Werewolf: The Forsaken - Blank It

on the earth, fleeting images through the eyes of an owl or
fox, or the scent of recent visitors.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Survival + Cunning
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The character is overwhelmed by
the amount of information, suffering a –1 penalty to Wits
rolls for the remainder of the scene.
Failure: The character cannot establish communication.
Success: The user slips into a trancelike state. Successful
activation of this Gift allows basic information (presence of
intruders, potential threats such as fires) up to 500 yards from
the werewolf. Each additional success increases the radius by
an additional 100 yards and increases the detail of information
learned. One success could tell the presence of intruders,
while three successes could reveal the species and gender of
those intruders. The Gift lasts as long as the user remains
in the trance, but she is unaware of and cannot react to the
outside world, nor can she relay her findings while the Gift is
active. This Gift doesn’t function in an urban environment.
Exceptional Success: No additional effect apart from
greater range and increased information.
Beast Ride (••••)
With this Gift, the werewolf can enter the mind of
a mammal or bird, exerting some influence over where
it goes and sensing what it does. The Gift works only on
mundane mammals or birds, not on werewolves or other
supernatural beings in animal form, or on animals that are
Spirit-Ridden.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Wits + Animal Ken + Wisdom – animal’s
Resolve
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: Mannerisms and thought patterns
of the animal intended to be ridden haunt the character,
instead. All Social rolls made for the next 24 hours suffer
a –2 penalty.
Failure: The werewolf’s spirit doesn’t take possession
of the animal.
Success: The werewolf must be able to see the animal
to bond with it. Once joined, the character’s body is
comatose and cannot be roused. The character is aware
of any contact or harm that befalls his body, however, and
can return instantly at any time.
The werewolf is normally simply a “passenger” in the
animal, though he may exert control if this Gift is successfully
activated at a –2 penalty. The ride lasts one hour for
each success rolled, and he may travel as far from his body
as he wishes. While the werewolf possesses an animal,
any injuries inflicted on the animal also appear on the
werewolf’s body. If the animal is killed, the riding spirit is
returned to his body automatically. If the werewolf’s body
is killed while the character’s spirit is out, his identity is
subsumed and lost into the animal in which he rides.
Exceptional Success: The werewolf’s spirit can ride
an animal for one day per success rolled.
Suggested Modifiers
Modifier Situation
+2 The animal is a wolf
–1 The animal is a “prey animal,” something that
fears wolves
–2 The character attempts to control the animal’s actions
Nature’s Vengeance (•••••)
For countless millennia, humans have exploited the
forest. This Gift lets the forest fight back. Branches smash,
vines constrict and grass entangles those that the werewolf
marks as enemies.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Survival + Glory
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The forest animates, but not under
the werewolf’s control — plants attack packmates as well
as enemies.
Failure: The character cannot rouse the spirits of the
land.
Success: Each success animates roughly 25 square
yards worth of vegetation. The Gift user can be amid the
area affected, or he needs to be able to see the area he
intends to affect. Generally speaking, the vegetation can
do little more than hit, trip, grab and squeeze. A patch
of ivy has the equivalent of Strength 2, while an old oak
might have a Strength of 10 or more. Each victim suffers
a –2 reduction to Speed due to grasses and weeds pulling
at its feet. Victims might also suffer a –1 penalty to other
rolls while being accosted, depending on the action and
how much vegetation is present. For example, an intruder
in an animated wheat field would not suffer a penalty to
a Firearms roll, as his arms would be free of the plants’
reach, while a person in a patch of kudzu might suffer a
penalty to any roll that involves physical action.
In addition, each victim may be the subject of one
attack from nearby vegetation each turn. Anywhere
from one to three bashing damage (as determined by the
Storyteller) may be inflicted automatically, based on how
dense the local foliage is. This damage ignores armor and
a subject’s Defense.
The plants settle down at the end of the scene.
Exceptional Success: The plants manifest unusual
vigor and cause one extra penalty point (Speed is reduced
by –3 instead of –2, for example). Damage increases by
one point per turn.
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