Special Conversion Thread: Lycanthropes and their ilk

[Cleon]

They're not going after anything super-big or threatening there. But I guess it does go on to say they have a reputation for being vicious. Well, anyway, I probably just misunderstood what wiki was trying to say....

The point is that a cockerel or rabbit is a big creature compared to a weasel.

Weasels can and will kill prey ten times their own weight (e.g. a 5 oz weasel killing a 3 pound rabbit). If a lion could do that it'd be bringing down smallish elephants single handed.

Oh, and rabbits have claws and teeth too, you know. They can put up a fight if they have to.

 

[Shade]

Shall we just knock out the typical lycanthrope sentence or two so we can move on?

Something like:

A wereweasel in humanoid form tends to be a tall, slender individual with a long neck and torso and shorter than average limbs. They generally have a reputation for cleverness and guile.

 

[Cleon]

Shall we just knock out the typical lycanthrope sentence or two so we can move on?

Something like:

A wereweasel in humanoid form tends to be a tall, slender individual with a long neck and torso and shorter than average limbs. They generally have a reputation for cleverness and guile.

A slim little humanoid covered in fine fur, creamy white on its belly and red over the rest of its body. It has the head of a stoat or weasel - pointed of feature, with small round ears and beady eyes.

A wereweasel in humanoid form tends to be slim and lissom, with a long body and shorter than average limbs. They tend to have sharp features with a pointed nose, and usually were their hair short. Wereweasels have a reputation for cleverness and guile.

COMBAT
Wereweasels are sneaky fighters who prefer to fight in hybrid form. They often turn into weasels to flee from enemies or sneak into an advantageous position to attack from. Wereweasels with dire weasels in their troupe often ride the animals into battle.

 

[freyar]

Leave it to Shade to push us through the lycanthropes. That text looks just fine.

 

[Cleon]

Leave it to Shade to push us through the lycanthropes. That text looks just fine.

Updating Working Draft.

Assuming that's done, what race do you fancy for the Dire Wereweasel.

Dwarf? Duergar?

 

[Shade]

Updating Working Draft.

Assuming that's done, what race do you fancy for the Dire Wereweasel.

Dwarf? Duergar?

A dwarf is more terrain-appropriate for a dire weasel, but I'm fine with either.

 

[Cleon]

A dwarf is more terrain-appropriate for a dire weasel, but I'm fine with either.

Hmm, I'd be fine with standard PC-compatible Dwarf.

Alternatively, we could pick a humanoid whose environment matches a Dire Weasel's Temperate hills.

Let's see ... Gnomes and Orcs are Temperate Hills, Hobgoblins are Warm Hills.

A hobgoblin wereweasel sounds good, although its environment isn't as good a match to a dire weasel.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Kobold?

 

[Cleon]

Kobold?

I'm aiming for something Medium sized.

 

[Shade]

Hmm, I'd be fine with standard PC-compatible Dwarf.

Alternatively, we could pick a humanoid whose environment matches a Dire Weasel's Temperate hills.

Let's see ... Gnomes and Orcs are Temperate Hills, Hobgoblins are Warm Hills.

A hobgoblin wereweasel sounds good, although its environment isn't as good a match to a dire weasel.

I like the hobgoblin.