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Natural lycanthropes assume an animal form and retain this form if they are
killed.
Infected lycanthropes are forced to assume animal form at certain times of
the month (full moon) and revert to human form when killed.
This may not be official rules but it works well.
So your shapeshifter could copy a natural werebear's bear form to transform
into a bear or an infected werebear's human form (if this is allowed by
shapeshifters) to transform into a human.
No curse either way and no special immunities or powers inherent in
lycanthropy are copied by the shapeshifter.
"Wereldreiziger" <wereld_reizigerMAARNIETHEUS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4135bf4a$0$78738$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> > What's this "bonding" thing you mention?
> >
> > --
> > The storm wins initiative, and attacks. -Adlon, describing Hurricane
> > Charlie.
>
> Shapeshifters have the ability to 'bond' with a creature. Within a certain
> amount of time after the creature has deceased, the shapeshifter can touch
> the creature, and set in motion a process, wherein the shapeshifter sort
of
> copies the creatures DNA, and gets the ability to transform into that
> animal.
> For example: the party the shapeshifter is with, encounters a very
agressive
> bear, and to put themselves out of danger, they have to kill the animal.
The
> shapeshifter knows many people fear bears, and decides to bond with the
> bear. At a moment later in time the shapeshifter can decide to turn
himself
> into a bear, with all the natural things of a bear. (Claws, natural AC (if
> any), forms of movement and so on. Magical abilities are not copied, so a
> shapeshifter could turn into a dragon, but wouldn't have the breath weapon
> or the aura of fear, and any other abilities the dragon had in life. But
the
> shapeshifter would be able to fly.)
>
> I was wondering what would happen if the party encountered a werebear (in
> animal form), would kill it, and the shapeshifter would bond with the
> lycanthrope.
> Is the shapechanger cursed too?
>
> I hope this clarifies what i'm trying to say
> Wereldreiziger
>
>
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