Does anyone know is Lycanthropy is in Oblivion? I dont remember reading anything about it...

a Gamespot-Interview from last october:

GameSpot: And along the same lines, can we expect to see the return of life-altering conditions such as vampirism and lycanthropy in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion? Are there any specific plans for either extended character-altering states like lycanthropy, or other elaborate, nonessential side quests that you'd care to share?

Todd Howard: We're not ready to discuss those yet.




I did an extensive search via google but I didn't find anything that could have answered your question :embarrassed:

Werewolves have not been confirmed yet. Nor has any other wereform been confirmed for that matter.

Vampires, on the other hand, have been confirmed.

Still, I have a feeling we will see some sort of lycantrophy in the game. Perhaps even more werecreatures than just one type.

According to the lore, there should be werewolves, werebears and werelions in Cyrodiil.

Well then there hope.

P.S. I thought Lycanthropy was Werewolf, not wereanything.

[quote=Zelda_Zealot]P.S. I thought Lycanthropy was Werewolf, not wereanything.[/quote]

Maybe in most cases, but in TES there are 7 different lycantrophes.

Werewolves, werebears, werelions, wereboars, werevultures, werecrocodiles and weresharks.

On Lycantrophy. An interesting book about the disease.

Oh, guess I was wrong. Thanks I will read that book soon. I hope I can find it ingame.

"When I did finally see a lycanthrope, it was not a werebear. It was a werewolf, the "common" lycanthope, which can be found in every part of Tamriel."

Well there you go. Since the Elder Scroll games always stick to the lore of Tamriel down to the punctuation, I think a safe guess (guess) is that they'll make an appearance on Oblivion.[/b]

[quote=Zelda_Zealot]Well then there hope.

P.S. I thought Lycanthropy was Werewolf, not wereanything.[/quote]

TES is a realistic world, words can be used incorrectly. Lycanthropey is one.

Besides, it sounds better than Urusthropey or whatever the scientific term for a Werebear would be.

Good, I was right. Right?

Umm interesting.

[quote=Zelda_Zealot]Good, I was right. Right?[/quote]

As I said, in most other cases a lycantrophe usually only means werewolf.

However, in TES it can mean any of the 7 different weretypes.

Wel they cover their mistakes all of the time.

[quote=Rane][quote=Zelda_Zealot]P.S. I thought Lycanthropy was Werewolf, not wereanything.[/quote]

Maybe in most cases, but in TES there are 7 different lycantrophes.

Werewolves, werebears, werelions, wereboars, werevultures, werecrocodiles and weresharks.

On Lycantrophy. An interesting book about the disease.[/quote]

Forgetting one, possibly..

[quote=Wormgod] Just a little "in the know" for those who are curious about dragons. They DO exist, just not everywhere. Even in Cyrodil, where the majority of dragons may be, they are scarcely seen. Could it be they can shapeshift and use human form? [/quote]
just a thought. its not proven, i dunno how reliable the guy is.. but the link is right here...

[quote=sknnywhytboi]Forgetting one, possibly..

[quote=Wormgod] Just a little "in the know" for those who are curious about dragons. They DO exist, just not everywhere. Even in Cyrodil, where the majority of dragons may be, they are scarcely seen. Could it be they can shapeshift and use human form? [/quote]
just a thought. its not proven, i dunno how reliable the guy is.. but the link is right here...[/quote]

Wormgod knows his stuff. After all, he's a part of the Bethesda team.

But what you're talking about isn't lycantrophy in any way. It's normal shapeshifting. No Daedric disease involved.

IMO I think we will see Werewolves and Werelions, maybe Werebears.. I dont know, but if I would go after the screenshots I have a feeling it would rather be Werebears than Werelions, but it depends on where in the region of Cyrodiil most of the game will be as the game doesn't cover the whole Cyrodiil Region

[quote=Fuzzy Knight] but it depends on where in the region of Cyrodiil most of the game will be as the game doesn't cover the whole Cyrodiil Region
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Actually, it sounds like it will be all of the province.

I certainly hope so! Because not all of Cyrodiil is accepting, one side is accepting and more open-minded and the other is traditional and strict. And, I think Cyrodiil has different landscapes, so it would be interesting to see...

Well.. I also hope all three Were-creatures are in, cant wait to see how the Werelion looks like! :lickinglips:

Sorry guys..I don´t like were-creatures at all....I´ll try to avoid them as far as possible.

brrrrrr

Well well.. They are not made to be loved, but I really like the ideas that can involve Were-creatures. Its fun to be too, and many fun scenarios with Were-creatures that would fit good into a game like Oblivion

hmmm may that be.......i´m most interested in the new ways of making really great charachters of different ages, those textures and meshes are awesome

Hahahaha... You're funny.

It's been said even were alligators, though that may be only The Black Marsh. I think bethesda wouldn't add them though, too much confusion between them and daedroth.

Werecrocodiles actually. Some of them might be found in Cyrodiil close to the borders to the Black Marsh but I don't expect to see any werecrocodiles in TESIV.

Honestly, I'd be more than satisfied with werewolves only.

Hmm..with risk of being flamed , I´d say I´d be more that satisfied with no were-thingies at all!!!

Yeah, the old lycanthropy system to me was a little boring to be honest, it lost it's luster pretty fast.

I liked DF's way of handling Lycanthropy:

You had a Forced transformation every full moon, but could on ANY other day, at ANY tuime transform ONCE for that day. I like that. Works for the Casual Werewolves who like the full-moon schedule, and the guys like me who like to be one whenever we like.



Oh... and Minque: *flame*

I believe vampirism has been confirmed but they would not say anything about werwolves...

And NOW they have. According to the secound fan interview. Lycanthopry is NOT in, much to the dismay and annoyance of Oblvion's Werewolf fans.

Yep. It's alright though... honestly the werewolve annoyed me a bit.

But of course there shall be mods. Don't expect this world to be lycanthrope free for too long once everone gets used to the Construction Set.

you mean morrowind's werewolf fans? there are none in oblivion (well duh you just mentioned it....)

I thought the werewolves were almost to pwerful well the npc (non playable critter) ones anyways they were harder then heck to kill.

That was very hard to understand.

who me? if so sorry

Pft.

Semantics.

Well, the question has been conclusively answered, so this thread has had it's moment in the sun.