How to make Lycanthrope PCs +1 Level Adjustment?

[ReeboKesh]

One of my players wants to play a NATURAL Lycanthrope and is willing to reduce/tone down the Natural Lycanthropes abilities to bring the Level Adjustment to +1 instead of +3.

I was hoping someone could suggest a natural lycanthrope build that would work for this character? Maybe someone out there has a better grasp of character building than we have?

Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks
Reebo

 

[Liquidsabre]

What you're looking for is a template class (just a level breakdown of the lycanthropic LA into class levels) for that particular lycanthrope. They did a few of these on the WotC website in an old article series called Savage Progrsssions. Here's the Werewolf Template Class.

Instead of taking class levels for their character's first few levels, they will be taking (in this example) Werewolf Template Class levels. Once they've taken all these levels they can take any of the heroic class levels as normal. Though you might allow a mixing and matching of lycanthrope levels with heroic class levels, it shouldn't seriously knock things out of whack balance-wise.

If you're set on just a +1 LA equivalent werewolf, just have them take the first level of the template class. Instant +1 LA werewolf.

 

[ReeboKesh]

Liquidsabre you are a legend!
Thanks
Reebo

 

[Corsair]

I would suggest checking very early if this player is planning on going into warshaper. Since your player will always be in hybrid form for the vast majority of his adventuring, he will always get the benefits. Also, since he is probably playing a warrior type, all he'll really lose is 1 BAB (easily made up for by the boost to STR). Simply by giving him the shapechanger subtype, you've given free access to this PrC.

 

[Pinotage]

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