In a campaign that my Dad ran, I was a Warwolf. Basically a werewolf that stayed in wolf form permanently, but was more intelligent and dexterous than werewolf's at the expense of strength. There was also a third type of lycanthrope that was an elite nobility, the nobles ran the show in the lycanthrope nation with the Warwolf's as generals and diplomats, and the werewolf's as foot soldiers and grunts. It was all very political, always trying to advance the politics of the nobility while adventuring. My character was a warrior, then appointed diplomat to the human race colonies. it was also a very visual game where all our characters were drawn by the DM,and some scenes. One of my favorite was a female noble's castle where she basically used werewolf's with collars as slaves for manual labor but the scale and grandeur really made her feel incredibly powerful. That character saved the world a few times and went very high up in level.