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@Scorpio-ms9vk
6 жыл бұрын
Web DM hi guys i figuied you might want to see some other DM's points of view how I do it is that their are 3 "levels" of lycanthrope ALPA: are lyacantrope who master the beast can shape shift at will and contol their beastal instincts they offten havr a flaw that keeps them a little diffrent from humans I.E. "I don't have qualms against killing if it seves a perpose, (any chaotic or nutrael alimanit) or my personal favorite is i protect my pack wuth my life and will be loyal to them no matter what" their are 3 way to become a Alpha your a child of werewolfs that are beta or higher your gifted it by a god/goddess of the hunt/wild or C you were a lower level werewolf that through arcane ruitual beat the beast and went up a level BETA: are simular to alphas but whis trasformations are limited by the moon or day/night cycle whatever i feel fits the campiagen better OMEGA are the werewolfs you guys detailed that are truly cursed Notes: if a werewolf is born the will go a level higher then their lower parent a bite from a werewolf will transfer the curse and make them one level lower than the person who bit them so alpha=beta beta=omga omega=omega This is just food for thought and I hope I inspired someone. thanks for reading, peace!
@mattblankenbaker6456
6 жыл бұрын
how would a druid with lycanthropy work?
@Scorpio-ms9vk
6 жыл бұрын
Matt Blankenbaker personaly they would falliw the same logic but due to the natural abilty of a druid they are one level higher than what it should be normaly
@Nyrufa
4 жыл бұрын
I think I have an idea for how to make Lycanthropy seem more threatening, instead of just having a 6th level Cleric throwing a Remove Curse on them. While doing some research into werewolf lore, I came across a bit of folk lore saying that a werewolf can be cured as long as they have not tasted human blood. I would incorporate this into the in game setting, so that Remove Curse only works on Lycanthropes who have not yet killed somebody. Thus providing a sense of urgency to obtaining the cure.
@royalknightsleipmon2345
7 жыл бұрын
My first quest as a DM was a murder mystery where a druid was turning into a wolf to murder people to frame a werewolf.
@turkeygod6665
7 жыл бұрын
That's an awesome idea,
@jeffbracey7294
4 жыл бұрын
Thats a damn good plot hook. Im gonna use that idea!
@callumkelso7784
8 жыл бұрын
in my groups main campaign our dm has thrown a whole thieves guild of Lycanthropes at us called the four paws. At first our group was terrified...until we heard they were wererats
@callumkelso7784
8 жыл бұрын
haha just watched some more and apparently the wererats aren't as creative a idea
@Onbutteredtoast
8 жыл бұрын
Callum Kelso Where is it in the book
@blainewheaton9679
8 жыл бұрын
joshua gibson you find lycanthropes in the monster manual.
@Onbutteredtoast
8 жыл бұрын
Atuim Misting i mean playing one
@probablythedm1669
8 жыл бұрын
Page 206 - 211 of the Monster Manual. Because I'm feeling nice here's a quick write up of the base rules for lycanthropy on player characters, from the monster manual: A character that turns into a lycanthrope keeps their statistics aside from the changes made based on what manner of lycanthrope they turn into (listed below). The character gets the speed of the lycanthrope in nonhumanion form, damage immunities, traits, and actions that do not involve equipment. The character becomes proficient with the lycanthrope’s natural attacks (like bite and claws), and these weapons deal damage as shown in the monster stats. The character can’t speak while in animal form, but can do so in hybrid and humanoid form. The DC on the Constitution Saving Throw for a humanoid bit by a lycanthrope is (8 + lycanthrope’s proficiency bonus + lycanthrope’s Constitution modifier). A failed saving throw means the character becomes cursed. Should the character embrace the curse its alignment becomes the one listed in the monster stats. It’s up to the DM to decide what happens then. _Changes in player characters catching lycanthropy:_ *Werebear* (neutral good) The character gains a Strength of 19 if its score isn't already higher, and a +1 bonus to Armor Class while in bear or hybrid form (from natural armor). Natural weapons use Strength. *Wereboar* (neutral evil) The character gains a Strength of 17 if its score isn't already higher, and a+ 1 bonus to AC while in boar or hybrid form (from natural armor). Natural weapons use Strength. For the Charge- trait, the DC is 8 +the character's proficiency bonus+ Strength modifier. *Wererat* (lawful evil) The character gains a Dexterity of 15 if its score isn't already higher. Natural weapons use the highest of Strength or Dexterity. *Weretiger* (neutral) The character gains a Strength of 17 if its score isn't already higher. Natural weapons use Strength. For the Pounce trait, the DC is 8 + the character's proficiency bonus + Strength modifier. *Werewolf* (chaotic evil) The character gains a Strength of 15 if its score isn't already higher, and a +1 bonus to AC while in wolf or hybrid form (from natural armor). Natural weapons use Strength. I'm sure you can find, figure out or make up the rest :)
@Nyrufa
7 жыл бұрын
Giants + Lycanthropy = Giants with damage immunity / regeneration. *Have fun with that!*
@kendallchaos
7 жыл бұрын
Nyrufa I am never going to sleep again that is a terrifying thought
@Smashblood101
6 жыл бұрын
Nyrufa I’m totally gonna use that someday
@raithelsolspark6058
6 жыл бұрын
Not only that but dinosaurs can get it too.
