Transformation triggered by anger, pain, or elevated heart rate makes the character a walking powder keg.
Some lore suggests the change happens every night, regardless of the moon’s phase. 3. The Physicality of the Shift Rules for Werewolves
In older folklore, lycanthropy was often a choice—wearing a magical wolf skin or drinking water from a wolf’s paw print. 2. The Trigger (The "When") Transformation triggered by anger, pain, or elevated heart
Whether you are building a gothic world or a modern urban fantasy, here are the fundamental rules to define your shapeshifters. 1. The Method of Infection The Physicality of the Shift In older folklore,
In some rare lore, a werewolf can be "cured" through an act of extreme piety or by abstaining from human flesh for several years.
There is no cure; there is only management (locking yourself in a basement or using heavy chains).