Human RP mutations etc question?

alrighty-o

one last question relating to potential lycanthropic/were chars though! if in the transformed state, can they be not totally mindless? like they can't talk yeah - but say they could differentiate between freind/foe slightly? (i.e they know it in terms of whos 'pack' and whos 'rival' etc)

idk kinda like the transformed companions in skyrim ? like they're fine around pack and stuff?

just wanted to know in case I made a were character but wanted to play with a simplistic mind view in that state, so its not always just 'totally a monster who kills anything' for all were playstyles.