@zacharygadzinski3147
5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget a whole orc tribe of them.
@MaCome4631
5 жыл бұрын
I pray no DM has read you. Can I delete your commentary just in case ?
@ironhaert911
8 жыл бұрын
I love this! I'm actually playing a totem of the bear barbarian who is also a werebear... he's committed.
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
Josiah Bausano YEAH!!! I love it.
@ghostofonyx51
6 жыл бұрын
I want to do this what rule set do you use?
@Pyrotic_Napalm
6 жыл бұрын
Same, but werewolf with wolf totem.
@DaftMeat
6 жыл бұрын
In battle, I bet he can bearly contain himself (not sorry)
@scottbatts8604
6 жыл бұрын
Holy crap me to
@melamber9823
8 жыл бұрын
werewolves have been in mythology since ancient greece where Zeus cursed Lyacon the king of Arcadia with beast form as punishment for attempting to feed the gods human flesh
@Xion_Toshiro
4 жыл бұрын
Then Altered Beast happened on Sega Genesis; and powered up Werebeasts were kicking Zombies in the crotch ever since.
@bobbypartridge9164
7 жыл бұрын
I really like the emphasis on the curse aspect of the lycanthropy. For werebears, I like to use the idea that they become bound to their specific forest. If they leave, their werebear form returns to it, as though compelled to protect it, and the only way to be free and rid of the curse is to "pass the mantle" of the werebear onto someone else, making them the new guardian of the forest. This also opens up an avenue of self-sacrifice/pseudo-martyrdom for characters who accept the mantle, and it makes it possible for them to come back later or possibly be freed of their curse if the party finds someone to accept the mantle in their friend's stead. I love the lore behind werebears, and I particularly like the aesthetic of the compelled guardian of a specific location. Thoughts?
@JackkReaction
8 жыл бұрын
One second in and this is instantly rad.
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
Yeah! It was a blast!
@xeltanni8999
8 жыл бұрын
"It doesn't matter." "Wot?" "It doesn't matter *why* they took it; have they got my leg?"
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
Xel Tanni Yes! It's in the lost and found box. You can hop on by during regular business hours to pick it up.
@xeltanni8999
8 жыл бұрын
JPruInc Oh good, thank you. I may be carrying a silvered bec-de-corbin when I get there but that's for... something else. Don't worry about it.
@samuelyeates2326
6 жыл бұрын
Actually, we're doing an advert for Tiger Brand Coffee.
@lloydgush
7 жыл бұрын
Wear bears are easy... It has to come with an obligation to protect the natural world... Like getting into a rage when your party returns with kindling of a sacred forest they couldn't have known it was a sacred grove... For me it's that easy...
@ChrissieBear
6 жыл бұрын
When I was running a Norse based game lycanthropy was a curse/blessing from the gods, either inflicted upon people to force them to act in their lycanthrope Alignment or blessed upon people. Thor would curse or bless people with werebear lycanism to bring out the good in people. Odin would curse or bless people with werewolf lycanism to bring out their bloodlust. Yngvi and Frigg would curse or bless people with wereboar lycanism to bring out their feral/natural side. If your lycanthropy was a blessing you could control it like a "natural" werewolf in old D&D but the cursed lycanthropes couldn't control their transformations.
@GuitarBreakOut
8 жыл бұрын
Firstly, i love the production value in this video! secondly, i'm a DM and one of my players (his first campaign) ended up making a Paladin (of the ancients) Shifter, flavored as a half werewolf. i plan on giving him a ring made of 3 powerful wolves or werewolves that allow him to use his shifter ability and be more like a werewolf. essentially giving him more power. the ring will be in 3 stages (unlocked as they level up) and i think it's going to make for an interesting game
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
That's a cool character concept! Hope our video can help inspire some idea So!
@AJ-kj1go
8 жыл бұрын
Wow, next level production. I could tell you really liked that top down panning shot. Did they let you film a bunch of videos?
@WebDM
8 жыл бұрын
+Thomas “AJK” Middleton nope, just this one.
@mcming3338
7 жыл бұрын
Web DM 😕
@ocallaghandesign
8 жыл бұрын
Probably the most fun I've ever had playing a were-creature was in a 3.5 high seas adventure...long story short, my bladed-whip wielding tempest-ranger was ridiculous enough, before he was bitten by a were-cephalopod.
