W20 - Changing Breeds.pdf

the werecoyote has taught him the error of his ways. Acat-spirit teaches this Gift.System: The Nuwisha spends a Gnosis point and touchesthe victim. Nuwisha and spirits automatically see the spiritmark, but do not know who has placed it. A spirit must rollGnosis (difficulty equal to the Nuwisha’s Willpower) to beable to approach or communicate with the victim.• Laugh of the Vagabond (Level One) — As theBone Gnawer Gift: Laugh of the Hyena.• Rabbit Run (Level One) — As the Silent StriderGift: Speed of Thought.• Salaryman (Level One) — The Nuwisha is at homein any crowd, just another forgettable face — even if she’sbleeding from the gut and wearing a clown mask. As long asshe’s in a group of humans, amost nobody can recognize her orpick her out. This Gift is taught by a City Father or Mother.System: The difficulties to spot the Nuwisha inany group of three or more humans (or human-like supernaturalcreatures such as shapeshifters or vampires)increase by three, to a maximum of difficulty 9. ThisGift is always active.• Scent of Sweet Honey (Level One) — As theBone Gnawer Gift.• Secret Question (Level One) — Asked a questionintended to verify someone’s identity, this Gift providesthe correct answer. The Nuwisha may say anything inresponse and the targets hear the correct answer, be thatthe password to a secret society meeting or a telephonebankingpassword. The werecoyote does not know whatthe victim heard. A fly-spirit teaches this Gift.System: The player spends a point of Gnosis and rollsManipulation + Subterfuge, difficulty 7. A single successis all that is required, but each question requires anotheruse of the Gift — even if someone new asks a questionthat the Nuwisha has already answered. This Gift mayalso be used on websites by pranking the pattern-spiderwithin a computer. Each field that the Nuwisha doesn’tknow is a separate use of the Gift.• Sleep of the Ages (Level One) — Sometimes thebest tricks need the target to sleep through anything.This Gift ensures that northing short of physical contactwill wake the sleeper. A sloth-spirit teaches this Gift.System: The Nuwisha must touch an already-sleepingtarget, and roll Gnosis (difficulty of the target’s Willpower).Each success gives one hour during which nothingexcept direct physical contact will wake the victim.• Snake’s Skin (Level One) — As the metis Gift: Shed.• Spirit Speech (Level One) — As the Theurge Gift• Swollen Tongue (Level One) — The Nuwishacan cause a target’s tongue to swell with a touch, preventingspeech for the rest of the scene. A spider-spiritteaches this Gift.172CHANGING BREEDSSystem: The character touches her target, and theplayer rolls Gnosis (difficulty of the victim’s Willpower).Three or more successes also cause the target’s hands tofumble when she attempts to sign or write.• Twin-Faced Trickster (Level One) — As theBlack Fury Gift: Man’s Skin.• Two Tongues (Level One) — As the Fianna Gift.• Beneath the Electron Bridge (Level Two) — Afterspending a few minutes in conversation with her mark, theNuwisha may intuitively grasp the exact, precise thing tosay to send the target into a frothing rage. This Gift makeshumans furious and provokes frenzy checks in creaturescapable of them (such as Garou and vampires). Onceobscure (due to the hazards of deploying it face-to-face),this Gift has experienced a recent resurgence in popularityafter the discovery that it works just fine through textmessages or across the internet. A flea-spirit teaches it.System: The player spends one Gnosis point androlls Wits + Empathy (difficulty 8) to come up with theperfect worst-thing-to-say.• Command Spirit (Level Two, Umbral Danse)— As the Theurge Gift.• Curse of Tiresias (Level Two) — The Nuwisha mayforce an individual to see how the other side lives, rappingthem smartly over the head and transforming them into amember of the opposite sex. A seahorse-spirit teaches this Gift.System: The player spends a Gnosis point (andmust roll Dexterity + Brawl or Melee, difficulty 6, tostrike an unwilling target; this inflicts no damage). Thetransformed individual bears a close resemblance to theiroriginal appearance — they appear to be an opposite-sexsibling, rather than a wholly different person. This Gift’seffects last for (Nuwisha’s Humor) days.• Distractions (Level Two) — As the Galliard Gift.• Gift of the Termite (Level Two) — As the BoneGnawer Gift.• New Face (Level Two) — The Nuwisha maycompletely change her appearance, seeming to be ofany race, gender, and canid species she desires. However,this transformation only affects her Homid and Latraniforms. A spirit servant of Kishijoten teaches this Gift.System: The player rolls Manipulation + Expression,difficulty 6, and spends a Gnosis point. This Gift lastsfor (Cunning) days.• Odious Aroma (Level Two) — As the BoneGnawer Gift• Otter’s Breath (Level Two) — As the UktenaGift: Spirit of the Fish.• Sheep’s Clothing (Level Two) — The Nuwishamay perfectly mimic the forms, scent, and outer markingsof another breed of shapeshifter (though not of aspecific individual). A cuckoo-spirit teaches this Gift.