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Race Werespider
Over-race Therianthrope
Classification Pseudohuman
Family  
Sphere Darkness
Origin Raithev encouraged their propagation
Lifespan 70-100 years
Habitat Anywhere
Food

Augmented human fare

Description

Natural born werespiders bear a striking resemblance to their animalsake in their normal form. Infected werespiders appear as they did before being infected in normal form. In spider form, they appear to be large versions of their given animal, usually a particularly carnivorous breed. In mixed form, they appear to be anthropomorphic spiders.

Procreation

Follows the mother between most pseudohumans. Outside classification, it varies. Can spread therianthropy through biting & contaminating blood.

Magic

One in a million have soul magic. One in a million have heart magic. Mind magic is possible. Body magic is very effective. Void is possible. Faith is not uncommon.

Special Powers

Werespiders can shift form between "human," spider, & mixed forms. Each form has advantages: "human" form blends with society, spider form has all the advantages the animal has (strength, webbing/hunting, eight legs, jumping sometimes, venom, etc), & the mixed form combines the two.

Each werespider is born under a specific full moon (one of the three) that determines when they will be susceptible to lunacy. On the full moon, an uncontrolled, berserk transformation takes place, usually to the mixed form. During these periods, they savagely attack & spread their disease.

During other periods, they can control the shift, except during the new moon phase of their particular moon.

Werespiders have heigtened kinesthetic senses & strength & weak grasp on sanity. They are very skilled at killing & tend to be monstrous murderers, in accordance with their nature.

If a wound is not made by silver, it will heal quickly. They are extremely resistant to disease & poisons.

Werespiders also have the ability to control spiders, calling them with their rattling clicks.

Weaknesses

Silver, magic, or faith is required to kill a werespider. Light magic or faith is especially effective.

Culture

Wererspiders live blended into human society mostly. Upon the full moon, they either find protection or they go lunatically rampaging. They tend to be loners who stalk & kill others, serial killers & weirdoes.

Werepiders blended into llom society simply reverse their primary form. They tend to be unflinching slavemasters of their brethren. Those in the wild generally lose their memories of their intelligent forms.

Notables

Damoro Brittex, the Voice of the Spider; Gregor Tove, the first werespider and heirarch of the Spider faith

Sample statistics Normal:
PRO 11
ATH 12
STR 13
AWA 10 Kinesthetic 13
WIL 10

ROG 12

Spider:
PRO 11
ATH 13 (Jumping 16)
STR 10
AWA 10 Kinesthetic 19
WIL 18

ROG 16

Mixed:
PRO 11
ATH 14 (Jumping 17)
STR 16
AWA 10 Kinesthetic 16
WIL 9

ROG 14

Therianthropic Infectiousness 13
Quick Healing
Weak to Silver (-6)
Spider Call 13
Spider Control 10
Webbing 13/Hunting 13
Topic revision: r3 - 03 May 2012, BillyRayStupendous
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