@ChrisPerkinsDnD Could a Cleric touch a hostile werewolf, cast remove curse, & nullify their lycanthrope statistics? It is a "curse", right?
— Rob Franklin (@dndwannabe) December 16, 2016
If it's an afflicted lycanthrope and not a natural-born one, the spell would end the curse. #WOTCstaff https://t.co/tqo5teqeOm
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) March 3, 2017
@ChrisPerkinsDnD So if it's a natural-born lycanthrope, are they just screwed? https://t.co/OtLpqiapeH
— Jacob Durcholz (@JdDurcholz) March 3, 2017
They are what they are, like any other race in the game. #WOTCstaff https://t.co/y7UBW1Gu4i
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) March 3, 2017
No. A person afflicted with lycanthropy may be cured by using belladonna within one hour of being infected. Failing that, a Cure Disease from a 12th level or higher Cleric must be cast upon the afflicted within three days to avoid becoming a lycanthrope.
My response pertains to 1E AD&D rules. Apologies if this article is for later editions.
Yeah — this is current-edition Sage Advice for 5E; any older editions (disclaimer: I started with ADnD myself back in the 80s, 😉 ) don’t apply in any way.
Wonder what sort of save the Ware’ would have as this attack. the remove curse would be a hostile spell to the lycanthrope and therefore the Cleric would have to first, make a successful touch attack and then the Ware would have a chance to save against the spell. This is much like when a cleric uses heal as an attack against an Undead creature, the Undead have a save against the spell’s chance of success.
My opinion? Melee spell attack, as for touching a creature with Shocking Grasp.
If the DM were to call for a roll (note: no attack roll is called for, so a melee spell attack isn’t warranted for simple “touch”), it would fall under grapple rules, though the DM can of course mitigate this via some other table ruling as they see fit.