This is Johann's primary form for dealing with high altitudes or arctic climates (though dire wolf isn't a bad choice for cold environments either).  It's a poor choice for normal use, though; the adaptations that let it survive the cold are counterproductive in more temperate environments, and outside of its niche it's generally a bit behind forms like the jaguar.

-1 echoes of the beast (altitude adaptation; no ill effects from thin air - within some reasonable limits)
-1 claws
-2 inhuman strength
-2 inhuman speed
-4 supernatural recovery
+3 catch
-1 snow-white fur (+2 stealth when there's snow or ice on the ground - or the environment is otherwise mostly white)
-1 fluffy (essentially impervious to normal levels of cold; +2 endurance vs. cold when dealing with abnormal or supernatural temperatures)
-1 hunter's senses (use alertness instead of investigation when stalking a target)

(unspent: +1)
+6: fists, athletics
+5: stealth, alertness
+4: lore, scholarship
+3: endurance, conviction, might
+2: discipline, survival, investigation, rapport
+1: presence, empathy, deceit, performance


Wereleopard: A created form that uses some of the principals Johann originally developed for the "hollywood werewolf" form in order to provide a cold-tolerant form with opposable thumbs.  Powers are as normal leopard; skills are as follows:

+5: fists, athletics, alertness
+4: lore, scholarship, stealth
+3: endurance, conviction, might, empathy
+2: discipline, survival, investigation, rapport
+1: presence, deceit, performance, contacts, resources


details on individual forms:
Johann has the standard two male and two female leopard/wereleopard forms; all four have distinct (though superficially similar) fur patterns.  These patterns match up between normal leopard & wereleopard forms.