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[[Lycanthropy|Wolves]] have the ability to switch in and out of wolf form(except during Full Moon, when they are stuck for 3 days), they also have specific Wolf-Altar/Wolf benefits, the altar can unlock higher lvl abilities, has the option of being a storage space, and by completing quests for the Altar you can get bonuses like Extra Armor, Power, Health, Damage Mitigation, Bonus Attack %, or a Sprint Speed bonus.
[[Lycanthropy|Wolves]] have the ability to switch in and out of wolf form(except during Full Moon, when they are stuck for 3 days), they also have specific Wolf-Altar/Wolf benefits, the altar can unlock higher lvl abilities, has the option of being a storage space, and by completing quests for the Altar you can get bonuses like Extra Armor, Power, Health, Damage Mitigation, Bonus Attack %, or a Sprint Speed bonus.
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Using a Recall Collar, a character using one of the [[Beast Forms]] may directly teleport to ??? using the Familiar's Recall ability. This ability is learned ???
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=== Disadvantages ===
=== Disadvantages ===

Revision as of 19:44, 1 March 2020

One of the unique features of Project Gorgon is that is allows players to choose to play as an animal. The animal forms like Cow and Spider were originalle intended as curses, but they each have their own playstyles, so some players enjoy playing as animals full time.

General Characterisation

Cow and Deer are both built as Tanks, Cow as more of your traditional tank archetype, while Deer can be considered an Off-Tank. With Cow your Tankiness/Tank-like Abilities come inherently from your skills. While with Deer, your tank-like abilities come from having the right mods on your gear.

Spiders would be similar to your dps/assassin types most of their skill is set on using Infinite Legs, or Poison abilities to quickly kill the enemy. The same can be said about Werewolves and Giant Bats, they're both known for their damage and their ability to keep the pressure on.

Pigs are your support build, they can solo decently, but they are better off in groups, as a healer or a buff build with use of Mudbath, Frenzy, Porcine Alertness.

Rabbits offer a stealthy playstyle.

Druids by themselves should NOT be classified as a Beast Form. However Druids are given spells that will allow them to assume certain beast appearances like Deer, Raven and Mallard.


Advantages

With Cows your advantages are you are a tank, so you have high survivability. Cows also have a nice sprint skill called Moo of Determination, and they have the ability to produce their own milk, which helps in crafting skills such as Cheesemaking, or Cooking. If you are a vegetarian Cow you have the ability to produce milk every 3 or 4 minutes, while if your a non-vegetarian you can only produce it every 5 minutes. Players can also milk other Player Cows every 15 minutes. Both are considerably better than waiting an hour to milk a specific cow.

Deers have the ability to jump faster/higher, they also have AoE Taunts, while Cow only has single target taunts. They have the ability also to summon another Deer Pet to help out in battle.

Spiders have the ability to use Insidious Illusion to talk to Animal Hating NPCs, it uses up a Moonstone. They also have the ability at lvl 50 to produce their own Spiderweb, which does help with crafting such as Tailoring, especially if they want to make their own Spider Carapace Armor.

Pigs have two sidebar abilities Terror Dash, which gives them a sprint bonus, and Truffle Sniff which allows them to sniff for mushrooms, I believe the higher the Truffle Sniff the higher lvl Mushroom you are likely to get, or the higher the chances you are of getting a mushroom.

Rabbits are the only Beast Form capable of using Ice Magic by equipping a special headgear item.

Giant Bats have the ability of Echolocation which allows them to see in the dark, such as dungeons (especially helpful with Claudia), and they do have the ability to Fly, they also have the ability to turn players into Bats, so be careful when facing them in PvP.

Wolves have the ability to switch in and out of wolf form(except during Full Moon, when they are stuck for 3 days), they also have specific Wolf-Altar/Wolf benefits, the altar can unlock higher lvl abilities, has the option of being a storage space, and by completing quests for the Altar you can get bonuses like Extra Armor, Power, Health, Damage Mitigation, Bonus Attack %, or a Sprint Speed bonus.

Familiar's Recall

Icon Level Name Description Special Effects Stats Source
icon_3713.png  0 Familiar's Recall Sends you back to your master. You must be a long-term animal with a bonded master, and you must be wearing a Familiar Recall Collar. Can Be On Sidebar Power Cost: 50
Range: 5
Cooldown: 1800
???

