Now, saying that were-bears will be in Dragonborn, Aaaand saying that we will have the ability to become one... My question is this:


In order to become a were-bear, (and we're already were-wolves) will we have to cure ourselves of were-wolf lycanthropy first?



EDIT::::

Second question: Will the Ring of Hircine effect Were-bear Lycanthropy too?

Unless there is an exploit, probably.

A were-bear? yes!

It'd be nice to have both abilities, one could say 'why shouldn't you, they're both under the metaphorical 'roof' of Hircine? But the way I see it, the Companions went about Lycanthropy in a sort of 'bastardized' version of the 'disease/ability' so perhaps it's not exactly the same.

Because if we were legit wolves, we couldn't control the form. Although begs the question as to why Hircine would give us that ring then wouldn't it?????

Question one, yes, you cannot be two different werecreatures at the same time. Case in point with the uncontrolled type (assuming they didn't already retcon them out of the lore as I predict they will ), what would you transform into on nights when one or both moons are full? With the Companions type, well, it might be possible, but it sounds kind of messy (and crowded) if you ask me. It wouldn't surprise me if it could cause one's body to explode from overload or something (you'd understand what I'm talking about if you've played through the Companions questline).

Second question, I have no idea, I guess it would affect werebears as well.

One final note, yes, werebears WILL almost no doubt be another quest-related ritual thing just like werewolves in Skyrim and the Vampire Lord when/if they do them. They are never doing lunar transformations again as it apparently violates modern acceptable game design (at least in Bethesda's opinion), and they are likely never doing lycanthropy as a contagious disease again, although Bethesda's known to change their minds on stuff and what is "acceptable" in their eyes.

You would have to cure your "werewolf" lycanthropy in order to become a werebear. As for Hircine's ring, I'm pretty sure it worked for both wereboars and werewolves in Daggerfall. So imagine it would work for werebears too.

This could present some wierd problems.

Werewolves have a perk tree. If you become a were-bear, do you use the same tree, do you need a different tree, or do you not have access to a tree?

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