Rang 1

Babble

The Garou invoking this Gift can cause another to lose the ability to read, write or speak any language. That person will only be able to grunt like an animal. The effect lasts for one scene and is taught by a parrot spirit. System: The Garou must spend a Gnosis point and roll Manipulation + Primal Urge, difficulty 7, resisted by an Intelligence + Linguistics roll, difficulty 7.

Beast Speech

The Garou may speak to animals, from pigeons in the park to beavers at their dam or fish in the sea. This does not change their basic reactions - a hungry tiger is still hungry and may well attack. This Gift is taught by a Nature-spirit. System: The Garou rolls Charisma + Animal Ken (difficulty 6). This roll must be made for each type of animal and for each encounter. Alternative Versions

From: WW20 (Red Talon Rank 1) System: No roll need be made - the gift effects are permanent and constant.

Eye of the Hunter

Just as wolves may assess a herd of prey animals, this Gift enables the Garou to correctly determine the weakest and strongest member of any group she can see. A wolf-spirit teaches this Gift. System: The player rolls Perception + Primal-Urge (difficulty 7). If successful, then the Garou learns which members of a chosen group within sight are the strongest or weakest and which is the leader. If the Garou attacks the group after employing this Gift, she gains one extra attack die against only the weakest individual for the rest of the scene. Taught by: Wolf Book: WW20

Hidden Killer

The Red Talons didn't survive for so long without learning ways to conceal themselves. This Gift allows a werewolf to leave behind no physical evidence that would betray her hand (or claws, or teeth) in a slaying. This Gift is taught by a snake-spirit. System: After a battle, the Garou must touch or lick once each corpse she slew. The player rolls Intelligence + Larceny (difficulty 7). If the roll succeeds, the wounds alter themselves so that they resemble stabbing or slashing injuries rather than bite or claw marks. Any peripheral damage (smashed furniture, for example) remains as it was, but all forensic evidence such as hair, saliva, or blood from the werewolf's body disappears from the scene. Taught by: Snake Book: WW20

Prey's Cry

Medieval legends aplenty tell of terrible beasts that mimic human voices or the cries of game animals to lure travelers into their gaping maws. The Ret Talons have learned this trick for themselves. Many a traveler has died at Talon jaws after following what they believed to be a fair young girl's cry of distress... This Gift is learned from a Raven, Mockingbird or Manticore-spirit (the last is a member of Griffin's spirit brood). System: The player rolls Wits + Expression. The difficulty depends on the animal noise imitated; a rabbit's death-scream or wild bison's call is difficulty 5, whereas a human plea for help might be difficulty 7, or even 9 if the Talon wants "a voice that sounds like one of their priests" or a similarly complicated mimicry. If successful, any mortal or animal believes that the cry is that of the Red Talon's intended creature, even to the point of recognising "a noble's inflection" or believing a female voice that of "a maiden pure of virtue". The Red Talon need not know that much about the creature mimicked - even if the Talon has never heard a soldier cry for help, he can emit a cry that humans would instantly take for the call of a man-at-arms. Taught by: Raven, Mockingbird or Manticore-spirit Book: WWtDA

Rouse to Anger

This Gift enables the Garou to say or do something that causes her target to refresh her inner Rage. This might involve shaming an individual, slapping her in the face or telling her something to arouse her anger. The Garou can also summon within herself a memory or an emotion that assists her in replenishing her own capacity for righteous anger. System: The player rolls Manipulation + Empathy (difficulty 8) and spends a Gnosis point. A successful roll enables the character to speak or act in such a way that her target gains a point of Rage. Each additional success allows the character to affect another individual, including herself. Taught by: Rorg Book: RatH

Scent of Running Water

Der Garou kann seinen Geruch vollständig maskieren und sich praktisch unmöglich verfolgbar machen. Die Gabe ist nach dem Lernen verinnerlicht und bedarf keiner besonderen Konzentration des Werwolfs. Der Anwender kann sich aber auch entscheiden einen Geruch zu hinterlassen, wenn es benötigt wird wie etwa um sich unter Wölfen zu bewegen. Diese Gabe wird von einem Fuchsspirit gelehrt.

