Yes the Pc changes on the next full moon (not that bad from wereboars as they aren't inherently evil) as long as he knows about the lycanthropy he should be able to remove it.
that said i'd look up lycanthropy because back in the day (i.e. 1st and 2nd edition) it was a real pain to remove it.
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According to the SRD, it's within three days, not before the next full moon. Link here.
I have to say, as a player I wouldn't cure a werebear infection. The changes aren't overpowering and the roleplay potential is awesome. As a GM, I'd totally let the +1CR slide at that level, given the dramatic potential.
That, and you really don't loose anything from being a werebear unless you're a barbarian, or any other class that requires you to act chaotically or lose your bonuses (I'm going by the alignment listed in the hybrid form on the PRD). The change isn't game-breaking anymore, as compared to 3.5 (how you enjoying that +16 Str? OK, just checking), and the alignment change while involuntarily shifted won't really get in the party's way.
Werebear-ism doesn't seem like much of a curse, honestly, except that every full moon you wreck your armor and become a marauding, fuzzy agent of justice.
Werebear-ism doesn't seem like much of a curse, honestly, except that every full moon you wreck your armor and become a marauding, fuzzy agent of justice.
With a wicked craving for nuts and berries.
Werebear-ism would wreck havoc on the caravan's food supplies. From the Lycanthropy article in #45...
The hunger of the lycanthrope is usually proportional to its largest form. A werebear in human form has the appetite of a much larger ursine. Gluttony is a mark of such lycanthropes.
Werebear-ism doesn't seem like much of a curse, honestly, except that every full moon you wreck your armor and become a marauding, fuzzy agent of justice.With a wicked craving for nuts and berries.
Werebear-ism would wreck havoc on the caravan's food supplies. From the Lycanthropy article in #45...
The hunger of the lycanthrope is usually proportional to its largest form. A werebear in human form has the appetite of a much larger ursine. Gluttony is a mark of such lycanthropes.
Alright, fair enough, except that provisions are abstracted so that 1 unit of provisions feeds either a human or a horse...
'Cause that makes sense.
In original form stats are unchanged only when they shift do they alter
+2 Wis, -2 Cha in all forms.
Ability Scores: +2 Wis, –2 Cha in all forms;
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Exactly: no change for a month, but three days from the time of infection to cure it. When you think about it, that's kind of nasty. How do you know to cure a disease with no symptoms? (Monster knowledge checks, I imagine.).
As for the increased appetite, I might run that as sleep-eating and treat it as a mystery that the party had to figure out. Every night of the full moon, one unit of provisions disappears. That would be meh in a normal campaign, but in the caravan it might be a fun use of the consumption mechanics, and lead to Unrest and accusations of theft (is one of the untrustworthy Varisians taking more than their fair share?).
Ya. Any other class save maybe Bard would benefit from this. But for an Oracle, turning were just nerfs so much of the class. Hell, as a Pally, Fighter, or Ranger I'd be happy to get Werebear. LG alt self ain't that bad.
now i just have to make an order of paladins that infect their members with werebearitis, so they go from ironclad crusaders of good to fluffy superhero-types
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According to the SRD: "A remove disease or heal spell cast by a cleric of 12th level or higher cures the affliction, provided the character receives the spell within 3 days of the infecting lycanthrope's attack. Alternatively, consuming a dose of wolfsbane gives an afflicted lycanthrope a new Fortitude save to recover from lycanthropy."
A paladin with remove curse won't work (although if it were a sufficiently high-level paladin - 15th or higher - I might let it slide, because at that level, who cares), and if those three days pass there is no in-game way to remove the curse, short of a major artifact or quest. That's how I read it, anyway.