Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
ShortQuests -- individual adventure modules! An all-new collection of digest-sized D&D adventures designed to plug in to your game.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Diirk" data-source="post: 2136863" data-attributes="member: 14476">The errata doesn't really contain anything I didn't already infer (with the exception of it being a standard action rather than a free action like shifting.. ouch !). Here's the Alternate Form ability.Alternate Form (Su): At 5th level, a weretouched master can assume the animal for or hybrid form related to his lycanthrope heritage (the same animal selected at 1st level). Instead of using his normal shifting ability, he can shift into animal form as tho using the polymorph spell on himself, though his gear is not affected, he does not regain hitpoints for changing form, and only the specific animal form indicated for the lycanthropic heritage can be assumed. The weretouched master does not assume the ability scores of the animal, but instead add's the animal's ability adjustments (see the following table) to his own ability scores. A weretouched master can also assume a bipedal hybrid form with prehensile hands and animalistic features. In hybrid form, he can use weapons and armour. A slain weretouched master reverts to his humanoid form, although he remains dead. Seperated body parts retain their animal form, however.[code]Animal     Ability Adjustments (Animal or Hybrid Form)Bear       Str +16, Dex +2, Con +8Boar       Str +4, Con +6Rat        Dex +6, Con +2Tiger      Str +12, Dex +4, Con +6Wolf       Str +2, Dex +4, Con +4Wolverine  Str +4, Dex +4, Con +8[/code]If you go by the lycanthrope description of hybrid forms from the MM then they'd get the stat adjustments, a possible size change, natural weapons, natural armour, none of the animals special abilities.However the above text from weretouched master almost suggests that they be treated exactly the same as the base shifter form, except more animalistic looking, and adjusted stats.Given that, if you take a form other than bear or tiger (or sometimes wolverine -- that rage can hurt as much as it helps) alot of the time you'd be better off shifting instead of taking alternate form..</blockquote>

Verification