Were forms
From War Thread
Weres almost always have three forms of which the most usual pattern is(human, -kin, animal) Alternates can be found to this distribution.
The next most common group are those weres with two forms. Human and (half, kin or animal)
The rarest is as mentioned the four distribution, which can be any mix including human. but only one or two weres in a generation have it...
Being a were requires both a magical and a genetic component which makes duplicating them impossible. However it can be inherited, though not always...