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ish, despite the greater proportion of English-speakers.
In addition, she becomes aware of local customs to some
degree, granting her a +1 modifier to all Social rolls made
to influence locals.
Traveler’s Blessing cannot be used to learn non-human
languages. For example, the werewolf could not enter
the Shadow and use the Gift to gain full fluency in the
First Tongue.
Exceptional Success: The werewolf’s bonus to Social
rolls made to influence locals rises to +2.
Sagacity (•••)
Though a true devotee of knowledge spends years
learning Skills and facts as thoroughly as possible, sometimes
a shortcut is necessary. This Gift allows a werewolf
to become an instant expert in the field of choice. Knowledge
floods her mind and leaves just as rapidly, but she can
accomplish things in the interim that it would take years
of study to do.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Wits + Occult + Purity
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The character taps into inaccurate
and misleading information. She suffers a –1 penalty on
all attempts to use the nominated Skill for the rest of the
scene. This is cumulative with any –1 or –3 penalty for
untrained Skill use.
Failure: The character gains no additional knowledge.
Success: The character temporarily gains dots in the
Skill of choice equal to the number of successes rolled.
The result cannot raise any Skill above five dots. The Skill
bonus lasts for one minute per success rolled.
The only thing that Skills gained from this Gift cannot
do is be used to activate other Gifts. Instant expertise
in Stealth does not convey the kind of covert understanding
needed to properly use an Evasion Gift, for example.
The character’s standard dots in the Skill in question (if
any) are rolled to activate a Gift.
No more than one Skill can be elevated at a time,
and the character may increase only her own trait dots,
not those of others.
Exceptional Success: The duration of the Gift’s effects
increases to five minutes per success rolled.
Suggested Modifiers
–1 Social Skills
–3 Physical Skills
Know the Path (••••)
Not all werewolves hunt by scent. The werewolf with
this Gift draws forth knowledge of the quickest path to
wherever she wants to go, be it the safe house of an allied
pack or the heart of a Beshilu infestation. The quickest and
most efficient path isn’t always the safest, but so it goes.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Wits + Survival + Glory (versus subject’s
Resolve + Primal Urge)
Action: Instant or contested; resistance is reflexive
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The character perceives an
improper path, one that leads someplace considerably less
useful and potentially more dangerous.
Failure: The character fails to discern the proper
path and cannot use this Gift again until after the next
moonrise.
Success: The character visualizes the closest and
most efficient route to the location she wishes. The
information is stored in her head as a precise set of directions,
allowing her to spend minimal time checking for
landmarks. This Gift does not reveal the presence of
dangers or obstacles along the way, unless they are specific
landmarks. (“Turn left at the open chemical vats.”)
If the location in question is kept secret by its owner
(such as a vampire’s haven), the roll is contested. Roll Resolve
+ Primal Urge for the subject. If the place is shared
by multiple people, roll the lowest Resolve + Primal Urge
pool among them. The Gift user must be in the physical
presence of someone whose secret lair is discerned. If a
subject ties or wins the roll, he cannot be subjected to this
Gift again for 24 hours.
This Gift cannot locate the path to a place that
is magically veiled or that exists on another plane of
existence. The character can, however, use the Gift in the
Shadow Realm to find the way to another location in the
spirit world.
The Gift effects last for a scene. If the character doesn’t
reach her destination in that time, she must use the Gift
again, or Intelligence + Composure can be rolled to remember
the details (World of Darkness Rulebook, p. 44).
Exceptional Success: The character learns not only
the most efficient route to the desired location, but also
the safest. She might not choose the safest, but the option
is there.
Communion with the Land (•••••)
In war, knowledge of the terrain is key to victory. This
Gift is an expression of that maxim. The werewolf opens
her mind to her environment and gains knowledge of the
terrain around her — where enemies are, where she can
hide, where the best avenues of attack lie. When used on
the home territory of an enemy, the werewolf might find she
knows more about her foe’s home ground than he does.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Streetwise + Cunning
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The character gains conflicting
messages about her surroundings. She suffers a –1 penalty
to Initiative until the scene ends or she leaves the area.
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