Difference between revisions of "Bastet Gifts"
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Banish Sickness</font>''' - Cats have long been renowned for their healing prowess. With a purr and a lick, a skillful Bastet can cure minor diseases and chase venoms away. Although a Bastet never takes ill herself, this Gift is helpful when a loved one is unwell. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Banish Sickness</font>''' - Cats have long been renowned for their healing prowess. With a purr and a lick, a skillful Bastet can cure minor diseases and chase venoms away. Although a Bastet never takes ill herself, this Gift is helpful when a loved one is unwell. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Call Spirits</font>''' - By speaking the ancient language of The-World-That-Was, a Bastet may communicate with nearby spirits as if they normally speak her language. This Gift weaves between the Gauntlet and the material world, and carries both ways. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Call Spirits</font>''' - By speaking the ancient language of The-World-That-Was, a Bastet may communicate with nearby spirits as if they normally speak her language. This Gift weaves between the Gauntlet and the material world, and carries both ways. | ||
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''(PGttCB p67, Bastet BB p97)'' | ''(PGttCB p67, Bastet BB p97)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Call the Pride</font>''' - By moaning or crying out, the Bastet may summon the local cats (domestic, wild or big cats, depending on where she is) to her aid. Although the Gift isn't a life-or-death command, the summoned cats will help the Bastet if they can. Some Bastet can summon other creatures as their "prides"; Bubasti often keep jackals nearby, Qualmi summon birds, and Pumonca have been known to summon hawks, owls, and alligators to their defense. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Call the Pride</font>''' - By moaning or crying out, the Bastet may summon the local cats (domestic, wild or big cats, depending on where she is) to her aid. Although the Gift isn't a life-or-death command, the summoned cats will help the Bastet if they can. Some Bastet can summon other creatures as their "prides"; Bubasti often keep jackals nearby, Qualmi summon birds, and Pumonca have been known to summon hawks, owls, and alligators to their defense. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Attunement</font>''' - Bastet who've set up Den-Realms use this secret to view their holdings from where they stand. By going into a light trance, the werecat in question communes with the spirits in her territory and learns what's going on throughout the Den-Realm. Visitors, intruders or crises can be discovered long before they get too close to the cat herself. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Attunement</font>''' - Bastet who've set up Den-Realms use this secret to view their holdings from where they stand. By going into a light trance, the werecat in question communes with the spirits in her territory and learns what's going on throughout the Den-Realm. Visitors, intruders or crises can be discovered long before they get too close to the cat herself. | ||
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''(PGttCB p68, Bastet BB p100)'' | ''(PGttCB p68, Bastet BB p100)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Future Warning</font>''' - By sensing the whims of Fate-in-Motion, a Bastet may sense some impending disaster. While not exactly precognition, the Gift grants vague insight into coming perils. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Future Warning</font>''' - By sensing the whims of Fate-in-Motion, a Bastet may sense some impending disaster. While not exactly precognition, the Gift grants vague insight into coming perils. | ||
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''(PGttCB p68, Bastet BB p101)'' | ''(PGttCB p68, Bastet BB p101)'' | ||
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='''Homid Gifts'''= | ='''Homid Gifts'''= | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Cat Claws</font>''' - By calling on her heritage, a Bastet in Homid of Sokto form can unsheathe her claws and attack as if she was in beast-form. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Cat Claws</font>''' - By calling on her heritage, a Bastet in Homid of Sokto form can unsheathe her claws and attack as if she was in beast-form. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Jam Technology</font>''' - As the Garou Homid Gift of the same name. Garou sensing for the Wyrm at this time will notice a slight shimmer coming from the werecat who uses this Gift, as the Bastet version invokes the power of Cahlash. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Jam Technology</font>''' - As the Garou Homid Gift of the same name. Garou sensing for the Wyrm at this time will notice a slight shimmer coming from the werecat who uses this Gift, as the Bastet version invokes the power of Cahlash. | ||
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''(PGttCB p68, Bastet BB p101)'' | ''(PGttCB p68, Bastet BB p101)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Craft of the Maker</font>''' - As the Garou Homid Gift: '''Reshape Object'''. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Craft of the Maker</font>''' - As the Garou Homid Gift: '''Reshape Object'''. | ||
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''(Bastet BB p101)'' | ''(Bastet BB p101)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">What's the Password?</font>''' - By communicating with the odd spirits inside computers, a werecat can call up the passwords to files, accounts, or encryptions. Although few nature-bound Bastet know this trick, many of their city cousins have at least heard of it. Most of those who do know charge hefty favors for the teaching... | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">What's the Password?</font>''' - By communicating with the odd spirits inside computers, a werecat can call up the passwords to files, accounts, or encryptions. Although few nature-bound Bastet know this trick, many of their city cousins have at least heard of it. Most of those who do know charge hefty favors for the teaching... | ||
