New Posts For Thread: Lycanthropes and alternate key ability scoreshttp://community.wizards.com/coco/go/thread/view/89269/29458335/Lycanthropes_and_alternate_key_ability_scoresThe rules for lycanthropes state:Certain animals have the ability to use a different ability than usual for a given skill (usually DEX instead of STR.) Is this ability gained by the lycanthrope always, only when in the animal form, or never?agree w/ protasis/uknits interphttp://community.wizards.com/coco/go/thread/view/89269/29458335/Lycanthropes_and_alternate_key_ability_scores?post_id=525488625#525488625agree w/ protasis/uknits interpFri, 26 Oct 2012 09:54:55 -0500I'd say that's pretty definitive, then. If it applies to were-rat, I'd say that that's good enough to apply to any other case.http://community.wizards.com/coco/go/thread/view/89269/29458335/Lycanthropes_and_alternate_key_ability_scores?post_id=525480429#525480429I'd say that's pretty definitive, then. If it applies to were-rat, I'd say that that's good enough to apply to any other case.Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:31:02 -0500The example wererat saysI'd just use this as reference in all other cases.http://community.wizards.com/coco/go/thread/view/89269/29458335/Lycanthropes_and_alternate_key_ability_scores?post_id=525477131#525477131The example wererat saysI'd just use this as reference in all other cases.Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:05:19 -0500I would say that it is generally a skill bonus as it is listed under skills where noted. For these, I would say that the dex instead of strength, such as for cats and weasels, tends to be associated with how they climb (or jump, or swim), and sincehttp://community.wizards.com/coco/go/thread/view/89269/29458335/Lycanthropes_and_alternate_key_ability_scores?post_id=525475855#525475855I would say that it is generally a skill bonus as it is listed under skills where noted. For these, I would say that the dex instead of strength, such as for cats and weasels, tends to be associated with how they climb (or jump, or swim), and sinceThu, 25 Oct 2012 20:55:48 -0500Given that in animal form Lyncanthropes get all special attacks AND special qualities of the base animal, if you were for example a Weasel you should get the ability to use Dex for climb.But then again in the table it doesn't list this as a special qhttp://community.wizards.com/coco/go/thread/view/89269/29458335/Lycanthropes_and_alternate_key_ability_scores?post_id=525473617#525473617Given that in animal form Lyncanthropes get all special attacks AND special qualities of the base animal, if you were for example a Weasel you should get the ability to use Dex for climb.But then again in the table it doesn't list this as a special qThu, 25 Oct 2012 18:57:30 -0500