W20 - Changing Breeds.pdf

PtahBackground Cost: 5A spirit of wisdom, mysteries, and mystical travel.All Umbral Dansers follow Ptah (save those few chosenby Oghma), and so he is by far the most popular of thefaces of Coyote.Individual Traits: Followers reduce the difficulty ofpassing through the Gauntlet by 3 (to a minimum of 3).Only Nuwisha who follow Ptah are capable of performingthe Rite of Dansing. Followers may use the Gift: SenseWyrm freely while in the Umbra, and, while there, ageat a fraction of their normal rate.Ban: Ptah asks that his followers defend the starsfrom all that would cause them harm.RavenBackground Cost: 5A knowledgeable and watchful spirit, Raven’s followersare careful observers who spend much time with theGarou, frequently walking among them as one of their own.They council and guide Gaia’s warriors, often without thewerewolves knowing where the wisdom truly comes from.Individual Traits: Followers gain two dots of Enigmasand dot of Subterfuge. The Corax offer welcome andhospitality to Raven’s children.Ban: Raven asks that his children never carry wealth;they must trust that Raven will provide for them.Ti MaliceBackground Cost: 4A spirit of lying, theft, and treachery. Many of TiMalice’s followers go into business to wreck harmfulcorporations, and ensure that making a living in waysthat serve the Wyrm becomes increasingly difficultIndividual Traits: Ti Malice adds two dice to allManipulation and Enigmas dice pools.Ban: Followers must show no mercy to the weak,especially in business deals.XochipilliBackground Cost: 5A spirit of chance and especially of risk, Nuwisha whofollow this totem take great joy in risking almost certaindeath and living to tell the tale. Even many werecoyotesconsider those who follow Xochipilli to be insane.Individual Traits: Followers gain three dots of Survival.Xochipilli also grants five soak dice when performingoutrageous and exceedingly dangerous stunts. This specialability only works when the odds are very much against theNuwisha surviving the encounter. Optionally, Storytellersmay simply state the follower survived, but was badly injuredby an event that would have obviously killed anyone else.170CHANGING BREEDSBan: Followers can never turn away from a dare,even one that seems suicidal.BreedsThe Nuwisha have two breeds, homid and latrani(coyote-born).• Homid: While growing up, most homid werecoyoteswere clowns, show-offs, or eccentrics. Instead oftrauma and bloodshed, their First Change often involvesa sudden understanding of how much more fun they cannow have. Thankfully, this is quickly followed by therealization that their fun with comes a responsibility toteach and to make their pranks meaningful.Beginning Gnosis: 1Starting Gifts: Persuasion, Master of Fire, Smell of Man• Latrani: Just as coyotes are far more common thanwolves in North America, latrani are considerably morecommon than lupus Garou. Like all of their species, latranigrow up curious and playful. Often their First Changeoccurs just as the consequences of their curiosity is aboutto catch up with them.Beginning Gnosis: 5Starting Gifts: Hare’s Leap, Heightened Senses,Prey MindAuspicesDue to an ancient trick that Coyote played on Luna,she sees all werecoyotes as though they were RagabashGarou. As such, they can learn Ragabash Gifts, andincrease in rank as though they were Ragabash Garou,with Humor replacing Honor.FormsLike the Garou, Nuwisha have five forms.• Homid: For a long time, the vast majority of Nuwishacame from Native American stock, but these days Coyote’sblood has spread to every ethnicity. Most Nuwisha tend tolook scrawny and rather trail-worn in Homid form.• Tsitsu: Nuwisha gain several inches in height intheir near-man form, along with ten to twenty poundsof muscle. This form is considerably less hairy than aGarou’s Glabro form, and werecoyotes in this form lookfairly human and have little difficulty speaking.• Manabozho: In this form, Nuwisha stand almosteight feet tall and gain two and a half times their Homidmass. They can still speak human languages inManabozho, but in a voice that is deep and gravelly. Thisform inflicts reduced Delirium as though the victim’sWillpower were two points higher.• Sendeh: Resembling the nearly extinct red wolf, theSendeh form is larger than a coyote (and stronger than theLatrani form), but smaller than a grey wolf. Nuwisha can-