Werewolf PCs. Who has them? How did they happen? What did you do with them?
I'll go first.
Lauren, CG elf Inquisitor of Calistra
As this is a two PC party, Lauren took 9 bites during the assault on the Stairs of the Moon. Despite her inherent large Fort save the law of averages caught up with her and she failed one critical save at the jaws of one of the Silverhide rangers in area E7.
After the battles the party became engrossed in the reconsecration of the temple and Lauren forgot all about the wolfsbane doses she carried. They met with the Prince's Wolves, gathered horses, and the chase was on.
Four days later she realized she might have been infected. By then the wolfsbane had no effect and the remove disease scroll was useless. And they had no way of knowing if either of them was a monster.
The full moon was approaching. The party came up with the plan to sleep in trees that night. They set up camp early, said goodbye to their horses and tied them for the night, and each climbed their respective trees. They stashed weapons and armor in a bag of holding and hung it in Asira's tree.
The GMPC Asira was forced to watch as Lauren changed at the rising of the moon. The werewolf fell out of the tree and eviscerated one of the horses. The other broke his ties and bolted, never to been seen again. The plains of Ardeal were haunted by one more werewolf that night.
Lauren awoke in a ditch several miles from camp. Her clothes were gone, shredded by her ordeal. But she failed her will save so she has no recollection of her actions that night. She knows intellectually what happened but mind and heart are two different things entirely.
Post your stories of werewolf PCs. How did they happen? How did players react? Heck, how did GMs react?
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Well, my players bought like 200 doses of wolfsbane and pretty much planned to nearly kill themselves with the plant if bitten. Right now I have one PC who has contracted it, but they still have three days where they're planning on eating wolfsbane 3-4 times per day, hoping the 12-16 additional fort saves will clear things up.
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Just note you get one reroll of the Lycanthrope save per dose of wolvesbane... you have to willingly fail the initial save taking damage, then you get the Lycanthrope reroll (with lowered Fort save from poison). Pass or fail the Lycanthrope save, you still need to make the remaining saves against the poison!
Three of my 5 PCs got bitten! Two took the poison, one used the scroll of remove disease.
--Moon Vrocks