Werewolves

[Thalecia]

I was looking over the Races section, and noted at the very bottom the little bit about the viral races. I am assuming that werewolves are accepted, and I was considering eventually making an alt to play one. However, I have my own version (which I actually got from numerous werewolf roleplayers, etc) that conflicts with the few lines I saw there. The things that I believe, which are different are:

:: Werewolves have three stages. A human form, a feral form, and an Anthromorphic form. Feral being a normally built wolf(if not a bit bigger).

:: They can switch freely between these forms, day or night, it doesn't matter. SOME have aquired the ability to partially transform certain limbs, but it takes a great deal of skill to master, and takes a substantial amount of energy to maintain.

:: I don't believe in the "only switching to a werewolf on the full moon" stereotype. Why? Because to me it makes you more of a human. It would be like living your life normally, then once a month going through a REALLY bad hairday and getting REALLY angry about it. I will agree with, however, that the transformation INVOLUNTARILY occurs during the moon, because the rays have a special reaction with their chemistry. This effect has a tendency to make them irritable as their animallistic nature kicks in, but they are not uncontrollable. When the moon is not present, the werewolf has the ability to lock off their wolven sides, and switch voluntarily.

:: Purebloods, as I call them for convenient's sake, do not shift between their forms until they reach puberty, where the disease, if you will, takes its full effect. They will typically be more powerful than a human who was bit, especially the farther back in their lineage the original transfer of the disease was.

:: Transformation DOES hurt the first few times, but over time it becomes a natural experience for the race.

:: Silver, holy water, etc, has no effect on a werewolf. I see no point in it. Yes, silver daggers and such hurt. But you stan anyone with ANY metal and it is going to hurt. I do not believe this should bring an instant death to a werewolf.

:: Werewolves have extreme healing abilities. They can rise after taking a mortal wound, and while the heal is not instant, it saves them from death and makes them heal over much faster than any normal human. It takes a deal of fuss to make sure they are permenently dead. Destroying the heart or brain, or burning the corpse to ashes are the most effective.

:: Any tattoos and piercings from their human form will be left on through their transformations, clothes however will be ripped, if they are not big enough to allow for the height and muscle growth.

:: I agree that their bite is infectious because I consider it a disease.

This forum post has a rather nice explaination of some hypothetical reasoning behind the race's biology. I don't claim for them to be an expert at all, but I agree with their opinions.

I don't claim this to be THE way, of course. But I would greatly appreciate it if at least some of these characteristics could be worked into the Arcanian werewolves. I think it's just more fun if they're less human... but in a different way than just becoming uncontrollable and only a werewolf once a month for one night. Not much roleplay that way, if you ask me. =/

[Ciraxis]

I personally don't see a problem. I believe this could be the proper 'idea' for werewolves. I just need confirmation from Elam, and for him to post here.

[*Kuromaku]

I say the silver weakness stays. It doesn't need to be an instant kill but it could be something that keeps them from healing as fast. That and fire, fire should hurt vampires, werewolves, zombies, mummies, and humans all the same. Definately though the silver should stay because they NEED a weakness.

[Thalecia]

That's why I said fire is one of the ways to make sure they stay dead.

My only problem with the silver thing is I just DON'T see a logical reasoning behind it. Metal is going to hurt anybody, really. They do have a weakness as I see it. There is nothing that beefs them up, if you stab one clear through the leg, it WILL limp and be hindered in combat, just like anyone else. The only difference is that when they have time to sit down and rest, the gaping hole in their leg will close up in a matter of days to weeks rather than like, a month or never.

BUT. If anything, I guess silver is fair enough. Just no brandishing crosses at them or touching them casually and expecting them to go "Oh mai. I must keel over now", because that's rediculous for ANY race. >.>

[The Grim Reaper]

To be honest, there are no races that currently are and aren't "accepted". You can choose to make your character whatever race you want, and the race can be played however you wish to play it, as long as it has no obvious advantages over other starting characters, and doesn't start with any free skills/spells (even firebreath on a dragon is almost stretching rules XD).
The Races topics is a suggestion.

[*Kuromaku]

the reason for silver is occult not scientific. Silver has always been viewed as "a metal that purifies" additionally werewolves are also occult so there really is no reason for it not to work. There is a game by "whitewolf games" called "werewolf" and werewolves are almost the most powerful race whitewolf makes and they are still hurt by silver. give arca is not a whitewolf creation but the reason for silver has been explained. like I said though it doesn't have to be like "oh i was touched with silver" because that really doesn't make any sense (unless a powerful spell like hold monster is there) but say someone stabs there werewolf with a regular weapon and creates a gash, that gash would heal in maybe a day or an hour or hell even a couple minutes but say that weapon was silver. Then the wound would be treated as a normal would and would heal at the same rate it would if they were human. Is that fair?

[Thalecia]

I'll agree with that.