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''(PGttCB p68)'' | ''(PGttCB p68)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Black Friday</font>''' - This dreaded Gift, the bane of the Information Age, allows a Bastet to crash a computer network in seconds. By communing with net Spiders (see the Gift: What's the Password?) and promising a few favors, a lucky werecat can wreak system havoc without even touching a keyboard. It's rarely done because of its tendency to backfire (wiping out one's own computer files!), but causes untold headaches for the programmers of Pentex. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Black Friday</font>''' - This dreaded Gift, the bane of the Information Age, allows a Bastet to crash a computer network in seconds. By communing with net Spiders (see the Gift: What's the Password?) and promising a few favors, a lucky werecat can wreak system havoc without even touching a keyboard. It's rarely done because of its tendency to backfire (wiping out one's own computer files!), but causes untold headaches for the programmers of Pentex. | ||
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='''Metis Gifts'''= | ='''Metis Gifts'''= | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Create Element</font>''' - As the Garou Metis Gift. Most Bastet favor the five Oriental elements (fire, wood, metal, earth and water) but those born in the Western Hemisphere often know them as earth, air, fire and water. An Eastern Bastet may create raw ore and wood but cannot conjure air. Neither version can create precious metals, refined ores, gasses or poison. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Create Element</font>''' - As the Garou Metis Gift. Most Bastet favor the five Oriental elements (fire, wood, metal, earth and water) but those born in the Western Hemisphere often know them as earth, air, fire and water. An Eastern Bastet may create raw ore and wood but cannot conjure air. Neither version can create precious metals, refined ores, gasses or poison. | ||
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''(PGttCB p68, Bastet BB p102)'' | ''(PGttCB p68, Bastet BB p102)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Blinding Moonbeam Gaze</font>''' - By calling upon Mother Seline, the werecat shoots bright beams of moonlight from her eyes. These don't inflict real damage, but can blind or distract an opponent, and provide illumination as well. Superstitious people often run away when confronted with a giant moon-eyed cat. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Blinding Moonbeam Gaze</font>''' - By calling upon Mother Seline, the werecat shoots bright beams of moonlight from her eyes. These don't inflict real damage, but can blind or distract an opponent, and provide illumination as well. Superstitious people often run away when confronted with a giant moon-eyed cat. | ||
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''(PGttCB p68, Bastet BB p102)'' | ''(PGttCB p68, Bastet BB p102)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Fist of Cahlash</font>''' - By channeling in raw destructive power, an angry Bastet can destroy any material thing with a snarl. Although the Gift isn't terribly effective against living (or undead) creatures, its potency can be avowed by a multitude of puzzled technicians and drivers in various rainforest-clearing projects. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Fist of Cahlash</font>''' - By channeling in raw destructive power, an angry Bastet can destroy any material thing with a snarl. Although the Gift isn't terribly effective against living (or undead) creatures, its potency can be avowed by a multitude of puzzled technicians and drivers in various rainforest-clearing projects. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Moon's Gateway</font>''' - By calling upon a Lune for help, the Bastet opens a Moon Bridge between Caerns or Den-Realms. Such travel only occurs at night. The Gateway forms a glowing fog, which slowly swirls into the shape of the cat's intended destination. Anyone who wants to use the Bridge must enter before the summoner. When she passes through, the Gateway disperses. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Moon's Gateway</font>''' - By calling upon a Lune for help, the Bastet opens a Moon Bridge between Caerns or Den-Realms. Such travel only occurs at night. The Gateway forms a glowing fog, which slowly swirls into the shape of the cat's intended destination. Anyone who wants to use the Bridge must enter before the summoner. When she passes through, the Gateway disperses. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Moon Sense</font>''' - By meditating upon a pool of moonlit water, a Bastet may see anything that transpires beneath Seline's glow. Although it's difficult to see distant or hidden locations, a rigorous search can see anywhere on Earth. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Moon Sense</font>''' - By meditating upon a pool of moonlit water, a Bastet may see anything that transpires beneath Seline's glow. Although it's difficult to see distant or hidden locations, a rigorous search can see anywhere on Earth. | ||
