Lord Phoenix
First Post
i was wondering if it its possible to contract lycanthropy in 4e like u could in 3e?
lycanthropy... contagious?
- Thread starter Lord Phoenix
- Start date
S
Sunseeker
Guest
There is an article with a quasi-lycanthropy as a disease track. It's pretty moronic though as all it does it make you go crazy under a full moon and attack your allies when you're hit.(by anything)
The disease track isn't a bad idea however, it's just really poorly executed.
The disease track isn't a bad idea however, it's just really poorly executed.
Ferghis
First Post
Do you remember where or when the article may have come out? Our latest quest has a lycanthrope as main villain, and the DM might draw inspiration even if the quality is not that great.
It's in Monster Vault, BUT it's also in one of the monster vault preview articles at: Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Halloween)
(scroll down to near the very bottom for the lycanthropy part)
Klaus
First Post
Maybe we'll get infected lycanthropes when Ravenloft rolls out next year?
I was guessing the same thing.
Wik
First Post
Not really. There are converted wererats in a wotc adventure (
Sceptre Tower of Spellgard
Essentially, if you want lycanthropes to be infectious, they are. And if not, they aren't. I think it's a perfectly fine set of mechanics as is - a system where getting hit by the monster means infection is definitely not a good fit for 4e. And lycanthropic infection is generally a bad idea when compared to the 4e design philosophy.
So, we leave it mechanically vague and let the GMs control if and when it happens.
LostSoul
Adventurer
Here's one way to do it that might be interesting.
The idea is that you have to control yourself in combat, which sucks because you won't always be able to take the tactically-appropriate action. If you do, you get some XP, but there's a chance the curse will progress. The player is tempted to be a little more brutal in combat, and there's a flag raised by the existence of the quest as to what's going on with the character - some colour that may get added to triggering actions.
There are other ways to do it, of course, but this one might be neat.
Melora's Curse (Level is the level of the lycanthrope that infected you)
(There's something in the MM2 about Melora having a feud with Sehanine and creating lycanthropes.)
Stage 1: While affected by stage 1, the infected character gains the following Minor Quest: When you are Bloodied, attack the nearest Bloodied enemy. The level of the Quest is the level of the lycanthrope that infected you.
Stage 2: While affected by stage 2, the infected character gains the following Minor Quest: Drop an enemy to 0 HP or fewer. The level of the Quest is the level of the lycanthrope that infected you.
Stage 3: While affected by stage 3, the infected character turns into a lycanthrope during a full moon. In addition, after completing any Quests gained from Melora's Curse, repeat the Curse's attack; if it hits, the character turns into a lycanthrope until the end of the encounter. When the character is a lycanthrope, the character is under the full control of the DM. Use the statistics of the lycanthrope that infected the character, but change its level to the level of the infected character.
Check: During each full moon and after the infected character completes any Quests gained from Melora's Curse, repeat the attack that infected the character. If it hits, the stage of the curse increases by one.
Ending the Curse: A lethal dose of belladonna, which deals three times the character's Bloodied value in Poison damage, must be ingested during the new moon.
(There's something in the MM2 about Melora having a feud with Sehanine and creating lycanthropes.)
Stage 1: While affected by stage 1, the infected character gains the following Minor Quest: When you are Bloodied, attack the nearest Bloodied enemy. The level of the Quest is the level of the lycanthrope that infected you.
Stage 2: While affected by stage 2, the infected character gains the following Minor Quest: Drop an enemy to 0 HP or fewer. The level of the Quest is the level of the lycanthrope that infected you.
Stage 3: While affected by stage 3, the infected character turns into a lycanthrope during a full moon. In addition, after completing any Quests gained from Melora's Curse, repeat the Curse's attack; if it hits, the character turns into a lycanthrope until the end of the encounter. When the character is a lycanthrope, the character is under the full control of the DM. Use the statistics of the lycanthrope that infected the character, but change its level to the level of the infected character.
Check: During each full moon and after the infected character completes any Quests gained from Melora's Curse, repeat the attack that infected the character. If it hits, the stage of the curse increases by one.
Ending the Curse: A lethal dose of belladonna, which deals three times the character's Bloodied value in Poison damage, must be ingested during the new moon.
The idea is that you have to control yourself in combat, which sucks because you won't always be able to take the tactically-appropriate action. If you do, you get some XP, but there's a chance the curse will progress. The player is tempted to be a little more brutal in combat, and there's a flag raised by the existence of the quest as to what's going on with the character - some colour that may get added to triggering actions.
There are other ways to do it, of course, but this one might be neat.
Similar Threads
D&D General
Werewolf Statblocks
