W20 - Changing Breeds.pdf

RATKIN• Paralyzing Stare (Level Three) — As the ShadowLord Gift.• Open Wounds (Level Four) — As the ShadowLord Gift.• Geas (Level Five) — As the Philodox Gift.Blade Slave Gifts• Fatal Flaw (Level One) — As the Shadow LordGift.• Resist Pain (Level One) — As the Philodox Gift.• Slicing Teeth (Level One) — As the Ahroun Gift:Razor Claws, but works with bite attacks.• Curse of Hatred (Level Two) — As the metis Gift.• Rat’s Teeth (Level Two) — As long as the Ratkinhas at least one throwing weapon to hand (Nezumi prefershuriken and kunai; most Ratkin make do with knives,bricks, and bits of broken glass), she may pull an infinitesupply of similar projectiles from various places on herperson. This Gift is taught by a gopher-spirit.System: The player spends one Rage, enjoyinginfinite duplicates of the selected throwing weapon forthe rest of the scene. All duplicate weapons somehowget lost, carried off by spirit rats, etc., and vanish intothe Umbra within half an hour.• Bolt! (Level Three) — As the Ratkin TunnelRunner Gift.• Improvisation (Level Three) — Anything maybecome a lethal weapon in the Blade Slave’s hands. Anyof Rat’s brood can teach this Gift.System: The player spends one Rage point. Whateverimprovised weapon the Ratkin seizes may be usedto make difficulty 6, Strength + 2 attacks, with damagetype determined by the prop in question.• Persecution Complex (Level Four) — As theStargazer Gift: Preternatural Awareness.• Blessed Frenzy (Level Five) — As the StargazerGift: Circular Attack.Ratkin Engineer Gifts• Control Simple Machine (Level One) — As theGlass Walker Gift.• Open Seal (Level One) — As the Ragabash Gift.• Trash is Treasure (Level One) — As the BoneGnawer Gift.• Mousetrap (Level Two) — The Engineer is at hisbest when at his worst. Able to call up an uncanny burstof ingenuity when up against the wall, this Gift allowshim to build a trap out of anything at hand. This gift istaught by a packrat-spirit.System: The player spends a point of Gnosis androlls Wits + Craft — the difficulty depends on how muchspare material is laying around to work with. Success allowsthe Ratkin to McGyver together some manner ofinsane death trap in (15 – Cunning) minutes.• Power Surge (Level Two) — As the Glass WalkerGift.• Control Complex Machine (Level Three) — Asthe Glass Walker Gift.• Electroshock (Level Three) — As the GlassWalker Gift.• Battery (Level Four) — The Ratkin Engineerscrambles together some means of energizing himselfor other wererats. This is likely to involve a mixture ofelectricity, packs of store-bought batteries, energy drinks,illegal drugs — or a fusion of all of the above. This Giftis taught by a squirrel-spirit.System: The player rolls Wits + Craft and spendsone point of Gnosis to create the “pick-me-up,” whichthen may be administered at any point within the next(Cunning) days; after that, it loses its potency. The Gift’sbeneficiary may increase a physical Attribute by one pertwo successes rolled, for the duration of a scene.• Death Ray (Level Five) — The wererat can dischargeenergy through his fingertips. Granted, he needsto hook himself up to a car battery or wall outlet for afew hours a day, but hey — Death Ray. So worth it. Anelectric elemental teaches this Gift.System: The character must spend at least an hour“meditating” while attached to a supply of electricity.Afterwards, the player spends one Gnosis point androlls Infamy (difficulty 6) to aim the Death Ray. It hasa range of 50 feet, and inflicts (Rage + Gnosis) dice ofaggravated damage. The Death Ray can be shot onceper hour spent “juicing up.”Plague Lord Gifts• Poison Food (Level One) — The Plague Lordmay afflict food around him with a terrible pestilence.Fly-spirits teach this Gift.System: The player spends one Gnosis point androlls Intelligence + Enigmas. All food within (Infamy x5) feet of the character becomes temporarily poisonous,inflicting (successes) lethal damage to anyone that eatsit during that scene.• Sniffle (Level One) — Germs, microbes, andeven the dust in the air conspire to protect the PlagueLord, betraying the presence of his enemies. This Giftis taught by a disease-spirit.System: The player spends one Gnosis point whenshe suspects there are others lurking nearby. Any concealedcharacter within (Infamy x 3) yards sneezes,coughs, or otherwise gives away their position.• Toxic Hate (Level One) — As the metis Gift:Primal Anger.189