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** Other, one-shot werecreatures include [[https://scryfall.com/card/phuk/7/dirty-wererat wererats]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/ema/191/werebear werebears]]. [[https://scryfall.com/card/hbg/68/oyaminartok-polar-werebear Another werebear]], specifically a polar one, appears in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' crossover set.

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** Other, one-shot werecreatures include [[https://scryfall.com/card/phuk/7/dirty-wererat wererats]] and wererats]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/ema/191/werebear werebears]].werebears]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/woe/329/werefox-bodyguard werefoxes]]. [[https://scryfall.com/card/hbg/68/oyaminartok-polar-werebear Another werebear]], specifically a polar one, appears in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' crossover set. In general, these are typed as being both Humans (or Elves or Giants or whatever) and the animal that they turn into.
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** Werewolves have been present in the game since [[https://scryfall.com/card/5ed/166/greater-werewolf Greater Werwolf]] from 1995's 'Homelands'' set, but rose as a prominent type of in-game creatures with Innistrad and its accompanying marinade of Film/HammerHorror tropes.
** Other, one-shot werecreatures include [[https://scryfall.com/card/phuk/7/dirty-wererat wererats]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/ema/191/werebear werebears]].

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** Werewolves have been present in the game since [[https://scryfall.com/card/5ed/166/greater-werewolf Greater Werwolf]] from 1995's 'Homelands'' ''Homelands'' set, but rose as a prominent type of in-game creatures with Innistrad and its accompanying marinade of Film/HammerHorror tropes.
** Other, one-shot werecreatures include [[https://scryfall.com/card/phuk/7/dirty-wererat wererats]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/ema/191/werebear werebears]]. [[https://scryfall.com/card/hbg/68/oyaminartok-polar-werebear Another werebear]], specifically a polar one, appears in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' crossover set.
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*** ''Werebunnies'' are an also-benevolent (NeutralGood) werebeast strain that consist entirely of [[OneGenderRace humanoid women]] who can transform into rabbits and very literal {{Bunny Girl}}s as their hybrid forms; they rely on mating with other races to procreate, always giving birth to [[UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn mixed-gender fraternal twins]]; a son of the father's race, and a werebunny, which is born in hybrid form and remains in that shape until they reach the age of 7. They are characterized by being [[DumbIsGood dimwitted but highly empathic]][[note]]Intelligence for a werebunny averages ''5-7'' -- the normal human average for Intelligence in 2e is '''9-10''', contrasting Wisdom 13-14[[/note]] and having extremely strong libidos which are bent in service to their overwhelming maternal instincts; their lore reads ''It is thought that werebunnies exist for motherhood, they live to bear and raise children; their character is totally structured around family and being nurturing and supportive.'' Because of this, werebunnies gravitate towards acting as barmaids, wet-nurses, and other roles where their maternal desires can be put to a productive use. It's considered an evil act to attack a werebunny, but there is one element of danger to them, however; werebunnies ''can'' infect others with the werebunny condition by biting them. Infected werebunnies transform into the BunnyGirl form ([[GenderBender even if they were originally male]]) on the nights of the full moon, and are compelled to seek out male sexual partners, often targeting a specific man for whom the infected werebunny felt strong emotions (positive or negative) in their normal phase. The infected werebunny retains only hazy memories of performing carnal acts once their InvoluntaryShapeshifting wears off.

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*** ''Werebunnies'' are an also-benevolent (NeutralGood) werebeast strain that consist entirely of [[OneGenderRace humanoid women]] who can transform into rabbits and very literal {{Bunny Girl}}s as their hybrid forms; they rely on mating with other races to procreate, always giving birth to [[UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn mixed-gender fraternal twins]]; [[GenderEqualsBreed a son of the father's race, race and a werebunny, werebunny daughter]], which is born in hybrid form and remains in that shape until they reach the age of 7. They are characterized by being [[DumbIsGood dimwitted but highly empathic]][[note]]Intelligence for a werebunny averages ''5-7'' -- the normal human average for Intelligence in 2e is '''9-10''', contrasting Wisdom 13-14[[/note]] and having extremely strong libidos which are bent in service to their overwhelming maternal instincts; their lore reads ''It is thought that werebunnies exist for motherhood, they live to bear and raise children; their character is totally structured around family and being nurturing and supportive.'' Because of this, werebunnies gravitate towards acting as barmaids, wet-nurses, and other roles where their maternal desires can be put to a productive use. It's considered an evil act to attack a werebunny, but there is one element of danger to them, however; werebunnies ''can'' infect others with the werebunny condition by biting them. Infected werebunnies transform into the BunnyGirl form ([[GenderBender even if they were originally male]]) on the nights of the full moon, and are compelled to seek out male sexual partners, often targeting a specific man for whom the infected werebunny felt strong emotions (positive or negative) in their normal phase. The infected werebunny retains only hazy memories of performing carnal acts once their InvoluntaryShapeshifting wears off.

