# [Werewolf](Rules\Source\bestiary\monstrosity/werewolf-xmm.md) *Source: Monster Manual (2024) p. 327. Available in the <span title='Systems Reference Document (5.2)'>SRD</span> and the Free Rules (2024)* ## Werewolf *Changed by the Ferocity of the Wolf* - **Habitat.** Forest, Hill - **Treasure.** Any Werewolves change from their humanoid forms into fierce wolves or wolf-humanoid hybrids. Werewolves can shape-shift voluntarily, but many can't resist transforming during the nights of a full moon. ```statblock "name": "Werewolf (XMM)" "size": "Small or Medium" "type": "monstrosity" "subtype": "lycanthrope" "alignment": "Chaotic Evil" "ac": !!int "15" "hp": !!int "71" "hit_dice": "11d8 + 22" "modifier": !!int "4" "stats": - !!int "16" - !!int "14" - !!int "14" - !!int "10" - !!int "11" - !!int "10" "speed": "30 ft., 40 ft. (wolf form only)" "skillsaves": - "name": "[Perception](/Rules/Source/skills.md#Perception)" "desc": "+4" - "name": "[Stealth](/Rules/Source/skills.md#Stealth)" "desc": "+4" "gear": - "[longbow](/Rules/Source/items/longbow-xphb.md)" "senses": "[Darkvision](/Rules/Source/senses.md#Darkvision) 60 ft., passive Perception\ \ 14" "languages": "Common (can't speak in wolf form)" "cr": "3" "traits": - "desc": "The werewolf has [Advantage](/Rules/Source/variant-rules/advantage-xphb.md)\ \ on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the werewolf's allies\ \ is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally doesn't have the [Incapacitated](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Incapacitated)\ \ condition." "name": "Pack Tactics" "actions": - "desc": "The werewolf makes two attacks, using Scratch or Longbow in any combination.\ \ It can replace one attack with a Bite attack." "name": "Multiattack" - "desc": "*Melee Attack Roll:* +5, reach 5 ft. *Hit:* 12 (2d8 + 3) Piercing damage.\ \ If the target is a Humanoid, it is subjected to the following effect. *Constitution\ \ Saving Throw:* DC 12. *Failure:* The target is cursed. If the cursed target\ \ drops to 0 [Hit Points](/Rules/Source/variant-rules/hit-points-xphb.md), it\ \ instead becomes a Werewolf under the DM's control and has 10 [Hit Points](/Rules/Source/variant-rules/hit-points-xphb.md).\ \ *Success:* The target is immune to this werewolf's curse for 24 hours." "name": "Bite (Wolf or Hybrid Form Only)" - "desc": "*Melee Attack Roll:* +5, reach 5 ft. *Hit:* 10 (2d6 + 3) Slashing damage." "name": "Scratch" - "desc": "*Ranged Attack Roll:* +4, range 150/600 ft. *Hit:* 11 (2d8 + 2) Piercing\ \ damage." "name": "Longbow (Humanoid or Hybrid Form Only)" "bonus_actions": - "desc": "The werewolf shape-shifts into a Large wolf-humanoid hybrid or a Medium\ \ wolf, or it returns to its true humanoid form. Its game statistics, other\ \ than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying\ \ isn't transformed." "name": "Shape-Shift" "source": - "XMM" "image": "/Rules/Source/bestiary/monstrosity/token/werewolf-xmm.webp" ``` ^statblock ## Environment forest, hill