@kikedragoon
8 жыл бұрын
When a player contracted lycanthropy I ruled they had to make a charisma save each night or go on a rampage in wolf form, on full moon you were forced to go on that rampage. The DC initially is the same DC of the Siring Lycan, but gets a +1 for each successful save. Resets the count once you transform.
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
I like the escalating DC, nice touch.
@Sean-ne3gx
8 жыл бұрын
That is awesome, I don't even know if I'm going to have lycanthropes for a while but I'm going to steal that mechanic when/if I do >_>
@kikedragoon
8 жыл бұрын
No stealing needed! It's free for the taking! DMs should help each other ;)
@Sean-ne3gx
8 жыл бұрын
KiqueDragoon Yeah, I was just putting in a touch of the dramatic. I was actually going to combine it with Jim's suggestion of losing it when blood is spilled in your vicinity. The world I'm using is based on a story a friend and I came up with years ago (before I knew anything about D&D), where Lycanthropy is actually a curse put on the main character, a demon hunter by a demon lord, and it acts more like an awakening and manifestation of one's own inner demons, like the Guts' berserker armor in Berserk. Figured I'd expound and share some bg now that I know this isn't just a super dead comment thread, maybe give some inspiration back.
@kendallchaos
7 жыл бұрын
KiqueDragoon yeah my dm does something similar we need to do a con save each time we shift (our whole group is infected after a fight with a pack of werewolves) if we fail we basically lose ourselves and become feral
@Emma-ko5gx
8 жыл бұрын
Next character: manatee that can shift into human form.
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
Manatee-were!
@kendallchaos
7 жыл бұрын
Emma Lambert so basically a selkee
@subparsentient2653
7 жыл бұрын
DnD doesn't need feminists in it.
@Twohomst
6 жыл бұрын
Mermaids?
@kana22693
6 жыл бұрын
Brett Keane? I'm gonna go kill myself now.
@MegaBlizzardman
8 жыл бұрын
I just finished binge-watching every Web DM episode in three days. Best D&D show ever.
@monsterart1600
4 жыл бұрын
I love how they're talking so casually in this room that looks so intense. LOL
@benny4063
7 жыл бұрын
you guys forgot the whywolves
@elbel86
7 жыл бұрын
whatwolves?
@Kangstor
7 жыл бұрын
Whywolves
@chesusjrist9733
7 жыл бұрын
Wereowls. "who"?
@barneystinson4289
6 жыл бұрын
Everyone asks werewolves but nobody asks howwolves
@ethanreads8504
6 жыл бұрын
Nor Whowolves, or whenwolves, or whatwolves, nor wherewolves
@adamisforgiants6762
8 жыл бұрын
Werewolf the Forsaken, from the Chronicles of Darkness, features shamanistic werewolves which are defined by their spiritual need to hunt and keep the spirit world in balance. The focus on pack dynamics and shamanistic duty could make for a cool D&D campaign.
@imaquis8368
7 жыл бұрын
My best friend is dating Jims niece and they got my entire Dresden files collection signed for my birthday lol 😂
@archhexer1111
8 жыл бұрын
I feel ban now. i was right about to start a youtube series on different kinds of monsters and how to play them and i just found this. Literally touched on everything i wanted to do. Welp.
@WebDM
8 жыл бұрын
Dude, do your channel. There's no way it would be 100% the same as our stuff. There's room for all of us. Consider us subbed in advance.
@archhexer1111
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks guys! I'll be sure to throw the channel at you when i get it running!
@snail_chan1119
6 жыл бұрын
Hows that d&d vid coming? Lol
@thatguy8835
5 жыл бұрын
OOF
@Xion_Toshiro
4 жыл бұрын
Ok... a Werebear, that protects the forest; and preaches about the prevention of forest fires... named... "Smokey"... oh... wait...
@MarkATorres1989
6 жыл бұрын
I forgot what edition it was but there was a campaign in Ravenloft I played in that being a lycanthropes was a real big deal and issue. The desire to devour meat and also servitude to the 'alpha' while also dealing with alignment issues and other smaller details. Anyway considering we were stuck in the plane of Dread, one of our party members was inflicted by a lycanthrope; which we learned the hard way she was a were-tiger. Anyway issues we faced was: Her massive appetite (major warning because she never gained weight or a belly) Desire to prove her dominance over every situation Other Weres knew what she was and attacked our group constantly and unprovoked too She constantly kept disappearing at certain times or evenings (mostly for her bestial reasons) Hunters (some sort of special class) harassed or attacked us out right. Anyway we found out she was a Were-Tiger because during one of our navigation routes through castle Ravenloft, we got stuck in this one room after using or losing most of our rations due to various traps and enemies. Our dear Tigress was hungry... very hungry... even with 4 versus 1... she was a barbarian... with tiger like powers... yeah it was brutal but we barely managed to survive that battle but we all ended up becoming inflicted by the curse of the Were-Tiger and eventually began feeding off on the villagers of Barovia after killing Strahd in his own coffin.