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** Werefoxes, also known as foxwomen and werevixens, are a 2e edition OneGenderRace lycanthrope who appear as elven or half-elven women with silver hair in their humanoid form and silver-furred humanoid vixens in their true form. They're an evil, selfish, hedonistic race who are sterile, and reproduce by infecting human, half-elven or elven girl-children with their disease, causing them to become werefoxes upon adolescence; non-elfin "daughters" become increasingly elf-like after the infection takes hold, until eventually they are pureblooded elves, in terms of looks. They returned in 3rd edition, no longer restricted to which races they can infect, but still transforming them into elf-maids as part of the infection.

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** Werefoxes, also known as foxwomen and werevixens, are a 2e edition OneGenderRace lycanthrope who appear as elven or half-elven women with silver hair in their humanoid form and silver-furred humanoid vixens in their true form. They're an evil, selfish, hedonistic race who are sterile, and reproduce by infecting human, half-elven or elven girl-children with their disease, causing them to become werefoxes upon adolescence; non-elfin "daughters" become increasingly elf-like after the infection takes hold, until eventually they are pureblooded elves, in terms of looks. They returned in 3rd edition, no longer restricted to which races they can infect, but still transforming them into elf-maids as part of the infection. They debuted in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', but are also highly associated with ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'', receiving their 3e update in that setting.


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** The Tome of Beasts II {{sourcebook}} for 5th edition has the Aniwye, a [[SmellySkunk grizzly-sized skunk with wolverine-like fangs and claws]] in its base form, but which can turn into both an [[OurOgresAreHungrier ogre form]] and a [[OurGiantsAreBigger hill giant form]].
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*** ''{{Kitsune}}s'' are a variant werefox who can take on the form of a fox, an elf, or a hybrid of the two. Mischievous but not malicious (ChaoticNeutral), their most defining characteristic is that they gain multiple tails as they age and increase in power.

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*** ''{{Kitsune}}s'' ''[[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsunes]]'' are a variant werefox who can take on the form of a fox, an elf, or a hybrid of the two. Mischievous but not malicious (ChaoticNeutral), their most defining characteristic is that they gain multiple tails as they age and increase in power.
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** ''GURPS Shapeshifters'' includes {{Kitsune}}, [[SelkiesAndWereseals Selkies]], {{Mayincatec}} Jaguar Warriors, and the Jayagat Tendrab (divinely touched were-lions defending India from the British).

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** ''GURPS Shapeshifters'' includes {{Kitsune}}, [[SelkiesAndWereseals Selkies]], [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]], {{Selkies|AndWereseals}}, {{Mayincatec}} Jaguar Warriors, and the Jayagat Tendrab (divinely touched were-lions defending India from the British).
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* The ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}'' setting World of Obsessive Gloominess has werecows, also known as the Dairie or the Moopines. They are the sworn enemies of the hampires (vampire pigs), and regard their lips as a delicacy. Hence the name of their subsetting: ''Werecow: Ah, Pork Lips''.

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* The ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}'' setting World of Obsessive Gloominess Gloominess, as a parody of ''TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness'', has werecows, also known as the Dairie or the Moopines. They are the sworn enemies of the hampires (vampire pigs), and regard their lips as a delicacy. Hence the name of their subsetting: ''Werecow: Ah, Pork Lips''.
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* The ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}'' setting World of Obsessive Gloominess has werecows, also known as the Dairie or the Moopines. They are the sworn enemies of the hampires (vampire pigs), and regard their lips as a delicacy. Hence the name of their subsetting ''Werecow: Ah, Pork Lips''.

