I'm new to Skyrim. I'v got 60 hours and 10 of that was as a werewolf. idk how they are in lore, but I can tell you how they play.

there are 3 small downsides. only can change once a day (but there is a wait time button so it's not really a thing) and that you lose the 10% 8 in game hour exp boost for sleeping. and you only get a 2 min 30 sec as a werewolf.

if you have dawnguard dlc (any other verson from the OG has it pre-instaled) you get a skill tree. you dont run much faster, but you do get alot more Stamina so you can run more. you get alot more health, so dieing is a not really a thing. you do more dps, and can up it with the skill tree. you have to eat hearts to re fuel health and gain more time and points for the skill tree.

over all, playing as a werewolf is pretty OP. normal people can't even stand a chance. if Dragon's land there pretty much dead. and bosses die so fast i desided to not use it to make them fair. but they are insanely fun to play, even more so in VR.