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General Lycan Powers

Weaknesses

The usual way to become a were-animal is through infection with one strain of the Lycanthropy virus, but there are rare cases of born shifters as well. A female shifter can conceive and a male shifter can sire a child, but the fetus will normally die due to the monthly shifting of either the child or the mother. However, there is help! Some witches are proficient enough in their craft to be able to weave a protective spell that protects the baby from being torn apart in the mother's womb because of shifting issues. There will be no hybrids, though. A child of a human and a lycanthrope will always be human, no exceptions. If two shifters plan to have a child they will have to be of the same species. For example, both the male and the female will have to be a wolf. A bear and a leopard would be incompatible and so on and so forth. This is not commonly known, though, due to the rarity of shifter pregnancies.

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Please be aware that a born shifter is VERY rare and it will not be accepted in every back story just because you want your character to be a shifter couple's kid.


Not every shifter has the potential to become alpha. ​

Shapeshifters

  • Shifters are able to smell lies:  due to the chemical micro reactions in a living body when someone is telling a lie, a shifter will be able to pick up the change in the scent, subtle or not. They will not be able to smell a lie told by a vampire though since the undead lack said chemical micro reactions. (Strength)

  • Each shifter has an aura about them, it is as if it contains their beast within the Metaphysical, Shifters are able to control and contain their aura's over time, they learn to shield it away, and only release it out when it is needed, most times as a show of dominance, or threatening. 

  • Vastly Above Human Strength

  • Fast Healing (Quarter the normal time of a human)

  • Accute Senses

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  • Becoming the Beast Within - Should a character spend too much time within their shifted forms, there will be a residual overflow into their human appearances, this can be having their eyes permanently stuck in that of their beast, or their canines elongated, possible fur forming in places where they should be no furr. Be mindful, not to lose yourself to your beast. (You must have spend over 48 consecutive hours in your shifted form in order to start seeing affects of this, once it has happened, you will need to the weakness in that you are unable to pretend to be human if it is a visible trans-format) 

  • Lycanthropes are effectively allergic to silver and feel physical pain from even skin contact.

  • Not protected under the law in the United States.

  • If the lycanthrope is new or young, or it is too close to the full moon, the scent of fresh blood can cause them to shift to their animal form.

  • After shifting, they are hungry and must eat.

  • Injuries made by other more dominant weres also heal slowly

Current list of Accepted Shapeshifting types:

  • Werewolf (Any wolf indiginous to Maine)

  • Werelion (Mountain Lion Only)

  • Werebears (Black Bears Only)

  • Werefox (Grey fox Only)

  • Wererat

All shifters have this

Moderate Lycan Powers

All shifters can have one of these, in addition to the General Abilities.

  • Control Change in Self - With this ability, the lycanthrope is able to control and keep themselves from shifting during situations of strong emotions, anger, and fear, holding the shift back or staving it off completely until it is convenient for them to shape-shift. Using this power gets increasingly more difficult the closer to the full moon it is.

  • No Shift-Coma - A normal lycanthrope once shifted must stay that way for 8-10 Hours, and then when they shift back to their normal form, most lycanthropes are unconscious in what is called a "Shift-Coma". This is just a natural process of the body readjusting to the strain and overcoming exhaustion. A shifter with this power does not experience the shift coma. 

  • Shields - Shields allow lycans to protect themselves from presence, psychic, and aura powers – this is not a physical ability. The strength of these shields depends on both the raw power and discipline of the lycanthrope in question. 

Alpha Lycan Powers

An Alpha Lycan can have two of these powers, in addition to Moderate and General powers.

  • Commanding- Commanding is the ability to dominate a lycanthrope who is lesser than you with your beast – this could even be another alpha if they are substantially weaker. 

    • As a note, this power can be used on lycans out of species, just as easily as within species.

  • Control Change of Others - Like being able to control the change in themselves, lycanthropes with this ability have the power to aid and help others in controlling their inner beast. 

  • As a note, The calming effects of this power will only work fully on one of the same species. Different species causes a severe decrease in the the powers effectiveness, though level is still an issue.

  • Facial Manipulation - With this ability, the lycanthrope is able to physically alter their facial appearance to slight degrees. 

  • Fast Shift to Animal -  A lycanthrope with the fast shift to animal ability is able to change nearly instantaneously into his beast form, without any side effects such as pain or dizziness.

  • Partial Shift - With this ability, the lycanthrope can partially shift select parts of their bodies into animal or half animal form. The most common use of this power is the ability to partially shift the lycanthropes hands into animal claws for combat. 

  • Shield the Call - Shielding the call of a Master Vampire is a matter of dominance, a competition of wills. 

Lead:Kᴇʏʟᴇᴛʜ Cʀᴏᴡ (kyriana.beaumont)

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