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In my home game, I'm working with one of my players to allow him to apply the Lycanthrope template to his PC for RP reasons. The party is still only 2nd level and we're looking to retcon this as deep background for the character.
Being conscious of power levels, and we have agreed on a few restrictions. One of them is the obvious one: to apply the template at the 1 CR equivalent, meaning he will always lag one level behind the party.
However, I'm still concerned about the DR for a natural lycanthrope: 10/silver.
1) How can monsters overcome the silver limitation? It's not clear if there's any means based on HD, or anything similar to how alignment subtypes serve to align natural weapons.
2) Has anyone else introduced a low level PC natural lycanthrope to their campaign? Did it overwhelm power levels of other PCs?
Thanks for all comments.
0) He may not have to always lag one level behind. If you use the rules for monsters as PCs, he will gain a level half way between second and third and will get to equal level with the rest of the party.
1) I believe that if a monster also has DR/silver, they can overcome this, or with a +3 or equivalent weapon.
2) It's only going to overwhelm the other PCs if you let it. Maybe he must be in normal form around NPCs, or that silver is a preferred weapon for town guards and bad guy gangs?
It's all up to the DM-PC interactions. The game is only as fun as your group makes it.
About the only thing Nawtyit didn't cover is that the DR is only at play when in hybrid or animal form. In normal form they're just as vulnerable.