Lycanthropes are humans with the ability to assume animal form.
During the hours of darkness they most commonly shape change to their animal form.
In periods with a full moon lycanthropes are 90% likely to be compelled to assume their alter-shape.
They usually move about as humans for whatever purposes they may have.
Each type knows its own language in addition to Common.

Any creature bitten by a lycanthrope for damage equal to or greater than 50% of its total potential (but not actually killed and eaten) is infected by the disease of lycanthropy.
If the person is carrying belladonna there is a 25% chance that this will cure the affliction if it is eaten within 1 hour.
Note that this infusion will incapacitate the victim for 1-4 days and there is a 1% chance that the poison in the belladonna will kill.
Otherwise, a cure disease spell from a 12th or higher level patriarch must be placed on the victim within 3 days or he or she will become a lycanthrope in 7-14 days.
There are some other forms of lycanthropes, but these are very rare in the extreme.

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