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Chapter II: Character
Failure: The character may still play dead, but her
pulse, breathing rate and regenerative abilities don’t
change, possibly giving her away.
Success: The character appears to be freshly dead,
displaying no discernible pulse or respiration, and she can
remain in that state for up to one day. If she suffers from
any wounds, they appear to have clotted with the slowing
of blood, though the character receives no actual healing.
(In fact, she doesn’t regenerate while this Gift is in
effect.) She can revive herself at will as an instant action.
A contested Intelligence + Medicine roll can be made for
a persistent investigator if he spends at least one scene
carefully checking over the werewolf, to recognize that the
“death” isn’t genuine. While “dead,” the character knows
what’s going on around her, but she can’t move without
ending the effect of the Gift.
Exceptional Success: As success, but the character
is able to regenerate her wounds at the usual rate without
displaying any external sign of healing.
Double Back (••••)
While one facet of being clever and evasive is hiding
your tracks, another aspect of wiliness is seeing when
someone’s trying to pull the wool over your eyes. This Gift
gives a werewolf a keen sense for deception, alerting her
when things aren’t as they first appear. The effects of this
power persist for the remainder of the scene.
Cost: 1 Willpower
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Investigation + Glory
Action: Reflexive
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The character perceives a hidden
hand at work where none exists.
Failure: The character gains no additional information.
Success: The character becomes immediately aware
of all attempts at physical deception in her environment.
She knows where a person has tried to hide evidence,
conceal a trail or otherwise mislead a pursuer or investigator.
She knows whether anyone in her area is disguised
(although she cannot see through the disguises), and can
tell where someone is physically hidden. This Gift doesn’t
make the character aware of social deception (such as a
person telling a lie) or of mystical disguises. She is, however,
aware of a physical deception even if it’s mystically
cloaked. For example, if a mage casts a spell of illusion
to hide a wall safe, this Gift doesn’t reveal the presence
of deception in the safe’s area. If the safe has also been
physically hidden behind a painting, the character gets the
extremely confusing sensation that something is hidden
behind the picture, despite what his eyes tell him. If the
safe is hidden behind a picture then the picture itself is
hidden by a spell of illusion, however, this Gift doesn’t
detect the physical hiding place.
Exceptional Success: As success, but the werewolf
also becomes aware of any mystical tampering, deception or
concealment. Again, she cannot see through such things, but
she’s aware of their existence. If, for example, a vampire uses a
power of deception to hide itself from sight, a werewolf whose
player rolls an exceptional success senses the presence of the
hidden being, but not necessarily who or where he is.
Fog of War (•••••)
A well-ordered battle plan seldom survives being
put into action. Noise, smoke, darkness and fear lead to
disorganization as confusion sets in. This Gift increases
chaos in any situation. SWAT teams fire on each other,
intruders get hopelessly lost, and emergency instructions
are garbled.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Expression + Honor
versus Resolve + Primal Urge
Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive
The werewolf howls, drums or sings a song against
opponents (not necessarily enemies), throwing a veil of
confusion over an area. All targets within extreme hearing
range (whether they notice the sound or not) get a
contested roll as a reflexive action.
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The werewolf’s howl falters and
conjures no fear or confusion. Fog of War cannot be used
again for the remainder of the scene.
Failure: Successes rolled for the werewolf are less
than or equal to those rolled for a listener. The listener
goes about his business unaffected for the duration of the
power.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the werewolf.
A listener suffers a –3 penalty to all actions while the
Gift remains in effect. The effect lasts as long as the werewolf
concentrates on the song; he cannot engage in other
strenuous or distracting activity. Inflicting any wound on
the performing werewolf terminates the effect.
Penalties are not cumulative. If three werewolves
all invoke the Fog of War at once, potential targets must
make three separate contested rolls. Failure on any of the
three imposes the –3 penalty, but it doesn’t increase to –6
or –9 if a target fails more than one contested roll.
A user can designate subjects to go unaffected by the
Gift in the turn in which the player makes the roll, but
the user must designate them specifically and be able to
see them when he does so. Otherwise, they are affected by
default. A subject cannot be designated as immune if he
hears the song once it’s already begun.
Exceptional Success: Five or more successes are
rolled for the Gift user, and he wins the contested action.
The song need not be sung continuously. Anyone who
hears it in the first turn of performance and who loses the
contested roll is affected for the remainder of the scene.
FATHER WOLF’S GIFT S
These Gifts represent the core strengths of the
children of Father Wolf. Unlike other Gift lists, Father
Wolf’s are accessible to Uratha of all tribes and auspices.