Natural Lycanthropes

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Reading the listing in the Monster Manual, natural Lycanthropes have control
over the change. Does this mean they can resist the full moon and not
change unless they want to?

Q

 

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Q-Ball wrote:
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> Reading the listing in the Monster Manual, natural Lycanthropes have control
> over the change. Does this mean they can resist the full moon and not
> change unless they want to?

Yes, that's correct.

-Bluto

 

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"Senator Blutarsky" <monarchy@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Q-Ball wrote:
>>
>> Reading the listing in the Monster Manual, natural Lycanthropes have
>> control
>> over the change. Does this mean they can resist the full moon and not
>> change unless they want to?
>
> Yes, that's correct.
>
> -Bluto

Was afraid of that. So they're not really weres as much as shape-shifters
with limited number of shapes (normal, Hybrid, and were...)

 

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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:26:06 -0500, "Q-Ball" <private@private.com>
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>"Senator Blutarsky" <monarchy@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:423A6826.B8BD8B7A@comcast.net...
>> Q-Ball wrote:
>>>
>>> Reading the listing in the Monster Manual, natural Lycanthropes have
>>> control
>>> over the change. Does this mean they can resist the full moon and not
>>> change unless they want to?
>>
>> Yes, that's correct.
>>
>> -Bluto
>
>Was afraid of that. So they're not really weres as much as shape-shifters
>with limited number of shapes (normal, Hybrid, and were...)

There are a lot of examples of werewolves who don't have to shift by
the light of the full moon.

 

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"David Johnston" <rgorman@telusplanet.net> wrote in message
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> There are a lot of examples of werewolves who don't have to shift by
> the light of the full moon.

Yes, but if they have full control of the change and there is no stimulus to
the change other than their own will, are they really "weres" and is the
Lycanthropy really a "curse" anymore?

 

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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:54:47 -0500, "Q-Ball" <private@private.com>
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>"David Johnston" <rgorman@telusplanet.net> wrote in message
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>>
>> There are a lot of examples of werewolves who don't have to shift by
>> the light of the full moon.
>
>Yes, but if they have full control of the change and there is no stimulus to
>the change other than their own will, are they really "weres"

Yes.

and is the
>Lycanthropy really a "curse" anymore?

No. And of course it doesn't have to be a curse. Lycanthropy didn't
begin with that movie.

 

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David Johnston wrote:
> Q-Ball wrote:
>> David Johnston wrote:
>
>>> There are a lot of examples of werewolves who don't have to shift by
>>> the light of the full moon.
>>
>> Yes, but if they have full control of the change and there is no
>> stimulus to the change other than their own will, are they really
>> "weres"
>
> Yes.

"Were" meaning "man", after all.

>> and is the Lycanthropy really a "curse" anymore?
>
> No. And of course it doesn't have to be a curse. Lycanthropy didn't
> begin with that movie.

Exactly. A werewolf is a "man-wolf" and that can mean . . . whatever. In D&D
it's got two uses.

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