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Chapter III: Special Rules and Systems
Success: Your character emerges from his crisis of
conscience with his sense of right and wrong intact. His
Harmony is unchanged and he remains as sane as before.
Exceptional Success: Your character re-dedicates himself
to his convictions in the wake of his sin, driven by remorse
and horror at the deeds he has committed. Not only
does his Harmony remain unchanged on a degeneration
roll, he gains a point of Willpower (which cannot exceed
his Willpower dots). No special bonuses are gained for an
exceptional Harmony roll when testing for a derangement.
SINS
Not all of the sins that endanger a werewolf’s Harmony
are immediately obvious as sins to more conventional
human morality. The more unusual violations are
explained here.
• Not shapeshifting for more than three days — A
werewolf cannot achieve perfect Harmony if he denies who
and what he is, even for a short time. Running too often as
a human, wolf or something in between denies the evolving
and changing identity that Luna shares with her children.
A character of appropriate Harmony who doesn’t
shapeshift for three days is subject to a degeneration roll.
• Not obtaining your own food; carrying a silver
weapon — Losing one’s edge at the hunt means losing one’s
identity as a werewolf. Relying too much on human-provided
sources of food, or sustenance stalked and caught by others is
an offense against the powerful nature of the predator.
Owning and carrying a silver weapon is an inherent
offense, for what purpose could it hold but to harm and
kill others of the People? Bearing a silver weapon demonstrating
that a werewolf has no regard for his own kind. Of
course, coming to terms with this sin means that one believes
he has a realistic outlook on existence as a werewolf.
Despite tenets of the Oath to the contrary, the People still
kill the People, so one must be prepared to defend himself.
• Disrespect to a spirit or elder Uratha — Werewolves
are quick to confront, challenge, intimidate and
stalk spirits and their own kind to demand or coerce
favors or services. However, they must be careful to do so
only when they have the right. The spirits already resent
the People for their bastard half-flesh nature and their selfappointed
policing of the Shadow. If a werewolf further
damages this dysfunctional relationship by demonstrating
his lack of respect for spirits or his own kind, he will be
marked by the discord that results. The rights of a veteran
werewolf or a potent spirit, like a pack alpha, are to be
respected until his weakness is made manifest. This is not
to say that a werewolf cannot oppose an enemy of superior
standing — but he must do so with full respect. A character
of appropriate Harmony who haughtily defies or insults
a spirit of higher Rank or a werewolf of higher honorary
Rank than his own may be subject to a degeneration roll.
• Spending too much time alone; significantly violating
a tribal vow — The People are plural, just as a pack
implies a group. Werewolves are social animals, as instinct
from their wild and human origins demands. To go rogue too
long runs the risk of causing one to lose touch with spirits
and Uratha alike. Yet humans don’t count as relations like
other werewolves do. In Forsaken society, others help steer a
werewolf clear of damning trends in behavior, and the collective
is stronger than the individual, as evidenced by the five
auspices bestowed by Luna, each of which is only part of a
greater whole. A character of appropriate Harmony who goes