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* The ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}'' setting World of Obsessive Gloominess has werecows, also known as the Dairie or the Moopines. They are the sworn enemies of the hampires (vampire pigs), and regard their lips as a delicacy. Hence the name of their subsetting subsetting: ''Werecow: Ah, Pork Lips''.
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* The ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}'' setting World of Obsessive Gloominess has werecows, also known as the Dairie or the Moopines. They are the sworn enemies of the hampires (vampire pigs), and regard their lips as a delicacy. Hence the name of their subsetting ''Werecow: Ah, Pork Lips''.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', being essentially "TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.75", naturally includes the iconic ''D&D'' lycanthropes in its lineup; werebears, wereboars, werewolves, wererats and weretigers, along with the lesser seen werebat, wereshark, and werecrocodile. ''Bestiary 6'' introduces entothropes, which are lycanthropes based on insects and arachnids, such as the weremantis, the werespider, and the werewasp; entothropes function in largely the same manner as lycanthropes, but are vulnerable to belladonna instead of wolfsbane and can transmit their curse through their stings in addition to their bite. In second edition, they correct the terminology, referring to them as "werecreatures" and pointing out that "lycanthrope" only properly refers to wolves.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', being essentially "TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.75", naturally ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' includes the iconic ''D&D'' lycanthropes in its lineup; werebears, wereboars, werewolves, wererats and weretigers, along with the lesser seen werebat, wereshark, and werecrocodile. ''Bestiary 6'' introduces entothropes, which are lycanthropes based on insects and arachnids, such as the weremantis, the werespider, and the werewasp; entothropes function in largely the same manner as lycanthropes, but are vulnerable to belladonna instead of wolfsbane and can transmit their curse through their stings in addition to their bite. In second edition, they correct the terminology, referring to them as "werecreatures" and pointing out that "lycanthrope" only properly refers to wolves.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', being essentially "TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.75", naturally includes the iconic ''D&D'' lycanthropes in its lineup; werebears, wereboars, werewolves, wererats and weretigers, along with the lesser seen werebat, wereshark, and werecrocodile. ''Bestiary 6'' introduces entothropes, which are lycanthropes based on insects and arachnids, such as the weremantis, the werespider, and the werewasp; entothropes function in largely the same manner as lycanthropes, but are vulnerable to belladonna instead of wolfsbane and can transmit their curse through their stings in addition to their bits. In second edition, they correct the terminology, referring to them as "werecreatures" and pointing out that "lycanthrope" only properly refers to wolves.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', being essentially "TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.75", naturally includes the iconic ''D&D'' lycanthropes in its lineup; werebears, wereboars, werewolves, wererats and weretigers, along with the lesser seen werebat, wereshark, and werecrocodile. ''Bestiary 6'' introduces entothropes, which are lycanthropes based on insects and arachnids, such as the weremantis, the werespider, and the werewasp; entothropes function in largely the same manner as lycanthropes, but are vulnerable to belladonna instead of wolfsbane and can transmit their curse through their stings in addition to their bits.bite. In second edition, they correct the terminology, referring to them as "werecreatures" and pointing out that "lycanthrope" only properly refers to wolves.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', being essentially "TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.75", naturally includes the iconic ''D&D'' lycanthropes in its lineup; werebears, wereboars, werewolves, wererats and weretigers, along with the lesser seen werebat, wereshark, and werecrocodile. ''Bestiary 6'' introduces entothropes, which are lycanthropes based on insects and arachnids, such as the weremantis, the werespider, and the werewasp. In second edition, they correct the terminology, referring to them as "werecreatures" and pointing out that "lycanthrope" only properly refers to wolves.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', being essentially "TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.75", naturally includes the iconic ''D&D'' lycanthropes in its lineup; werebears, wereboars, werewolves, wererats and weretigers, along with the lesser seen werebat, wereshark, and werecrocodile. ''Bestiary 6'' introduces entothropes, which are lycanthropes based on insects and arachnids, such as the weremantis, the werespider, and the werewasp.werewasp; entothropes function in largely the same manner as lycanthropes, but are vulnerable to belladonna instead of wolfsbane and can transmit their curse through their stings in addition to their bits. In second edition, they correct the terminology, referring to them as "werecreatures" and pointing out that "lycanthrope" only properly refers to wolves.
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* ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRolePlayingGame'' speculates about other werebeasts on the Disc besides the werewolves of Uberwald in the books, including island weresharks, jungle werecats, and Hubland wereboars and werebears. In the Port Duck setting, the old girlfriend of the owner of Brick's Cafe Ankh-Morporkian turns out to be a wereleopardess.

