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their territories and devoted all their time to
proving themselves worthy of such Gifts, only
to find that the spirits who know them demand
that they prove themselves by performing certain
tasks within their territory.
Some crafty spirits have been known to
demand chiminage for Gifts they can freely teach.
The tasks demanded always benefit the spirit or
its allies in some way, and most werewolves learn
quickly to spot such swindlers, whom they then
force through simple intimidation to teach the
Gift. Still, even if the chiminage is not required,
some werewolves choose to perform it anyway,
either as a test of themselves or to earn the
goodwill of the spirit along with the Gift.
SPIRIT NEGOTIATIONS
Negotiation and diplomacy with spirits always takes
place in the First Tongue. There is one constant to all
dealings with spirits: Nobody gets something for nothing
out of them. Even the lowliest Gaffling requires something
in return for its aid, even if it’s the gift of a single
point of Essence. The more powerful the spirit is, the
more demanding its price for aid is. And unless a werewolf
is dealing with a Lune or a spirit closely allied to
its tribal totem, the spirit’s antipathy toward the Uratha
almost always raises that price.
Spirits often request Essence. Spirits draw their Essence
from the physical world, either through proximity
to their physical reflection or through consuming it as it’s
generated by actions or emotions with the right resonance.
Doing so is time-consuming and unpredictable, when the
same Essence can be earned through a deal with a werewolf
(or a more powerful spirit).
Some spirits request a service instead. The service
will be for one of two purposes: either to generate Essence
for the spirit by performing an act or to generate
emotions that will give the spirit a generous supply
of Essence with the right resonance. Alternatively,
it might involve weakening an enemy of the spirit’s
court by destroying its physical reflection or depriving
it of Essence by preventing emotions with the right
resonance being generated. For example, a request to
sabotage a tenement’s wiring and break the street lamps
outside might generate more Essence over time for the
darkness-spirit that lives there than a werewolf’s simple
donation.
A SPIRIT’S PRICE
These listed prices for a spirit’s aid are just guidelines.
The actual nature of the request varies by the type
of spirit, the political situation between courts and the
spirit’s own character. Spirits aren’t bound to follow this
table — they can ask for more or less as they see fit. This
table just marks what both parties would consider fair.
Prices are likely to rise as the level of the spirit increases.
Gafflings would ask for the listed price, while Jagglings
would ask for at least twice as much. Spirits of greater
power than that will most likely ask the werewolves to
undertake an errand of significant danger (destroy a powerful
pack of Pure who have offended the spirit, escort a
favored spirit across the continent), or a physical task of
considerable difficulty (reshape an area within the pack’s
territory so it generates more spirits of a type specified in
the bargain, create an appropriate locus for the spirit).
SPIRIT RULES
The spirit world isn’t the physical world, and different
rules apply there. The following trait changes codify the
key differences between spirits and other characters.
TRAIT S
By nature of being idealized representations of something
in the physical world, spirits are simpler creatures in
rules terms. Instead of the nine Attributes used to define
Task Price
Simple information A small gift of Essence (1 or 2 points) or a minor task (discorporate a Gaffling, small
physical changes to the material world)
Secret information A large gift of Essence (3 to 5 points) or a major task (create a specific emotion or
act in the physical world, discorporating several of the spirit’s enemies)
Giving directions A small gift of Essence, or a minor favor to be repaid on the werewolf’s return.
Guiding to a nearby destination A small gift of Essence and a minor act of the spirit’s choice
Guiding to a distant destination A major act of benefit to the spirit and a regular gift of 2 or 3 Essence per day
during the journey
Asking the spirit to relocate Major reshaping of the physical world or regular work to generate appropriate
Essence for the spirit for a period of not less than one month per level of the
spirit’s Rank.
Asking the spirit to join in an attack A major gift of Essence (at least 2 points per Rank of the spirit to be attacked).
Sworn promise of a service of the spirit’s choice after the fight, to be carried out at
a time of the spirit’s choosing.
Spirit Rules
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