Using a Recall Collar, a character using one of the Beast Forms may directly teleport to ??? using the Familiar's Recall ability. This ability is learned ???

Recall Collars
A collar for a wizard's familiar. This model is used on familiars that tend to run away. (You must be an animal to wear this collar.)
A collar for a wizard's familiar. This model is used on familiars that tend to run away. (You must be an animal to wear this collar.)
A collar for a wizard's familiar. This model is used on familiars that tend to run away. (You must be an animal to wear this collar.)
A collar for a wizard's familiar. This model is used on familiars that tend to run away. (You must be an animal to wear this collar.)
A collar for a wizard's familiar. This model is used on familiars that tend to run away. (You must be an animal to wear this collar.)
A collar for a wizard's familiar. This model is used on familiars that tend to run away. (You must be an animal to wear this collar.)
A collar for a wizard's familiar. This model is used on familiars that tend to run away. (You must be an animal to wear this collar.)
A collar for a wizard's familiar. This model is used on familiars that tend to run away. (You must be an animal to wear this collar.)
A collar for a wizard's familiar. This model is used on familiars that tend to run away. (You must be an animal to wear this collar.)

Disadvantages

Becoming a Werewolf / choosing for Lycanthropy is a PERMANENT CHOICE. It has some impactful consequences when doing that. It CANNOT be reversed.

One of the disadvantages of being an animal is Beast Speech. While typing in chat certain words can be changed to a sound-representation.
Example: a Cow might type "I'll wait for you near the Serbule well". But after pressing Enter the sentence may read as "I'll wait moo you near the Moooooo mooo". The words that will be replaced will be random.

Certain NPCs will not speak to you while you are an animal. Especially the ones in Serbule. (Note: This also has the consequence that the storage for Joeh, Marna, Ivyn and Tadion may not be available. At the moment those storages are available to animals through the Serbule central storage closet in the room between Hulon and Marna). But to counter that there are Animal NPCs in Animal Town which is in Sun Vale, who will speak to you, but only after you have been an Animal for 3 in game hours.

Another disadvantage is your inability to use skills that require hands, such as Sword, Fire/Ice Magic, Shield, and your inability to cut/gather wood, and to milk cows and other animals, since skills that require the use of Hands do not work, since animals do not have hands (or thumbs).

Crafting Gear for Animal Forms

Observant players have noticed that it's hard to craft gear for animal-cursed players. There's only one gem that covers all animal curses, so you often craft Deer gear when you really want Spider gear, and so on.

Preta can teach you to inscribe runes into those gems, so that you can attune the gem to one specific animal curse. You'll want to get your Sigil Scripting skill to level 25 to be able to use those techniques.

General tips regarding playing in an Animal Form

For general advice, avoid playing as an animal unless absolutely certain, and after you have explored zones such as Serbule and Etilbule as a human, and gotten at least some storage space, NPC favors done, and gotten used to the general feel of the game. Because starting off as an Animal can be hard or trying for a new player.

Be aware that the Animal Forms stack. If you are a cow, and drink a Deer Juice potion, you will appear to be a Deer. However you are also still cursed as a Cow. So after drinking an Un-Deer Juice, you will not be in human form, but will be a Cow again.

When just starting animal say something in Nearby chat every 5 min or so. That way you will get exp in your Beast Speech, and won't bother people in Global. You can also set up a new chat-channel with a unique name and use that as a private channel to randomly type in, to level up Beast Speech.

To (some) animals Joeh will not talk. Thus causing a problem for those players when trying to sell gear loot-drops. Please know that Roshun the Traitor talks to animals and also buys gear.

Storage unlocked in Serbule (from Joeh, Ivyn or Marna) will seem to be unavailable to animals since those NPC's wont talk to them. That storage can be accessed (at least as of the moment this is written) through the Bookshelf (between Marna's and Hulon's house).

3-sylabe word of powers include ones that will grant you illusion, making you look like elf for 2 min. can be helpfull when talking to NPCs. Note that Spiders can learn a spell Illusion (that consumes a moonstone) to take human form for some minutes.

You definately should start working on favor in Animal Town asap, especialy if you are full time animal (eg - not wolf)

Jumper, Raul and Norbert in Sun Vale's Animal Town offers Storage only for players in animal form.


