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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Souljourner" data-source="post: 1055598" data-attributes="member: 1622">Here's an idea I had while trying to figure out how I could have a character that had the ability to change into an animal form but without all the extra abilities of a lycanthrope.Half LycanthropeHalf Lycanthropes are the result of a mating between a natural lycanthrope and a human or giant who is immune to the effects of lycanthropy.  The resulting offspring is not considered a lycanthrope, but retains a few of his lycanthropic parent's abilities.Half Lycanthrope is a template that can be applied to any Humanoid or Giant.-Type: Same as the base creature, but gains the shapeshifter subtype.—+2 Wisdom.—Size: same as the base creature.—Low-light vision in any form.—Scent in any form.—Alignment: same as the base creature.—Special Qualities: Alternate form - This is treated just like the druid's wildshape ability, except there is no limit to the number of times the half lycanthrope may change in a day, and he may only transform into a single animal.  If the animal's hitdice are greater than the base creature's, the ability to transform is latent, and will emerge only when the half lycanthrope has gained enough hit dice to be equal to the animal's.  Half Lycanthropes do not have a hybrid form.—Automatic Languages: As base creature.—Favored Class: Same as the base creature.—Level adjustment: Same as the base creature +1So what do people think?  Is this balanced?  Too good?  Not good enough?Basically I just took the Lycanthrope template and stripped out a bunch of the abilities, and made the transformation into a wildshape type ability.-The Souljourner</blockquote>

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