3./4. Infect with Lycanthropy

Feline (Tiger / Jungle Cults only) / Lupine / Porcine / Rodent / Simian / Ursine Cycles

BTS: 58/62% (Co)

ULT: 30/40 hours

Materials: a tooth or claw from the appropriate Were (if Caster himself is infected and a Full Moon has passed since infection, he may use his own teeth or claws / fingernails as Materials)

Actions: make a biting or clawing gesture at Target with Materials

Effect of Throw:

NB Chance of Success is halved when there is No Moon or doubled when there is a Full Moon.

Range:    30d ft    -d(d-1)/2

Cast on Object / Carrier:    -4

ML of Were:    +M    -M(M+1)/2  

ML of Wererats = 1+M
ML of Wereboars / Weremonkeys = 2+M
ML of Werewolves = 3+M
ML of Weretigers = 4+M
ML of Werebears = 5+M

Notes:

1. Cast on a single Target living Being, who gets a ST.  May also be Cast on an object or carrier Being (alive, dead or Undead) to infect them with the Disease-bearing organism.  Carriers get a ST if alive, and if they fail the ST they get a further ST against contracting the Disease.
2. If Target chooses not to or fails to save, roll d100 and if roll <= % Chance of Success, he is infected with Lycanthropy of the Were appropriate to the Caster's Cult (i.e. Weretigers for Tiger Cults, Werewolves for Wolf Cults, Wereboars for Pig Cults, Wererats for Rat Cults, Weremonkeys / Weregorillas for Monkey Cults and Werebears for Bear Cults) with ML determined by type of Were and Variable Parameter (as above).  Infection is permanent (until Cured).
3. Lycanthropy is rife amongst applicable Cults, due to the ease of Casting this Spell upon a Target who chooses not to save and/or the presence of already-infected Cultists who can infect others.  The Spell can be Cast upon an already-infected Target in order to increase the ML of his infection (multiple infections are not cumulative, but the highest counts as a single infection).
4. A newly-infected Target cannot assume Were form until the next night of a Full Moon, but is infectious immediately.  He will be compelled (no st) to assume Were form at each night of a Full Moon.
5. Carriers who do not contract the Disease do not get the ability / liability to assume Were form, but can infect like a Were.
6. Weres and Carriers (including Carrier objects, e.g. an Infected weapon) infect with Lycanthropy of their ML by causing Damage >0.  The victim gets a st @ BTS 50 + 5ML% (Co) (a st has to be made each time Damage is taken).
7. The Lycanthropy virus is caused by an Organism and has Disease Level = its ML (for purposes of Cure Disease).