W20 - Changing Breeds.pdf

• Spirit of the Fray (Level Two) — As the Ahroun Gift.• Call of the Dead (Level Three) — The Kitsuneuses Yin energies to disrupt the vital energies of the livingwith just a touch. Ice-spirits teach this Gift.System: The player spends one Rage point and rollsStamina + Occult (difficulty 8). Living creatures, spirits,vampires with Humanity 6+, and Yang-aspected Kuei-jinsuffer lethal damage equal to the successes rolled. Fiveor more successes instantly kills human targets.• Song of Fear (Level Three) — The Kitsune maycast her fox frenzy into another. This Gift is taught byhare-spirits.System: The player rolls Manipulation + Intimidation(difficulty of the target’s Willpower). Each successsends the target into flight for one turn.• Weak Arm (Level Three) — As the Philodox Gift.• Elemental Meld (Level Four) — The Eji maytransform into any physical element (earth, water, fire orair), allowing her to merge with and move through thatelement. On attaining rank five, the Kitsune can changeinto secondary elements (mist, electricity, moonlight,etc.) as well. Elementals teach this Gift.System: The player spends a Gnosis point and rollsManipulation + Gnosis (difficulty 8). She must be incontact with the desired element to change, and changeson contact (taking no harm from fire, for example). Shereverts to her natural form upon leaving the element.Her body remains the same size and in one piece but candistort to avoid obstacles. Silver, radioactivity, and toxicwaste harm her as normal and will bar her progress. Whilemerged, detecting the Kitsune requires a Perception +Alertness roll (difficulty 9).• Sorcerous Bite (Level Four) — The Kitsunecan transform her teeth into any substance she wills,most commonly silver or jade. They are uncommonlystrong, regardless of the substance chosen. Elementalsteach this Gift.System: The player spends a Gnosis point and rollsStamina + Primal-Urge. Silver teeth don’t harm the Foxby their mere presence.• Dragon Ally (Level Five) — As the lupus Gift:Song of the Great Beast, save that it summons forth adragon made of one of the elements.• Fire Immunity (Level Five) — As the AhrounGift: Kiss of Helios.Gukutsushi Gifts• Blur of the Milky Eye (Level One) — As theRagabash Gift.• Clear the Mind (Level One) — As the Childrenof Gaia Gift: Calm.• Mother’s Touch (Level One) — As the Theurge Gift.134CHANGING BREEDS• Open Seal (Level One) — As the Ragabash Gift.• Dreamspeak (Level Two) — As the Galliard Gift.• Fan-Shadow-Robe (Level Two) — The Kitsunecan change her appearance. She can’t precisely duplicatethe appearance of another, however, or perfectly replicatecomplex patterns or garments (such as military uniforms).Chimerlings teach this Gift.System: The player rolls Manipulation + Empathy,with the difficulty depending on how radical the Kitsunewishes the change to be (6 to change hair and eye color,8 to appear as a different build and ethnicity entirely).The alterations last for one scene.• Silver Tongue (Level Two) — As the FiannaGift: Glib Tongue.• Taking the Forgotten (Level Two) — As theRagabash Gift.• Distant Whispers (Level Three) — As the KitsuneShinju Gift.• Ebisu’s Fingers (Level Three) — As the RagabashGift: Gremlins.• Liar’s Craft (Level Three) — As the Ragabash Gift.• Moon-Fan-Face-Shadow (Level Four) — As theGlass Walker Gift: Doppelganger.• Whelp Body (Level Four) — As the Ragabash Gift.• Madness (Level Five) — As the metis Gift.• Mist on the Water (Level Five) — As the FiannaGift: Fog on the Moor.Kataribe Gifts• Beast Speech (Level One) — As the Galliard Gift.• Fable (Level One) — The Kataribe uses her expressionand will to sway onlookers. By telling a tale orsinging a song, she can plant a suggestion in the mindsand hearts of listeners. Nightingale-spirits teach this Gift.System: The player spends a Willpower point androlls Manipulation + Empathy (difficulty 7) to plant afaint compulsion in the listener’s head, which lingers forthe Kitsune’s Chie in days. Recordings and broadcastscannot carry this Gift’s magic.• Perfect Recall (Level One) — As the Galliard Gift.• Truth of Gaia (Level One) — As the Philodox Gift.• Centipede’s Beckoning (Level Two) — As theGalliard Gift: Call of the Wyrm.• Distractions (Level Two) — As the Galliard Gift.• Silence (Level Two) — The werefox blanketsthe area in an eerie silence. Lake- and mountain-spiritsteach this Gift.System: The player spends two Gnosis points androlls Manipulation + Stealth, difficulty 8. The area affectedis 5 yards in radius per success. The Gift lasts forone scene.