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='''Feline Gifts'''= | ='''Feline Gifts'''= | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Heightened Senses</font>''' - As the Garou Lupus Gift. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Heightened Senses</font>''' - As the Garou Lupus Gift. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Killer's Leap</font>''' - As the Garou Lupus Gift: '''Leap of the Kangaroo'''. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Killer's Leap</font>''' - As the Garou Lupus Gift: '''Leap of the Kangaroo'''. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Underbelly</font>''' - By sizing up a foe or obstacle, a feral Bastet can get a feeling for its weakest point. Once that's spotted, he can rip through most things with a good swipe. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Underbelly</font>''' - By sizing up a foe or obstacle, a feral Bastet can get a feeling for its weakest point. Once that's spotted, he can rip through most things with a good swipe. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Beast Life</font>''' - As the Garou Lupus Gift. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Beast Life</font>''' - As the Garou Lupus Gift. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Judgement of Pestilence</font>''' - In many ancestral lands, epidemics ravage both human and animal populations. The Mistress of Catkind bequeaths this Gift to her feline children in an effort to channel the disease. Communities who respect the cats' Kinfolk and the land find pestilence banished from their homes; those who exploit nature or hunt the great cats receive the disease in return. Nature's balance must be maintained. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Judgement of Pestilence</font>''' - In many ancestral lands, epidemics ravage both human and animal populations. The Mistress of Catkind bequeaths this Gift to her feline children in an effort to channel the disease. Communities who respect the cats' Kinfolk and the land find pestilence banished from their homes; those who exploit nature or hunt the great cats receive the disease in return. Nature's balance must be maintained. | ||
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='''Bagheera Gifts'''= | ='''Bagheera Gifts'''= | ||
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* Part the Curtain | * Part the Curtain | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Humbaba's Escape</font>''' - One of the tribe's first and most valuable tricks, this Gift allows a wereleopard to dislocate her limbs and slide through small openings. Though the Bagheera claim that the wise cat Humbaba invented the trick, the Simba maintain that he originally learned it from Mouse spirits. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Humbaba's Escape</font>''' - One of the tribe's first and most valuable tricks, this Gift allows a wereleopard to dislocate her limbs and slide through small openings. Though the Bagheera claim that the wise cat Humbaba invented the trick, the Simba maintain that he originally learned it from Mouse spirits. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Lawgiver's Legacy</font>''' - In the distant past, it is said that the Bagheera were intended to be the arbitrators of the cat-folk. The position never materialized, but this Gift offers an edge to the Bagheera trying to exercise this ancient right with minimal force. With it, a panther can raise her voice to drown out all others without actually shouting, and it adds a note of command that makes even Simba take the panther's words seriously. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Lawgiver's Legacy</font>''' - In the distant past, it is said that the Bagheera were intended to be the arbitrators of the cat-folk. The position never materialized, but this Gift offers an edge to the Bagheera trying to exercise this ancient right with minimal force. With it, a panther can raise her voice to drown out all others without actually shouting, and it adds a note of command that makes even Simba take the panther's words seriously. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Cobra's Dance</font>''' - Long ago, a panther named Tola entered into negotiations with King Snake. After weeks of discussion and debate, the two came to an understanding of sorts. No one knows what secrets Tola offered King Snake, but he learned this Gift as part of the exchange. The Dance allows a cat to freeze prey with a glance. Some old Bagheera claim to know other secrets of the serpent folk, but if any other Gifts have survived, they're not well known. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Cobra's Dance</font>''' - Long ago, a panther named Tola entered into negotiations with King Snake. After weeks of discussion and debate, the two came to an understanding of sorts. No one knows what secrets Tola offered King Snake, but he learned this Gift as part of the exchange. The Dance allows a cat to freeze prey with a glance. Some old Bagheera claim to know other secrets of the serpent folk, but if any other Gifts have survived, they're not well known. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">The Paradox of Time</font>''' - To most followers of Hinduism, time is not the linear stream Westerners believe it is. Rather, all times are one time, viewed from a perspective that shifts. In other words, it only appears to move because we believe it does. A skilled Bagheera can employ this seeming paradox to utterly confuse an enemy or enlighten a pilgrim. By showing him the relative nature of time, the panther can offer him a glimpse of his folly - or baffle him for minutes on end. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">The Paradox of Time</font>''' - To most followers of Hinduism, time is not the linear stream Westerners believe it is. Rather, all times are one time, viewed from a perspective that shifts. In other words, it only appears to move because we believe it does. A skilled Bagheera can employ this seeming paradox to utterly confuse an enemy or enlighten a pilgrim. By showing him the relative nature of time, the panther can offer him a glimpse of his folly - or baffle him for minutes on end. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Part the Curtain</font>''' - Like the Rank Four common Bastet Gift: Walking Between Worlds, this spell allows a leopard to cross into the Near Umbra. This variation, however, lets her bring others across as well. the Mistress of Cat-kind is said to have brought this Gift to several Bagheera elders during the British occupation of India. Working with allies from the Swara and Khan, these old cats turned several staid English manors into shrieking chaos. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Part the Curtain</font>''' - Like the Rank Four common Bastet Gift: Walking Between Worlds, this spell allows a leopard to cross into the Near Umbra. This variation, however, lets her bring others across as well. the Mistress of Cat-kind is said to have brought this Gift to several Bagheera elders during the British occupation of India. Working with allies from the Swara and Khan, these old cats turned several staid English manors into shrieking chaos. | ||
