Enhanced Senses 

Even in human form, werewolves experience enhanced senses, such as being able to smell the mood of nearby humans and hear conversations from afar.

 

Sight/Smell/Sound/Taste/Touch ☆

Werewolves experience heightened senses, including sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch. They can see farther, smell subtle scents, hear nearly inaudible sounds, taste new depths of flavor, and can be hypersensitive to touch. This constant overstimulation is overwhelming and possibly one of the reasons they are known for having short fuses. Pups and yearlings, in particular, can struggle with adjusting to the new world this creates. 

 

Focused Senses ★

Whether werewolves enjoy or hate their heightened senses, they eventually become used to the sensory noise this can create. With time, practice, and effort, werewolves can focus a sense on a specific person or thing. This focus could be to hear a particular conversation, gauge someone’s emotions, or really enjoy that plate of spaghetti. Using this ability often comes with a signal of use, such as the ears elongating or visibly twitching, eyes shifting color, nose twitching, etc. 

 

Enhanced Physical Abilities ☆ 

Including strength, speed, agility, and endurance, a standard werewolf is three (3x) times as strong and twice (2x) as fast as normal humans and typically moves with grace. 

 

Shifting 

Creatures of the land and moon, werewolves possess the ability to shed their human skin in exchange for claws and fur. The shift is neither quick nor painless, and werewolves are utterly vulnerable from one form to the next. Shifting can be draining, particularly to those new to the moon, and the first year of Full Moon Shifts are rarely remembered. That said, there are several types of shifts, categorized as follows;

Partial Shift ★

This is the ability to change only certain body parts, such as turning hands into claws. Each body part shifted requires one (1) ★ of power. Partial shifts can occur in response to tension or strong emotions. In these instances, they can act as warning signs that a Full Shift is about to happen.

 

Full Shift ★★★★ 

Werewolves can shift into their wolf form at will without the Full Moon. Sometimes, the shift takes them unexpectedly, especially in moments of high tension or emotion. Full Shifts can take up to 30 seconds, leaving the werewolf vulnerable during this time. Young wolves, especially within their first year, are highly susceptible to unexpected shifts due to strong emotional states.

 

Moon Shift ★★★★★★

Whether it’s believed to be a gift or a curse, the powers werewolves are capable of are intrinsically tied to the moon. As if paying homage to this fact, werewolves cannot control their shift once a month. On the night of the Full Moon, wolves will shed their skin and run in furs. The only exception to this rule is pregnant wolves, who will not shift until they’re no longer pregnant. The process is painful and highly taxing, often resulting in hours of sleep needed afterward. (Read: Shift Coma)

 

Beast Shift ★★★★★★★★★★ 

When the need calls for it in times of great peril or war, werewolves may abandon their humanity in favor of a bipedal, bestial form and fully let their wolf free.  This form pushes all physical abilities to the limit and requires significant recovery afterward (Read: Shift Coma)

 

Forced  Shift ★★★

This ability is pack specific and can only be used by packmates. Some strong wolves can force others to change or stop them. Forcing and preventing shifts require the same energy output. The werewolf forcing or stopping a shift must be at least one (1) level higher than the werewolf they are forcing. A Full Moon shift cannot be stopped.

(If forcing a shift, this will consume the energy of the other party. so OOC consent must be obtained before forcing a shift).

 

Healing/Regeneration

Werewolves have a natural ability to heal three (3) times faster than humans. This ability is one of the reasons why wolves do not fall ill and rarely require medical attention when injured. While all wolves have the ability to heal others, only Healers can do so without suffering grave consequences.

 

Healing/ Regeneration ☆ to ★★★★★

The ability to heal oneself without conscious action. The body will automatically prioritize healing when a wolf has been injured. If a wolf is injured beyond minor, superficial injuries, their body will consume as much energy as necessary to heal itself. A shift is required to stop bleeding and heal large and/or deep wounds. (Read: Full Shift)

 

Healing Others ★★★ (Healers) / ★★★★★★★★★★ (Non-Healers)

An ability that rarely comes without detrimental effect. Those with the ability can heal wounds inflicted by silver or wolfbane and speed up the healing of werewolf- or shifter-inflicted injuries. Those who are not Healers heal others at their own peril, usually as a last-ditch effort to save another. Unless they are a powerful wolf, the one healing the other will fall into a Shift Coma-like sleep as their body heals the damage caused by expending such tremendous amounts of energy.

(Read: Shift Coma)

 

Pack Communication

This ability is pack specific and can only be used by packmates. Pack Communication allows wolves to speak mind-to-mind and ignores language barriers and other communication-based hindrances. This ability is natural in the wolf form but will require energy to use in human form. (Wolves must complete the Ritual on their first Full Moon with the pack to have the Pack Communication ability).  

 

Human Form ★★

In human form, this ability works similarly to telepathy between two packmates. The wolves must be able to see one another to establish a connection. If the wolves break the line of sight for more than ten (10)  minutes, additional energy must be used to re-establish the connection. 

 

Wolf Form ☆

In wolf form, this is an open connection that is natural and requires no additional effort. Packmates need not see each other to access the link, but singular communication is impossible. What is said through Pack Communication is communicated to all pack members currently in their wolf form. (Read: Pack Mind)