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Chapter II: Character
EFFECT S OF PRIMAL URGE
Primal Urge Attribute/Skill Maximum Max Essence/Max Essence per Turn Social Penalty Essence Bleed
1 5 10/1 -1 —
2 5 11/1 -1 —
3 5 12/1 -2 —
4 5 13/2 -2 —
5 5 14/2 -3 —
6 6 15/3 -3 1/day
7 7 20/5 -3 1/12 hours
8 8 30/7 -4 1/10 hours
9 9 50/10 -4 1/8 hours
10 10 100/15 -5 1/4 hours
applied by Primal Urge. The limitation applies only to
trait dots when a character is in Hishu form.
Furthermore, a character’s ability to take on the Gauru
form depends on her Primal Urge dots (Stamina in Hishu
form + Primal Urge in turns). Therefore, a werewolf with
Stamina 3 in Hishu form and Primal Urge 4 who assumes
Gauru form can remain in it up to seven turns. (Chapter
Three fully explains Gauru form, starting on p. 171.)
Finally, Primal Urge is paramount to a werewolf’s capacity
to resist the effects of some Gifts and strange powers.
The more dots she has, the more dice her player gets
to make contested rolls against these tricks. See the Gifts
listed later in this chapter for examples, and the “Supernatural
Conflict” sidebar on p. 103 for more information.
THE DANGERS OF PRIMAL URGE
All werewolves have some difficulty relating with ordinary
humans; their innate predatory nature disturbs and
unsettles humans around them. As a werewolf draws on
more of her primal nature by increasing her Primal Urge,
this unsettling predatory aura increases in strength. All
werewolves suffer a penalty to Social rolls made to sway
humans without the Wolf-Blooded Merit, as shown on the
accompanying chart. The only exception to this penalty
is Intimidation rolls: the frightening presence of the werewolf
makes it difficult to coerce or soothe a human, but
doesn’t hurt attempts to bully or frighten any. This Social
penalty does not apply to other supernatural creatures;
however, it does apply to Gifts that rely on Social rolls
other than Intimidation.
In addition, as a werewolf’s Primal Urge increases, the
power of her spirit half begins to exceed the heritage of
flesh. A character with Primal Urge of 6 or more becomes
subject to Essence bleed in the physical world. After the
character has spent the stated amount of time in the physical
world, she loses a point of Essence. A character who
loses all her Essence in such a fashion falls into a deep sleep
and cannot wake until she gains another point of Essence.
If taken to a locus, a comatose character with zero Essence
will regain a point of Essence after twenty-four hours of rest
in its area of influence, at which point she wakes and may
regain Essence in the usual fashion.
NEW ADVANTAGE: ESSENCE
Just as werewolves are possessed of potent fury, they
have a reservoir of energy that connects them to the
spiritual rather than the physical. Essence is a trait that
measures how a werewolf draws upon the spirit world to
perform miraculous Gifts and rites and to blend spirit stuff
with his body to become the ultimate in Uratha existence.
Essence is measured strictly in points and is spent to
perform feats, primarily to activate Gifts. Essence and Willpower
can be spent in the same turn. As always, no more
than one Willpower can be spent per turn, while a number
of Essence can be spent per turn based on a character’s
Primal Urge. A werewolf can spend a point of Essence to:
• Activate a Gift. The various Gifts available to the
Uratha are described starting on p. 102.
• Activate a fetish automatically as if the required
Harmony roll was a success. (See “Fetishes,” p. 204.)
• Enter the spirit world without the need for a roll
while in the presence of a locus.
• Change form automatically as a reflexive action,
forgoing the normal Stamina + Survival + Primal Urge roll.
See the rules for changing forms in Chapter Three, p. 170.
• Regenerate a lethal wound. Doing so is reflexive,
replacing the automatic regeneration of a bashing wound
that a werewolf would normally do in a turn. (Your character
can’t automatically regenerate a bashing wound for
free and a lethal wound with an Essence expenditure in
the same turn. The latter takes precedence.) See p. 168 for
the full rules on regenerating.
Spent Essence points can be recovered by a variety of
means. Primal Urge determines the maximum number of
points a character can have. (See above chart.)
• At the Storyteller’s option, a werewolf may regain
up to three spent Essence points between stories to represent
time spent replenishing his reserves during downtime.
The Storyteller decides exactly how many points are regained,
based on the character’s recent activities and victories.
If he’s suffered setbacks or has barely held his own
against enemies or in regard to spirits or other Uratha,
he regains one point. If he’s won some small victories in