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='''Balam Gifts'''= | ='''Balam Gifts'''= | ||
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* Redeem the Waste (''Heal the Wounded Land'') | * Redeem the Waste (''Heal the Wounded Land'') | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Hunter's Mists</font>''' - As the Garou Black Furies Gift: '''Curse of Aeolus'''. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Hunter's Mists</font>''' - As the Garou Black Furies Gift: '''Curse of Aeolus'''. | ||
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''(PGttCB p70, Bastet BB p106)'' | ''(PGttCB p70, Bastet BB p106)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Ancestral Wings</font>''' - According to their folklore, the Balam were once two tribes. One of the original families, the Olioiuqui, had wings. By diffing into this ancestral past, a werejaguar can invoke their gift and fly for short distances. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Ancestral Wings</font>''' - According to their folklore, the Balam were once two tribes. One of the original families, the Olioiuqui, had wings. By diffing into this ancestral past, a werejaguar can invoke their gift and fly for short distances. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Touch of the Tree Frog</font>''' - By touching a victim with her paw, teeth, or even spittle, a Balaam can paralyze him for minutes on end. Some jaguars take this opportunity to get away, or to deliver a warning; others make more sadistic use of that time. This Gift stems from the Tree-Frog spirits, whose fluids coat the arrows of the ancient folk. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Touch of the Tree Frog</font>''' - By touching a victim with her paw, teeth, or even spittle, a Balaam can paralyze him for minutes on end. Some jaguars take this opportunity to get away, or to deliver a warning; others make more sadistic use of that time. This Gift stems from the Tree-Frog spirits, whose fluids coat the arrows of the ancient folk. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Vision Cloud</font>''' - Among the old folk, the jaguars were respected for their insight. Many Olmacs and Maya came to them for visions, and the tribe responded by evoking this ageless Gift. By calling to the spirits of the air and the plants, a modern jaguar can still conjure the Vision Cloud, a swirling fog which wraps itself through the clearing or cave, bringing mystic insights to those who seek them - and to those who do not. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Vision Cloud</font>''' - Among the old folk, the jaguars were respected for their insight. Many Olmacs and Maya came to them for visions, and the tribe responded by evoking this ageless Gift. By calling to the spirits of the air and the plants, a modern jaguar can still conjure the Vision Cloud, a swirling fog which wraps itself through the clearing or cave, bringing mystic insights to those who seek them - and to those who do not. | ||
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''(PGttCB p70, Bastet BB p107)'' | ''(PGttCB p70, Bastet BB p107)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Feed the Gods</font>''' - By reaching out with his hand, a powerful jaguar can rip the heart out of an enemy from a distance, pull it to his palm, and consume it in a burst of fire. This Gift kills the target if it succeeds. Only strong magic can rebuild the ashes of the heart or grow another one in its place. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Feed the Gods</font>''' - By reaching out with his hand, a powerful jaguar can rip the heart out of an enemy from a distance, pull it to his palm, and consume it in a burst of fire. This Gift kills the target if it succeeds. Only strong magic can rebuild the ashes of the heart or grow another one in its place. | ||
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''(PGttCB p70, Bastet BB p103)'' | ''(PGttCB p70, Bastet BB p103)'' | ||
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='''Bubasti Gifts'''= | ='''Bubasti Gifts'''= | ||
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+ | {{collapse top|title=<font style="font-size: 12pt;">'''Rank 1'''</font>|padding=20px|bg=lightyellow}} | ||
'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Alms to the Poor</font>''' - Beggars are an all-too-common feature of the Bubasti homelands. As a kindness (and perhaps as a bribe to the gods), the shadowcats developed this secret, which allows one to conjur up a small bit of food or money to give to a beggar. Naturally, the cat can use the "alms" for himself, but they taste slightly bitter and leave the palm greasy if used for selfish means. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Alms to the Poor</font>''' - Beggars are an all-too-common feature of the Bubasti homelands. As a kindness (and perhaps as a bribe to the gods), the shadowcats developed this secret, which allows one to conjur up a small bit of food or money to give to a beggar. Naturally, the cat can use the "alms" for himself, but they taste slightly bitter and leave the palm greasy if used for selfish means. | ||
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''(PGttCB p71, Bastet BB p108)'' | ''(PGttCB p71, Bastet BB p108)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Dreamspeak</font>''' - As the Garou Galliard Gift. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Dreamspeak</font>''' - As the Garou Galliard Gift. | ||
