Werewolf: The Forsaken - Blank It

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Chapter II: Character
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The Cahalith’s efforts offend the
Lunes she calls on for help, drawing a backlash down on
her entire pack. Rather than singing along, the Lunes
screech in contempt and distract the Cahalith and her
packmates, imposing a –2 penalty to all rolls for the next
turn.
Failure: The Cahalith puts on a good show, but not
good enough.
Success: The Lunes join in the Cahalith’s effort and
packmates are healed one Health point per success rolled.
Exceptional Success: The Lunes are so impressed by
the Cahalith that they include her in the healing.
HALF MOON GIFT S
The patrons of the Elodoth auspice, the Lunes of the
Elunim Choir, expect werewolves to live in harmony and
with honor. Their Gifts encourage honorable dealings
among the People and between the worlds of flesh and
spirit. While the Forsaken as a whole dedicate themselves
to protecting the physical world from the ravages of the
Shadow, Elodoth are expected to recognize spirits’ right to
exist. Members of the auspice do what must be done to forestall
spirit depredations, but they must recognize that the
same cannot be inflicted upon the spirit world in return.
Therefore, using these Gifts for abusive, treacherous or selfserving
ends is a good way to incur the wrath of the Elunim.
The following Gifts are available only to Elodoth.
Scent Beneath the Surface (•)
Part of upholding the precepts of virtue, as Elodoth
must, is being able to recognize dishonorable behavior
even when it is disguised. The Elunim grant their chosen
a decided advantage in such matters, though they still
expect werewolves to do some of the work on their own.
After paying close attention to someone for a single
turn, the character gains a keen insight into not only what
that person’s words and nonverbal behavior show, but also
what his heart conceals. Unless the subject uses some supernatural
means to hide his emotions and intent, the Elodoth
can immediately tell whether he’s lying outright, lying by
omission, speaking the truth in a deliberately misleading
way or is intentionally evasive. The Elodoth can also piece
together a general impression of the subject’s emotional state,
regardless of how well the subject acts in order to conceal it.
This Gift doesn’t reveal the whole truth behind a
subject’s lies, but a clever Elodoth can usually deduce
it from context. The Gift doesn’t act like sonar, vigilantly
seeking out all forms of deception and alerting the
werewolf to them. It applies to only one subject at a time
and to intentional forms of expressed deception that are
directed at the Elodoth specifically. Disguising oneself to
look like an Elodoth’s father doesn’t automatically alert
him to the deception. Calling him, “My son!” and generally
acting like his father reveals the deception.
Such awareness persists for the remainder of the scene.
Cost: 1 Willpower
Dice Pool: Wits + Empathy + Purity versus deceiver’s
Composure + Primal Urge
Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The character is convinced that what
the speaker states is true. The Storyteller may make activation
rolls on players’ behalf in case such a result could occur.
Failure: An equal number or the most successes are
rolled for the subject. The werewolf is on his own. He
must rely on intuition and common sense.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the
Elodoth. He senses the presence or lack of deception in
a subject’s actions and words, and deduces the subject’s
general emotional state as it relates to the matter at hand.
Exceptional Success: The most successes — five or
more — are rolled for the Elodoth. If the subject is lying,
he becomes so painfully aware that the Elodoth can tell
that his veneer of confidence cracks and he gives away a
specific clue about the truth he hides.
Snarl of Command (••)
Sometimes it’s enough just to know that someone
is lying or holding something back. If the subject has
any valor at all, simply being caught in a lie is enough to
shame him into admitting the truth. When time is an
issue, however, or when the subject of an inquiry clearly
has no virtue, an Elodoth can rely on this Gift to cut to
the chase.
With an ugly snarl and a few harsh words, the
Elodoth commands a subject to reveal the simple truth
behind a topic of contention, and the subject is compelled
to comply. Doing so usually entails answering a single
question truthfully, but the subject can also be made to
remove a disguise or reveal his magically concealed true
form (provided the magical means of concealment is under
his control). A subject cannot reveal a truth of which
he is unaware, and this Gift cannot be used to simply
issue random commands for a subject to follow. It works to
reveal only the truth behind a particular deception or to
force one true answer from a liar’s mouth.
An Elodoth doesn’t have to use Scent Beneath the
Surface before using this Gift, but doing so is a good idea.
Using this Gift and contemptuously demanding that
someone come clean when he’s actually telling the truth is
shameful and can provoke violence.
Snarl of Command can be used on a subject, whether
successfully or not, only once per day. Werewolf and subject
must be in face-to-face contact with one another.
Cost: 1 Willpower
Dice Pool: Presence + Intimidation + Cunning versus
subject’s Composure + Primal Urge
Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive