What Powers/Weaknesses do you want to see for werewolves?

I can't wait for werewolves to join my vamps. I think a werewolf rank system similar to our vampire one could work well i.e. as you earn ranks/points, different strengths and weaknesses become available.

Some possible strengths (in wolf form) could be super strength and stamina or speed, the ability to pass on the werewolf 'curse' with a bite, and of course an enhanced sense of smell to help them find collectables and other hidden treasures. I would suggest this includes smelling emotions too, but all sims seem to have empathy anyway. They should live longer and of course be able to join packs and climb different ranks. Maybe the leader/alpha can control the others and they can all howl to call other werewolves near and scare other sims. Perhaps they have to earn the ability to change into wolf form outside of the full moon or even prevent it happening? Or you can choose a lone wolf perk where you don't need to socialise (but perhaps can't be in a pack)? I don't know. There's lots of possibilities and I'm sure others will have more and far better ideas.

As for weaknesses, there's silver of course, which could deplete their energy or make them tense, similar to garlic for vampires. Maybe a ravenous wolf has to eat a lot of meat or they lose control and bite other sims. Maybe some get cranky and have less control of their emotions/anger near the full moon. Maybe some are forced to change into wolf form during the full moon whether they like it or not, and in wolf form they have less control of themselves, get hungry faster, scare other sims, and/or are unable to talk. Or maybe some are just a little too hairy, growl and/or sniff other sims even in their normal form and it puts other sims off, or maybe they always stink like wet dog lol, particularly if you're a vampire.

weaknesses: silver/wolfbane, strong vampires, flirty sims

strengths: animal magnetism, moon's fullness increases strength, summon pack of friends

I don’t think they’re going to want to have this pack tie in too closely with Vampires, so I don’t know about the whole wolfsbane/vampire based weakness thing. I’d be really annoying having a bunch of the weaknesses/strengths tied up based on what other packs you have.

"QueenMercy;c-16964934" wrote:
I don’t think they’re going to want to have this pack tie in too closely with Vampires, so I don’t know about the whole wolfsbane/vampire based weakness thing. I’d be really annoying having a bunch of the weaknesses/strengths tied up based on what other packs you have.

It would be great to have a full on tree solely for them and then another smaller tree as a bonus for people who own other occult packs

Eating raw fish and frogs

Werewolf Powers

Omega
• Agility I - Find yourself faster than the average human
• Control I - 0-25% Control over the Shift during a full moon. most likely your sim will go on a rampage on the town without your approval and have no recollection of the night when they wake up some place. The fun part is for you find a way to keep your sim contained until you learn of a creative way how to control your sim. Advice: Hang out with your Alpha that night... if you have one. don't have an Alpha? I'll pray for you.
• Howl I - You sound like someone stepped on my aunt's chihuahua.
• Strength I - You are strong but you also don't know your strength.
• Empathy - Syphon away another's pain, Physical, and Emotional into you, by simply making physical contact. Example - Sim was Very Tense or Furious for 8 hours, after Werewolf made an Empathetic connection with Sim. Sim is now Tense/Angry for 2 Hours.
• Werewolf Charm - We invented the "puppy dog" eyes no one can resist.

Beta
• Agility II - faster then you were as an omega.
• Control II - 25%- 75% Control over Shift except during a full moon. Sim can bear their Fangs and Claws at will.
- Emotional Outbursts can be an itch sometimes.
• Endurance I - Ability to withstand painful situations/Environmental Conditions (Can Exercise longer, last longer in the Subzero/Extreme Heat
• Howl II - Convincing, good enough to gather your buddies, and Howl at the Moon.
• Strength II - Strong enough to break through walls, and bones.
• Intimidating Glare - Something the Alpha taught you to terrorize the Omegas, and humans, make your eyes glow with the intensity of the moon. Making them obey you.
• Wolf Form - The power to turn into an actual Customizable Playable Wolf (Cats and Dogs NOT Required)
- Werewolf GP only allows Wolf breed Forms, Cats and Dogs can contribute access to other Breed Customization Forms.
- While in Wolf Form, Sim's Human form will stop aging. Allowing them to have double the Life span of the average Human.
• Child of the Moon - For past millennia, weak werewolves have always feared the moon, but the powerful ones know how to harness it's power. Using less of your own Energy.

Alpha
• Agility III - faster than you were as a Beta
• Control III - 100% control over your shift during a Full moon, also control over your Beta's and Omega's Shift. "Command to turn" Animation = Howl/roar. However you are still subject to being a lunatic, during Lunar Eclipse
• Endurance II - Double the amount to endure Fires, Galvanizing, conditions longer.
• Howl III - A Roar to make your friends and enemies to tremble with respect and/or fear.
• Strength III - Strong enough to bend bars clash against other Alphas and win.
• The Bite - The power to turn a Human into a Werewolf, If an Alpha bites their Beta a child of theirs who is a werewolf, biting them, takes away their power and turns them human. Three Places: The Side of the abdomen (for faster results), the shoulder, or the Wrist or the Leg. It takes 3 Days max for the sim to turn, Your sim will be in a fragile state, and internally, your sims body will be at war with the Supernatural Forces.
Indicators that the Bite was a success: the bite mark has Healed the Next morning, Your sim is Confident when they get out of Bed, The Headaches and Anxiety the full moon brings when it's only in the Crescent moon phase. Else: Your sim will die. (We are dealing with the supernatural here, it's not all glitter and unicorns.)
Drink a Tea of Wolfsbane, and you will live. But forfeit the potential of the Bite being a success should 2 of the 3 indicators have occurred
• Imbued Claws - This is an ancient trick great Werewolves have devised to "do away with tedious conversations and getting to know others. (Sim Name) will learn other Sims' personalities instantly by visiting their frontal lobe himself/herself." Delve your claws into the vertebrae of the specimen and you will have access to their memories, Traits, Skills, Relationships. You can "Dig Up" that information, "retrieve" The information to learn about sim, "Bury" that information to make them forget.

