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Chapter Two:The ChangingBreedsThe shapeshifters who lost the Wars of Rage havereplenished their strength since they last battled theGarou. Despite many years of human progress and thewerewolves’ march across the world, the other ChangingBreeds have held on with surprising tenacity. Thenumber of Changing Breeds that survived to the presentday far exceeds the number of Breeds that have fallen toextinction. They’re still out there, and will not roll overand just let the apocalypse happen.This chapter presents updated rules for the elevensurviving Breeds of Fera, including new Gifts and Rites,and full character creation information. Each has atleast two breeds — homid and animal-born — and mosthave a role division such as an auspice or aspect. Thisbook alone allows players to create literally hundreds ofpotential combinations of Breed, breed, tribe or faction,and auspice or aspect. That’s without getting into thedifference between characters who share all of thosechoices but have wildly different backgrounds, outlooks,or concepts.When the Apocalypse comes, the Final Battle won’tfeature the Garou alone — all of the Changing Breedswill be there, but whether they stand alongside Gaia’swarriors, or fight their own battle against the GreatEnemy remains to be seen.CHAPTER TWO: THE CHANGING BREEDS41
Once, Ajaba played a vital role in the natural andsupernatural microcosm of Africa. Today, they scrambledesperately for survival in the wake of a leonine massacre.Their enemies thought to destroy them, but nowthe werehyenas are hungry to reclaim their duties — andexact their revenge.LegendDark times are upon us, my child, but do not mourn.Set your teeth instead to the killer’s grin, for darknessis a friend to those who know the shadows — and noneknow the darkness better than we.It was not always so. In the light of First Morning,we were a proud people with a sacred duty. We were thechoosers of the slain, the cullers of the flock, and in ourfootsteps the tears of those who mourned fell like rain. Ourjaws offered salvation from a slow death by hunger, by age,by illness. We cleared away the misshapen, the perverse,the wrong-blooded and warped who sullied the herd withtheir taint. We slew the weak, that the strong might growstronger and the fallen feed the scavengers and carrion-birds.It was an honorable duty, a strong birthright, andwe did our job well. For generations without number, weheld to our ways, and the veldt prospered.Then came the dry times, when the rains no longerfed the grasslands and hunger swept the land. Droughtkilled more than even we would dare slaughter, fromhunger, thirst, and the heat of the never-ending summer.It drove the herds to seek new lands, looking for water,food, or shelter from the sun.And it brought men to the land of the beasts.They came with their flocks, bearing their villageson their backs, and the grasslands died, eaten bare bytheir cattle and goats. We moved to cull their numbers aswell — beast and man alike — but the humans baited us,hunted us, and in time, proved their worth. These werestrong men and women, and their blood strengthened ourline. Our numbers grew, both two-legged and four, and fora time our clans stretched from one edge of the land to theother. It was a glorious time for the Bringers of the Rain.42CHANGING BREEDSBut the dry times did not end. And though we heldour duty dear, the rains would not fall, no matter howmany tears we called to summon them. The wild flocksfaded. Even we could not bring swift peace to all thosewho faced the long night with hollow bellies, never tosee another dawn.Just as hunger drove the herding villages to us, seekingrespite, it brought other predators into our lands.Our cousins, the cats-who-walk-on-two-feet, sought thedwindling herds also, and we warred beneath the twilightfor food to feed our cubs.The war between ourselves and catkind grew todesperate levels. They who had once patterned themselvesmighty hunters, but who stormed in to steal ourkills. They who fouled our waters with their lazy ways.They who left meat to rot in the sun rather than bearthe presence of the scavengers who starved around them.They blamed us for their poor hunting. Blamed usfor our “unnatural ways”. Blamed us when their ownpride left their cubs to hunger, their Kin to starve, theirchildren to dry up in their mother’s wombs.There was no longer enough for both to survive. Notenough food. Not enough water. Not enough hope thatwe all might live on. They murdered our young, and wetheirs, and the grasslands supped on blood from both.Then came the Endless Storm, and the battle cameto a head.Bare your teeth, my child, at the name of BlackTooth, killer of our kind. It was he who learned theYava of our people. It was he who raged across the lands,slaying Ajaba, hyena, and human alike. It was his pridewho swept the Serengeti like a murderous squall, and hisminions who hunted us to the streets of Bombay.Something had to be done. Our king, Adjua Ka,called the people together, to unite our forces — andcounterattack.We gathered by the hundreds — men, women, andchildren — filling the Ngornongoro Crater until thevalley glowed bright as day with our campfires. Metisand Kin, an army of hyenas, humans, and we in between.
