Werewolf/DA

Werewolves are humanoid creatures resembling wolves. They possess higher intelligence than other animals, but their bestial nature will typically overcome them. Often have plagued the countryside, by being possessed by demons. The transformation is permanent. The transformation happens uncontrollably. There was a crusade to eliminate them, but stories of some pockets in forests survive. Random outbreaks of the werewolf curse or virus. Eventually lose themselves to their bestial nature. If someone is bitten, they know within a matter of days if the curse has taken hold, sweating, vomiting, then a high fever. Deadly, impulse, unable to return to human form even in death. Normal dogs can detect a werewolf even in human form, thus they became popular. Some werewolves have developed an uncanny willpower and intelligence. Those that are bitten are driven mad with unthinking fury, in this state, they can become possessed themselves and turned into a feral wolf-like beast. Wolves possessed by demons of rage turn to humanoid monsters that spread the curse with a bite. Werewolves either lack the opposable thumbs to wield weapons or refuse to do so, instead engaging opponents with nothing but claw and fang. A werewolf is taller than most people, and their strength far outmatches them. They lose all resemblance to their former self upon transformation, growing fur, a snout and claws. But perhaps worst of all is the change to the mind. A full Werewolf is truly like a beast. Hunting, mating, and surviving are their only considerations. Although werewolves can maintain or even regain some semblance of their minds (through strong willpower or external magic), it is always a challenge to keep from killing. A beast's true nature is hard to change. Werewolves strike with their claws to cut deep into the flesh, and deliver a final bite to the throat. For the werewolf, this would ideally be the end of it, but unfortunately (or fortunately, as the case may be) very few people will let themselves be hunted like a common rabbit. Werewolves wear no armor beyond their naturally thick hide, which can still be pierced by blade or bow. With no particularly strong means of defense, a werewolf will usually try to strike swiftly and hard, rather than wait for the opponent to make the first move. Their hides serve no defense against magic, making that as good an option as any if the werewolf's prey has the talent.