@Warlocke000
3 жыл бұрын
Night Howlers and Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts were two of my favorite D&D books to just sit and read through, back in high school.
@MCKerrnel
8 жыл бұрын
Upping your FX game! I like it!
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It was a fun shoot.
@Entropy114
8 жыл бұрын
Holy production value, Batman!
@griffdaddy5579
7 жыл бұрын
I liked the American Werewolf in London take on the curse, your victims constantly haunting you and tormenting you driving you rage and shift when you don't want to, actively trying to get you killed.
@kobiposey9935
7 жыл бұрын
Millions of thanks. I'm a DM with a werewolf player. watching this has inspired me to tug on her beast form and reduce her control over that darker side. The haemophobic noble shall become a burdened outcast.
@Randomdudefromtheinternet
4 жыл бұрын
What happens when a Druid brings a chicken to the battlefield? 🎵 Chicken Attack 🎵 (Just think about a Druid or Fey Warlock that brings a pig, a rat, or a cat to combat, starts singing, and they become werebeasts)
@benjaminodonnell258
4 жыл бұрын
"But 'were' do we begin?" - I'm ashamed to say I laughed...
@knightofyourlife
7 жыл бұрын
I think may be the film The Howling is the first archetype Crinos
@blahlbinoa
8 жыл бұрын
Great episode as always guys! Love the set up for this one! The one thing that makes me shake my head with the 5e is that lycans can't harm other lycans. If I remember, in other editions they could. Almost all movies/books seem to have werewolves killing each other. Also, shifters from Eberron are Lycanthropes, but only half Lycan. A weird and awesome race, and I do like how they are built in the Unearthed Arcana they brought up, but I agree their shifting ability shouldn't be once per long/short rest.
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
Agreed on being able to overcome resistances. I find 5e very odd in that regard as it seems to have broken with many monster immunities or damage boosts while at the same time reducing the effectiveness of things like damage resistance and magic resistance. I think dragons were the biggest losers there, but clearly it's created other odd situations like Lycanthropes being unable to harm each other without silver or magic.
@LikeButton7
8 жыл бұрын
Been watching you videos. I'm really enjoying them. I'm a new dm so they have honestly been helping a lot. Thanks.
@austinweigle3543
8 жыл бұрын
You guys are still my favorite KZitemrs, keep up the awesomeness!
@applesheep7217
8 жыл бұрын
Oh my sweet lord. The production value is insane o.o Another great installment! Please keep them coming.
@NicolasGarciaLanza
8 жыл бұрын
Guys, I remember watching your video on taking a little hiatus and returning with better production, etc. And now I've rediscovered the channel with this video and I'm blown away! Congrats on the show and the hard work!
@sharktoothjack8854
8 жыл бұрын
In my friend's Pathfinder campaign, we were investigating a break-in at a hospital. After asking a lot of questions and finding a secret hallway of VERY SECURE compartments, we were told the hospital was for recovering werewolves, learning willpower exercises to resist the curse. The party ended up chasing a band of rogue werewolves who had been recruiting there. It was pretty sweet.
@andrewtp2334
8 жыл бұрын
If you're looking for an interesting werewolf concept, try taking a look at the werewolves in the Day Soldiers series. Although it's set in the 21st century and the whole "curse" thing is off the table, it's cool how the werewolves initially assimilated themselves into normal human society, but then, when the Seventy-Four (I think) came out and revealed themselves to humanity, it showed humans the defining characteristics of a werewolf in human form. Combine that with posers, who can perfectly replicate a human in their human form and are usually very rare and powerful, and with the fact that werewolves can (but usually don't) turn humans into werewolves by swallowing half of the human's heart and swapping it with half of a werewolf heart (the werewolf's super-healing heals the two halves together, and then essentially "heals" the body so that it becomes a werewolf), along with supernatural speed, strength, healing, hearing, and smelling, and I personally think that you have a pretty interesting race that would be both interesting to RP as (PC or DM) and interesting to use in combat. Check them out sometime!
@xbinbyer1055
8 жыл бұрын
I love you WENDM I'm new to D&D and look to this Chanel for veteran views, keep up the good work guys!
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
Keep coming back and we'll keep making vids!
@mariehughes835
6 жыл бұрын
Steven Kings Silver Bullet creeped me out as a kid. Classic beastial wolfman.
@vermillionwraith7810
7 жыл бұрын
so I'm a new dm and one of my players caught lycanthropy, I then made the mistake of letting him choose what animal he turns into...needless to say we now have an uncontrolled were-dragon walking around and at the next full moon we are all going to die XD
@kevinbacon5492
6 жыл бұрын
liam duczek So like a Dragon Born?
@mrpineapple2938
6 жыл бұрын
Kevin Bacon In their tongue he is called dovahkiin Dragon born! *FUS RO DAH*!!!
