Gaian Garou Packs

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Active Packs

• Ever Changing
• Mistseekers
• Zephyr's Hand

Current Pack Info

Below are listed packs and some information about them. If you do not already have a wiki page setup for your pack, think about it! Please add information on your pack below, or @mail Old Crow or Brooke to add it for you:

• The Devil's Own

Members: Isla, Jes, Iris, Sean

Associated Kinfolk: Branton

Totem: Weasel

Goals: High adventure and ridiculous antics, on and off the planet.

Looking for: Established veteran players of the odder variety.

• Kandula's Hope

Members: Skully, Johanna

Associated Kinfolk: Khol

Totem: Mammoth

Goals: A civic-minded pack dedicated to the enhancement and improvement of the Sept and its members.

Looking for: Established Garou of Rank with goals oriented toward the betterment of the Sept itself.

• Zephyr's Hand

Members: Journey, Jake, Brooke

Associated Kinfolk: Vesta

Totem: East Wind

Goals:

Looking for:

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Looking for a Pack?

How to Join a Pack

If you're interested in joining an existing pack, the way to achieve that dream is to talk to the members of that pack directly. It never hurts to express your interest directly to the Pack themselves and to ask them what they're looking for in a new member, but always be aware that the main criterion for joining a pack is that the other members want you in it. Be prepared for 'no' answers (and try not to take them personally!) and don't pin all of your hopes on one of the established packs taking you in as a new pup. It may turn out you just have to start a pack of your own.

If you do find a pack willing to accept you, the next step is getting at least one dot of Totem in order to be eligible to join. You'll also want to talk to your new pack about their expectations (it's likely they'll want you to put more than a single dot into Totem) and then formally have your Pack Alpha put in the +request to have you added to the pack itself. Finally, you cannot have both a Personal Totem and a Pack Totem; once you join a pack you have to leave your Personal Totem behind.

How to Start a Pack

Okay, so you don't want to join a pack; you want to build one up from scratch. What you're gonna need is at least one other Garou to join you and enough points in Totem between you to afford your chosen Totem. Once you've fulfilled those requirements, you put in a +request and you're all set! More than 2 members is optimal, but it only takes two to Totem.

I'm a Kinfolk - Can I join a Pack?

Kinfolk are allowed to join Garou packs. A Garou pack may include one Kinfolk member for every 2 Garou in the pack, but no more; packs are fundamentally Garou social groups, after all. There are no special restrictions on Kinmagi or Kinfolk Kinain being in packs, either; Kinfolk are Kinfolk. Kinfolk are, however, limited to contributing a maximum of 5 points toward the Pack Totem, as opposed to the 10 a Garou may add.

I'm Possessed - Can I join a Garou Pack?

Kami and Gorgons may potentially join a Gaian Garou pack with the same rules and limitations as Kinfolk. Fomori have the same options with Spiral Packs. Drones do not join Garou Packs.

I'm Fera - Can I join a Garou Pack?

You can, actually! Fera who wish to join a Garou pack may join with the same basic standing as a Garou. The Fera in question must, of course, be of a compatible Breed and mindset to the Garou and to their Pack Totem for this to be possible. As with Garou, Fera may not have both a Personal Totem and a Pack Totem; you must give up the former to have the latter.

I want to hang out with a pack and go on adventures, but I'm not sure if I want to join.

that's not really a question, but I see what you're getting at. First, feel free; if they want you along, go hang out. If you're asking how you can eat your cake and have it too vis-a-vis Pack benefits, there's a Gift called Tagalong that allows you to join a pack temporarily. You may want to pick that up.

I've got a few volunteers, but we're not sure if we want to form a permanent pack.

Packs don't have to be permanent. While they can be the strongest bonds formed between Garou and serve as a family, they are also sometimes formed to accomplish a single goal or for a certain period of time. If you're gonna make a temporary pack, just be clear with everyone about the limits of that pack and don't overload Staff with a lot of paperwork for a pack that isn't going to be around for long (for example, don't spend too much time debating what you want to spend your Totem points on acquiring).

There is also a Rite called The Rite of the Pack's Blood specifically for forming temporary packs. Consider performing it when you set out with this temporary unit.