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Chapter III: Special Rules and Systems
SHADOW WINGS (•••)
Shadow Wings usually take the form of a shirt or
cloak made out of some very fine fabric. The werewolf
wears only it when he intends to use the fetish’s power;
if he wears anything over it, the fetish doesn’t function.
Upon a successful activation roll, the werewolf can fly
in the Shadow Realm (and only in the Shadow Realm)
for three hours, allowing the Uratha to cover about 60
miles (at 20 miles per hour or 29 yards per turn). The
fetish’s spirit must rest for another three hours before
re-activation. Attacks and other tasks attempted that
require a delicate touch while flying suffer a –4 penalty
due to the awkward nature of the wings. Any bird spirit
can be used to create this fetish, although owl-spirits
are the most popular.
Action: Instant to activate; flying is reflexive thereafter
FOUR-DOT FETISHES
Creating fetishes of this power requires great skill,
and werewolves who do so aren’t likely to give them away.
These fetishes are usually inherited (or stolen), but sometimes
a werewolf who performs an extremely noteworthy
service for his tribe or lodge might earn one.
BONE WHISTLE (••••)
While most werewolves don’t have much truck
with the ghosts of dead humans, the Bone Shadows are
interested in those strange echoes from beyond the grave.
A Bone Whistle, fashioned from any decent-sized bone
and imbued with a loon-spirit, forces any ephemeral
spirit or ghost in the material world within 20 feet of the
Uratha to become visible to all viewers when the werewolf
blows. Spirits in possession of physical hosts or objects
appear superimposed on their hosts’ physical features. A
spirit’s Resistance is rolled as a dice pool in a reflexive and
contested action. If successes rolled for the spirit match or
exceed those achieved in the fetish’s activation roll, the
spirit is unaffected. If multiple ghosts or spirits are within
range and in the material world, a contested roll is made
for each, with successes achieved compared to those of the
fetish user.
Action: Instant
SAMPLE GREATER KLAIVE —
FURY FANG (••••)
Most klaives are of this level of power. The Fury Fang
takes the form of a sword, and the wielder can feel the pulse
of the spirit within when he grasps the handle. The Fury
Fang encourages the wielder to cast caution to the wind
when attacking. On any turn in which the character uses an
all-out attack (see the World of Darkness Rulebook, p. 157),
two more dice are added to the attack (raising the total bonus
to +4). The spirit of a particularly aggressive animal, such as a
wolverine or water moccasin, fuels this weapon.
Action: Reflexive
LIGH TNING ROD (••••)
This fetish is not a literal lightning-attracting device,
but an object that can save a werewolf’s life in the event of
a surprise attack. It must be created from a hand-held object
and must actually be in a werewolf’s hand to be useful, so
many Lightning Rods are actually created from gloves. If a
surprise attack or ambush is staged against the wearer, the
Storyteller makes an activation roll on the player’s behalf. If
it’s successful, the werewolf’s hand jumps toward the source
of the attack (actually, the fetish jumps, carrying the hand
with it) and absorbs some or all of the damage inflicted. It
absorbs up to seven points of bashing damage, five points
of lethal damage or three points of aggravated damage
inflicted in a single attack, with any excess affecting the
wearer normally. This effect applies to only the first attack
staged against the fetish user in the ambush. The protection
applies even if the victim notices the attackers before the
trap is sprung (that is, a successful Wits + Composure roll is
made). Any damage absorbed by the glove is determined after
the wearer’s Armor or Defense (if any) is applied against
the attack. Any quick-moving spirit (cat, fish, spider) can be
used to create this fetish.
Action: Reflexive
MAN’S HAMMER (••••)
The People respect humanity’s aptitude for destruction.
Recently, an Elodoth of the Meninna created a fetish
capable of destroying any single object wrought by man.
Since then, similar items have been created. Usually Man’s
Hammers are made from actual hammers, but all of them
contain metal of some kind. Upon successful activation,
the Uratha has four turns to use the Man’s Hammer to
smash man-made objects. The hammer cannot affect anything
larger than Size 5. Attack rolls are made normally,
with a +2 bonus for the hammer as a tool. (It is considered
Size 1 and has a Damage rating of 2.) Damage done is
determined normally, but the item’s Durability is ignored.
So, damage is done directly to the item’s Structure. If a
target is small or carried by someone, a specified-target roll
is required (see the World of Darkness Rulebook, p. 165).
Used against a living or undead target, the hammer
gains no special bonuses. A person’s worn armor can
be targeted with the fetish, though. A specified-target
roll may be required based on the Storyteller’s discretion.
The target’s Defense applies against the attack, but
Armor doesn’t. If successes rolled in the attack exceed
the highest of a piece of armor’s ratings (say, 3 for armor
rated 2/3), the armor is destroyed and useless thereafter.
Points of damage inflicted on armor over successive
turns are cumulative. Damaged inflicted reduces a
target’s ratings appropriately until they drop to zero, at
which point the armor is ruined. Magical armor or armor
resulting from a target’s own body cannot be damaged
or destroyed. When worn armor is attacked with a Man’s
Hammer, the wearer suffers no damage.