Seek out special NPC's

There are unique opportunities for animal players. For instance, if you're playing as a Cow, Deer, or Pig, seek out the Suspicious Cow, an NPC cow in the fields of Eltibule. She can sell you some animal-specific abilities, and even has a unique dye recipe that is otherwise unobtainable ("drab grass green"). She also sells belts for each of those animal forms. Werewolves should look for Sanja the wolf, in the forests off the coast of Kur. And every animal player will find it helpful to talk to Flia, a fairy in the wilds of Serbule.

NPC & Animal Interactions

NPC Name Zone Speak
Echur Serbule Yes
Azalak Serbule Yes
Marna Serbule No
Jesina Eltibule Yes
Tyler Green Serbule Hills Yes
Lawara Anagoge Yes
Hulon Serbule Yes
Velkort Serbule Yes
Ivyn Serbule No
Jara Serbule No
Yurra Serbule Yes
Riger Anagoge Yes
Sarina Eltibule Yes
Jaw Serbule Yes
Yetta Eltibule No
Sir Coth Serbule No
Kalaba Eltibule No
Hogan Eltibule Yes
Fainor Serbule Yes
Mushroom Jack Serbule Yes
Joeh Serbule No
Sie Antry Eltibule Yes
Elahil Serbule No
Tadion Serbule No
Kleave Eltibule Yes
Thimble Pete Eltibule No
Rita Serbule No
Helena Veilmoor Eltibule No
Blanche Serbule No
Therese Serbule Yes
Ukorga Kur Mountains No
Laura Neth Kur Mountains No
Charles Thompson Serbule Yes
Richter Heavenly Sewers Yes
Glajur Kur Mountains Yes
Landri the Cold Kur Mountains Yes
Nelson Ballard Serbule No
Agrashab/Sun Vale Sun Vale Yes
Braigon Eltibule Yes
Sir Arif Serbule No
Flia Serbule Yes
George Madler Eltibule No
Suspicious Cow Eltibule Yes
Way Serbule Yes
Mu Serbule Yes
Voo Serbule Yes
Gurki Kur Mountains No
Oritania Eltibule No
Harry the Wolf Serbule Yes
Zealo Serbule Yes
Yagreet Sun Vale Yes
Hiral Sun Vale Yes
Eleme Sun Vale Yes
Preta Sun Vale Yes
Silvia Sun Vale Yes
Malvol Eltibule Yes
Sanja Kur Mountains Yes
Jace Soral Kur Mountains Yes
Gorvessa Eltibule Yes
Ratuk the Thinker Kur Mountains Yes
Strange Spider Serbule Yes
Lamashu Kur Mountains No
Corey The Croaker Sun Vale Yes
Fazzi Sun Vale Yes
Furlak Rahu Yes
Yogzi Sun Vale Yes
Katarina Eltibule
Yasinda Eltibule Yes
Jumjab Eltibule Yes
Percy Evans Eltibule Yes
The Wombat Sun Vale Yes
Larsan Serbule Yes
Gretchen Salas Eltibule No
Nightshade Kur Mountains Yes
Poe Serbule Yes
Gribburn Eltibule Yes
Syndra Kur Mountains Yes
Leonard Allenson Serbule Yes
Malgath Kur Mountains Yes
Ultashk Eltibule Yes
Zeratak Serbule Yes
Yoy Serbule Yes
Lugnir Serbule Yes
Yalox Eltibule Yes
Quest Hag Kur Mountains Yes
Janet Lews Kur Mountains No
Arlan Ilmari Yes
Firaki Ilmari Yes
Nissim Ilmari Yes
Kelim Ilmari Yes
Selaxi Ilmari Yes
Rohina Sun Vale Yes
Roshun the Traitor Serbule Yes
Urzab Ilmari Yes
Glowing Sphere Kur Mountains Yes