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''(PGttCB p71, Bastet BB p109)'' | ''(PGttCB p71, Bastet BB p109)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Banish Cahlash's Brood</font>''' - By calling upon the Father of Dark Spirits, a Bubasti may command one of his brood to depart. Of course, powerful spirits or ones bound into fetishes wont be easily dismissed; doing so may demand great rituals or even a sacrifice. Small independent elementals or banes, however, may be banished with slight effort. Calling upon Cahlash has a price: each time the werecat performs this Gift, his fur grows a deeper shade of black and his actions become more... erratic. Garou or Bastet who Sense Wyrm on him will detect the Unmaker's essence upon him until he purges himself somehow. The more spirits he banishes, the deeper the taint becomes. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Banish Cahlash's Brood</font>''' - By calling upon the Father of Dark Spirits, a Bubasti may command one of his brood to depart. Of course, powerful spirits or ones bound into fetishes wont be easily dismissed; doing so may demand great rituals or even a sacrifice. Small independent elementals or banes, however, may be banished with slight effort. Calling upon Cahlash has a price: each time the werecat performs this Gift, his fur grows a deeper shade of black and his actions become more... erratic. Garou or Bastet who Sense Wyrm on him will detect the Unmaker's essence upon him until he purges himself somehow. The more spirits he banishes, the deeper the taint becomes. | ||
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''(Bastet BB p101)'' | ''(Bastet BB p101)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">The Scarab's Flight</font>''' - By calling together the elements of her soul, a Bubasti can send them out of her body for a while. The body itself enters a deathlike trance until the Scarab returns; although it doesn't decompose, all other signs (magical and otherwise) declare that the cat has died. The flying Scarab resembles an ordinary insect unless inspected with magical senses, in which case it glows brightly. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">The Scarab's Flight</font>''' - By calling together the elements of her soul, a Bubasti can send them out of her body for a while. The body itself enters a deathlike trance until the Scarab returns; although it doesn't decompose, all other signs (magical and otherwise) declare that the cat has died. The flying Scarab resembles an ordinary insect unless inspected with magical senses, in which case it glows brightly. | ||
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''(PGttCB p72, Bastet BB p109)'' | ''(PGttCB p72, Bastet BB p109)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Deny the Hungry</font>''' - As the Bastet Homid Gift. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Deny the Hungry</font>''' - As the Bastet Homid Gift. | ||
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='''Celican Gifts'''= | ='''Celican Gifts'''= | ||
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+ | {{collapse top|title=<font style="font-size: 12pt;">'''Rank 1'''</font>|padding=20px|bg=lightyellow}} | ||
'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Mother's Blessing/Curse</font>''' - Folklore hods that a cat had the ability to either bless or curse a pregnant woman. In the case of the Ceilican, this legend is true. A kind Bastet can offer a boon to a mother, while a spiteful one can harm her in some minor but memorable way. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Mother's Blessing/Curse</font>''' - Folklore hods that a cat had the ability to either bless or curse a pregnant woman. In the case of the Ceilican, this legend is true. A kind Bastet can offer a boon to a mother, while a spiteful one can harm her in some minor but memorable way. | ||
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''(Bastet BB p110)'' | ''(Bastet BB p110)'' | ||
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− | =='''Rank 2'''== | + | {{collapse top|title=<font style="font-size: 12pt;">'''Rank 2'''</font>|padding=20px|bg=lightyellow}} |
'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Banish Burning</font>''' - This Gift became necessary during the Madness, when sorcerers and witch-hunters both tossed cats on the pyre to please demons and God. With it, the Ceilican may protect herself or a companion from normal fire. While the Moon Mother and Mistress of Catkind originated this Gift, Burning Cat teaches it as well. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Banish Burning</font>''' - This Gift became necessary during the Madness, when sorcerers and witch-hunters both tossed cats on the pyre to please demons and God. With it, the Ceilican may protect herself or a companion from normal fire. While the Moon Mother and Mistress of Catkind originated this Gift, Burning Cat teaches it as well. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Data Flow</font>''' - As the Garou Glass Walkers Gift. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Data Flow</font>''' - As the Garou Glass Walkers Gift. | ||
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''(Bastet BB p110)'' | ''(Bastet BB p110)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Monkey's Uncle</font>''' - As the Bastet Homid Gift. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Monkey's Uncle</font>''' - As the Bastet Homid Gift. | ||
