W20 - Changing Breeds.pdf

System: The player rolls Dexterity + Stealth, difficulty5. Failure renders the Gift unusable for the restof the scene.• Cat Sight (Level Two) — As the metis Gift: Eyesof the Cat.• Eerie Eyes (Level Two) — As the homid Gift:Staredown.• First Slash (Level Two) — As the Ahroun Gift:Spirit of the Fray.• Night’s Passage (Level Two) — The Bastet maywalk through dim areas and be effectively invisible. ThisGift even foils sudden lights, as long as some shadowsstill exist in which to hide.System: The player spends a Gnosis point and rollsDexterity + (Subterfuge or Occult), difficulty 7. TheBastet effectively “disappears” for the rest of the scene,or until he attacks someone or emerges from the shadows.• Pulse of the Prey (Level Two) — As the RagabashGift.• Sense Silver (Level Two) — As the metis Gift.• Shriek (Level Two) — With an ear-splittingscream, the Bastet deafens everyone nearby.System: The player rolls Stamina + Intimidation(difficulty 7). Everyone within 20 feet is deafened (andat +1 difficulty to all rolls) for one turn per success.• Swipe (Level Two) — As the Ragabash Gift:Taking the Forgotten.• Caper (Level Three) — The Bastet may charmwatchers with a dance, or with the predatory grace ofhis feline form.System: The player rolls Manipulation + Expression,difficulty 3 and the character dances or moves in a waydesigned to gain the attention of those around him. Anyobserver whose Willpower is equal to or less than thesuccesses rolled falls into a genial haze for so long as theBastet continue to perform. Violence breaks the trance,but subtle actions (such as the Bastet’s allies sneakingaway or walking into a secured area) remain unnoticed.• Farsight (Level Three) — As the Uktena Gift:Scrying.• Impala’s Flight (Level Three) — The werecatdoubles her running speed. System: This Gift lasts fortwice as many turns as the player’s successes on a difficulty6 Stamina + Athletics roll.• Invisibility (Level Three) — As the Uktena Gift.• Touch the Mind (Level Three) — As the metisGift: Mental Speech.• Clawstorm (Level Four) — The Bastet becomesa blur of slashing claws.System: By spending a point of Rage and Willpower,the Bastet makes four close-range attacks in a single turn.He cannot spend Rage for any more attacks, or use thisGift more than (homid form’s Stamina) times per fight.• Walking Between Worlds (Level Four) — TheBastet may step sideways as Garou do.System: This Gift’s effects are permanent.• Wolf’s Terror (Level Four) — As the AhrounGift: Silver Claws.• Perfect Passage (Level Five) — The Bastet may roamanywhere on the face of Gaia or beyond, passing throughany material object she wishes without leaving a trace.System: The player spends one Gnosis point and rollsWits + Larceny (difficulty 6); the Bastet (along with herclothing and any held objects) may pass through whatevernon-living objects (including bullets and melee weapons!)she wishes for five minutes per success. If she wishes to picksomething up, it becomes solid to her — and intangible toother objects — the second that she picks it up. She’s stillvisible, and is vulnerable to unarmed attacks. Attackers wishingto use bullets or knives must surprise her or she takes nodamage — and the Bastet’s own blows ignore any non-livingarmor. She still breathes but cannot be affected by gasses.• Withering Stare (Level Five) — This Gift letsa werecat kill with a glance, causing victims to die inagonized convulsions.System: The player spends a Gnosis point and rollsRage. The difficulty is the victim’s Willpower, and eachsuccess inflicts one level of aggravated damage.Homid Gifts• Cat Claws (Level One) — By calling on her heritage,a Bastet in Homid or Sokto form can unsheatheher claws and attack as if she were in Crinos.System: The player need not spend a Willpower pointto enact this particular partial transformation (see W20,p. 286), and the difficulty of the transformation is 6.• Sweet Hunter’s Smile (Level One) — As thehomid Gift: Persuasion.• Urban Hunter (Level One) — As the homidGift: City Running.• Eavesdropper’s Ear (Level Two) — As the ShadowLord Gift: Whisper Catching.• Jam Technology (Level Two) — As the homid Gift.• Cowing the Bullet (Level Three) — As thehomid Gift• Craft of the Maker (Level Three) — As thehomid Gift: Reshape Object.• Monkey’s Uncle (Level Four) — As the GlassWalker Gift: Doppelganger, although the Bastet can onlytake the forms of humans, great cats or Bastet.• Tech Speak (Level Four) — As the Glass Walker Gift.• Madness (Level Five) — As the metis Gift.86CHANGING BREEDS