Yes
Yes

Glowing Sphere Fae Realm Yes

Yes
Yes

Glowing Sphere Povus Yes

Yes
Yes

The Sand Seer Ilmari Yes
Alravesa the All-Hunter Ilmari Yes
Falkrin Overstrike Ilmari Yes
Elmetaph Anagoge Yes
Jumper Sun Vale Yes
Daisy (NPC) Sun Vale Yes
Spot Sun Vale Yes
Yavazek Sun Vale Yes
Raul Sun Vale Yes
Elaina Sun Vale Yes
Legs Sun Vale Yes
Kodan Sun Vale Yes
Norbert Sun Vale Yes
Makara Ilmari Yes
Broken Glowing Sphere Kur Mountains Yes
Ilvadele Irasce Statehelm ?
Dye Monster Serbule Yes
Jake the Buckler Sun Vale Yes
Jaime Fatholm Serbule Hills Yes
Durstin Tallow Serbule Hills Yes
Viedesi Sun Vale Yes
Lana Songtree Serbule Hills Yes
Lakrea Rahu Yes
Nishika Rahu Yes
Ichin the Ice Master Rahu Yes
Records Golem C Anagoge Yes
Daniel Murderdark Rahu Yes
Zhao Rahu Yes
Sheyna Rahu Yes
Sergeant Ultaka Rahu Yes
Amutasa Rahu Yes
Pennoc Serbule Yes
Kohan Rahu Yes
Sirine Rahu Yes
Ashk the Answerer Rahu Yes
Bahdba Serbule Yes
Lisi Sun Vale Yes
Shirogin Rahu Yes
Lady Windsong Rahu Yes
Ufkar Rahu Yes
Selphie Serbule Yes
Gisli Serbule Yes
Creepy Alchemist Serbule Yes
Jurl the Boatman Serbule Yes
Fitz the Boatman Serbule Yes
Mittens Kur Mountains Yes
Gershok Serbule Hills Yes
Akhisa's Herald Serbule Yes
Sir Johnson Ilmari Yes
Records Golem A Anagoge Yes
Records Golem B Anagoge Yes
Records Golem D Anagoge Yes
Gremix Ilmari Yes
Rick Snapley Gazluk Yes
Mox Warcut Gazluk Yes
Rugen Rahu Yes
Red Kur Mountains Yes
Legacy Item Replacer Serbule Yes
Bellema Deftwhisper Gazluk No
Rappanel Serbule Hills Yes
Three-Eyes Rahu Yes
Aven Gazluk Yes
Percussa Rahu Yes
Brianna Willer Serbule Hills Yes
Trekker Gazluk Yes
Fluffikins Gazluk Yes
Dhakmar Rahu Yes
Cinnamon the rabbit Sun Vale Yes
Norbert/Strange Pig Serbule Yes
Sona Gazluk Yes
Hemmit Magmagrip Gazluk Yes
Torgan Gazluk Yes
Gasu'um Gazluk Yes
Julius Patton Serbule Hills Yes
Baroness Marith Felgard Serbule Hills Yes
Sammie Grimspine Serbule Hills Yes
Stables Golem Serbule Hills ?
Paul Vaughn Serbule Hills Yes
Sem Gazluk Yes
Melandria Gazluk Yes
Chirrra Serbule Hills Yes
General Tassadar Statehelm Unknown
NPCs by Area
Gloria Stonecurl Kur Mountains Yes
Aralorn Gazluk Yes
Tavilak Red Wing Casino Yes
Qatik Red Wing Casino Yes
Ragabir Red Wing Casino Yes
Mandibles Red Wing Casino Yes
Arianna Fangblade Red Wing Casino Yes
Irkima Red Wing Casino Yes
Dorimir Fangblade Red Wing Casino Yes
Kuzavek Red Wing Casino Yes
Eveline Rastin Red Wing Casino Yes
Willem Fangblade Red Wing Casino Yes
Kib the Unkillable Red Wing Casino Yes
Otis Red Wing Casino Yes
Fiddler Red Wing Casino Yes
Brandon Mellus Ilmari Yes
Bogaku Rahu Yes
Chief Glortok Rahu Yes
Drima Ilmari Yes
Corinth Statehelm Yes
Solgribue Fae Realm
Raina Fae Realm Yes
Pegast Fae Realm Yes
Midge the Apothecary Fae Realm Yes
Noita the Green Fae Realm Yes
Curious Creature Gazluk Yes
Felmer Fae Realm Yes
Floxie Fae Realm Yes
Crelpin Fae Realm Yes
Backfat Fae Realm Yes
Bendith the Banished Fae Realm Yes
Agrashab/Fae Realm Fae Realm Yes
The Bat in the Hat Yes
Uriana Fae Realm Yes
Milton Kur Mountains Yes
Tangle Kur Mountains Yes
Barnaby Kur Mountains Yes
Pickles Kur Mountains Yes
Ogamboe Fae Realm Yes
Lumpfuzz Ilmari Yes
Sugar (NPC) Kur Mountains Yes
Cassie Kur Mountains Yes
Rubi Kur Mountains Yes
Squidlips Sun Vale Yes
Puffy Ben Sun Vale Yes
Urglemarg Sun Vale Yes
Sentient Flame Serbule No
Orran Red Wing Casino Yes
Raim Red Wing Casino Yes
Tantai Red Wing Casino Yes
Kimoc Red Wing Casino Yes
Serrold Red Wing Casino Yes
Garad Red Wing Casino Yes
Kalrod Red Wing Casino Yes
Kinira Red Wing Casino Yes
Rayar Red Wing Casino Yes
Aceri Red Wing Casino Yes
Loche Red Wing Casino Yes
Delia Red Wing Casino Yes
Moxie Red Wing Casino Yes
NPCs by Special
Chaf Springfield Red Wing Casino Yes
Deville Sun Vale Yes
Easter Bunny Eltibule Yes
Message Starfish Sun Vale Yes
Ensign Cricket Fae Realm Yes
Lady Alethina Red Wing Casino Yes
