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Chapter III: Special Rules and Systems
traits of auspice and tribe. Over the course of a chronicle,
players may also purchase dots of Renown for their characters
by spending experience points. At no point may a
character purchase more points in a secondary Renown
category than he possesses in one of his primary categories
(determined by auspice and tribe). A Hunter in Darkness
Rahu with two dots of Purity cannot have a third dot in
Glory, Honor, Wisdom or Cunning without first acquiring
a third dot of Purity.
Buying Renown isn’t just a matter of spending the
experience points, though. The character must have
accomplished deeds that fulfill the requirements for the
appropriate type of Renown, and must convince the
spirits that she deserves Renown. To do so, the player may
set aside experience points against a future purchase of
Renown in that category. The Storyteller may even rule
that a particularly well roleplayed interaction between
a character and the adjudicating Lune is worth an extra
experience point toward a dot of Renown in the appropriate
category.
The points aren’t actually spent until the character
can undergo the Rite of the Spirit Brand. The player must
spend experience equal to the level of Renown being
purchased x6 to purchase a dot of Renown in a primary
category, x8 to purchase a dot of Renown in a secondary
category.
Also remember that when Renown of any kind is
increased through experience points, your character
gains use of a new Gift at that same level. This Gift must
be chosen from one of the lists for which your character
has a tribe or auspice affinity. For example, if the Honor
Renown of a Hunter in Darkness Cahalith increases
from • to ••, she gets a new two-dot Gift from one of
the following lists: Gibbous Moon, Inspiration, Knowledge
(from her Cahalith affinity), or Elemental, Nature
or Stealth (from her Hunter in Darkness affinity). Or a
two-dot Gift could be chosen from the Father Wolf or
Mother Luna lists since all Forsaken have affinity with
them. For full rules, see p. 102.
The Pure Tribes also gain the benefits of Renown,
although they have no ties to the Lunes, and must call on
their dangerous and primal totems to recognize their deeds
instead. The Pure are treated as having Renown that is
mechanically similar to that of the Forsaken, although the
specifics of gaining their Renown are different.
STORYTELLING RENOWN
Much of the responsibility of remembering Renownworthy
deeds is placed on the players, but the Storyteller
should certainly make note of anything the characters do
for future use in adjudicating Renown gains. Players have
the right to spend their experience points as they choose
— within reason. A character who behaves in a cowardly
fashion time and again might not lose a point of Glory
that the player has spent hard-earned experience to gain,
but the Storyteller is certainly justified in ruling that
the character cannot purchase more Glory until she
mends her ways.
RENOWN AND TERRITORY
Having a great deal of Renown doesn’t entitle a
werewolf to territory. After all, no great leader-pack
presides over all the People, doling out hunting grounds
to those who make names for themselves. Renown, however,
does serve as a badge for those who have claimed
territory. A pack of Forsaken who’ve collectively accrued
a great deal of Glory and Cunning are clearly renowned
as crafty and vicious warriors. If a visiting werewolf sees
their glyph amidst the graffiti on a city’s walls, he might
well turn back (or at least find a respectful way to announce
his presence).
This phenomenon works the other way, too. A highly
renowned werewolf visiting a younger pack’s territory can
expect hospitality (provided there’s no specific conflict
between visitor and residents). Even the most venerable
visitor can wear out his welcome, however, and imposing
on another’s territory for too long or in too gross a manner
is cause for appropriate treatment.
To represent the manner in which Renown precedes
its owner, when two werewolves meet for the first time, a
roll is made for each with a dice pool equal to his highest
primary Renown. This roll doesn’t represent the ability to
read Renown from the spirit brands in a werewolf’s skin,
but rather whether or not a given werewolf has heard of
the deeds that earned those brands of respect.
If an Irraka Bone Shadow (primary Renown traits
of Cunning and Wisdom) has Cunning 3 and Wisdom
4, four dice are rolled for him. Success indicates that the
other werewolf has heard of him, and roughly knows his
level of standing. An exceptional success indicates that
the other werewolf is in awe, and all Social rolls made to
influence that werewolf are made with a +1 bonus for the
remainder of the scene.
In the case of comparing pack reputations, a roll is
made for the pack member with the highest dots in one
of her primary traits. In the case of a tie within a pack,
compare total dots in primary Renown traits. The roll is
made for the character with the highest total. (The roll is
still made with a dice pool based on her highest primary
trait alone, though.)
Any such recognition rolls may receive modifiers at
the Storyteller’s discretion. For example, there may be a
–1 or –2 penalty to the roll for a werewolf to convey his
dots in a Renown through a glyph marked on his territory,
while there might be a +1 or +2 bonus if the two werewolves
meeting are of the same tribe, or their packs claim
territories in close proximity.
Failure of a roll means a werewolf’s reputation doesn’t
precede him, so he may be treated like any other intruder
or threat. The Storyteller can always overrule the need
for a recognition roll if a werewolf is particularly famous
or infamous. On a failed roll, intercepting Uratha are still