Page 2 and 3: TABLE OF CONTENTS9
Page 4 and 5: Introduction: Beasts of the Wild 16
Page 6 and 7: General Kitsune Gifts 130Kojin Gift
Page 8: Rites 266The Dawning Ritual 266Rite
Page 11 and 12: But each of the Changing Breeds is
Page 13 and 14: Changing Breed GamesThe easiest way
Page 16 and 17: Chapter One:The ChangingWorldThe re
Page 18 and 19: who dwelled there. Only a few other
Page 20 and 21: these groups from acting in an effe
Page 22 and 23: Many werehyenas ran to the cities a
Page 24 and 25: courts there. Any cooperation betwe
Page 26 and 27: venom — a belief that has spread
Page 28 and 29: As the Pakistani government is, for
Page 30 and 31: Some sentai are created for a singl
Page 32: from America and Europe, provide a
Page 37 and 38: the herd, and we know that what sur
Page 39 and 40: through her First Change. As she wa
Page 41 and 42: not know what to make of these new
Page 43 and 44: aspect is determined by the time of
Page 45 and 46: • Laugh of the Hyena (Level Three
Page 47 and 48: • Calling the Eshu (Level Three)
Page 49 and 50: Serving their Wyrm-imprisoned Queen
Page 51 and 52: Anansi: The first and wisest of the
Page 53 and 54: many ways. Some are obvious — no
Page 55 and 56: Where the Wyrm’s taint is signifi
Page 57 and 58: development where it might not othe
Page 59 and 60: • Replenishment of the Flesh (Lev
Page 61 and 62: System: Usable only on Level One or
Page 63 and 64: Proud and aloof, the Bastet serve a
Page 65 and 66: the globe where they are found, the
Page 67 and 68: 74HUMAN KINTraditionally, Indian Ba
Page 69 and 70: KYPHUR CATSIt is also possible that
Page 71 and 72: EXTINCTION AND THE CUNNING CATAccor
Page 73 and 74: Form StatisticsSokto Crinos Chatro
Page 75 and 76: OUT OF AFRICAOutside of Africa, wil
Page 77 and 78: RenownBastet value Ferocity above G
Page 79 and 80: System: The player rolls Dexterity
Page 81 and 82: 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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the werecoyote has taught him the e
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System: The player spends one Willp
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with a song. Just as Coyote is the
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An Urge to ViolenceMore than any of
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More than any other Changing Breed,
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sense" that gives them an exception
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Tough: All Blade Slaves have an ext
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to their long, yellowed teeth, thei
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System: Once the character decides
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• Blur of the Weeping Eyes (Level
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Kray Meren shares what he knows:STE
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lives a life of sleeping, swimming,
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culture long denied them did nothin
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the Zhong-Lung as wise and sacred t
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and are also natural leaders. Dimwa
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ground, and watches what happens ar
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and the souls of those not of his s
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206
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Gauntlet Runner(2-pt. Merit, Ratkin
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BastetBastet use most of the same B
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Shared BackgroundsThe following Bac
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Corax• Eye Pluck: Corax can attem
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New Pack Tactics• Circle: This ma
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Cunning is gained through discoveri
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GlorySample BehaviorAwardTelling a
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WisdomSample BehaviorAwardShowing m
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DIMWATERRank Valor Harmony Innovati
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226
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When a Breed’s animal Kin is no m
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The Apis once worked openly with hu
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alphas becoming increasingly picky
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animal) slain in combat, he immedia
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The werebats were known as the Ears
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knew of hiding places and good terr
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Microchiroptera(3-point Merit, Cama
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All shapeshifters were created to p
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244CHANGING BREEDSCharms without ri
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• Grondr had especially keen sens
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The OthersThough the Changing Breed
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Mostof the world’smyths about tur
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Appendix One:The AhadiLooking to th
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Though his attacks would culminate
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Knowing what was at stake, the Moko
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peopled by only a single Breed, wer
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themselves? Are they now to give up
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The odd wererat who breaks with the
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spider or rat in their kganmadi? Wh
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expect it to fall apart within a de
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• Ogun’s Blessing (Level One)
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Appendix Two:HengeyokaiThe Beast Co
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Wisdom by performing their duties w
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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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