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''(Bastet BB p110)'' | ''(Bastet BB p110)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Chariot of Lions</font>''' - This less than subtle Gift lets a Ceilican conjure a chariot drawn by huge cats. Like the craft of the goddess Freyja, this chariot is made of coarse-cut wood and covered in Nordic designs. The two huge cats that pull it run as fast as the average car and can, in a pinch, carry the Ceilican and one passenger into the air for a few moments. Only the Mistress of Catkind teaches this Gift, learning it without her blessing is a grave insult. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Chariot of Lions</font>''' - This less than subtle Gift lets a Ceilican conjure a chariot drawn by huge cats. Like the craft of the goddess Freyja, this chariot is made of coarse-cut wood and covered in Nordic designs. The two huge cats that pull it run as fast as the average car and can, in a pinch, carry the Ceilican and one passenger into the air for a few moments. Only the Mistress of Catkind teaches this Gift, learning it without her blessing is a grave insult. | ||
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='''Khan Gifts'''= | ='''Khan Gifts'''= | ||
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+ | {{collapse top|title=<font style="font-size: 12pt;">'''Rank 1'''</font>|padding=20px|bg=lightyellow}} | ||
'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Razor Claws</font>''' - As the Garou Ahroun Gift. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Razor Claws</font>''' - As the Garou Ahroun Gift. | ||
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''(PGttCB p72, Bastet BB p112)'' | ''(PGttCB p72, Bastet BB p112)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Heart of Fury</font>''' - As the Garou Ahroun Gift. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Heart of Fury</font>''' - As the Garou Ahroun Gift. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Maker's Charm</font>''' - As the Bastet Homid Gift: '''Craft of the Maker'''. (As the Garou Homid Gift: '''Reshape Object'''.) | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Maker's Charm</font>''' - As the Bastet Homid Gift: '''Craft of the Maker'''. (As the Garou Homid Gift: '''Reshape Object'''.) | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Asura's Bane</font>''' - As the Rank Three Bubasti Gift: Banish Cahlash's Brood, except that using it turns the tiger's pelt white instead of black. Unlike the shadowcats, tigers channel Rahjah to banish corruption. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Asura's Bane</font>''' - As the Rank Three Bubasti Gift: Banish Cahlash's Brood, except that using it turns the tiger's pelt white instead of black. Unlike the shadowcats, tigers channel Rahjah to banish corruption. | ||
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''(Bastet BB p112)'' | ''(Bastet BB p112)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Call the Battle</font>''' - As the Garou Ahroun Gift: '''Strength of Will'''. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Call the Battle</font>''' - As the Garou Ahroun Gift: '''Strength of Will'''. | ||
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='''Pumonca Gifts'''= | ='''Pumonca Gifts'''= | ||
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+ | {{collapse top|title=<font style="font-size: 12pt;"><center>'''Pumonca Gift Details'''</center></font>|padding=20px|bg=yellow}} | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Mockingbird's Mirror</font>''' - According to legend, an early Pumonca known as Three Spiders Climb mastered the art of mimicry and ventriloquism, and passed the secret on to his friends. This secret lets a cougar imitate whomever he wishes - birds, animals, humans, even machines - and allows him to throw his new voice for some distance. As the name suggests, a Mockingbird spirit often passes the secret along, usually in return for food. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Mockingbird's Mirror</font>''' - According to legend, an early Pumonca known as Three Spiders Climb mastered the art of mimicry and ventriloquism, and passed the secret on to his friends. This secret lets a cougar imitate whomever he wishes - birds, animals, humans, even machines - and allows him to throw his new voice for some distance. As the name suggests, a Mockingbird spirit often passes the secret along, usually in return for food. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Raincalling</font>''' - The spirits of wind and weather are the best friends and worst enemies a Pumonca can have. This Gift, which came from a pact between Old Stone Face and the East Wind, allows a cougar to call forth rain. The shower is more a drizzle than a thunderstorm, but it can cool a hot day, water crops or dampen an empty creed bed in minutes. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Raincalling</font>''' - The spirits of wind and weather are the best friends and worst enemies a Pumonca can have. This Gift, which came from a pact between Old Stone Face and the East Wind, allows a cougar to call forth rain. The shower is more a drizzle than a thunderstorm, but it can cool a hot day, water crops or dampen an empty creed bed in minutes. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Bayou Slumber</font>''' - Deserts and mountains aren't the only places Pumonca roam. So-called "swamp cats" know the Southern wetlands well. By crooning to the spirits of the bayous and calling upon any favors owed, a Pumonca can call forth a swamp elemental, dropping with plants and ooze, to assist her. While the creature retains its own free will, a Shambler is disposed to be friendly to the cat and hostile towards anyone in her way. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Bayou Slumber</font>''' - Deserts and mountains aren't the only places Pumonca roam. So-called "swamp cats" know the Southern wetlands well. By crooning to the spirits of the bayous and calling upon any favors owed, a Pumonca can call forth a swamp elemental, dropping with plants and ooze, to assist her. While the creature retains its own free will, a Shambler is disposed to be friendly to the cat and hostile towards anyone in her way. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Call Elemental</font>''' - As the Garou Uktena Gift. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Call Elemental</font>''' - As the Garou Uktena Gift. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Earthspeaking</font>''' - By sifting dirt and calling on the spirits within the ground, a puma receives visions of things that have happened in the area. These insights can help her follow trails, "witness" past events, or learn where things came from or went. Bird spirits often pass this Gift along, but some worm and elemental chaya do their part too, especially if the Bastet's questions serve the spirit's ends. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Earthspeaking</font>''' - By sifting dirt and calling on the spirits within the ground, a puma receives visions of things that have happened in the area. These insights can help her follow trails, "witness" past events, or learn where things came from or went. Bird spirits often pass this Gift along, but some worm and elemental chaya do their part too, especially if the Bastet's questions serve the spirit's ends. | ||