@MyrdinAnnoth
7 жыл бұрын
I remember playing a Werewolf back in the early days. In kinda Warhammer meets DnD mesh setting, each of us was playing one of the "not so good races". So much fun I had with that guy (who eventually made his own small tribe). Werewolves are amazing, when one is willing roleplay them properly. Wish they were an actual playable race... though granted, you can always get bitten in the midst of a combat with one. You know... unintentionally.... like... absolutely not a plan within a plan or something :D Its the same as playing Orks in Warhammer. When you call for a Waaagh, you have to go all in and be like WAAAAAAAAAGH !!!
@RossPapa
8 жыл бұрын
The set, and more importantly, the information was awesome! The audio quality could use some love, but that doesn't stop me from always clicking on your videos. Keep up the great work!
@natecox6429
7 жыл бұрын
I agree entirely with the idea that lycanthropy giving drawbacks of some kind. I actually homebrewed my own lycanthrope class that I am playtesting with my own group of players. I made sure that the player would have to make checks to keep control of their lycanthropy.
@GixtheDragon
7 жыл бұрын
Seeing your question about the first man-wolf hybrid, I find that 'Doctor Jekyll & Mr. Hyde' is usually noted as the first literary reference for the modern idea of the werewolf. Prier to this werewolves only had a wolf form. As for the earliest written tale of a werewolf, that comes from Ancient Rome. It's constantly been a curse from the beginning, though the source has varied
@purpleboye_
8 жыл бұрын
That jump in background quality was legendary.
@MrChupacabra555
6 жыл бұрын
I played most of the White Wolf games back in the day (although we skipped 'Faire', concept just seemed too silly ^_^). I always got the idea that the setting was, more or less, based on the Universal Studios monsters: Vampire/Dracula, Werewolf/The Wolfman, etc. Although they weren't part of the 'main' books, we also had Mummy and "Prometheans", essentially Frankenstein's Monster. So, the setting borrowed the "Hybrid" form from 'The Wolfman', but just made it more 90s Badass by making it Hulk big with a huge wolf's face (and its funny that White Wolf later tried to sue "Underworld" for copying the same tropes it 'borrowed' from other materials ^_^
@wickedAberration
8 жыл бұрын
My fighter from a campaign that recently ended due to scheduling conflicts actually became a werebear. He was neutral good, prideful as fuck, and said that he was fine after he got bit. He changed a few times, but never willingly, and never in combat. Was still pretty fun to hide it. DM had a habit of having good aligned creatures owe debts to our baddies, and the werebear was working with a vampire. Was quite the fight, but I got infected. Pride was a good enough reason to not abuse it.
@Anon-yz1xr
6 жыл бұрын
Came here exactly for my Curse of Strahd game. I'm adding it to the Dark Gifts table for characters that choose to get resurrected by the Dark Powers.
@Segway999
8 жыл бұрын
I'm hoping to use one in my home brew campaign, and possibly cursing one of my players, so thanks for the advice here!
@jonbaird8835
8 жыл бұрын
holy shit! thanks for considering my inquiry about lycanthropes!
@scorchbound
8 жыл бұрын
This is an insanely cool and helpful episode. :D
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it! We certainly had a lot of fun shooting!
@gakiyarou
8 жыл бұрын
that set is much cooler than your normal, you should use it from now on
@WebDM
8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, don't get used to it, they tore it down the next day.
@ZenodudeMC
8 жыл бұрын
Web DM ); rip in piece new film set
@EnnuiElpis
4 жыл бұрын
To give the curse teeth, I would say that for the first three transformations, it takes a long time and is basically like the famous transformation scene in An American Werewolf in London. Like, if you’ve ever seen that scene, that’s what it should be like to transform, at least for the first couple times before their body acclimated to it. Also, I would add a small change to the Remove Curse spell that it fails if the target isn’t willing to accept it.
@yodaxena1366
4 жыл бұрын
You are the first that I've seen mention wolfwere's. I'd love to see a 5e conversion of them. There is plenty of other types of lycanthropes, but not wolfwere's.
@Eldagusto
7 жыл бұрын
Werewolf the Apocalypse is sooo good, Tied with Exalted as my favorite game...
