D&D General What Would a Dragonborn Werewolf Look Like?

[Raiztt]

But what does a dragonborn werewolf look like?

An afront to God and nature

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Ooh! A monstrous pangolin!

I am 100% in favor of this.

An afront to God and nature

Which god? Which nature?

Because as long as you're not evil, I don't think the important ones would mind. And fantasy has been exploring entirely morally neutral werewolves for ages. Not to mention the many interpretations of "nature" out there.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Here's a rather nice pic from Lucas M. Palma's ArtStation. (Which also has the non-transformed version of the character for comparison.)

 

[ichabod]

she would look amazing.

An afront to God and nature

It seems we have quite the range of opinions here.

 

[jgsugden]

I'd just make it a werewolf that has fur colors tinted to match the scale color, but keep it subtle.

I typically do not want the Werewolf form to hint at he humanoid form's true nature as I tend to use non-wererat lycanthropes as part of identity mysteries - at low levels the PCs have to figure out who the werewolf is before it gets more people, and at higher levels they have to figure out how many werewolves are in the town.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Found another thing that might be worth referencing: boverisuchus magnifrons or b. vorax, two species of hooved crocodilian that were sprinting land predators rather than ambush water predators. Seeing this not-quite-bipedal, almost wolf-like artist's impression absolutely made me think of "that's a wolf-shaped dragon-like being."



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[Tonguez]

I’d go with a velociraptor myself, no reason Lycanthorpy should affect other species the same way it does Humans, especially when the species isnt even a Mammal to start with

 

[Nadan]

Like Zinogre or Lunagaron from Monster Hunter franchise.View attachment MHRise-Zinogre_Render_001.webpView attachment MHRS-Lunagaron_Render_001.webp

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I'd just make it a werewolf that has fur colors tinted to match the scale color, but keep it subtle.

I typically do not want the Werewolf form to hint at he humanoid form's true nature as I tend to use non-wererat lycanthropes as part of identity mysteries - at low levels the PCs have to figure out who the werewolf is before it gets more people, and at higher levels they have to figure out how many werewolves are in the town.

Yup same.

I think that fits a lot better with how D&D has handled lycanthropes traditionally. Their hybrid forms have never been a mash-up of "that specific individual" and "the animal". They've always been a distinct hybrid form. So even a really short, scrawny, bald guy can turn into a magnificent, terrifying 7'+ werewolf, rather than a 5'8" werewolf which is kind of underfed-looking and is missing its fur on the top of its skull. I mean, there are TT RPGs where that's precisely what would happen - it's just D&D hasn't traditionally been one of them. It's also a good way to end up opening a lot of cans of worms re: "What about species X + lycanthropy" (as here) and potentially leads into farce ("lol gnome werewolf is 4'6" tall and has to wear glasses" or the like).

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

The werehare was almost canon in Dragon magazine(#156). Really it was April's Fool. A (dire) weretoad nPC appeared in Dungeon 100.

The weredragons were canon in 2nd, and I mean these weren't the song dragons.

Lycanthrope

A lycanthrope (pronounced: /ˈlaɪkənθroʊp/ LY-kən-throhpor: /ˈlaɪkænθroʊp/ LY-kæn-throhp), also known as a werebeast, weretype, or nightwalker, was an individual who possessed the condition of lycanthropy. Lycanthropes were shapechangers with at least two forms, that of a humanoid and that of a...

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