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='''Qualmi Gifts'''= | ='''Qualmi Gifts'''= | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Breakfast of Stones</font>''' - As the Pumonca Gift: '''Wanderer's Boon'''. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Breakfast of Stones</font>''' - As the Pumonca Gift: '''Wanderer's Boon'''. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">No Hidden Thing</font>''' - By reading the riddles of the world as mystic patterns, a Qualmi can discover answers that aren't immediately obvious to mortals. It's hard to hide things from a lynx! | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">No Hidden Thing</font>''' - By reading the riddles of the world as mystic patterns, a Qualmi can discover answers that aren't immediately obvious to mortals. It's hard to hide things from a lynx! | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Drop of Sea</font>''' - Qualmi are renowned shapeshifters; this Gift, which allows them to take a veriety of forms, demonstrates why. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Drop of Sea</font>''' - Qualmi are renowned shapeshifters; this Gift, which allows them to take a veriety of forms, demonstrates why. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Chill of Early Frost</font>''' - As the Garou Wendigo Gift. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Chill of Early Frost</font>''' - As the Garou Wendigo Gift. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Call Down the Stars</font>''' - Sometimes the best answer to a riddle is force. This Gift recalls the days of Strange Owl Woman, when the white men dragged iron monsters across the open lands. By confusing the spirits inside machinery with a staggering riddle, the lynx causes fires, and power generators and other sources of combustion to explode. This tends to fix most problems for good. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Call Down the Stars</font>''' - Sometimes the best answer to a riddle is force. This Gift recalls the days of Strange Owl Woman, when the white men dragged iron monsters across the open lands. By confusing the spirits inside machinery with a staggering riddle, the lynx causes fires, and power generators and other sources of combustion to explode. This tends to fix most problems for good. | ||
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''(PGttCB p73, Bastet BB p115)'' | ''(PGttCB p73, Bastet BB p115)'' | ||
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='''Simba Gifts'''= | ='''Simba Gifts'''= | ||
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* Rising Sun | * Rising Sun | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Majesty</font>''' - The first trick a good king learns is how to impress his subjects. By employing the ancient right of command, any Simba may demand respect and expect to get it. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Majesty</font>''' - The first trick a good king learns is how to impress his subjects. By employing the ancient right of command, any Simba may demand respect and expect to get it. | ||
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''(PGttCB p73, Bastet BB p115)'' | ''(PGttCB p73, Bastet BB p115)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Armor of Kings</font>''' - As the Garou Children of Gaia Gift: '''Luna's Armor'''. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Armor of Kings</font>''' - As the Garou Children of Gaia Gift: '''Luna's Armor'''. | ||
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''(Bastet BB p116)'' | ''(Bastet BB p116)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Fireroar</font>''' - As the Khan Gift: '''Dragonroar'''. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Fireroar</font>''' - As the Khan Gift: '''Dragonroar'''. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">The Bountiful Dominion</font>''' - A ruler must be prepared to provide for his subjects. By laying this Gift upon the land, a Simba can make the local crops grow quickly, the soil turn fertile and the waters run clear. This Gift comes from the land of Manu T'Chaa, who ended a famine with his wisdom and passed the secret to his descendants. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">The Bountiful Dominion</font>''' - A ruler must be prepared to provide for his subjects. By laying this Gift upon the land, a Simba can make the local crops grow quickly, the soil turn fertile and the waters run clear. This Gift comes from the land of Manu T'Chaa, who ended a famine with his wisdom and passed the secret to his descendants. | ||
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''(PGttCB p74, Bastet BB p116)'' | ''(PGttCB p74, Bastet BB p116)'' | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Command the Multitude</font>''' - Like the Rank One Gift: '''Submit''', except that it affects everyone in a 200 foot radius and requires a Gnosis point. To make things easy, the Storyteller may simply have the player roll three successes with Willpower (difficulty 9) to dominate a strong-willed crowd. Lesser foes, like normal humans or animals, reduce the difficulty to 6. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Command the Multitude</font>''' - Like the Rank One Gift: '''Submit''', except that it affects everyone in a 200 foot radius and requires a Gnosis point. To make things easy, the Storyteller may simply have the player roll three successes with Willpower (difficulty 9) to dominate a strong-willed crowd. Lesser foes, like normal humans or animals, reduce the difficulty to 6. | ||
