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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7839363" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>I appear to have let a typo slip in - it should be Mesmerism.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Upon reflection, there's no mention in the original text of arcanus ever creating other lycanthropes and the only time it describes him fighting he just knocked down a pair of watchmen which suggests he might favour just punching people. Furthermore, the original text says his gorilla form attacks with "blows from his savage fists".</p><p></p><p>So how about changing the gorilla form's claw attacks to slam attacks and giving him Weapon Focus (slam).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Works for me.</p><p></p><p>Updating <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/special-conversion-thread-lycanthropes-and-their-ilk.299942/post-7792493" target="_blank"><strong>Arcanus Ape Working Draft</strong></a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well the original character was a rapist so he can't be that "good" a CG. It was due to that "crime of passion" Arcanus was cursed to become a weregorilla.</p><p></p><p>That said, in <em>Werebeasts</em> he does willingly seek to team up with the PCs to hunt a vampire suggesting a certain amount of bravery and willingness to fight evil. (Although it was partially self-serving since he was accused of being a vampire by the aforementioned watchmen after he "aped out" and beat them up. The watchmen were investigating a double murder that was actually done by a vampire that used to be one of Arcanus's exhibits until the murder victims snuck into his carney show after hours show and pulled out its stake.).</p><p></p><p>How about "Always chaotic, often good"?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yup. that's what I was thinking too.</p><p></p><p>Hit Dice Advancement seems a bit awkward. Especially if it included a size change - it'd have been hard for Professor Arcanus to explain why he's twice the size of his "fellow humans".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, a Wereboar's combat stats are pretty close so matching the CR makes sense.</p><p></p><p>Updating <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/special-conversion-thread-lycanthropes-and-their-ilk.299942/post-7792493" target="_blank"><strong>Arcanus Ape Working Draft</strong></a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7839363, member: 57383"] I appear to have let a typo slip in - it should be Mesmerism. Upon reflection, there's no mention in the original text of arcanus ever creating other lycanthropes and the only time it describes him fighting he just knocked down a pair of watchmen which suggests he might favour just punching people. Furthermore, the original text says his gorilla form attacks with "blows from his savage fists". So how about changing the gorilla form's claw attacks to slam attacks and giving him Weapon Focus (slam). Works for me. Updating [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/special-conversion-thread-lycanthropes-and-their-ilk.299942/post-7792493'][B]Arcanus Ape Working Draft[/B][/URL]. Well the original character was a rapist so he can't be that "good" a CG. It was due to that "crime of passion" Arcanus was cursed to become a weregorilla. That said, in [I]Werebeasts[/I] he does willingly seek to team up with the PCs to hunt a vampire suggesting a certain amount of bravery and willingness to fight evil. (Although it was partially self-serving since he was accused of being a vampire by the aforementioned watchmen after he "aped out" and beat them up. The watchmen were investigating a double murder that was actually done by a vampire that used to be one of Arcanus's exhibits until the murder victims snuck into his carney show after hours show and pulled out its stake.). How about "Always chaotic, often good"? Yup. that's what I was thinking too. Hit Dice Advancement seems a bit awkward. Especially if it included a size change - it'd have been hard for Professor Arcanus to explain why he's twice the size of his "fellow humans". Yes, a Wereboar's combat stats are pretty close so matching the CR makes sense. Updating [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/special-conversion-thread-lycanthropes-and-their-ilk.299942/post-7792493'][B]Arcanus Ape Working Draft[/B][/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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