W20 - Changing Breeds.pdf

made to regenerate damage in combat). If the Nagah’s rollscores more successes than the healer does, the healer’starget suffers the difference in bashing damage. This effectlasts until evoked by a healing attempt.• Dazzle (Level Three) — As the Children ofGaia Gift.• Denial of Wellbeing (Level Four) — As the BlackFury Gift: Kali’s Tongue, but lasting for one scene.• Surya’s Radiance (Level Five) — As the Childrenof Gaia Gift: Halo of the Sun.Kartikeya (Summer) Gifts• Brief Sensation (Level One) — The Kartikeyamay project a brief, illusory sensation into a target’smind — the scent of baking bread, a lover’s voice heardin a crowd, a flash of sun on metal from a window. Suchsimple tricks are generally all a truly skilled assassin needs.System: The player spends one Gnosis point androlls Wits + Subterfuge (difficulty 6). The Nagah mayinduce one phantom sensation per success in her targetover the course of the next scene.• Eyes of the War God (Level One) — Like theirdivine namesake, the Nagah watches the world as thoughhe had six faces, and can never be surprised.System: The player rolls Wits + Alertness (difficulty6). For the rest of the scene, the Nagah gains full360-degree vision, and adds one die per success to allrolls to notice enemies and attacks.• Scent of the True Form (Level One) — As thePhilodox Gift.• Forked Tongue (Level Two) — As the RagabashGift: Liar’s Craft.• Secret Serpent (Level Two) — As the RagabashGift: Blissful Ignorance.• Serpent’s Voice (Level Two) — As the CoraxGift: Voice of the Mimic.• Lance of the Summer Sun (Level Three) — TheNagah projects a brilliant and searing bolt of concentratedsunlight from his palm, hot enough to burn throughfabric, sheetrock, and wood.System: The player spends one Gnosis point and rollsCharisma + Leadership, difficulty 7, inflicting (successes)levels of lethal (or aggravated, to vampires) damage toa target within 100 feet.• Might of the Mountain (Level Three) — As theGet of Fenris Gift: Might of Thor.• Blood Running Hot (Level Four) — As theAhroun Gift: Stoking Fury’s Furnace.• Veil of Maya (Level Four) — As the Fianna Gift:Phantasm.• Jungle Snake Visions (Level Five) — As themetis Gift: Madness.NAGAHKamsa (Autumn) Gifts• Executioner’s Edge (Level One) — As the ShadowLord Gift: Seizing the Edge• Lightning Reflexes (Level One) — As the Getof Fenris Gift.• Predator’s Patience (Level One) — The Nagahmay remain absolutely motionless for endless hours whenwaiting for her prey, without cramping or growing tired.System: The Nagah permanently adds one automaticsuccess to Stealth rolls that rely on absolute stillness.• Forked Tongue (Level Two) — As the RagabashGift: Liar’s Craft.• Staredown (Level Two) — As the homid Gift.• Eye of the Cobra (Level Three) — As the GalliardGift.• Smothering Question (Level Three) — Cuttingthrough all layers of resistance, the Nagah poses a singlequestion which her target must answer with utmosthonesty and thoroughness.System: The player spends a Willpower point androlls Manipulation + Intimidation in a contested rollagainst the target’s Willpower (difficulty 6 for both), thenasks the question. If the player succeeds, the target mustanswer truthfully and completely, to the best of his ability.• Doppelganger (Level Four) — As the GlassWalker Gift.• Open Wounds (Level Four) — As the ShadowLord Gift.• Heartstrings (Level Five) — As the GalliardGift: Head Games.Kali (Winter) Gifts• Guided Strike (Level One) — The Nagah strikeswith deadly and unerring accuracy.System: The player rolls Rage (difficulty 5) andspends one Willpower point. Each success adds one dieto the next roll to hit a target.• Iron Coils (Level One) — As the Silver FangGift: Falcon’s Grasp, save that it increases the Nagah’scoil strength, not that of his hands or jaws.• Wyrm Sense (Level One) — As the ahi Gift.• Discern Weakness (Level Two) — As the PhilodoxGift: Weak Arm.• Executioner’s Privilege (Level Two) — As theGet of Fenris Gift: Halt the Coward’s Flight.• Assassin’s Strike (Level Three) — As the RatkinGift: Backbite.• Destroying Blow (Level Three) — As the BlackFury Gift: Coup de Grace.• Mindblock (Level Four) — As the Silver Fang Gift.163