D&D 5E Werewolf Wizard

[ManBagel]

So for my DnD campaign my brother wants to be a werewolf wizard. I don’t mind him being that but I want to know limitations I should put on it. He can control the form with his magic since he studied how to make himself not kill people. This is not his subclass, and I was thinking he takes double damage from silvered weapons.

 

[atanakar]

You should follow the guidelines under Lycanthropy in the 5e Monster Manual.

 

[Fenris-77]

Hmm. Yeah, there's the feel of power gaming around the edges there. The bigger the benefits he wants, the stronger the downside has to be. The ability to shapeshift is a core Druid ability and not only is it paired with a lesser spell list I'd guess the werewolf form is supposed to be pretty butt kicking. It will need very careful balancing. Maybe something like a Shifter from Eberron would be a more balanced way to approach that?

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Hmm. Yeah, there's the feel of power gaming around the edges there. The bigger the benefits he wants, the stronger the downside has to be. The ability to shapeshift is a core Druid ability and not only is it paired with a lesser spell list I'd guess the werewolf form is supposed to be pretty butt kicking. It will need very careful balancing. Maybe something like a Shifter from Eberron would be a more balanced way to approach that?

It's not actually that bad. Our Rogue was a Weretiger for a while (vastly more powerful than a Werewolf), and he eventually got rid of the curse because it was too annoying. Also maybe he tried to eat the Fighter one to many times. We just used the standard guidelines @atanakar suggests and I honestly think those will work fine.

Will he be more powerful than a normal character? Yes, but he will have significant drawbacks, and it's not as powerful as being say, a low-level Moon Druid. The benefit also declines steeply as you level up.

 

[ManBagel]

So he isn’t a power gamer. He could care less about. So I was thinking it as he can’t cast spells, that’s why I mentioned the Druid wild shape ability since it has that limitation.

 

[ManBagel]

Also where in MM does lycanthropy in it?

 

[Ruin Explorer]

So he isn’t a power gamer. He could care less about. So I was thinking it as he can’t cast spells, that’s why I said mentioned the Druid wild shape ability since it has that limitation.

The only issue I foresee is Werewolves are outright immune to normal weapons, so you may want to downgrade that to resistant for low-level characters, at least until they start bumping into a lot of elemental damage or magical weapons.

 

[ManBagel]

The only issue I foresee is Werewolves are outright immune to normal weapons, so you may want to downgrade that to resistant for low-level characters, at least until they start bumping into a lot of elemental damage or magical weapons.

So I’m running a game where blessed silver isn’t that hard to get since werewolves are a problem in the world.

 

[atanakar]

«L» for Lycanthropes. Page 206.

 

[ManBagel]

Thanks