BSD Renown

• Fera Renown
• Gaian Garou Renown
• Hengeyokai Renown
• Kinfolk Renown

• A Guide to submitting Renown Requests.
• A Renown FAQ if you have questions about the system.

• A Cheatsheet for creating a Garou

Categories

Power I will crush my enemies. I shall improve myself at all expense. I shall never refuse a challenge. I shall use my power to the greater glory of the Wyrm. The Black Spirals respect those who possess power. They see power as a necessary tool. It's not evil or good, it's a tool. Black Spirals respect a skilled master of power: one who is not afraid, who tries to gain as much power as possible, and one who's effective in the service of his chosen cause, namely the Wyrm (though it could be the pack, Hive, or Pentex). Power is more than brute force, for it represents the limitations of the individual. Renown in Power is ultimately illusory. Power Renown is based more on others' perceptions of an individual's power than said individual's actual power. it must be noted, however, that it's very hard to gain Power Renown among the Black Spirals for long without being able to back it up.

Infamy I shall serve the Wyrm and aid its minions. I shall destroy the homids. I shall destroy the Garou. I shall rend Gaia to make way for the Wyrm. I shall spread corruption. The Black Spirals represent the force of Corruption and they respect it. They believe corruption goes hand in hand with strength. It's the tester and toughener of power. All who possess power, to whatever degree, are tested through corruption. The weak fail, at the cost of their power. The degree to which a Black Spiral has managed to spread corruption and destruction is marked by her Infamy Renown.

Cunning I shall hold to my word only while it is to my benefit. I shall know my enemies. I shall know myself. I shall turn everything, every situation, to my advantage. I shall never give foreknowledge of my actions. The Black Spirals greatly respect Cunning. It is a mark of understanding. It represents wisdom about Garou and homid nature. Those that are cunning are to be feared and respected. They may not be as powerful as some, but they effectively use what they have through surprise and trickery. The Black Spirals even apply this Renown when used against themselves, although the one seeking Renown had better succeed or he will instead be scorned (loss of Renown).

Rank and Auspice

Ragabash Rank Any Combination 1 (Cliath) 3 2 (Fostern) 7 3 (Adren) 13 4 (Athro) 19 5 (Elder) 25	Theurge Rank Power Infamy Cunning 1 (Cliath) 3 2 (Fostern) 1 5 3 (Adren) 2 1 7 4 (Athro) 4 2 9 5 (Elder) 4 9 10	Philodox Rank Power Infamy Cunning 1 (Cliath) 3 2 (Fostern) 1 4 1 3 (Adren) 2 6 2 4 (Athro) 3 8 4 5 (Elder) 4 10 9
Galliard Rank Power Infamy Cunning 1 (Cliath) 2 1 2 (Fostern) 4 2 3 (Adren) 4 2 4 4 (Athro) 7 2 6 5 (Elder) 9 5 9	Ahroun Rank Power Infamy Cunning 1 (Cliath) 2 1 2 (Fostern) 4 1 1 3 (Adren) 6 3 1 4 (Athro) 9 4 2 5 (Elder) 10 9 4

If a player is approved at Rank 0 and then Dances the Spiral to Rank 1, then they gain gifts and renown as usual for Rank 1 and their breed/tribe/auspice.

• These gifts don't cost XP.
• Any previous renown unconnected to the Rite of Passage is retained on top of the auspice baseline.

Sample Renown Awards

Note: These are not uniformly objective. They may be rejected/reduced/increased based on circumstances.

Note: These are not exhaustive. If something doesn't seem to fit here, or isn't found in this list, but still serves one of these types and the Wyrm's purpose, then go ahead and submit a request.

The following types have been tinted for ease of reading and browsing:

• These awards and penalties are directly from the established renown lists, with changes limited to specifying Wyrmish use.

Items in Black are positive renown awards.

Items in Red are negative renown penalties

• These awards and penalties have been either created from scratch, or taken from lists and more heavily modified for Wyrmish use.

Items in Blue are positive home-brew renown awards

Items in Purple are negative home-brew renown penalties

Combat and Encounters

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Waiting for your allies to weaken an enemy before joining the fight	1		3
Showing restraint in the face of certain death	2	2
Letting ones allies be injured to avoid injury yourself			3
Ending a threat without serious harm to any Wyrmlings			5
Surviving an Incapacitating wound	2
Surviving any toxic waste/flux attack	2
Attacking a much more powerful force without aid			-3
Losing to an enemy without even harming it	-3
Conscious cowardice that results in the failure of Wyrm machinations	-7	-5	-5
Summoning help when there is no real danger present		-5
Dying in service to the Wyrm (Posthumous)	7	7
Threats associated with the unbalanced Triat (typically Wyld)
Attacking a minion without regard to personal safety	3			Actions above and beyond attacking like a lunatic
Defeating a minor threat	2			Pups, weak possessed, etc.
Defeating an average threat	3			Normal shifters, average possessed, etc.
Defeating a strong threat	5			Strong shifters, powerful possessed, etc.
Defeating a very powerful threat	7			Elder shifters, unique very powerful possessed, etc.
Other supernatural threats
Defeating a strong threat	2
Defeating a very powerful threat	3
Bonuses for either type of threat
...drawing first blood in combat	+1			Given to the FIRST person to draw blood in combat. Exception: If two people acted on the same turn and inflicted damage on the enemy.
...permanently destroying or killing the threat in question	+1
...without a single other Wyrmling being hurt		+1
...without personally being hurt		+1
...when the threats were armed with silver		+1		Or Gold, for Buzzards/Mokole
...utterly destroying an enemy stronghold	+4	+3
...being captured by an enemy	-1	-1	-1
Earning a Battle Scar	1			See WW:tA Revised, p189
Earning a Battle Scar and immediately healing it (on purpose)	-2		1