Gozzaroon Sun Vale Yes
Riston Red Wing Casino Yes
Casino Greeter Red Wing Casino Yes
Vendor Fox Yes
Mirror Gazluk Yes
Stulza Rahu Yes
Snowleaf Kur Mountains Yes
Jopol Red Wing Casino Yes
Beehive Fae Realm Yes
Wintria Irasce Rahu Yes
Torana Red Wing Casino Yes
Hirochi the Booklord Rahu Yes
Shovel Dispenser Fae Realm Yes
Teleportation Attendant Red Wing Casino Yes
Brugo the Wise Povus No
Grakelsput Povus Yes
Tremmond Blackhammer Povus ?
Stephie Blackhammer Povus Yes
Mope Povus ???
Leah Bowman Povus ?
Gerrux Povus yes
Dachak the Digger Povus All
Ferand Deftwhisper Povus Yes
Wobbuk Povus Yes
Moku Povus Yes
Lincha Povus Yes
Ailred Povus Yes
Shala Povus Yes
Errruka the Benefactor Povus Yes
Kimeta Povus Yes
Dog Ear Povus Yes
Justin Fargold Povus Yes
Tryaka Povus Yes
Umarak Povus Yes
Ishiko Povus Yes
Pasha Ilmari Yes
Mythander Eltibule Yes
Ricatu Povus Yes
Cleo Conyer Serbule Hills Yes
Thedar Red Wing Casino Yes
Verac Red Wing Casino Yes
Merriana Serbule Hills Yes
Trasen Serbule Hills Yes
Happy-Go-Lucky Bat Serbule Yes
Rixie Povus Yes
Inella Elven Judgement Yes
Ghost Orc Povus
Denton Razor Vidaria Temporarily
Drummond Stonecurl Vidaria Temporarily
Ferris Blueheart Vidaria Temporarily
Cheb Povus Yes
Liamu the Watchful Vidaria Yes
Korbok Vidaria Yes
The Floriculturist Vidaria Yes
Ser Lorentz Vidaria ???
Sir Taggart Vidaria ???
Engineer Crall Vidaria Yes
Truxartis Vidaria Yes
Orrrilund Serbule Hills Yes
Pitre Ferrence Vidaria Yes
Lucinnea Vidaria Yes
Zazzamath Vidaria Yes
Sagiso Statehelm Yes
Sourgum Statehelm Yes
Dalvos's Astral Projection (Underwater Cave) Sun Vale Yes
Justin Smoot Statehelm ?
Burl Statehelm Yes
Cynthia Rolfe Statehelm ?
Tessa Starlight Statehelm ?
Terriva Jance Statehelm ?
Sir Hughes Statehelm All
Anamemerie Statehelm Yes
Deville Neth Statehelm ?
Winston Veilmoor Statehelm Yes
Mirraverre Phantom Ilmari Desert Yes
Franklin Mallus Statehelm ?
Jaunce Zodiac Statehelm ?
Gregory Pincackle Statehelm Yes
Exalto the Extractor Statehelm Yes
Ferina Statehelm Yes
Etricar Statehelm ?
Flitilda Statehelm Yes
Gossamyr the Great Statehelm Yes
Jerasen Statehelm Yes
Tremond Rockhammer Statehelm Yes
Gunther Ashbrown Statehelm Yes
Salitharve Statehelm Yes
Kasapar Statehelm Yes
Phantessa Statehelm ?
Leopold Smith Statehelm Yes
Cassandra White Statehelm Yes
Gleanfeckle Statehelm Yes
Guzor Harrison Statehelm Yes
Skitters Statehelm Yes
Scoops Statehelm Yes
Mara Woodwright Statehelm Yes
Unora Veilmoor Statehelm Yes
Strom Farblood Statehelm Yes
Alzaneth Statehelm Yes
Ormond Neth Statehelm ?
Anaberyl Statehelm ?
Classic Jim Statehelm Yes
Fransesca Muradrake Statehelm Yes
Rebeccah the Whisperer Statehelm Yes
Sir Abbley Statehelm No
Ser Palmer Statehelm ?
Captain Gregory Statehelm Yes
Sir Brooker Statehelm No
Sir Fisk Statehelm No
Ser Hackley Statehelm Yes
Wyn Dovaran Statehelm Yes
Duke of Flapbule Statehelm Yes
Parella Statehelm Yes
Chancellor Vexford Statehelm ???
Elune Statehelm ?
Gareth Plumsy Statehelm ?
Chancellor Fisher Statehelm Yes
Steven Poplar Statehelm ?
Meghan Olliver Statehelm ?
Chancellor Algest Statehelm Yes
Shiriqa Statehelm Yes
Electra Breakdawn Statehelm ?
Jenny Foster Statehelm Yes
Tamilla Statehelm ?
Sage Festoon Statehelm Yes
Slim Ostren Statehelm Yes
Michael Irasce Statehelm Yes
Grim Jim Statehelm Yes
Sulafa Statehelm Yes
Farsight Flemmings Statehelm Yes
Jurl Blackhammer Statehelm Yes
Pumza Statehelm Yes
Phineas Statehelm Yes
Sam Veilmoor Statehelm Yes
Asparagus Statehelm Yes
Valeria Statehelm ?
Hamilton Statehelm Yes
Fuzzlebun Statehelm Yes
Crabminder 8b Statehelm Yes
Crabminder 4 Statehelm Yes
Ratkin Beggar Statehelm Yes
Salmpo Phelps Statehelm Yes
Bonely Willis Statehelm Yes
James the Butterfly Povus Yes
Vughal Gazluk
Smoke Tail Statehelm Sewers Yes
Benjy Statehelm Yes
Leon Dasterre Statehelm ?
Sven the Bleeder Statehelm ?
Barbran Serbule No
Nolan Coldsteel Statehelm

