Remove Disease and Lycanthropy?

[Moe Ronalds]

My group was fighting a werewolf, and the Paladin used remove disease against it to turn it into a normal human. The DM ruled that it would work, though I'm curious as to what the common consensus is on this?

 

[Otterscrubber]

This same situation came up in my campaign, we also ruled that the werewolf became human. Partly due to story line, and also because we did not see anything in the rules to contradict this. Pleae let me know if I am wrong.

 

[Halivar]

From page 219 of the Monster Manual:

"A remove disease or heal spell cast by a cleric of at least 12th level also cures the affliction, provided the character receives the spell within three days of the lyconthrope's attack."

After the thrid day, only remove curse or break enchantment will work, and only during the three days of a full moon, and a will save is still required.

Also, this only affects afflicted lycanthropes, not born ones.

Anyhow, if it wasn't the first three days, the DM fudged it (Rule #1: The DM can't cheat if he makes the rules). The section is actually pretty long and involved so pick up the MM and look at the lycanthropic template.