WEREBEAR

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WEREBEAR

BASIC INFO Werebears are half-man, half-bear creatures who, in times of old, were influenced by the balance of day and night. Present day Werebears may shed their fur in the form of a pelt to mimic human beings. In bear form, they are one of the largest monsters in Ryslig, but when not transformed, they're as short as the average human being. MANDATORY CHANGES ● Skinchanger abilities. By using this ability, the Werebear can shift back to their human form for up to 12 hours. Their bear fur and hide will be left behind after the transformation, which they can either hide or wear like a fur coat. They will keep all of their Werebear strengths, defenses, and abilities in this form, but will be drastically weakened if the fur is damaged or destroyed. This ability can be used once per day. Once the 12 hours are over, the Werebear will revert back to their bear form, regardless of how far away they are from the pelt. ● Werebears must take on all the mandatory changes (plus whatever optional ones the player desires) when in bear form. They must spend 12 hours on end as a bear before they can use their ability to become human again, and this ability will not work during Fog days. ● Transformation fatigue. While Werebears are very energetic when they first enter their bear forms, they tend to have major fatigue as time goes on. The longer they spend as a bear, the more exhausted they become, and sleep will not truly remedy this. Either the presence of the Fog, or using the Skinchanger ability to become human, will recharge their batteries fully. ● Werebears retain most of their normal human appearance when using the Skinchanger ability. However, a few minor physical traits such as a tail, extra hairy arms or bear ears may still manifest even in this human form. ● Upper and lower canine teeth elongated into sharp fangs. ● Bear-like furred ears. ● Fur on the back, shoulders, and arms. ● Very large, clawed hands and feet with pads on the bottom. ● A larger size. Transformed Werebears will be roughly 1.5-2 times the size of their human selves. ● Increased strength. Werebears are much stronger than a normal human could ever be. ● Sharpened senses. Werebears have a keen sense of hearing, sight, and smell that combined make them very formidable hunters. ● Vulnerability to silver. Silver will burn the skin on contact and can cause severe injury or even death if the Werebear is shot or stabbed with something made of silver. ● The need to feed on human flesh. Werebears are omnivores and can eat pretty much anything, however, they'll need meat to keep their energy levels up. This need may be satiated by accepting it from others, but more often than not, the Werebear will be compelled to choose their own targets for a fresh kill. ● A strong hunting instinct. When Werebears are hungry, they will develop the urge to chase prey down. Werebears usually hunt by striking their prey with their huge claws to knock them down, then biting them in the neck to finish them off. [back to top] OPTIONAL CHANGES ● Any psychological changes are welcome! Feel free to pull from real world myths, canon creatures of this variety, or any other source! ● A fog form. This is an exaggerated version of their monster form that appears only during the fog and is a chance to make your monster more "horrifying" during the fog. ● Travel form: the ability to shift into a full bear form at any time, or any other animal the monster design is based on. In this form, the character will look like a normal bear and will be able to travel faster. However, they will also be more vulnerable. ● A Werebear may have bear-like features or markings while they're in their human form as long as there's a significant contrast between their human and bear forms. ● Fur on any other part of the body. ● Bright yellow eyes. Other eye colors may manifest in a Werebear on occasion, but yellow is most often seen. ● The rest of the teeth elongated into fangs. ● A bear tail. ● Longer arms for the ability to run fast on all fours. ● Any number of bear-like facial features, ranging from mild to fully ursine. ● Superhuman climbing ability, enabling them to scale trees and tall buildings. ● Increased awareness of their surroundings, including weather patterns, layout of nearby terrain (caves and underground structures included), as well as instinctive knowledge of which plants are edible and poisonous. ● While using Skinchanger, moments of high emotion can cause the Werebear to partially or fully transform back into their bear form before the 12 hour time limit is up, depending on the intensity of the emotion. ● A territorial instinct. The Werebear, in bear form, will feel a deep connection to the area they've selected as their territory, and may become enraged when others invade it without getting permission. [back to top] ALLOWED SPECIES Bears, Pandas, Red Pandas, Opossums, Tasmanian Devils, Wombats, Tree Kangaroos, Koalas, Wolverines, Badgers, Raccoons, Martens, Fishers and Skunks are allowed. Think in the subfamilies Melinae, Mellivorinae, Taxidiinae and Guloninae. Similar creatures from a character's homeworld are also allowed. [back to top] ARTWORK Artwork generously donated and submitted by players as an example of this monster in various forms. This can give you an idea of what you can do with this monster. Want to donate? Submit your own August Night form (slightly nsfw) by Avali Craig Boone Normal form by Rachel Normal form by Usagi Grace Nakimura Day and Night forms by Groove Juno Steel Night form by Luc Kain Highwind Normal form by Carbon Night form by Carbon Travel form (with additional wings from Mana) by Carbon Fog form (with additional wings from Mana) by Carbon Oliver Hampton Night form by Harry Night form by Luc Transformation and travel forms by Ash Trish Una Day form by Pinch Night form by Pinch [back to top]

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