions of the BECMI Wererat, including a "Greater Wererat" we'll be converting next.</p><p></p><p>Here's the <em>Rules Cyclopedia</em> stats for a standard Wererat, also known as the "Normal Wererat" or "Lesser Wererat":</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In addition, the Rules Cyclopedia has the following general rules for Lycanthropes:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The above indicates Lesser Wererats only have two forms, but according to <em>PC4 - Night Howlers</em> they also have a Hybrid "Man-Rat" Form, although this is more animal-like than a normal wererat's "Rat-Man" form.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>PC4 also makes clear that a human who is bitten by one of these Wererats becomes a "Greater Wererat", not a regular one, who eventually gains the ability to become immune to normal weapons <em>while in human form</em> for short periods (e.g. silver or magic required to hit when untransformed).</p><p></p><p>Finally, the BECMI adventure "The Wererats of Relfren" from <em>Dungeon #14</em> says Wererats can only turn Giant Rats into Lesser Wererats. Their bite simply kills normal-sized rats. In 3E that's Dire Rats, of course.</p><p></p><p>Note that this form of Lycanthropy only turns humans into a lycanthropes and kills other humanoid species. I fancy keeping that bit just to increase its distinctiveness from standard lycanthropy. I'm not quite decided how it should affect half-elves and half-orcs. The RAW "For all effects related to race, a half-X is considered an X" that both races have suggests they should die to, but I quite like the idea of a Greater Wererat Half-Orc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6140164, member: 57383"] Anyhow, on with the "Ratwere". There are multiple versions of the BECMI Wererat, including a "Greater Wererat" we'll be converting next. Here's the [I]Rules Cyclopedia[/I] stats for a standard Wererat, also known as the "Normal Wererat" or "Lesser Wererat": In addition, the Rules Cyclopedia has the following general rules for Lycanthropes: The above indicates Lesser Wererats only have two forms, but according to [I]PC4 - Night Howlers[/I] they also have a Hybrid "Man-Rat" Form, although this is more animal-like than a normal wererat's "Rat-Man" form. PC4 also makes clear that a human who is bitten by one of these Wererats becomes a "Greater Wererat", not a regular one, who eventually gains the ability to become immune to normal weapons [I]while in human form[/I] for short periods (e.g. silver or magic required to hit when untransformed). Finally, the BECMI adventure "The Wererats of Relfren" from [I]Dungeon #14[/I] says Wererats can only turn Giant Rats into Lesser Wererats. Their bite simply kills normal-sized rats. In 3E that's Dire Rats, of course. Note that this form of Lycanthropy only turns humans into a lycanthropes and kills other humanoid species. I fancy keeping that bit just to increase its distinctiveness from standard lycanthropy. I'm not quite decided how it should affect half-elves and half-orcs. The RAW "For all effects related to race, a half-X is considered an X" that both races have suggests they should die to, but I quite like the idea of a Greater Wererat Half-Orc. [/QUOTE]
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