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KitsuneDOSHIRank Title Chie Toku Kagayaki1 Yakan 2 1 02 Kiko 4 3 03 Koryo 6 5 14 Reiko 8 7 25 Tenko 10 9 3EJIRank Title Chie Toku Kagayaki1 Yakan 1 1 12 Kiko 3 2 23 Koryo 4 4 44 Reiko 7 5 55 Tenko 8 8 6GUKUTSUSHIRank Title Chie Toku Kagayaki1 Yakan 2 1 02 Kiko 3 3 13 Koryo 6 4 24 Reiko 8 6 35 Tenko 10 8 4KATARIBERank Title Chie Toku Kagayaki1 Yakan 1 1 12 Kiko 3 3 13 Koryo 5 5 24 Reiko 7 7 35 Tenko 9 9 4Mokole’STRIKING AND WARDINGRank Title Glory Honor Wisdom1 Hatchling 1 1 12 Son/Daughter 4 2 23 Brother/Sister 6 3 34 Father/Mother 8 4 45 Grandfather/Grandmother 10 5 5UNSHADING AND CROWNINGRank Title Glory Honor Wisdom1 Hatchling 1 1 12 Son/Daughter 2 4 23 Brother/Sister 3 6 34 Father/Mother 4 8 45 Grandfather/Grandmother 5 10 5CONCEALING AND GATHERINGRank Title Glory Honor Wisdom1 Hatchling 1 1 12 Son/Daughter 2 2 43 Brother/Sister 3 3 64 Father/Mother 4 4 85 Grandfather/Grandmother 5 5 10SHININGRank Title Renown Total1 Hatchling 32 Son/Daughter 93 Brother/Sister 144 Father/Mother 195 Grandfather/Grandmother 24NagahRank Title0 Opening Eye1 Singing Brook2 Razored Arrow3 Silken Noose4 Thunder Chakram5 Silver Coil6 Mouth of the SeshaNuwishaRankRenown Total1 32 73 134 195 25RatkinRank Title Renown Total1 Rakka 32 Voto 73 Tava 154 Teppen 235 Rrrrr’t 30RokeaBRIGHTWATERRank Valor Harmony Innovation1 2 (1) (1)2 4 2 13 7 4 24 9 6 45 10 8 5CHAPTER THREE: BUILDING THE BEAST 223
DIMWATERRank Valor Harmony Innovation1 (1) 2 (1)2 3 5 03 5 7 14 7 9 25 8 10 3DARKWATERRank Valor Harmony Innovation1 (1) (1) 22 1 2 33 2 4 64 3 6 85 4 8 10All Rank 1 Rokea begin with two dots in a set category,and one she may place in either of the other two categories.Changing BreedAbominationsIt’s rare for most vampires to even meet one of theChanging Breeds, much less decide they’d make a goodchilde. On the other hand, the Leeches are ever in searchof an edge in their predatory status games; an exoticchilde with a wide array of unusual powers may seem torepresent such an advantage.In the event that any Changer is Embraced by avampire and the Storyteller wishes to leave the result upto chance, the player rolls Gnosis (difficulty 6). Successgives a clean and final death. Failure produces a torturousbut equally final death. If the roll botches:Garou become what are known as Abominations — avampire-werewolf. This miserable wretch gains its sire’sclan weakness, three dots of Disciplines, and undeadnature. It may spend Blood Points like any other vampire(see V20) for the same benefits. On the other hand, itcan no longer gain Renown or rise in rank, regeneratewounds without spending Blood Points, or successfullyexecute any non-Wyrmish rites. Only Banes will teachit new Gifts. At the time of death, all dedicated itemsand attuned fetishes lose their connection to the corpsewolf.The Abomination cannot spend Blood Points inthe same turn it uses Rage or Gnosis for any purpose.Finally, any Abomination with a Gnosis rating below 7exists in a state of permanent Harano, perpetually able tofeel Gaia’s grace and glory only by their absence from itssoul. The Abomination’s Gnosis trait acts as Humanitywould for a vampire; any violation of the Litany causesthe wretch to roll Gnosis (difficulty 7); a failure means itloses a permanent point of Gnosis. The Abomination cannever raise its Gnosis naturally. When the Abomination’sGnosis is all gone, it can no longer step sideways or useany Gifts or fetishes, and is little more than a feral beast.There is only one way for an undead werewolf toavoid this fate — by offering itself utterly to the Wyrm(or, more precisely, to one of its powerful manifestations,such as a Maeljin Incarna). The Abomination’sGnosis is safe thereafter, as the Wyrm sees to fueling itsspiritual energy. However, the horror must obey all thecommands of its new patron in both letter and spiritafterward; it loses any semblance of the free will to resistor misinterpret the Corrupter’s wishes.Ajaba Abominations work in the same manner asGarou, save that they lose Gnosis for violating the particularcommandments handed to their people by Gaia,rather than the Garou Litany.Ananasi simply cannot be Embraced (or even turnedinto a ghoul) — their system violently rejects vampireblood; in death, it sits insert in a werespider’s mouth andthroat, doing nothing.Bastet may be Embraced, but if anything suffer aneven more pathetic fate than Garou. Every 28 days, theBastet automatically loses one dot of permanent Gnosisuntil it is a mindless cannibal corpse.A Corax Abomination will at least be quickly releasedfrom its suffering — it bursts into flames and diesthe Final Death when Helios rises, even if it is hiddenfrom his rays.Gurahl, sadly, may suffer the Wyrm’s ultimate degradationin the same fashion as Garou, save that theylose Gnosis for violating the Code of Ursa.Kitsune are protected from becoming Abominations;Bai Mianxi has bargained with Helios, Luna, andGaia to ensure it. An Embraced Kitsune instantly diesthe Blood-Fire Death: its body erupts into a brief butincredibly intense pillar of flame, leaving behind nothingbut a pile of ash (possibly two piles, if its would-besire can’t get away quickly enough).Mokolé Abominations die at sunrise like their Coraxcounterparts. Unlike the wereravens, and unfortunatelyfor everyone in the area (including its sire), a MokoléAbomination spends the entirety of its short unlife in abrutal, mindless frenzy.Nagah subjected to the Embrace simply die; a botchedGnosis roll only prolongs their death throes.Nuwisha cannot be Embraced; they die peacefullywithout the need to make a Gnosis roll.Ratkin are susceptible to the Embrace, but sufferperhaps the most gruesome fate of any of the ChangingBreeds. Whatever force suspends a vampire’s body atthe time of death doesn’t work for the Ratkin; its corpseundergoes a normal cycle of rot and decay even as it224CHANGING BREEDS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS9
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Introduction: Beasts of the Wild 16
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General Kitsune Gifts 130Kojin Gift
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Rites 266The Dawning Ritual 266Rite
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But each of the Changing Breeds is
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Changing Breed GamesThe easiest way
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Chapter One:The ChangingWorldThe re
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who dwelled there. Only a few other
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these groups from acting in an effe
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Many werehyenas ran to the cities a
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courts there. Any cooperation betwe
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venom — a belief that has spread
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As the Pakistani government is, for
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Some sentai are created for a singl
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from America and Europe, provide a
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Once, Ajaba played a vital role in
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the herd, and we know that what sur
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through her First Change. As she wa
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not know what to make of these new
