I'm looking at the stats in the bestiary and the related entries, but coming up confused. In the bestiary and on the SRD;
Ability Scores: +2 Wis, –2 Cha in all forms; +2 Str, +2 Con in hybrid and animal forms. Lycanthropes have enhanced senses but are not fully in control of their emotions and animalistic urges. In addition to these adjustments to the base creature's stats, a lycanthrope's ability scores change when he assumes hybrid or animal form. In human form, the lycanthrope's ability scores are unchanged from the base creature's form. In animal and hybrid form, the lycanthrope's ability scores are the same as the base creature's or the base animal's, whichever ability score is higher.
the entries for the individuals do not line up with these rules, can someone simplify them for me please?
Here's the deal with therianthropes' ability scores:
Human(oid) form: Use the character's ability scores and modify them as follows: +2 Wis, -2 Cha
Hybrid form: For each ability score, use the better of either character or animal, and then modify the end results as follows: +2 Str, +2 Con, +2 Wis, -2 Cha.
Example: Human werewolf (the one from the bestiary)
The human's stats, before he was bitten, were
Str 17, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha 10
A wol's stats are
Str 13, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
Now, the guy is afflicted with lycanthropy.
His humanoid stats get the +2 Wis, -2 Cha, meaning that as a human, he now has
Str 17, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 8
For the other two forms, we use the original stats for both critters to get a "best of"
Str 17, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha 10
These stats now get the +2 Str, +2 Con, +2 Wis, -2 Cha, meaning that as a wolf beast, he now has
Str 19, Dex 15, Con 17,Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 8
ok so in wolf and hybrid forms the character has the same stats?