Werecreature (SLASH'EM)

@ werepanther (human) File:Werepanther (human).png
Difficulty	unknown
Attacks	Weapon 2d4

Base level	5
Base experience	unknown
Speed	15
Base AC	10
Base MR	20
Alignment	-7

Frequency (by normal mechanisms)	Very rare
Genocidable	No

Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium

Resistances	poison
Resistances conveyed	conveys lycanthropy

Other attributes	A human werepanther: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. can regenerate hit points. is poisonous to eat. eats corpses and fruits. is not a valid polymorphable form. changes between human and animal forms. is a human. always starts as hostile. can pick up weapons and food. can be seen through infravision.

Reference	SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line3654

f werepanther (animal) File:Werepanther (animal).png
Difficulty	unknown
Attacks	Bite lycanthropy 1d10, Claw 1d6, Claw 1d6

Base level	5
Base experience	unknown
Speed	15
Base AC	6
Base MR	20
Alignment	-7

Frequency (by normal mechanisms)	Always starts in human form
Genocidable	No

Weight	600
Nutritional value	300
Size	Large

Resistances	poison
Resistances conveyed	conveys lycanthropy

Other attributes	An animal werepanther: has no hands. can regenerate hit points. is poisonous to eat. eats corpses. is not a valid polymorphable form. changes between human and animal forms. always starts as hostile. can be seen through infravision. never leaves a corpse.

Reference	SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line640

@ weretiger (human) File:Weretiger (human).png
Difficulty	unknown
Attacks	Weapon 3d4

Base level	7
Base experience	unknown
Speed	12
Base AC	10
Base MR	20
Alignment	-7

Frequency (by normal mechanisms)	Very rare
Genocidable	No

Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium

Resistances	poison
Resistances conveyed	conveys lycanthropy

Other attributes	A human weretiger: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. can regenerate hit points. is poisonous to eat. eats corpses and fruits. is not a valid polymorphable form. changes between human and animal forms. is a human. always starts as hostile. can pick up weapons and food. can be seen through infravision.

Reference	SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line3662

f weretiger (animal) File:Weretiger (animal).png
Difficulty	unknown
Attacks	Bite lycanthropy 2d6, Claw 2d5, Claw 2d5

Base level	7
Base experience	unknown
Speed	12
Base AC	6
Base MR	20
Alignment	-7

Frequency (by normal mechanisms)	Always starts in human form
Genocidable	No

Weight	600
Nutritional value	300
Size	Large

Resistances	poison
Resistances conveyed	conveys lycanthropy

Other attributes	An animal weretiger: has no hands. can regenerate hit points. is poisonous to eat. eats corpses. is not a valid polymorphable form. changes between human and animal forms. always starts as hostile. can be seen through infravision. never leaves a corpse.

Reference	SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line684

@ weresnake (human) File:Weresnake (human).png
Difficulty	unknown
Attacks	Weapon 3d4

Base level	9
Base experience	unknown
Speed	12
Base AC	10
Base MR	20
Alignment	-7

Frequency (by normal mechanisms)	Not randomly generated
Genocidable	No

Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium

Resistances	poison
Resistances conveyed	conveys lycanthropy

Other attributes	A human weresnake: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. can regenerate hit points. is poisonous to eat. eats corpses and fruits. is not a valid polymorphable form. changes between human and animal forms. is a human. always starts as hostile. can pick up weapons and food.

Reference	SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line3670

S weresnake (animal) File:Weresnake (animal).png
Difficulty	unknown
Attacks	Bite lycanthropy 3d6, Bite poison 2d6

Base level	9
Base experience	unknown
Speed	12
Base AC	2
Base MR	20
Alignment	-7

Frequency (by normal mechanisms)	Not randomly generated
Genocidable	No

Weight	300
Nutritional value	120
Size	Medium

Resistances	poison
Resistances conveyed	conveys lycanthropy

Other attributes	An animal weresnake: can swim. cannot pick up items. has no limbs. has a serpent body. can regenerate hit points. is poisonous to eat. eats corpses. is not a valid polymorphable form. changes between human and animal forms. always starts as hostile. never leaves a corpse.

