Description
In the standard Dungeons & Dragons rules, lycanthropy is both hereditary (the children of lycanthropes are lycanthropes of the same type) and infectious (victims of lycanthrope bites become lycanthropes themselves, of the same type as the attacker). 3.5 Edition rules distinguish between natural and afflicted lycanthropes, according to the cause of lycanthropy, and handle them by different rules.
Most lycanthropes in animal form can communicate with animals of their type, and do so with a +4 bonus to Charisma checks. In humanoid form, they can use any weapon, and in animal form they use natural weapons like the corresponding animals, but each type has a different fighting style in hybrid form.
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