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"If I were to change my face, would it alter what I am? Appearances are deceiving, my brother; the heart sees better than the eyes."
Bastet Breedbook pg.65
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Riddle Dancers
Summary
** Pictures and Title all taken from Bastet Breedbook pg.# 63-65 **
Qualmi Gifts
PGttCB 72-73, Bastet 113-114
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Level 1
- Breakfast of Stones
- Turned Fur
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Level 2
- No Hidden Thing
- Wind from the West
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Level 3
- Drop of Sea
- Nighttime Web
- Wisdom of the Ancient Ways
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Level 4
- Chill of Early Frost
- Dancing on Air
- Still Breeze Blowing
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Level 5
- Call Down the Stars
- Water's Vision
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| Qualmi Gift Details
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Rank 1
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Breakfast of Stones - As the Level 1 Pumonca gift Wanderer's Boon. Travel is hard, especially given the Spartan ways of the Pumonca. This Gift allows a cougar to adapt to changing climates quickly, or to ignore the pangs of hunger or thirst for some time. Bird and Bear spirits pass this Gift along.
System: By rolling Stamina + Survival and spending a Willpower point, the player allows her werecat to do one of the following things: ignore the worst effects of normal heat and cold for a week; go one day without water; or go three days without food. The difficulty for the roll is 6, although harsh conditions (blizzards, droughts, heat waves, etc.) can raise it by two or more. The Gift can be repeated, but the difficulty rises by one each time it's performed in succession.
(PGttCB p72, Bastet BB p114)
Turned Fur - As the Wendigo Gift Camouflage, save the cat must discard any clothing or gear before the Gift takes effect -- the Lynx is the only thing that changes color.
System: The difficulties to spot the Qualmi increase by three, provided that he is in the woods. The bastet invokes the effects at whim.
(PGttCB p72, Bastet BB p114)
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Rank 2
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No Hidden Thing - 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!
System: This gift combines the level One Common Gifts: Spirits' Sight, Dowsing, Pathfinder's Pride, Sense the Truth, Sense Unmaker's Hand, and Cat Sight. The roll is Perception + Enigmas, and the difficulty ranges from 5 to 9, depending on what the lynx is looking for and how well it's hidden. The Qualmi must spend one Gnosis, but retains the use of this Gift for the entire scene.
(Bastet BB p114)
Wind from the West - This Gift takes the form of a series of high-speed riddles designed to tie a victim's mind into knots. Most Qualmi are rather pleased if this Gift fails; it's not often they find someone clever enough to keep up with them.
System: The Qualmi rolls Manipulation + Enigmas (difficulty equals the target's Willpower). Success scrambles the target's sense of direction and relationship. Three or more successes send the target into a panic; Changing Breeds must check for Frenzy, and normal humans flee in terror. The Gift's effects last for about 15 minutes, then fade.
If the target is clever enough, he may try to figure out the puzzle (Wits + Enigmas, difficulty equals the Qualmi's Willpower) before it takes effect. If the players and storyteller wish, this can be simulated using the rules of Gamecraft, wherein the difficulty for each party increases by 1 until someone fails a roll. As mentioned above, Qualmi tend to be gracious losers when opponents prove to be clever enough to outwit the lynx.
(Bastet BB p114, PGttCB p73)
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Rank 3
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Drop of Sea - Qualmi are renowned shapeshifters; this Gift, which allows them to take a variety of forms, demonstrates why.
System: This Gift combines the powers of the Level Four Homid Gift Monkey's Uncle and the Level Five Swara Gift: All the Beasts Under the Sun, with the following differences: The roll is Manipulation + Subterfuge (difficulty 7); the animal shapes run from hare-sized to bear-sized; and an observer who makes a Perception + Enigmas roll (difficulty 9) may see the werecat for what she is. If he wants to undo the magic, he may ask the transformed werecat a riddle (Gamecraft); if she can't answer it, she changes back to her old form immediately.
(Bastet BB p114)
Nighttime Web - As the Level Three Common Gift Cheshire Prank, except that it works in all forms and doesn't require a grin.
(Bastet BB p115)
Wisdom of the Ancient Ways -
System:
(PGttCB p73)
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Rank 4
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Chill of Early Frost - As the Garou Uktena Gift.
System:
(PGttCB p73)
Dancing on Air - As the Level Four Metis Gift: Moon's Gateway, except that the roll is Intelligence + Enigmas.
(Bastet BB p115)
Still Breeze Blowing - Like the Lupus Gift: Elemental Gift, this magic allows the Qualmi to conjure a spirit to shift the elements to her advantage. Dwelling in the North as they do, most members of this tribe favor air and ice elementals over fire and earth.
(Bastet BB p115)
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Rank 5
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Call Down the Stars - As the Garou Uktena Gift.
System:
(PGttCB p72)
Water's Vision - As the Garou Uktena Gift.
System:
(PGttCB p73)
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