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*** [[Big Bad]] of the ''Threat from the Sea'' trilogy was an ancient were-[[Megalodon]]. As nasty as it sounds, and then some, since he was closely acquainted with several gods, had a habit of collecting artifacts and took the whole "sea world conquest" thing seriously. Known to most underwater races simply as "The Taker".
*** Selûne's divine portfolio includes good shapeshifters. ''Finder's Stone'' trilogy had a werebear Selunite high priestess.
*** The surges of [[Wild Magic]] during the Time of Troubles caused the creation of [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|were dragons.]] Usually human, they transform into either dragons or half-dragon humanoids at night, and can be as varied as actual dragons. Song dragons, on the other hand, are also called were-dragons by humans, but they are not, they are in fact [[Non-Indicative Name|a race of true dragons]] who can assume human form.
** ''Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts'' is
*** Van Richten himself states that he does not believe it is possible for a lycanthrope to exist where the animal stock was not at least partially carnivorous, although the anthology module ''Children of the Night: Werebeasts'' includes a were-gorilla in one of its stories. Of course, this was not the only time Van Richten made an error.<ref>Some sources have [[Retcon]]ed this, making Professor Arcanus' beast form a [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Carnivorous%20ape carnivorous ape].</ref>
** ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine introduced a few extra types. The tibbits, reprinted in the ''Dragon Compendium'' book, has humanoid form small, with [[Pointy Ears]] and [[Animal Eyes|cat eyes]], somewhat resembling [[Hobbits|halflings]]. They can turn cats at will. Sillier variants included the werehare. Among other things, the creature could only be harmed by magic weapons and [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|holy hand grenades]].
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