Reference	SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line3112

@ werespider (human) File:Werespider (human).png
Difficulty	unknown
Attacks	Weapon 3d4

Base level	9
Base experience	unknown
Speed	12
Base AC	10
Base MR	20
Alignment	-7

Frequency (by normal mechanisms)	Not randomly generated
Genocidable	No

Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium

Resistances	poison
Resistances conveyed	conveys lycanthropy

Other attributes	A human werespider: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. can regenerate hit points. is poisonous to eat. eats corpses and fruits. is not a valid polymorphable form. changes between human and animal forms. is a human. always starts as hostile. can pick up weapons and food.

Reference	SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line3678

s werespider (animal) File:Werespider (animal).png
Difficulty	unknown
Attacks	Bite lycanthropy 4d4

Base level	11
Base experience	unknown
Speed	15
Base AC	3
Base MR	0
Alignment	0

Frequency (by normal mechanisms)	Not randomly generated
Genocidable	Yes

Weight	100
Nutritional value	100
Size	Large

Resistances	poison
Resistances conveyed	poison, conveys lycanthropy

Other attributes	An animal werespider: has no hands. is an animal. can lay eggs. can regenerate hit points. is poisonous to eat. eats corpses. is not a valid polymorphable form. changes between human and animal forms. always starts as hostile.

Reference	SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line1575

SLASH'EM introduces four new lycanthropes, the werepanther, weretiger, weresnake and werespider. Only the first two are randomly generated, while the werespider can sometimes be found in the Spider caves. Oddly enough, unlike other lycanthropes, the animal form of the werespider is genocidable.

Enemy lycanthropes also function differently in SLASH'EM. All polymorphed monsters, including lycanthropes, revert to their human forms when killed. Unfortunately, lycanthropes will then often quickly turn back into animals, which must (again) be killed to turn them back into human form, in which they can be banished permanently.

Strategy[]

One must be careful around even wererats in SLASH'EM. Although the early lycanthropes are not strong, the reversion property can make it so you have to kill them many times before they are gone. Because of this, they are about the most dangerous of SLASH'EM's early monsters.

How to kill them[]

In order to fight lycanthropes in SLASH'EM, it is most important to be able to do damage quickly enough to destroy the human form before it reverts back (again) to animal form. In addition, there are some other techniques that are useful for fighting them.

Silver[]

Silver is one of the better ways of dealing with lycanthropes in SLASH'EM, as the d20 extra damage can wipe out a lower-level lycanthrope in one hit, and both human and animal forms of lycanthropes are affected by silver. Luckily, there are more types of silver weapons in SLASH'EM, and thus it is more likely to find one. Also keep in mind that silver non-weapon items or ammunition can be equally potent, provided you can hit with them.

Ring of protection from shape changers[]

This ring is considerably more useful in SLASH'EM, where it forces all shapeshifters into their "natural" form, where you only have to kill them once. This includes lycanthropes. Additonally, lycanthropes are unable to confer lycanthropy in their human form, an added benefit of the ring. Unfortunately they are as difficult as any ring to identify.

Ranged weapons[]

Fighting lycanthropes at a distance is quite valuable, as not only are they unable to confer lycanthropy except through melee attacks, they also cannot summon help at a distance. Also, with multishot bonuses, some roles might be able to do more damage fighting with a bow or daggers than a melee weapon anyway. Multishot bonuses are quite valuable, as again, it matters how quickly you can do damage to lycanthropes. silver arrows are a particularly potent option.

Elbereth[]

Although their human forms will not respect Elbereth, animal lycanthropes and their summoned friends will; as such, even an Elbereth written in the dust can give you breathing room and allow you to plan either your escape or the lycanthrope's demise.

The new lycanthropes, specifically[]

Like most introduced SLASH'EM monsters, the new lycanthropes are far more dangerous than their vanilla counterparts. Both the weretiger and the werepanther enjoy summoning felines, which are generally fast and moderately hard-hitting. The werepanther, in particular, has a tendency to appear somewhat early, often as early as the shopping mall or Minetown. Often, even one of its summoned "friends" may be deadly to a character first meeting them, let alone the lycanthrope itself. As such, one should always use the farlook command to identify any feline at a distance, and not be afraid at all to run away. Luckily no lycanthrope can follow you to other levels, so retreat is usually an option. Be careful that the werepanther is faster than a character without speed, so early detection is critical.