@smallspidersad78
7 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna have to watch this twice bc my brain has just been blown and it's hard to concentrate
@Licjr
7 жыл бұрын
Charlie Sharp Sounds like someone doesn't have proficiency in Con saves :)
@kendallchaos
7 жыл бұрын
Licjr 1018 I was gonna say he got a crit fail on their con save
@kalinmchale2638
6 жыл бұрын
If you are ever interested I ran this following idea that made the wear type interesting as a story and helped maintain continuity for the players by explaining the why's and why not's:There was a city, Bayside, that was controlled by a were creature cast system. Werebears were the nobility, Werewolves were highclass folk, Wereboars and Wererats were the commonfolk that ran the shops/thieves guild/ and taverns. They kept to their human forms but obviously had features that were noticeable, Pot-bellies, odd snickers of laughter, beautiful manes of hair, or large and heavily covered in body hair. The players went through the entire session having no clue even with subtle hints dropped. They find that the city has a slave class as normal human and only through some version of labors or skills to they bite and accept others into this cast system (similar to knighting ceremonies). They were cursed by a forest god when they hunted all the animals from the sacred forest and this lycanthropy caste system was adopted. there is obviously more to this campaign idea but it made for an interesting reason to a lot of the points brought up in this video and many I've told about this have adopted this as a way to use lycanthropes but explain why they don't go around biting everyone and why they stay secluded.
@Coldashex
8 жыл бұрын
Great video guys; love the production video and of course the awful jokes from Pruitt :3
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
Tannom Tangiri Glad to provide!
@ryang6865
5 жыл бұрын
An alternative is that in the book, it says that carriers of the curse can either resist or embrace the curse. So another thing you could change is that if they choose to deal with it themselves and simply try to resist it. Then maybe over time the character will have to make less saves against turning and the DC of saves may gradually become lower with time.
@PsychedelicScrafty
8 жыл бұрын
I'm currently playing wood elf totem warrior that has been cursed with lycanthrope and he's very fun to play.
@Onbutteredtoast
8 жыл бұрын
C Johnston b Where is it in the book
@JPruinc
8 жыл бұрын
C Johnston That sounds fun!
@NarutoGeek411
8 жыл бұрын
+joshua gibson Page 207 of the Monster Manual has a sidebar about attributes PCs get as lycanthropes
@mics3947
8 жыл бұрын
That's great you guys! Your show definitely leveled up! Amasing job!
@Kannos1600
7 жыл бұрын
werewolf the apocalypse is the Apex of playing a Shapeshifter. its like eating Tenderloin Beef and then going to mcdonalds for a soy bean burger.
@bluelionsage99
6 жыл бұрын
Ohh, Gaming PTSD flashbacks. Years ago in the campaign with a lot of effort we captured to werewolves - that turned out to be local kids. The DM told us that there was literally no way to undo the curse. So my paladin had to execute them.
@patrickduvall6855
3 жыл бұрын
Great ideas. I like how werebears accept the curse is something to bear, no pun intended lol, and if they bite someone it's in purpose and usually talked about beforehand and then the werebear will take care of the curse victim for like 1-3 months during the transformations because the transformations are actually pretty bad and needs to be controlled. The werebears do this, teach control through proper use of their curse.
@Pogz6
8 жыл бұрын
Hope you guys get more recognition for this. Love your videos!
@elvenhair3
4 жыл бұрын
Hey. Enjoyed your video but I had a question. I wanted to use a Lythari elf for a 5e campaign, and I was wondering what you guys might do with the wolf side of their kind. Thanks for the videos!
@catfoodbob1
7 жыл бұрын
WereBearBearBearian.
@Zankaroo
7 жыл бұрын
I really like how Underworld did its werewolves and lycans. The werewolves are pretty much a straight up curse as they are always in a hyrbid form and are only partially in control. Then you have the lycans which is more of a blessing than a curse, at least once you learn to control your form.
@cedricantunes4600
7 жыл бұрын
I have a clan of werecreatures (normally they were wolves, but wolves seem to be the more wild type- so i might switch to bears instead), that act as a proud family of mercenaries. But I'm still thinking if money is how you get them to work for you, or if they require another sort of payment or a favor... Hmm! I would like them to be Lawful by nature. I had prepared an idea, that would include my dog (she's a wild and crazy little yorky xD) as the head of a werewolf tribe, she would be very strong (the head of the tribe) and would have characteristics and looks that my doggie has! She wouldn't have an evil nature either, maybe a more normal one. But she would still be chaotic, doing what she wants. All the members would be born werewolves, they wouldn't wanna curse others as that would be some sort of bond to their entire tribe! Anyway- just an idea I has a while ago, that I will totally include in my game. I don't want all my lycantrophic beings to be killers; but hey- there might be that one and another tribe/clan that is. (The power behind it is simply too high) I would tweak the curse too, Con/Str saves every now and then (up to situation) and a frenzy rage in the full moon. A character with low Strength (let's say 8) would get an increase of +1 to their Strength every full moon (and go in a rage), until it has attained the required stat of the lycranthopic being (Dex instead of Str; if it's a Dex based one). I wouldn't give them the full stat right off the bat. Once they attained their required stat, they will now be able to control it more- They would be able to transform a certain amount of times per long rest, gain Immunities ONLY in the Lycanthropic / beast form and well.. Still go on frenzies in the full moon.. I would have to think it through. It's a curse after all, you should wanna get rid of it ;3
@lukerabon7925
3 жыл бұрын
You could balance out wanting to be a werebear as being compelled to do good the same way werewolves are compelled to kill. A werebear has to actively pursue the greater good pretty much all the time, making it hard to have a life outside that mission. Is the area you live in relatively good, peaceful, and stable? Your werebear curse pushes you to leave and find somewhere else that needs a champion. Still not necessarily much of an issue for certain adventurers, but you don't just give that compulsion to every random person who asks for it because it can still uproot and dominate your life, just with less eating your neighbors
@jthompson7175
8 жыл бұрын
It would kind of be hilarious tormenting an evil character with the curse of the Werebear, where they're forced to fight for good under the light of the full moon. :P
@krinas1
6 жыл бұрын
First man that became a werewolf was Ancient Greek king Lycaon of Arcadia. He was cursed by Zeus when he tried to feed human flesh to zeus in a feast.