Detecting Threats of the Wyld

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Revealing, with certain proof, that a creature or kinfolk is Gaian			2
Revealing, with certain proof, that an area or object is Gaian-bound or controlled			3	Gaian Garou pack territory, a glade/sacred tree bound to a Gaian spirit, etc.
Falsely identifying a person, place, or object as Gaian			-3

Corruption

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Corrupting a pure object, person, or place		2		via Rite of Desecration, or extended time with the victim
Forcing a Gaian to successfully Dance the Spiral	2	2		Torture, etc. Victim must score 3 successes on a Gnosis vs 9 roll to return as BSD
Convincing a Gaian to successfully Dance the Spiral		3	2	Lying, tricking, conniving, etc. Same roll as above
Performing a Rite of the Broken Wing	2	3	3
Participating in a Rite the Broken Wing		3	2
Successfully creating Fomori		1	1
Abducting a 'lost cub' for the Hive	1	2		Typically Gaian Garou cubs, exceptions can be made

Mystical

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Summoning an Incarna avatar		1	1
Summoning an Incarna avatar without good reason		-1	-2
Knowing and offering the correct Chiminage without being asked			+1
...Dealing generously		+1	+1
...Dealing extravagantly		+1	-1
Completing a Chiminage quest	1	1
Helping another fulfill an agreement with a Wyrm spirit		1
Breaking an agreement with a Wyrm spirit		-2	-3
Releasing a Wyrm spirit from a taboo induced Slumber		1
Traveling to any of the Umbral Realms and surviving	2	1
Successfully completing a spirit quest in the Umbra		1	2
Failing to succeed in a spirit quest in the Umbra		-1	-2
Having and properly following a prophetic dream of great import			5
Following another's prophetic dream			2
Giving a prophetic warning that later comes true			5
Giving a prophetic warning that does not come true			-4
Consulting an Oracle and successfully interpreting its advice			2
Ignoring omens, dreams, and the like for no good reason			-3
Spending a year in ritualistic seclusion		2	3
Besting someone, including a spirit, in a riddle contest			3

After following mystic signs and advice...

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Discovering a talen	1
Discovering a fetish	1		1
Discovering ancient Spiral lore		1	2
Discovering mystic lore		1	1
Discovering a Pathstone		2	2
Discovering and claiming a lost Caern for the Wyrm	3	4	3

Rites and Gifts

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Performing a Rite of Passage/Transmogrification		2	1	This refers to conducting the rite; going through the rite is covered above
Receiving a Rite of Wounding	2
Performing a Rite of Caern Corruption	3	5	7
Participating in a Rite of Caern Corruption		5	3
Thwarting a Gaian Great Hunt	3
Suffering the Rite of Ostracism	-1	-5	-1
Suffering the Stone of Scorn		-8	-2
Suffering the Rite of the Jackal	-2	-5
Suffering a Satire Rite	lose one rank and all temp renown
Performing a punishment rite		2
Performing a punishment rite unjustly		-2		Botching the roll
Giggling, joking, or otherwise being disrespectful during a rite			-1 to -5
Refusing to participate in a rite			-1
Learning a new Gift	1			Wyrm creatures with the ability to Swipe may add 1 Cunning when stealing Gifts from others

Fetishes

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Using a fetish for the good of sept or tribe	1	1		May depend on cleverly bringing and/or using an appropriate fetish, not just e.g. using the same Fang Dagger you always use
Successfully creating talens			1
Creating a fetish			4	Limited to 2 rewards/month, or equivalent for Talens
Owning a Bane-klaive	2	1		Awarded once, only after 3 moons of use
Sacrificing a fetish for the good of Hive or Tribe			4
Accidentally breaking a fetish or talen			-1 to -5
Accidentally breaking or losing a Bane-klaive		-3	-3

Pit Activities

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Helping guard a Pit		1		Routinely approved monthly if requested in a timely fashion
Staying at your guard post, even when tempted not to		1	2
Not staying on your guard post		-1	-1
Not helping guard a Pit, even when asked		-3
Keeping a Pit safe from humans through trickery or negotiation		4
Helping to prevent a Pit from being overrun by the enemy	3	4
Not preventing a Pit from being overrun by the enemy	-3	-7
Single-handedly preventing a Pit from being taken by the enemy	8	5
Deliberately allowing/enabling a Pit to be violated	-8	-10	-5	Most likely, your death is the actual outcome
Accidentally allowing a Pit to be violated	-2	-5	-4
Dying while defending a Pit (Posthumous)	5	8

