Cleon
Legend
Ok, so are we going to make a dire lycanthrope template?
Yes!
Ok, so are we going to make a dire lycanthrope template?
Ok, then, just make the following changes to a regular lycanthrope? (Other than just adding "dire" places, I've bolded the changes.)
CREATING A DIRE LYCANTHROPE
“Dire Lycanthrope” is a template that can be added to any humanoid or giant (referred to hereafter as the base creature). The dire lycanthrope template can be inherited (for natural lycanthropes) or acquired (for afflicted lycanthropes). Becoming a dire lycanthrope is very much like multiclassing as an animal and gaining the appropriate Hit Dice.
Size and Type: The base creature’s type does not change, but the creature gains the shapechanger subtype. The dire lycanthrope takes on the characteristics of some type of carnivorous or omnivorous creature of the animal type (referred to hereafter as the base animal).
This animal can be any predator, scavenger, or omnivore whose size is within two size categories of the base creature’s size (Small, Medium, or Large for a Medium base creature) and must have good Will saves (ie, is a dire animal, has the Dire SQ, or otherwise has good Will saves). Dire lycanthropes can also adopt a hybrid shape that combines features of the base creature and the base animal. A dire lycanthrope’s hybrid form is the same size as the base animal or the base creature, whichever is larger.
Special Attacks: A dire lycanthrope retains the special attacks of the base creature or base animal, depending on which form it is using, and also gains the special attacks described below.
Ready for the smilodon, then? Looks ok to me.
Sure, that'll put it to the test.