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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5972092" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Looks like Echohawk's saved me the trouble.</p><p></p><p>You forgot the accreditation though, the above is the original version from <em>Dark of the Moon</em> (1993).</p><p></p><p>The reissue in <em>Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One</em> (1994) is only slightly different.</p><p></p><p>It has the following stat changes.<p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: White">Damage/Attack: 2d6 or by weapon</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: White">Morale: Elite (13–14)</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>Plus, the text has some minor rephrasing, the most noteworthy being the final paragraph which makes the hereditary nature of the condition clearer:<p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: White">The curse of a loup du noir is passed to its children. Offspring born in wolf form are wolfweres, while its human-born young have the potential to become loup du noir.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: White"></span></p><p>I'm not sure what sort of lycanthropy it passes with its bite - it reads like you have to <em><strong>learn</strong></em> to be a Loup du Noir, so:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Does its bite create ordinary lycanthropes (i.e. Werewolves) or Loup du Noirs?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Does it create a Wolfwere if it bites a wolf?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Can male Loup du Noirs sire a Wolfwere on a wolf?<br /> The "offspring born in wolf form are wolfweres" wording suggests only female Loup du Noirs can produce Wolfweres, by being their mothers,</li> </ol><p>I'm guessing the intent was to follows standard AD&D lycanthropy rules, so its bite creates "afflicted" Loup du Noirs from humanoids, but does not create wolfweres from wolves. Presumably the Loup du Noir then has to teach the afflicted the trick to become a Loup du Noir - however we make that work.</p><p></p><p>The only way it can create Wolfweres or "true" Loup du Noirs is by breeding.</p><p></p><p>Hmm, I'm wondering whether we should give its bite the standard SRD Werewolf <em>Curse of Lycanthropy</em> and leave the breeding in the flavour text.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5972092, member: 57383"] Looks like Echohawk's saved me the trouble. You forgot the accreditation though, the above is the original version from [I]Dark of the Moon[/I] (1993). The reissue in [I]Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One[/I] (1994) is only slightly different. It has the following stat changes.[INDENT][COLOR=White]Damage/Attack: 2d6 or by weapon Morale: Elite (13–14)[/COLOR] [/INDENT]Plus, the text has some minor rephrasing, the most noteworthy being the final paragraph which makes the hereditary nature of the condition clearer:[INDENT][COLOR=White]The curse of a loup du noir is passed to its children. Offspring born in wolf form are wolfweres, while its human-born young have the potential to become loup du noir. [/COLOR][/INDENT]I'm not sure what sort of lycanthropy it passes with its bite - it reads like you have to [I][B]learn[/B][/I] to be a Loup du Noir, so: [LIST=1] [*]Does its bite create ordinary lycanthropes (i.e. Werewolves) or Loup du Noirs? [*]Does it create a Wolfwere if it bites a wolf? [*]Can male Loup du Noirs sire a Wolfwere on a wolf? The "offspring born in wolf form are wolfweres" wording suggests only female Loup du Noirs can produce Wolfweres, by being their mothers, [/LIST] I'm guessing the intent was to follows standard AD&D lycanthropy rules, so its bite creates "afflicted" Loup du Noirs from humanoids, but does not create wolfweres from wolves. Presumably the Loup du Noir then has to teach the afflicted the trick to become a Loup du Noir - however we make that work. The only way it can create Wolfweres or "true" Loup du Noirs is by breeding. Hmm, I'm wondering whether we should give its bite the standard SRD Werewolf [I]Curse of Lycanthropy[/I] and leave the breeding in the flavour text. [/QUOTE]
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