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lages and found themselves cursed with permanent Lunacy,
driven only to rend, kill and feast until nothing was left.
Other tales speak of werewolves who gave confession and,
like the Wolf of Gubbio who asked forgiveness of Saint
Francis of Assisi, were deprived of their Rage, becoming
docile as sheep for the rest of their miserable lives. More
modern warnings postulate that as the human population
has grown, the stakes have become correspondingly higher.
Humanity knows little or nothing of the Shadow, but if
humans became aware of the werewolves among them,
how long would it take them to discover concrete proof of
the it? How long after that, some Uratha ask, would it take
humanity to bring its slash-and-burn mentality to the Hisil?
Better, at least for now, to remain hidden.
STORYTELLER’S FIAT
Sometimes things aren’t as cut-and-dried as these
Lunacy rules imply. Sometimes people remember spectacles
in spite of themselves. The Storyteller may make a
roll for any human observer to boost his or her Willpower
temporarily. If a witness is granted this fiat, a Resolve +
Composure roll is made. Success achieved are added to
the subject’s Willpower dots for this particular exposure to
Lunacy. This fiat is usually granted for purposes of a character
potentially becoming a threat to the Uratha, even if
he isn’t ordinarily a steely paragon of courage.
The Storyteller should exercise this fiat rarely, and
with discretion. If too many humans are able to remember
their experiences with the Uratha, it becomes hard to
believe that werewolves have remained concealed for so
long. It does, however, make a fine way of creating a new
antagonist for a pack.
THE HUMAN SIDE
What does Lunacy feel like to the humans who experience
it? Few are in a state to articulate their fear, but
it takes various flavors, depending on the form a werewolf
is in. If a person is subject to Lunacy due to a werewolf
in Dalu form, the fear is akin to that felt regarding
dangerous people, of becoming prey to another person’s
appetites. If an Urshul-form werewolf triggers Lunacy,
it awakens memories of nights when predators actually
stalked humans for food. But Gauru triggers a surreal,
nightmarish fear that is beyond simple. The onlooker
knows that the beast is coming to eat him, but he’s never
seen such a creature before or imagined that it could
possibly exist. The werewolf is that inescapable beast
that haunts dreams — unreal, yet present in the flesh.
Those who are affected by the Lunacy by watch-
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