| Quoth13 |
Quick(ish) explination as to why I am working on this. I am GMing a Carrion Crown campaign and we are headed into book 3 which is a werewolf themed adventure. Our party has an inquisitor and the player came to me asking if we could have his character inflicted with lycanthropy. Now this is not a power grab attempt we have a high roleplaying group and he wants his character to have a struggle with his calling as a monster hunting inquisitor so becoming one of the beasts he has been taught to hunt works really well with this arc. The books recommend taking control of the changed character to prevent it from being a power bump but I don't want it to just become a situation where every full moon we tie him up the end. Under the description for lycanthropy it lists a DC to change shape with the implication that a PC looses control of the character but I am looking for a variant that allows the player a chance to use this unstable power but not without the chance of consequences. This is based off the control shape check from the old 3.5 rules but tweaked some. If you fail the control check you loose control of your character and the GM runs them per the books suggestion. This is for an aflicted lycanthrope not on a night of the full moon.
Control shape
Wis based skill (not class skill)
Action full round or swift (to maintain control)
Uses:
Shift form hybrid dc 20
Shift form animal dc 25
Return to normal dc 25 (+1 per minute in alternate form)
When in non base form dc 25 (+1 per minute in alternate form) to maintain control for 1 minute after the first minute. (Effectively making the first minute automatically in the PC's direct control)
Resist forced change from damage dc 20*
*Forced damage check required if you loose more than 1/2 your base hit points in a single round
Try again special: You can retry attempts to change form to hybrid or animal form. Failing the attempt to return to normal form causes you to be stuck in your current form until the next sunrise. Failing the maintaining control check can be attempted again after a minute has elapsed as a swift action.