Wereform

A wereform is a shapeshifting form intermediate between that of a humanoid and beast. Some can be born with it as a power. It can also be a condition of sapient beings causing them to transform into a beast form, usually during the full moon. It specifically refers to terrestrial, aggressive therianthropy. The forms are usually bipedal or of the same primary locomotion of the original creature, but the beast form itself ultimately dictates the resultant locomotion.
As a condition, it can be passed on to those severely weakened (specifically, having a shattered aura) through the bite of the werebeast. Contracted therianthropy is essentially uncurable. If scratched, the strongest cures may thwart the disease, but a bite imparts the illness with to much force.
Someone who can assume a wereform, typically one who was born with the ability can be called a werebeast, meaning a human (were 'man') that can take beast form.
 	Afflicted	Natural
Involuntary & Sentient 	 	
Involuntary & Sapient 	 	
At Will & Sentient 	 	
At Will & Sapient 	 	
At Will, Sapient, & Gradient	 	
==Forms==
=== Odenna ===
*Werewolf
*Werebear
*Werecat
*Werefox
*Weredragon (medieval dog-like)
*Wererat
*Wereboar/Wereswine
*Werebadger
*Wereweasel
*Wereram
*Werebat
*Wereraven
*Weresatyr
*Werelion
*Werefootworm (centipede): changes at high noon sun? have to be outside in direct sunlight (hitting any skin? or if you are warmed by it enough rays are getting through?) when sun is at highest point in sky
=== Ellador ===
*Werehyena
*Wereleopard
*Werelion
*Werecroc
*Werespider
=== Nysa ===
*Werejaguar
*Werejackal
*Weregator
*Werepanther
*Weretiger
*Werebison
*Weresloth
== Methods ==
* Skinchanging, esp. w/ form sympathy
* Alchemical salve
* Ritual
* Sleeping under full moon (one-night transformation)
* Polymorphery
* Possessed/demonic polymorph
==Weaknesses==
*Wolfsbane
*Silver, as with all shapshifters
*Dispelling, as with any enchantment, esp. calling the name of the person or things significant to them to break through the spell to their mind
*Tiring the werebeast out extensively. Capturing in net (possibly then kept confined in room) to do so is common. Some resort to pining the beast form down with nailing/impaling/piercing/etc.
==Etymology==
Meta Information
The term werebeast and its sister terms come from the Anglo-Saxon word were 'man' appended to the name of the animal which the beast form takes after.
Thus the were- part stays constant and the latter word of the compound changes, if term is to refer to a human (or bipedal-person-like) beast form. Were- does not indicate a vicious or wild creature, though it is used colloquially in this way (due to a reanalysis of the morphemes and the ease of clipping).
==See Also==
Wolf Ward
Wolf Hunt and Wolf Trap
Werewolf Trials
==Sources==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycanthrope_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf
Category:Transformation
Category:Therianthropy
Category:Conditions
Category:Moonlight