I'm a werewoman. I turn into a man every full moon.

No, Khajiit and Argonian are hackneyed, lazy attempts to create a new, 'interesting' species by adding animal elements.

Argonians maybe, but the types and lore of Khajiit is anything but lazy.

What would happen if you were bit by a man and a dog at the same time? (Like on both legs or something)

Would you become a Were-man-wolf?

Jesus christ...

"were" means "man".

You can't be a man-man.

Speaking of Jesus...

He was a god-man.

Khajiit were around since the first TES games, and there wasn't much in the way of lore then.

TES lore is basically the developers making up things as they go along, anyway.

Werewolf Island was inhabited by two types of lycanthropes. One was men turning into wolves (werewolves), the other wolves turning into men (wolfweres). If were means man, then the order of words fits the descriptions.

Anyhow, I think Shelob is just trolling. Khajiit is Khajiit, a humanoid race akin to cats. What's so difficult to understand? It's like gorillas, they're not "humans bitten by apes", they're gorillas.

I'm calling troll on "Shelob", but in regards to the initial question:

No, you cannot become a 'were-man', only a 'were-wolf'. Nothing more.

So would you become a ManManWolf or a WereWereWolf?

This is all too confusing.

What if a Werewolf bit a Goat? What the heck would that be? A WereManWolfGoat or something?

Somebody lock this thread?

A goatwolf?

Hell I don't know, as far as I'm concerned, hircine's curse only works on humanoids.

I'm not trolling, its a legit question.

We are talking about roll playing lore here not hollywood. I need to know. If you don't like the question read another. Jeeze. :flamethrower:

so if a were-bear bites a pig it should become...

MAN-BEAR-PIG!!!!

the most fearsome creature to have ever existed...

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Nah, I'd say a Histman or a Saxhleelman would be an Argonian that turns into a human. Wereman would be a man who turns into a man... [original]transform[result] looks to be the formula.

They're just humanoids: different races that share a number of traits similar to a human. Think of Wookies or Tuskan raiders from Star Wars. It's the same overall concept.


I don't see how adding animal characteristics in tandem with other unique qualities about their race and cultures makes them a 'hackneyed, lazy attempt' at making the different playable races more distinct. They've been fleshed out very well in the lore over the last few games.


When a werewolf (a man/mer/humanoid who turns into a savage, half-wolf, half whatever it was before) bites something else, it transmits the disease that causes them to transform into a werewolf. It doesn't matter what the other half of the werewolf was (orc, khajiit, high elf, imperial; it's all the same) and it doesn't matter what it is they're biting. It transmits the same disease that does the same thing regardless of what species you are.

Some species may be resistant or immune to the effects, though (due to perhaps lore, gameplay constraints, or both) such as primitive animals and such, but just to use your hypothetical situation: if a werewolf bit a goat and that goat DID become infected, it would turn into a half goat, half wolf creature. If that creature were to then bite an argonian, and the argonian were to become infected, he would transform into a werewolf.

the replies to this thread are exceedingly funny

the prefix "were" is the Anglo Saxon word for "man," not something that means "feral." I think that's what he was saying about your post.

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No, you're making stuff up about etyomology (that's the origin of words in case you're having trouble understanding). The word 'were' is a real word, and while no one uses it anymore, it means simply, "man". It's got nothing to do with mythology, and the word certainly doesn't mean anything regarding feral instincts. THAT is what you're making up. Do you understand, or should I explain again in smaller words?


I find the way you're making a fool of yourself more sad than hilarious.


Over the last few games, yeah. But you gotta agree that the premise of "lizard people" and "cat people" has been done to death and is nowhere near refreshing in a fantasy context.



REALLY? I seem to recall reading: "Also note: "Were" is a worded representation of reverting to a feral, animal like instinct and mentality. Human to a feral wolf being a Werewolf, etc. An animal is already feral so the title "Were" would be meaningless, hence the accepted term, Shapeshifter" in obnoxious light blue text.

Now stop embarrassing yourself further.

Please, continue.

It's always nice to see obnoxious "look I'm writing in another color" people making a fool of themselves.

What would happen if a Werewolf bit a Werewolf? Would it undo the disease?

What IS a Wereman then? Some people have said in the poll that you CAN be one? Who is lying, and stop flaming me this is a legit thread.

bliviongate:

I think they understood that when you said "wereman" you actually meant "werewolf", and that's why they said that yes you can become one. There's no such thing in the lore as a wereman.

A wereman would be a man who turned into a man, and that's a bit redundant, but the closest thing I could anologize it to would be a Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde kind of thing, but the proper term for something like that would be transmogrification.

A werewolf biting another werewolf would have no effect. It's a disease. If you're HIV positive and start doing drugs with someone else who's HIV positive and you use the same needle, you're still going to be HIV positive.