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='''Swara Gifts'''= | ='''Swara Gifts'''= | ||
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* The Thousand Forms (''All Beasts Under the Sun'') | * The Thousand Forms (''All Beasts Under the Sun'') | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Diamond Claws</font>''' - As the Garou Ahroun Gift: '''Razor Claws'''. This magic is especially helpful for the Swara, who wear their claws down through daily use. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Diamond Claws</font>''' - As the Garou Ahroun Gift: '''Razor Claws'''. This magic is especially helpful for the Swara, who wear their claws down through daily use. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Sense the Unnatural</font>''' - As the Garou Lupus Gift. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Sense the Unnatural</font>''' - As the Garou Lupus Gift. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Clearwater Passage</font>''' - By turning herself into liquid, a Swara can pass through barriers without fully passing into the Umbra. Like water, she trickles through cracks, seeps around obstacles and soaks through materials. Once she reaches the other side, the cheetah reforms into a solid shape and continues on her way. It's said that Shi'a the Water Ghost taught this Gift to the Swara elder Nyolo in return for a kiss. He nearly drowned, but survived her embrace long enough to pass the Gift to his friends before joining his love beneath the waves. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Clearwater Passage</font>''' - By turning herself into liquid, a Swara can pass through barriers without fully passing into the Umbra. Like water, she trickles through cracks, seeps around obstacles and soaks through materials. Once she reaches the other side, the cheetah reforms into a solid shape and continues on her way. It's said that Shi'a the Water Ghost taught this Gift to the Swara elder Nyolo in return for a kiss. He nearly drowned, but survived her embrace long enough to pass the Gift to his friends before joining his love beneath the waves. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Ghost Caress</font>''' - This secret, called the "Ghost Caress" because most people blame ghosts for its effects, recalls the time when all things were still one. By tapping the spirits that bond objects together, the Swara can send sensations across a distance. To use the Gift, a cheetah must hold something that contains the essence of the person she wants to affect; locks of hair, prized possessions, or items of clothing are good examples. Focusing her intentions on the item, she does whatever she wants done to the item, not the target. A sympathetic pulse passes between the two objects and, if the cat has been successful, transfers a feeling from the item to the target. Although the magic cant physically harm someone, it can drive them nearly crazy as phantom pains or pleasures wash over him without noticeable cause. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">Ghost Caress</font>''' - This secret, called the "Ghost Caress" because most people blame ghosts for its effects, recalls the time when all things were still one. By tapping the spirits that bond objects together, the Swara can send sensations across a distance. To use the Gift, a cheetah must hold something that contains the essence of the person she wants to affect; locks of hair, prized possessions, or items of clothing are good examples. Focusing her intentions on the item, she does whatever she wants done to the item, not the target. A sympathetic pulse passes between the two objects and, if the cat has been successful, transfers a feeling from the item to the target. Although the magic cant physically harm someone, it can drive them nearly crazy as phantom pains or pleasures wash over him without noticeable cause. | ||
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'''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">All Beasts Under the Sun</font>''' - As the Garou Black Fury Gift: '''The Thousand Forms'''. | '''<font color=black style="text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px black;">All Beasts Under the Sun</font>''' - As the Garou Black Fury Gift: '''The Thousand Forms'''. | ||
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Revision as of 10:53, 21 April 2021
Wyrmfoe database (searchable by breed / auspice / tribe / rank) | ||||||||||
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Contents
Common Bastet Gifts
Sources: PGttCB 67-68, Bastet 96-101
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Homid Gifts
PGttCB 68, Bastet 101-102
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Metis Gifts
PGttCB 68-69, Bastet 102-104
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Feline Gifts
PGttCB 69, Bastet 104-105
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Bagheera Gifts
PGttCB 69-70, Bastet 105-106
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Balam Gifts
PGttCB 70, Bastet 106-108
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Bubasti Gifts
PGttCB 70-72, Bastet 108-110
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Celican Gifts
Bastet 110-111
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Khan Gifts
PGttCB 72, Bastet 112-113
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Pumonca Gifts
PGttCB 72, Bastet 113-114
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Qualmi Gifts
PGttCB 72-73, Bastet 114-115
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Simba Gifts
PGttCB 73-74, Bastet 115-117
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Swara Gifts
PGttCB 74, Bastet 117-118
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