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animals (though there are likely other rituals and Gifts
that do summon animals).
Performing the Rite: The ritualist marks a specific
location and remains close to that spot throughout the
performance. He must provide “mortals’ chiminage”: objects
considered to be alluring to the local mortal population.
This can range from a case of beer and a pornographic
DVD to a gold necklace. The ritualist performs a howl of
summons while moving counterclockwise around the chiminage.
Once the rite has been initiated, the ritualist and
any packmates nearby must emit a further howl of summons
roughly every five minutes until the rite’s subject arrives.
Dice Pool: Harmony versus subject’s Resolve
Action: Extended and contested (30 successes; each roll
represents one minute); resistance is reflexive and unconscious
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: All successes are lost. The ritual
runs the risk of inadvertently summoning something
powerful and hostile — and not necessarily human (at the
Storyteller’s discretion). A dramatic failure for the human
indicates that he responds immediately.
Failure: No successes are added.
Success: The human feels an irresistible compulsion to
travel to the ritemaster’s location. The compulsion is even
enough to wake that mortal out of a sound sleep. (In fact,
it’s somewhat easier to use this rite on a sleeping human,
who might believe that he’s dreaming.) The mortal enters
something of a fugue state; he retains some self-awareness,
but is strangely unaware of his surroundings, drawn for no
obvious reason to the ritemaster’s location. The subject
receives a general idea of the distance to the werewolf, as
well as the direction. He travels to the werewolf’s location
as quickly as he can easily manage. If he owns a car he uses
it, but the rite doesn’t compel the subject to empty a savings
account in order to buy a new car to traverse the distance.
Whether the target obeys the compulsion depends
on his strength of will. Contested and extended rolls are
made throughout the subject’s summons, with arrival
decided by the winner. The human doesn’t show up until
the werewolf wins, or the subject returns to his previous
activity and environment if he wins, all the while unconscious
of where he’s going, and why.
If it takes the mortal more than an hour to reach the
ritualist, the magic of the rite breaks down. The subject of
the rite no longer feels any compulsion to find the ritualist
(although simple monkey curiosity might drive some
humans to figure out what was going on).
Exceptional Success: Considerable progress is made
toward summoning or defying the summons.
Suggested Modifiers
Modifier Situation
+2 Subject is asleep
+2 Subject is wolf-blooded
Cleansed Blood (••)
Werewolves possess the uncanny ability to track
anyone whose blood they have tasted — a trait that some of
their enemies share. This rite of purification is particularly
sought after by werewolves who know they have enemies
among the People. By enacting this rite, a werewolf can lose
a spiritual trail, perhaps to turn the tables on her hunter.
Performing the Rite: This rite must be performed on
the shore of running water of some kind — a creek, river
or even a partly full drainage ditch. The subject of the rite
can be human, werewolf or another creature, and need not
be present for the performance. The ritualist takes a handful
of fur, hair or feathers from the subject, as well as a few
ounces of the subject’s blood. These two things are mixed
together with water from the source while the ritualist
utters a low chant. The chant continues as the ritualist
pours the mixture into the stream, completing the rite.
The ritemaster may choose herself as the subject.
Dice Pool: Harmony
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The rite fails. The ritemaster may
not try to cleanse that subject’s trail again for a full week.
Failure: The rite fails.
Success: Success means that any creature who could
track the subject by the taste of her blood loses that taste.
Cleansed Blood doesn’t render its subject immune to normal
tracking by scent or talent (see p. 178). After this rite
is performed, the subject’s scent can be re-acquired by any
werewolf who tastes her blood.
Exceptional Success: The subject’s physical scent fades
slightly as well. Any attempts made to track the subject by
mundane scent suffer a –1 penalty for the duration of the scene.
Suggested Modifiers
Modifier Situation
–1 Rite’s subject is human
–1 For each full moon that has passed since the
subject’s scent was taken
–2 Rite’s subject is a prey animal (herbivore)
Fortify the Border Marches (••)
In the most ancient days, werewolves prowled the
Border Marches between the spirit and physical worlds.
The get of Father Wolf couldn’t be everywhere at once,
of course, so in some cases they built walls — or bound
humans or spirits to the task of building walls along the
Border Marches. The rituals used to bind spirits and men
to this task failed after the death of Father Wolf. The
Border Marches became the Gauntlet. Forsaken Ithaeur
roamed the spirit world for years after that, looking for a
way to affect the Gauntlet within their own territories.
Eventually, they came to an agreement with the spiderspirits
that skitter along the Gauntlet itself.
Performing the Rite: This rite mimics the ability of
the Azlu to affect the Gauntlet, though to lesser effect. The