Delta (Still working on it)
• Ultimate Control - Control over Self, and others, during Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse.
• Invincible Fur - While in Lycan/Wolf/Beast form, Sim is invincible to the Elements
• Invincibility - Wolfsbane and Silver can't harm



Weaknesses: Some can be viewed as Strengths, however most do have harsh decision making behind them.
• Beast Form - For those who want their werewolves to to be those big bad CGI Beasts, in movies.
- Conflicts with Wolf Form
- Completely Customizable in CAS
- Originally I thought werewolf sim would forfeit their Human form. When this is chosen their Human form would be locked, and the sim can only shift back into Lycan form other Than Beast form.
- To regain Humanity, It could be a cure, it could be the thing/person that kept them human once.
• Impulsive Canine Disorder "I.C.D." - Makes sim behave more like a Dog than a Human, unlocks:
- "Belly Rub" animation if a Child/Toddler tried to pet or rub a werewolf with "Hates Children" train they will growl, bear fangs, and scare the child.
- "Play Fetch" animation
- "Sniff Inappropriately" animation
- "Roll in Trash" animation
- "Dig for no reason" animation
- Death by Chocolate
• Insatiable - "Betsy? Maribel? Big Mac? Darn it! Where did those Heifers run off too?! First the Chickens now my Cows?"
- Sim will eat anything and everything, even little Timmy on his trike.
• Intense Heat - Sim will feel the need to mate periodically in waves. (Will lead to Pregnancy if woohoo is engaged or contain your werewolf and wait it out in Uncomfortable + Tense + Agony)
• Senseless - All your Heightened senses don't work like they use to
• Slow Healing - Sim is no longer immune and doesn't heal as fast.
• Lone Wolf - Unbinds werewolf from the Alpha that bit them. If you don't wish to be part of the Pack, Sim will be made an enemy of said Pack. Not permanent, You can salvage the relationship, obviously with the original Pack and regain their trust, or Build your own Pack.
• Silver Wolfsbane - While I do think Wolfsbane and Silver should be a default weakness, I suppose the others are right.
**I want Silver Prison Bars, similar to Get to Work to trap Werewolves in, if they touch it they may burn. and other silver, wolfsbane items to repel/harm Werewolves. In build mode We could get Silver Doors and Grand Silver Fences and wrought Silver Gates that if a Werewolf sim could jump over/break down normal Fences, doors, and Gates, but not ones made of Silver.

I made a thread once where i saw an entire possibility of more than just werewolves, but a whole wereanimal thing. With weremammals, wereinsects, werereptiles, wereamphibians, wereplants (simplants?), and werefungi... The would have similar powers, but each category would have its own animations and some powers that would focus on their "natural elements", etc... I hope that we at least get some variety this time with a werecat as well... but... never know!

"Karon;c-16967964" wrote:

"ZhaguiSimmer;c-16965089" wrote:
I would like to see the ranking system for werewolves similar to vampires.

Different food sources, werewolve book lore and battles (substituting the original fighting animation with new animations), food craving buffs, faster building of fitness skill, social need decays slower, telepathy, mood sensing, longer lifespan, enhanced speed and intelligence.

@Bagoas77 Vampires are usually represented as wise and literate, while werewolves are represented as "out of their minds", wild, etc ... Vampire lore books makes sense in the first case, werewolve lore books does not make sense in the second case, maybe they can implement another way to get werewolve knowledge. Maybe they could have werewolf lore books, but less books than the vampires had, and the other points in werewolf knowledge skill could be gained in practice rather than theory.

Hmm... That same claim can be argued for Werewolves, represented as Wise and Literate, and Vampires: psychotic, Soulless, necrophiliacs.
Werewolves, are only out of their minds and wild, when they don't have control or understand themselves.
Vampires, they become Daemons from the moment they lose their mortal side.

Now, perhaps it could be Instinct in the moment of and in the heat of events, and other Werewolves of higher levels from Deltas onto Alphas, unto Betas, and to the Omegas, who pass on their knowledge and Secrets over time.

Online Research... Most could be true, but some stuff could Get a Hunter, in trouble when trying to Slay/Cure a Werewolf.
I still think Three Lore books, Online Research, a Bestiary, Instinct, and Common Knowlege is enough... One book short but it's enough.
Werewolves are just as complex, if not, more than Vampires.

"SinaMegapolis;c-16967942" wrote:

"AshtontoAshton22;c-16966879" wrote:
I personally would not want to have any weaknesses associating with Vampires just because I'd like to have both species interacting in ways that aren't necessarily fighting or arguing all the time. Would it be too much of a stretch to have a strength where they still retain human awareness in wolf form though?

I'm still trying to understand what you mean by this.

I mean that they can still interact with Sims like a normal Sim would, just with optional werewolf socials added to that. Not sure how I managed to somehow not get that across, apologies for any misunderstanding.

Weakness: Silver(ware) - Your werewolf is terrified of coming into contact with silver, and will avoid all silverware as a precaution. They will only eat off of plates with their hands, and their hygiene will drop when they eat. If they are required to use silverware for whatever reason, they will become tense.