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Chapter II: Character
Using this Gift, the Elodoth can increase the number
of turns that a werewolf of his choice remains in Gauru
form. With the expenditure of one Essence, he can
increase the number of turns the subject remains in Gauru
by the number of successes achieved on a Stamina + Occult
+ Purity roll. These extra turns begin after the number
of turns based on the werewolf’s Stamina + Primal
Urge have elapsed. A werewolf whose time in Gauru has
been extended can still change out of that form at will.
He’s not forced to remain in that form, unless Death Rage
is invoked (see p. 173).
An alternative use of this Gift can disrupt the balance
required to maintain Gauru form by interfering with
a subject’s connection to his spiritual self. An Essence
point is spent and Manipulation + Occult + Cunning
is rolled, with a dice-pool penalty equal to a resisting
subject’s Resolve. (If a subject is compliant, no penalty is
imposed.) Successes on this roll subtract from the number
of turns the subject may remain in Gauru form. A subject
forced out of Gauru reverts to Hishu form.
Two Gift users can target the same subject with opposing
versions of this power at the same time, with the
resulting number based on the net successes rolled. So,
if three are rolled to increase time in Gauru and one is
rolled to diminish it, a total of two extra turns are gained.
A single Elodoth cannot have more than one version of
this Gift active at a time. He cannot empower each of
his packmates on successive turns and then turn around
in the next turn and weaken a rival. The Gift is considered
active for as long as an affected werewolf remains in
Gauru form.
This power doesn’t influence taking forms other than
Gauru, and doesn’t affect beings other than Uratha. It
cannot be used to reduce the amount of time that a werewolf
spends in Death Rage.
The subject must be within line of sight of the Gift
user. This power cannot be used on the Gift user himself.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Stamina + Occult + Purity (to extend
time in Gauru); Manipulation + Occult + Cunning – resisting
subject’s Resolve (to reduce time in Gauru)
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The Gift has the opposite effect
of what was intended. If it was meant to force a target out
of Gauru, he may remain in Gauru for an additional turn.
If it was meant to extend a target’s time in Gauru, he is
automatically forced into Hishu instead.
Failure: The Gift has no effect on the subject.
Success: The Gift increases or decreases the subject’s
duration in Gauru form by one turn per success.
Exceptional Success: The Gift not only has the
effect intended, but it adds or subtracts an extra turn of
effect, as desired.
INSIGH T GIFT S
The supernatural is a reality that exists beyond ordinary
human experience. To truly understand the realm of
the occult, one must have senses that can delve further
than the mortal. Gifts of Insight are ways of unlocking
truly preternatural perception, teaching ways of “seeing
with the third eye” or “perceiving the scents of the invisible
world.” The Bone Shadows, bound as they are to learn
the wisdom of other realms, have a particular affinity for
Insight Gifts, although Ithaeur and Elodoth of all tribes
find these Gifts useful.
Insight Gifts are taught by spirits associated with wisdom,
and many have ties to the realm of Death as well. The dead
perceive things that the living cannot. Spirits of owls and
serpents are particularly appropriate teachers for these Gifts.
Sense Malice (•)
Hatred has its own scent. The werewolf using this Gift
is particularly sensitive to the malice that lurks in other
people’s hearts, and he can smell a soul tainted with hatred,
anger or envy as easily as a predator can catch the smell of
prey. This Gift is frequently used on the hunt as a means of
locating a potential threat to a werewolf’s family or territory,
but it also has uses as a warning against potential danger.
This Gift does not detect the presence of all negative
emotions, only those that are powerful enough to have a
grip on the mind of a subject. A man who is irritated that
he’s been turned down by a girl doesn’t register. A man
angry that his girlfriend left him might be barely noticeable,
while a man who caught his wife cheating on him
with his best friend certainly qualifies. A mass murderer
or serial killer might not register to this Gift unless he
actively experiences a flood of negative emotion. This
Gift works only on targets that a werewolf is close enough
to scent normally (usually within the same room). This
Gift doesn’t require physical scent, and powerful odors do
not obscure the ability to detect malice. This power does
not usually tell the user what has actually happened to a
subject or why he is incensed, simply that he is.
If the subject’s Vice is Wrath or Envy, a +1 bonus is
gained on the activation roll. The Gift user automatically
senses the presence of anger or hatred in spirits that are
the literal embodiments of such negative emotions (no roll
is required). If a person or object is possessed by a spirit of
anger, hatred or malice, a normal activation roll is required,
but it gains a +3 bonus. At the Storyteller’s discretion, the
strength of the emotion experienced may merit an additional
bonus or penalty die, although not more than one.
Cost: None
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Empathy + Wisdom versus
subject’s Composure + Primal Urge
Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The character receives misleading
information. She might sense intense anger in a subject