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* ** ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRolePlayingGame'' speculates about other werebeasts on the Disc besides the werewolves of Uberwald in [[Literature/{{Discworld}} the books, books]], including island weresharks, jungle werecats, and Hubland wereboars and werebears. In the Port Duck setting, the old girlfriend of the owner of Brick's Cafe Ankh-Morporkian turns out to be a wereleopardess.
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** ''TabletopGame/GURPS Shapeshifters'' includes {{Kitsune}}, [[SelkiesAndWereseals Selkies]], {{Mayincatec}} Jaguar Warriors, and the Jayagat Tendrab (divinely touched were-lions defending India from the British).

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** ''TabletopGame/GURPS ''GURPS Shapeshifters'' includes {{Kitsune}}, [[SelkiesAndWereseals Selkies]], {{Mayincatec}} Jaguar Warriors, and the Jayagat Tendrab (divinely touched were-lions defending India from the British).

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* ''TabletopGame/GURPSSupers'': In the ''Wild Cards'' supplement, Sewer Jack is a were-alligator.

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** ''TabletopGame/GURPSBanestorm'' has were-eagles, were-snakes and were-bears.
** ''GURPS Monster Hunters'' has all the ''Banestorm'' weres, plus were-tigers.

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* ''TabletopGame/BleakWorld'' has the werebeast as one of it's PC races. In addtion to the standard werewolf, they also have Were Cats (Which are stuck as [[HalfHumanHybrid half cat/half human hybrids]]) at all times, were-cockroaches, and were-fish (which are the hardest to play as)

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* ''TabletopGame/BleakWorld'' has the werebeast as one of it's PC races. In addtion addition to the standard werewolf, they also have Were Cats (Which are stuck as [[HalfHumanHybrid half cat/half human hybrids]]) at all times, were-cockroaches, and were-fish (which are the hardest to play as)



* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', being essentially "TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.75", naturally includes the iconic ''D&D'' lycanthropes in its lineup; werebears, wereboars, werewolves, wererats and weretigers, along with the lesser seen werebat, wereshark, and werecrocodile. ''Bestiary 6'' introduces entothropes, which are lycanthropes based on insects and arachnids, such as the weremantis, the werespider, and the werewasp. In second edition, they correct the terminology, referring to them as "werecreatures" and pointing out that "lycanthrope" only properly refers to wolves.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' and other games in Palladium's ''Megaverse'' have them as multiple species, ranging from Wolves to Bears, and some of the big cats such as Werepanthers and Werejaguars.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has Shifters, which are Awakened animals that can adopt human form (or, more rarely, the form of another metahuman).
* ''TabletopGame/TheSplinter'': All playable races can all shift between three forms at will. In fact, the ability to shape shift is treated as a sign of sentience in the Realm.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': There are quite a few werewolves and werebears living in the [[GrimUpNorth Northlands]] -- in fact, lycanthropy (in the "turn into an animal/man-animal hybrid at will" sense) is one of the older Chaos Gifts, given by the Dark Gods to particularly ferocious warriors; in a particularly GrimDark twist, the transformation is no clean metamorphosis -- the beast literally tears its way out of the human's skin, and the human then has to claw free of the beast's body. A distinct variant is the "Chaos Were", a mutant who can assume a human form, but then revert to their usually far gribblier true form when danger threatens. Particular examples include the skin wolves available as a tabletop unit for the Warriors of Chaos and a werebear named Beorn Bearstruck, who leads a marauding band of partial werebears as a savage mercenary company.



* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', being essentially "TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.75", naturally includes the iconic ''D&D'' lycanthropes in its lineup; werebears, wereboars, werewolves, wererats and weretigers, along with the lesser seen werebat, wereshark, and werecrocodile. ''Bestiary 6'' introduces entothropes, which are lycanthropes based on insects and arachnids, such as the weremantis, the werespider, and the werewasp. In second edition, they correct the terminology, referring to them as "werecreatures" and pointing out that "lycanthrope" only properly refers to wolves.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' and other games in Palladium's ''Megaverse'' have them as multiple species, ranging from Wolves to Bears, and some of the big cats such as Werepanthers and Werejaguars.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has Shifters, which are Awakened animals that can adopt human form (or, more rarely, the form of another metahuman).
* ''TabletopGame/TheSplinter'': All playable races can all shift between three forms at will. In fact, the ability to shape shift is treated as a sign of sentience in the Realm.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': There are quite a few werewolves and werebears living in the [[GrimUpNorth Northlands]] -- in fact, lycanthropy (in the "turn into an animal/man-animal hybrid at will" sense) is one of the older Chaos Gifts, given by the Dark Gods to particularly ferocious warriors; in a particularly GrimDark twist, the transformation is no clean metamorphosis -- the beast literally tears its way out of the human's skin, and the human then has to claw free of the beast's body. A distinct variant is the "Chaos Were", a mutant who can assume a human form, but then revert to their usually far gribblier true form when danger threatens. Particular examples include the skin wolves available as a tabletop unit for the Warriors of Chaos and a werebear named Beorn Bearstruck, who leads a marauding band of partial werebears as a savage mercenary company.

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** Werewolves in 2e had three sub-varieties; the Loup-Garou was a more powerful werewolf (itself divided into two strains, lowlands and mountains) from the ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' setting, the Seawolf is [[UndergroundMonkey an amphibious werewolf that has a beast-form of a wolf-headed seal]], and the Loup de Noir is a "skinchanger" werewolf (puts on a wolfskin to transform and takes it off to become human).

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** Werewolves in 2e had three sub-varieties; the Loup-Garou was a more powerful werewolf (itself divided into two strains, lowlands and mountains) from the ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' setting, the Seawolf is [[UndergroundMonkey an amphibious werewolf that has a beast-form of a wolf-headed seal]], acting as an evil counterpart to the system's SelkiesAndWereseals, and the Loup de Noir is a "skinchanger" werewolf (puts on a wolfskin to transform and takes it off to become human).



** Werefoxes, also known as foxwomen and werevixens, are a 2e edition OneGenderRace lycanthrope who appear as elven or half-elven women with silver hair in their humanoid form and silver-furred humanoid vixens in their true form. They're an evil, selfish, hedonistic race who are sterile, and reproduce by infecting human, half-elven or elven girl-children with their disease, causing them to become werefoxes upon adolescence; non-elfin "daughters" become increasingly elf-like after the infection takes hold, until eventually they are pureblooded elves, in terms of looks.

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** Werefoxes, also known as foxwomen and werevixens, are a 2e edition OneGenderRace lycanthrope who appear as elven or half-elven women with silver hair in their humanoid form and silver-furred humanoid vixens in their true form. They're an evil, selfish, hedonistic race who are sterile, and reproduce by infecting human, half-elven or elven girl-children with their disease, causing them to become werefoxes upon adolescence; non-elfin "daughters" become increasingly elf-like after the infection takes hold, until eventually they are pureblooded elves, in terms of looks. They returned in 3rd edition, no longer restricted to which races they can infect, but still transforming them into elf-maids as part of the infection.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Mystara}}'' has its ''own'' take on werefoxes, who are a gender-neutral race who are basically ChaoticNeutral vulpine counterparts to werewolves -- their primary defining trait is literally that they feel a compulsion to be mischievous, play tricks and make a nuisance of themselves when transformed rather than going on homicidal rampages.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' is home to Red Widows, which are an [[OneGenderRace all-female species]] of [[SpiderPeople giant spiders that can assume partially or wholly humanoid form]]. They get their name because they both look like color inverted black widows (red chitin, black hourglass) and because they seduce humanoid males to serve as [[ConceiveAndKill sires and then food for their offspring]], if not just [[LiteralManeater food for the red widow herself]].


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** Fans of ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' invented four unique planar werebeasts for their setting, which can be found in the netbook "Planescape Creature Codex":
*** ''{{Kitsune}}s'' are a variant werefox who can take on the form of a fox, an elf, or a hybrid of the two. Mischievous but not malicious (ChaoticNeutral), their most defining characteristic is that they gain multiple tails as they age and increase in power.
*** ''Peganthropes'' are a benevolent (NeutralGood) werebeast who are humanoids who can assume the form of a {{pegasus}} or a hybrid form. They are mostly male, and noted to be exceptionally charming and charismatic to women -- however, their sense of freedom makes it impossible for them to sustain relationships, as inevitably they wander off again after several years spent in one place.
*** ''Werebunnies'' are an also-benevolent (NeutralGood) werebeast strain that consist entirely of [[OneGenderRace humanoid women]] who can transform into rabbits and very literal {{Bunny Girl}}s as their hybrid forms; they rely on mating with other races to procreate, always giving birth to [[UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn mixed-gender fraternal twins]]; a son of the father's race, and a werebunny, which is born in hybrid form and remains in that shape until they reach the age of 7. They are characterized by being [[DumbIsGood dimwitted but highly empathic]][[note]]Intelligence for a werebunny averages ''5-7'' -- the normal human average for Intelligence in 2e is '''9-10''', contrasting Wisdom 13-14[[/note]] and having extremely strong libidos which are bent in service to their overwhelming maternal instincts; their lore reads ''It is thought that werebunnies exist for motherhood, they live to bear and raise children; their character is totally structured around family and being nurturing and supportive.'' Because of this, werebunnies gravitate towards acting as barmaids, wet-nurses, and other roles where their maternal desires can be put to a productive use. It's considered an evil act to attack a werebunny, but there is one element of danger to them, however; werebunnies ''can'' infect others with the werebunny condition by biting them. Infected werebunnies transform into the BunnyGirl form ([[GenderBender even if they were originally male]]) on the nights of the full moon, and are compelled to seek out male sexual partners, often targeting a specific man for whom the infected werebunny felt strong emotions (positive or negative) in their normal phase. The infected werebunny retains only hazy memories of performing carnal acts once their InvoluntaryShapeshifting wears off.
*** ''Werestags'' are yet another NeutralGood werebeast strain who can assume the forms of deer, humans, or humanoid deer -- unlike werebunnies, they are ''not'' a OneGenderRace and there are both male and female werestags. They are powerful ranger-clerics who seek to defend the wilderness, with males as the warriors and females as healers. A rarer more powerful variant is the ''Ro'we'', which has white fur and blue eyes; these werestags often become adventurers.
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** Another 2e lycanthrope were Lythari, who are what happens when this trope crosses with OurElvesAreBetter; they're ChaoticGood silver-hued planar elves who can naturally shapeshift into silver-furred wolves and back, who dwell in hidden pocket planes and forests that lie between worlds. They were introduced in ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'', but are more associated with the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms''.

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** Another 2e lycanthrope were Lythari, who are what happens when this trope crosses with OurElvesAreBetter; OurElvesAreDifferent; they're ChaoticGood silver-hued planar elves who can naturally shapeshift into silver-furred wolves and back, who dwell in hidden pocket planes and forests that lie between worlds. They were introduced in ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'', but are more associated with the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms''.
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* ''TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles'': A shapeshifter template is available for making characters. Shapeshifters have a normal human form and any animal the player and GM can decide on. The "standard" example is a werewolf (because [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis one of the editors is a werewolf]]), but were-ravens and other exotic examples are discussed in some detail. [[DeadpanSnarker Bob]] takes exception to calling them all "lycanthropes" (claiming that "theriomorph" is a more accurate word), but Dresden shoots him down on the grounds that people ''understand'' "lycanthrope".

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* ''TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles'': A shapeshifter template is available for making characters. Shapeshifters have a normal human form and any animal the player and GM can decide on. The "standard" example is a werewolf (because [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis [[CharacterNArrator one of the editors is a werewolf]]), but were-ravens and other exotic examples are discussed in some detail. [[DeadpanSnarker Bob]] takes exception to calling them all "lycanthropes" (claiming that "theriomorph" is a more accurate word), but Dresden shoots him down on the grounds that people ''understand'' "lycanthrope".
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', being essentially "TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.75", naturally includes the iconic ''D&D'' lycanthropes in its lineup; werebears, wereboars, werewolves, wererats and weretigers, along with the lesser seen werebat, wereshark, and werecrocodile. ''Bestiary 6'' introduces entothropes, which are lycanthropes based on insects and arachnids, such as the weremantis, the werespider, and the werewasp.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', being essentially "TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.75", naturally includes the iconic ''D&D'' lycanthropes in its lineup; werebears, wereboars, werewolves, wererats and weretigers, along with the lesser seen werebat, wereshark, and werecrocodile. ''Bestiary 6'' introduces entothropes, which are lycanthropes based on insects and arachnids, such as the weremantis, the werespider, and the werewasp. In second edition, they correct the terminology, referring to them as "werecreatures" and pointing out that "lycanthrope" only properly refers to wolves.

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