werebeast
Human turning animal
A werebeast is a creature from folklore or fantasy that shifts between human and animal form, typically under certain conditions like a full moon.
The word generalizes from werewolf to cover any human-animal shapeshifter: The game features werebeasts of every kind—wolves, bears, rats, even weresharks.
Common in fantasy fiction and role-playing games.
Human-tiger shapeshifter
Unverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- curseInvoked harm through words
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- taleSpoken or written narrative
oral-history · superstition · cautionary · ancient · medieval · skinwalker · berserker · kitsune
Entire lunar disc visible
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- moonriseMoon appearing over horizon
- waxingCoating for shine
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
gibbous · crescent · eclipse · moonlit · lunacy · nocturnal · monthly · tidal
Magically change physical form
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- shiftMovement or work period
- morphChange form gradually
- changeTo make different
transmute · transfigure · mutate · hybrid · half-human · curse · affliction · trigger
Fierce and untamed
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- animalisticResembling brute nature
- primalFirst in origin
instinctual · bloodthirsty · vicious · untamed · hunting · pack · territorial · alpha
weretiger
Human-tiger shapeshifter
legend
Unverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- curseInvoked harm through words
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
tale · oral-history · superstition · cautionary · ancient · medieval · skinwalker · berserker · kitsune · selkie
fullmoon
Entire lunar disc visible
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- moonriseMoon appearing over horizon
- waxingCoating for shine
waning · gibbous · crescent · eclipse · moonlit · lunacy · nocturnal · monthly · tidal
shapeshift
Magically change physical form
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- shiftMovement or work period
- morphChange form gradually
change · transmute · transfigure · mutate · hybrid · half-human · curse · affliction · trigger · involuntary
savage
Fierce and untamed
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- animalisticResembling brute nature
primal · instinctual · bloodthirsty · vicious · untamed · hunting · pack · territorial · alpha · frenzy