@cyberpixelatedgamer
6 жыл бұрын
Georgios Krinas it was also one of Lycaon ‘s 50 children that most likely didn’t care about.
@bassmanjla
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, but whats the source material for "Giant super strong hybrid/crynos" werehulk/wolf ? I don't think it was whitewolf, maybe american werewolf in london? Or was it something else?? It feels like something that likely came from comics in the late eighties, early 90s.
@dougmartin2007
7 жыл бұрын
I think the Howling had the first hybrid that was bigger than a normal man. Universal's first wolfman was just a hairy dude, but was decades before the Howling. y'know, if memory serves.
@DistortedShelf0
6 жыл бұрын
It would be awesome to see a curse management for the bloodhunter. You could choose vampiric, lycanthropy, undead, etc. It would still have drawbacks (maybe in the flaw section), but it could be implemented as a class feature and it would totally match the theme of bloodhunter
@FeRaknor
8 жыл бұрын
Hey amazing video as always :D Loving it, also got some inspiration for my werewolf story keep up the fantastic work guys
@hitsuokinawamura
6 жыл бұрын
One of my games i changed lycanthrophy to work as a curse but the animal you turn into is based on your personality as if the curse was bringing the animal side of humanity to a pure form. Also it was a form for me to control the party wishes to simply use this and i set a monthly roll dice that if failed they would fall more and more to the animal side until they become completly animal and loses his character to the curse, so it was an adventure to some old Silvanus temple in the middle of a dense jungle to lift the curse(and the mage was able to control it so he could change into a were-owl at wish)
@coltondempsey2181
8 жыл бұрын
I've been trying to find a way to work in were-boars to my campaign.
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
I like the connection between orcs and wereboars mentioned in the MM. Maybe a group of Orc wereboars is roaming through the region, disrupting agriculture and generally being a nuisance. The party can fight them OR they can help the tribe-herd find the magic truffles they so desperately seek.
@coltondempsey2181
8 жыл бұрын
thanks thats a great idea!
@Ben_D.
Жыл бұрын
I personally am a Werejellyfish. Once in a blue moon, I turn into a blob of goo that sits in the water and floats there. Quietly. In a very ferocious way. Then I get better.
@wackyruss
7 жыл бұрын
Down in Texas growing up we pronounced it Ly-CAN-thropes. Lol. Emphasis on the 2nd syllable with a Texas twangy short /a/. Those were the days!
@SefuDonalBastet
6 жыл бұрын
I play a Were. It's one of my standard builds. Currently, I am running a Chaotic Neutral Were-Cougar Monk with some House rules. The Were "Curse" in this case is Chaotic - both a Blessing and Curse - given by the Milieu's "Cat Gods" as a Boon for the self sacrifice of a family member - and therefore non transmissible. There is no defined "must were-out" moment for the character (except for one particular Quirk/Flaw Save). He has almost complete control (minus stunning damage from the pain of change and a Rest between changes). Standard Were Immunities/vulnerabilities (silver/magic). He became a Monk to fight his innate Chaotic nature (fun roleplay). There is no "9ft tall Monster" aspect", just a mass for mass change from Human to Hybrid to Animal, with stat changes appropriate to species - my Cougar form is straight "Big Cat" stats + silver/magic vulnerability. So... somewhere between a Were and a Shifter.
@BurgersforBreakfast127
7 жыл бұрын
been said plenty but I'll put a different light on it (pun intended): awesome set, yes; it looks badass, but I love the mood it creates. more "immersive". great job, love your channel!
@ssjmatt8424
6 жыл бұрын
Very nice discussion, although from what I know you don't even suffer an alignment change in 5th edition. So there is even less of a drawback to lycanthropy.
@chaosincarna
8 жыл бұрын
I want to say "The Howling," first introduced the man wolf hybrid in video.
@franzlimit
8 жыл бұрын
I allways had the feeling that most lycanthropes fit way better in lower-fantasy settings. I also read about an interesting setting once: Druids could only shift into one specific form (and forms between the humanoid and animal form) because they actually were lycanthropes. Cursed people who didn't find their inner peace in the nature together with those druid circles were usually ravaging beasts.
