First off, I apologize for posting at all when
that sick and on
that much medicine.
B, no.... two, the "Consolidated Lycanthropy Guide" has the stats for the leopard listed as "Leopard (MM1); Str +6, Dex +8, Con +4; 1 NA; Alertness, Weapon Finesse; Improved Grab, pounce, rake" as a 3hd lycan potential. Checking the MM1 I have, I see a leopard entry, but no idea where the conversion for animal-to-lycan went. Still, when the were-tiger looks like "Tiger (MM1); Str +12, Dex +4, Con +6; 3 NA; Alertness, Imp Nat Wpn (bite/claw); Improved grab, pounce, rake," the extrastat points boost, 2 NA, upped damage category on all attacks doesn't look too bad. It's totally your call, of course; I'd just like to start as a were-cat of some sort, and tiger being 6 hd (thus out) kinda screwed me. I couldn't find the lycan moster-classes, but if you know of them/know where they are and would allow them, those would be great as well.
--EDIT--
Found it!
Third, yes I meant Blood claw master, but was sure that both of the PrC's on that side couldn't
possibly have ended in master, right? Again, my bad, cold medicine will mess you up, and from memory was possibly a crude move.
Finally, even so, do you think any lycan build, as HD and LA intensive as it is, will be able to keep up with the party, or will it just be too weak? Only part I'm really unsure about...