Pounce and skirmish, and template experience

[Baramay]

One of our characters recently became a weretiger. His normal class is scout. I see no reason his speed bonus should not apply to his other forms.
1) Can he use skirmish when he pounces?

2) Are there any sources regarding the use of magic items in hybrid or animal form? In the MM description of the werewolf lord ( a transformation between medium and large form, similar to the weretiger) neither the hybrid or animal form was wearing armor and the hybrid form had a weapon. Do all items fall off during transformation? Can a character in hybrid form pick up his cloak and throw it over his shoulders and use it?

 

[Darklone]

One of our characters recently became a weretiger. His normal class is scout. I see no reason his speed bonus should not apply to his other forms.
1) Can he use skirmish when he pounces?

Yeah, it's ugly but it works

 

[Klaus]

One of our characters recently became a weretiger. His normal class is scout. I see no reason his speed bonus should not apply to his other forms.
1) Can he use skirmish when he pounces?

2) Are there any sources regarding the use of magic items in hybrid or animal form? In the MM description of the werewolf lord ( a transformation between medium and large form, similar to the weretiger) neither the hybrid or animal form was wearing armor and the hybrid form had a weapon. Do all items fall off during transformation? Can a character in hybrid form pick up his cloak and throw it over his shoulders and use it?

All absorbed into the new form. Items donned while in the new form fall to the ground when the character reverts to his traditional form. This was covered in the Great Polymoprh Errata of 2005.

 

[Baramay]

3) How would experience work regarding the added template? I have Savage Species and have read the rules regarding lycanthropy and advancing. Unfortunately, SS was 3.0 and one of the changes between 3.0 and 3.5 was experience.

I want to add that I did further reading and when the change occurs any armor is destroyed (when a change in size occurs M to L, in this case) unless magical which is allowed a DC 15 save.

 

[Klaus]

3) How would experience work regarding the added template? I have Savage Species and have read the rules regarding lycanthropy and advancing. Unfortunately, SS was 3.0 and one of the changes between 3.0 and 3.5 was experience.

I want to add that I did further reading and when the change occurs any armor is destroyed (when a change in size occurs M to L, in this case) unless magical which is allowed a DC 15 save.

There's are several "lycanthrope classes" (a la SS) at WotC's site, archived in Savage Progressions. Written by Sean K Reynolds. The Lycanthrope class has 3 levels (the 3rd level is only for natural lycanthropes) and the character has to take levels in the appropriate animal class.