Returning to Human Form (temporarily)

In order to make "being an animal" a viable path through the entire game, the next update (Sept 2014) adds some high-level Words of Power that can help. These Words apply an illusion to you that makes you look like a human for a minute or so -- just long enough to talk to NPCs that ignore animals!

Completing quests this way is a fairly laborious process, because you have to research the Words and each Word is usable only once. It is intended that being an animal is a hard play style. The "human form" Words of Power just ensure that animals can access important skills and equipment that they will need at higher level, even though it will be a bit of a pain.

Spiders can learn the 'Illusion' spell (that consumes one moonstone each time) to assume a human form illusion for a limited time.


To permanently undo the transformation to Cow, a player will have the kill the Maronesa boss in the Crystal Cavern.
To undo the transformation to a Deer, Rabbit or a Pig, a player will have to obtain a random drop Un-Deer potion or Un-Pig potion and drink that.
To undo the transformation to a Spider the player will have to obtain an Un Spider potion from the Strange Spider in Serbule Crypts (who is guarded by the tough Rhino Guardian).
Please note: once a player has transformed to a Lycan (wolf), that CANNOT be undone !

Trivia

Animal forms (and specifically Cow at first), was at first 'a fluke' by the Dev's. Citan / Eric originally only intended the Animal forms to be a very temporary curse. Intended only as 'punishment' and to be cured ASAP.
He / they were surprised to find that certain players wanted to continue playing in that animal form. And subsequently the different animal forms and their abilities and playstyle were further developed.

Sources