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aspect is determined by the time of
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• Laugh of the Hyena (Level Three
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• Calling the Eshu (Level Three)
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Serving their Wyrm-imprisoned Queen
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Anansi: The first and wisest of the
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many ways. Some are obvious — no
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Where the Wyrm’s taint is signifi
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development where it might not othe
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• Replenishment of the Flesh (Lev
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System: Usable only on Level One or
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Proud and aloof, the Bastet serve a
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the globe where they are found, the
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74HUMAN KINTraditionally, Indian Ba
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KYPHUR CATSIt is also possible that
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EXTINCTION AND THE CUNNING CATAccor
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Form StatisticsSokto Crinos Chatro
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OUT OF AFRICAOutside of Africa, wil
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RenownBastet value Ferocity above G
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System: The player rolls Dexterity
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Balam Gifts• Hunter’s Mists (Le
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• Armor of Kings (Level Two) —
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Whether in the physical or Umbral r
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CyberSpyingIt used to be that if yo
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of like walking can-openers, if you
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If you meet up with one, prepare to
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• Spirit Speech (Level One) — A
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STEREOTYPESRaina Fader goes on at l
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The Gurahl had turned to the Wyrm.W
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Gallivant and Buri-JaanAn exception
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A Gurahl may also increase her Stre
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Kin. When those who left for the Um
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Home TerritoriesOnce common to all
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FOLLOWING THE GREAT BEARAll Gurahl
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System: The player spends a point o
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• Song of Terra (Level Two) — T
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System: The player spends a point o
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Tricksters, assassins, magicians, a
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KITSUNE LEXICONKitsune have their o
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126KINFOLK AND THE CURSEWhenever a
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Nonetheless, they are usually insat
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Form StatisticsSambuhenge Koto Juko
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• Forest Lord (Level Four) — As
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• Spirit of the Fray (Level Two)
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Moonlight-Over-River has a few word
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are preparing for whatever comes ne
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MOKOLÉ LEXICONAge of Kings: The er
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are occurrence. Some young weresaur
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occur. Drawn to darkness, they stil
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FormsMokolé have three forms: Homi
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GiftsMokolé begin with one aspect
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System: The player spends one Gnosi
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memory stored within the art. Any c
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assassins, they never kill their Ki
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monitor threats to Gaia, and pass o
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of their breed, seeing them as crea
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General Nagah Gifts• Eyes of the
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• Lightning Strike (Level Two)
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• Song of Winter (Level Four) —
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The Nuwisha may appear to be little
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Both to accommodate the Umbral Dans
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PtahBackground Cost: 5A spirit of w
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Page 181 and 182: System: Once the character decides
Page 183 and 184: • Blur of the Weeping Eyes (Level
Page 185 and 186: Kray Meren shares what he knows:STE
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Page 207 and 208: Corax• Eye Pluck: Corax can attem
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Page 213 and 214: GlorySample BehaviorAwardTelling a
Page 215: WisdomSample BehaviorAwardShowing m
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Page 221 and 222: When a Breed’s animal Kin is no m
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Page 237 and 238: 244CHANGING BREEDSCharms without ri
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Page 241 and 242: The OthersThough the Changing Breed
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Page 245 and 246: Appendix One:The AhadiLooking to th
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Page 261 and 262: • Ogun’s Blessing (Level One)
Page 263 and 264: Appendix Two:HengeyokaiThe Beast Co
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their martial prowess and their imp
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OrganizationThe Nagah of the Beast
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OrganizationLike the Rokea, Same-Bi
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mates before resuming their solitar
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282CHANGING BREEDStively high incom
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Creating Beast CourtCharactersChara
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• Blurring the Mirror (Level Four
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Army of the NightAaron AlbergAlan H
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el MākoErhannis KirranEyes in the
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sevSeven TanShadar Twilight-ClawShi
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Felipe MarquesGabriel CostaGobbosGr
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Kevin Butcher• • •Lewis “Cr
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NoChangeDifficulty:Strength( )_____
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