Werewolf

Werewolves are creatures who transform into large supernatural wolves.

Transformation Features

Description

Werewolves are creatures who transform into large supernatural wolves. While some are born werewolves, others undergo this transformation because of a curse, an infection through another werewolf’s bite, or another unnatural cause. Werewolves look like typical members of their ancestry until they shift, whereupon they transform into a massive otherworldly wolf. Some might even take on a shape that is an amalgamation of their ancestry and their wolf form. Stories describe werewolves shifting with the phases of the moon, though an individual’s experience with this change varies based on the cause of their transformation.

Werewolves often struggle to control their hunting instinct and violence while in their wolf form, and they must have immense self-discipline, use significant energy, or resort to fleeing or locking themselves away to avoid harming their loved ones. The longer a werewolf has experience with their condition, the more likely they are to have developed methods of controlling themselves.

Playing Other Were-Creatures

Work with your GM if you want to create a character that transforms into a different were-creature. Many animals, especially predators, can easily take the place of wolves and still use the “Wolf Form” and “Howling Rampage” features.

Transformation Questions

• Someone is hunting you. Who is it, and why do they want you dead?
• What were you afraid of before you became a werewolf, and how has your new power changed that fear?
• You hear your wolf form in your head as if it were another entity. What lie does it tell you about yourself, and why are you beginning to believe it?
• What led you to kill someone you love during your rampage?
• Who cursed you to become a werewolf?
• You were once entreated to join a pack of other werewolves. How did you respond?

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Hope & Fear

Werewolf

Werewolves are creatures who transform into large supernatural wolves.

Wolf Form: When you mark 1 or more Hit Points, you can mark a Stress to enter your Wolf Form. While in this form, you gain a 1d10 bonus to attack and damage rolls. When you gain a Hope while in Wolf Form, you must also mark a Stress. Your Wolf Form lasts until you go into your “Howling Rampage” or take a rest.

Howling Rampage: When you mark your last Stress while in Wolf Form, you go into a rampage. Roll a number of d20s equal to your tier and deal that much physical damage to all creatures within Very Close range, then drop out of Wolf Form.

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