Black Spiral Relations and Society

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Teaching other Wyrmlings (depends on the depth of study)		1 to 5	3 to 5	Teaching rites: 1I 3C per month, regardless of number of rites or students
Performing regular duties and chores for the Hive (gained monthly at moot)		1		Routinely approved monthly if requested in a timely fashion
Failing to perform regular duties and chores (lost monthly)		-3
Disobeying a Hive officer without good reason		-1 to -2
Refusing any Hive position	-1	-2	-1
Serving in any Hive position	1/year	3/year	1/year	Routinely approved if requested in a timely fashion
Maintaining loyal service to the Hive	1/year	2/year	1/year	Routinely approved if requested in a timely fashion
Maintaining loyal service to the Tribe	1/year	3/year	1/year	Routinely approved if requested in a timely fashion
Maintaining loyal service to a Camp	1/year	2/year	1/year	Routinely approved if requested in a timely fashion
For a homid Garou, surviving to age 75	8	10
For a lupus Garou, surviving to age 65	8	10

Pack

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Becoming the pack Alpha		3
Living alone, without one’s pack, except for ritual reasons			-3
Becoming the pack Omega	-1	-1	-1
Establishing and maintaining a pack territory	1	1	1	May also be requested yearly if the pack is still active and still has the same territory
Expanding existing pack territory	1	1	1	RP or PRP required (provide a log)
Losing control of pack territory	-2	-2	-2
Dying while defending your pack (Posthumous)	4	6

Dark Litany

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Upholding the Dark Litany (in the face of adversity, extreme measures, etc.)		1 to 5	1 to 3	Above and beyond the usual, e.g. "doing a job for Pentex" vs "going well out of your way to complete a goal for a different Wyrmish society"
Breaking the Dark Litany	-2 to -4	-5 to -8	-2 to -4	Depending on severity of transgression, could be less for lesser offenses

Challenges

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Participating in a just challenge	1	2
Participating in an unjust challenge		-3
Challenging someone far too above or too far below your Rank		-3

Behavior

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Establishing dominance over an ally	2	2
Establishing dominance over an already injured ally	-1	2	2
Giving good advice for important matters			2
Giving bad advice for important matters			-2
Mediating a dispute in favor of one's pack/close allies			3
Keeping an important promise to your own (Wyrmish) people		2
Failing to keep a promise to your own (Wyrmish) people			-1
Any time trickery backfires		-2
Speaking poorly of the Wyrm as a whole		-2	-3
Speaking poorly of a faction serving the Wyrm		-1	-1	Nephandi, Pentex, BSD, etc.
Being overly disrespectful to one's elders		-1 to -5

Moots

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Performing a Moot Rite		2
Refusing to perform a Moot Rite		-3
Missing a Moot Rite			-1
Performing an impressive atrocity	1	1		1-3 successes, rolling Charisma+Torture/Empathy/Performance/or other appropriate stat (difficulty 6)
...At a moot		+1
...That is later copied by others	+1	+1	+1	4 or more successes on the above roll
Performing a boring/uninspired atrocity		-2	-1	Botching the above roll
Providing rare sacrifices for a moot		2		e.g. pure-bred/rare-breed kinfolk, creatures, or even uniquely worthy humans

Protection and Defense

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Healing a fellow Wyrmling (non-pack member) unselfishly			1
Protecting a helpless Wyrmling		2	2
Not protecting a helpless Wyrmling		-1	-1
Protecting a helpless human(s)		2		Includes human kinfolk/Pentex employees/etc (Group counts as one) 'Helpless' depends on power level of target (especially if a PC) and attacker
Not protecting a helpless human(s)		-1
Protecting a helpless wolf(s)		5		Includes wolf kinfolk
Not protecting a helpless wolf(s)		-6
Helping to have an innocent person found guilty of a crime		3	3
Protecting the Veil			4
Harming or rending the Veil			-5
Repairing the Veil		1	3

Frenzy

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Succumbing to a berserk frenzy			-1	If it endangers the Veil
Succumbing to a fox frenzy	-1		-1
Succumbing to a fox frenzy and abandoning your pack		-1	-2
Succumbing to a berserk frenzy and injuring fellow Wyrmlings			-3
Succumbing to/performing heinous acts under Thrall of the Wyrm	1			If it doesn't endanger the Veil

Human and Kinfolk

Activity	Power	Infamy	Cunning	Comments
Maintaining control and power over nearby Kinfolk (BSD)	2	1
Losing control and power over nearby Kinfolk	-1		-2
Allowing kinfolk (BSD) to disrespect or disobey their betters	-2	-1
Kidnapping and/or abuse of a Kinfolk (BSD or non-BSD)	1	1	1
Choosing a mate and bearing/siring a child of any sort	1	1	1	Monogamy not required, awarded when child is born
...And the child is a shifter	+1	+1	+1	Staff requires a roll for type
Choosing a mate, but not breeding			-2
Breeding with a Kinfolk (BSD) that is mate to a rival		2	2
Breeding with a Kinfolk (non-BSD) that is mate to a Gaian	2	3	2