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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7889512" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>How's this for the Description and Background:</p><p></p><p><em>A snarling hairy beast dressed in torn remnants of clothes. Barrel-chested and muscular, it walks on two legs like a human but is covered in thick dark fur and has an apelike face distorted by murderous fury</em>.</p><p></p><p>Arcanus apes are a rare form of shapeshifter that most sages consider a variety of lycanthrope. When provoked by injury or strong passions they turn into savage carnivorous apes who hunger for flesh and violence. Their "normal" form appears to be an intelligent and civilized humanoid native to their homeland (although this may be an act to deter suspicion). In this form they have the power to mesmerise humanoids into following their suggestions. An arcanus ape usually lives as an itinerant merchant, traveling entertainer or peddler since a stationary career carries too much risk of exposing their simian alter-ego. The origins of this monster are obscure, the oldest known example was a human cursed to become a beast as punishment for a crime of passion.</p><p></p><p>In its default humanoid form an arcanus ape has the same height and weight as a human (although they tend to be short and stocky). In ape form the arcanus's height remains the same but its weight doubles.</p><p></p><p>[<span style="color: blue">I also considered "its weight increases by 50%" but "doubles" puts the ape form's average weight at 350 pounds which is also the average weight of the SRD Ape (since they're 300-400 pounds)</span>]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7889512, member: 57383"] How's this for the Description and Background: [I]A snarling hairy beast dressed in torn remnants of clothes. Barrel-chested and muscular, it walks on two legs like a human but is covered in thick dark fur and has an apelike face distorted by murderous fury[/I]. Arcanus apes are a rare form of shapeshifter that most sages consider a variety of lycanthrope. When provoked by injury or strong passions they turn into savage carnivorous apes who hunger for flesh and violence. Their "normal" form appears to be an intelligent and civilized humanoid native to their homeland (although this may be an act to deter suspicion). In this form they have the power to mesmerise humanoids into following their suggestions. An arcanus ape usually lives as an itinerant merchant, traveling entertainer or peddler since a stationary career carries too much risk of exposing their simian alter-ego. The origins of this monster are obscure, the oldest known example was a human cursed to become a beast as punishment for a crime of passion. In its default humanoid form an arcanus ape has the same height and weight as a human (although they tend to be short and stocky). In ape form the arcanus's height remains the same but its weight doubles. [[COLOR=blue]I also considered "its weight increases by 50%" but "doubles" puts the ape form's average weight at 350 pounds which is also the average weight of the SRD Ape (since they're 300-400 pounds)[/COLOR]] [/QUOTE]
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