@jimdavis141
8 жыл бұрын
Agreed about the lower level thing. Once the party can Remove Curse, Lycanthropes lose a lot of their power to threaten the party. And I do like the idea of there being a connection between Druids and lycanthropy. Lots of story potential in having the first Druids be Lycanthropes who wanted to control their abilities without giving in to the curse.
@mythrilsentinel1
6 жыл бұрын
I had a group who was really into lycanthropes of all sorts; so much so that the battles became routine... pull out the silvered weapons and it became a short fight. That is until I saw a certain movie, thought it was an interesting premise and reworked it in a darker bent. I love comedies, and I have a darkish sense of humor, so drawing upon other comedic movies I came up with a "vorpal" were-rabbit. However, the were-rabit can not be affected by silver. It's weakness was gold-plated weapons (24 Karats :oP ). I think the pun did more damage to the players than they did to the were-rabbit with their silvered weapons.
@WarDogMadness
7 жыл бұрын
being from wales we had an invasion of the weresheep in my 3.5 campaign
@jonannett
8 жыл бұрын
ok so this was great but i was hoping for more mechanical advice on lycanthropes. I'm planning on giving secret notes to my newly cursed pc's about what they did in the night. that the other characters aren't aware of i like having this be a hindrance for sure i plan on having them lose precious articles in the nights that they change, but overall i decrease in charisma? especially around blood? that seems hard to roleplay. thoughts?
@maryt.8043
3 жыл бұрын
came here for help with my blood hunter (order of the lycan). the drawback you "need" to have seemed very interesting to me, I will work carefully on my flaws
@knightwolf4612
6 жыл бұрын
At the beginning you mentioned you played Werewolf the Apoc. You wanted more bite and teeth, then read the material, there is enough material to add a cursed element to them.
@cdgonepotatoes4219
6 жыл бұрын
good way to go against a werewolf isn't with a silver or silver plated sword, but with an oil or wax that contains several silver particles in it so as you swing your sword the silver remains there, effective for very few swings but at least you don't get the debuff of having an extremely soft silver sword that deals the same damage and has the same durability of a bunch of sticks glued together with sticky leaves.
@ikbentoon
5 жыл бұрын
I really liked the question on what's the origin of this curse. Although Werewolves are a thing that has been going round for several decades now, in books, hollywood and everything, i really liked the story that the folks of blizzard gave to it. This made the werewolf curse a forbidden druidic shapeshifting form. in likeness to the ancient wolf god, druids would transform into massive wolves (worgen in the lore) but unable to control themselves the longer they stayed in this form. Biting others in this form would cause them to transform and unable to turn back to human/elven form. like i said, i really like the hook into druidic shapeshifting, but with serious safety hazards. check out the lore video from the warcraft universe: kzitem.info/news/bejne/yGds1WiJrYiYmo4
@ZenodudeMC
7 жыл бұрын
Strange that I'm playing skyrim and run into a pack of were wolves while watching this
@Miestwin
4 жыл бұрын
In the middle ages, in central/eastern Europe in rural areas werewolves were called "God's Hounds" and were believed to be protectors from evil and other monsters, including demons. In northern Scotland, werewolves were treated similarly, and even there was a tradition of living fish for them on windowsills. PS. First werewolves came to be in ancient Greece, but I don't remember how they were portrayed back then. I now for a fact, in middle ages, werewolves were portrayed similarly to modern times, as is, humanoid wolves that walked on two legs with hands.
@senthesanguinesinner9
6 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I find a lot of irony in a bard werewolf, simply because he goes from, let's be honest, the weakest class in terms of combat, to a monster created or cursed or whatever for combat! But I play a doom knight werewolf, so I'm dangerous regardless of my form. For those who are curious, doom knight is an old class from 3.5E, my DM brought it into his 5E campaign.
@eightbyte1
6 жыл бұрын
I read somthing a while ago and i just laughed at it. Were-trees. rabbit by day, tree by night. the transition between the two takes around about half a second. Natrually, anything above a transforming were-tree is sent flying.
@LAJackson123
7 жыл бұрын
DUDE!! SICK FUCKIN' BACKGROUND! Solid ep.
@cuboidham
8 жыл бұрын
i feel like a good way to balance the curse, at least in combat, would be a system if beserk rolls (please note i have no idea how they work currently) basically, when in beast mode and something dies near you, 20ft radius or so, or when you take damage over a certain threshold (and pf course when you first turn) you go Beserk, basically just attacking whatever's closest, regardless of friend or foe. you could even have a thing where they go feral if they fail too many in a row, buggering off into the wilderness and not changing back for a week or so, or until the curse is lifted by another person
@Lunaras
8 жыл бұрын
the show is looking cool, but you still need to turn down the audio of the logo section so you don't blow out speakers
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