Speed of Thought

The Garou can double her land speed. This Gift is taught by a Roadrunner or Cheetah spirit. System: The Garou spends one Gnosis point. The effect lasts for one scene. Book: WW20

Water Sense

The most precious resource in the unsettled wilderness may be drinking water, but it can be hard to find. With this Gift, the Red Talon never goes thirsty. Red Talons also use this Gift to lose pursuers by crossing rivers or to locate prey near watering holes. A Water-spirit teaches this Gift. System: The player rolls Perception + Survival (difficulty 6). The character can detect water from a distance of 100 meters for every success. Taught by: Water-spirit Book: Wild West Companion

Wolf at the Door

Some humans can't just be splattered all over the nearest tree. Some of them have to be taught a lesson and left alive, for whatever reason. However, the Red Talons know how to make the message stick. This Gift induces a terrible dread of and respect for the forest, and it makes a human targtet afraid to tamper with it in any way. Any predator spirit can teach this Gift. System: The Garou must make eye contact with the target, but he can be in any form when he does so. The player then rolls Charisma + Primal Urge (difficulty of the target's Willpower). The effects last for one day per success. During this time, the human must roll Willpower to leave his home, and he may not go near anything resembling a forest without spending a Willpower point. If the human does leave his home he is shaky and fearful until he returns, nd his player loses two dice from all Mental and Social dice pools. This Gift functions on Kinfolk, mages, ghouls and other supernatural homids, but the difficulty increases by two, to a maximum of 10. Taught by: Predator spirits Book: WW3e Alternative Versions

From: WW20 (Red Talon Rank 1) System: The werewolf must make eye contact with the target, but can be in any form when she does so. The player then rolls Charisma + Primal-Urge (difficulty equals the target's Willpower). The effects last for one day per success. During this time, the human must roll Willpower to leave his home, and he may not go near anything resembling a forest, tundra, swamp, or other untamed wilderness area without spending a Willpower point. If the human does leave his home, he is shaky and fearful until he returns, and his player loses three dice from all Mental and Social dice pools. Alternately, this Gift can affect a number of humans equal to his Rage at once (difficulty equals the highest Willpower in the group). In this case, rather than making eye contact, the humans must hear the werewolf howl in Lupus form. This Gift can be used on Kinfolk, mages, ghouls, and other "supernatural" humans, but the difficulty increases by two. Taught by: Predator spirits

Rang 2

Aura of Ferocity

The harsh, untamed wilderness frequently brings death to humans who venture into it unprepared. With this Gift, the Garou can heighten the fear humans have of the wild. A panic-stricken human may be unable to act or have to flee the area. An Ancestor-spirit teaches this Gift. System: The Garou must spend one Rage point to activate the Gift and must growl (even in human form) for the effect to work. All normal humans lose one die from their Dice Pools within 20 feet of the Garou. Those humans not used to dealing with wild animals must make a Willpower roll (difficulty equals the Garou's Rage) or flee the area. Taught by: Ancestor-spirit Book: Wild West Companion

Beastmind

The Garou can reduce the mental faculties of a target to those of an animal for a short time. This Gift is taught by an avatar of Griffin System: The Garou rolls Manipulation + Empathy (difficulty of the target's Willpower). The effect lasts for one turn per success. Alternative Versions

From: WW20 (Red Talon Rank 2) The werewolf can reduce the mental faculties of his victim to that of an animal for a time. The victim doesn't necessarily become less intelligent, but human thinking (logic, complex tool use, language, and the like) becomes impossible. An avatar of Griffin teaches this Gift. System: The player rolls Manipulation + Empathy against a difficulty equal to the target's Willpower. The effects last for one minute per success, during which the target behaves like a wild animal. If a point of Rage is spent when directing this Gift at an ordinary human target, its effects last for one day per success.

Cull the Herd

A Red Talon using this Gift measures the vitality of her prey to plan her attack strategy effectively. During the Impergium, Red Talons used this Gift to pick the weakest of the humans and destroy them. Occasionally, the Red Talons killed the strongest of the humans to remove them from the breeding pool. Today, the Gift continues to help Red Talons hunt and kill their prey. An Avatar of wolf teaches his children how to detect the easiest prey. System: The Red Talon need only succeed on a Perception + Primal Urge roll (difficulty 7) to determine the general health and fitness of an individual. This Gift also works on animals and Garou as well as humans. One success detects any injuries, whereas five successes would reveal the creature's entire physiology.

Foetracker

By using this Gift, the Garou can follow her quarry without risking losing the trail. The scent of the target becomes so powerful to the Garou that she can follow it even under conditions that might otherwise abscure the trail. Even if the victim crosses water, lays down a false trail or attempts to mask his scent with some other odour, the Garou unerringly follows her prey. However, the Gift's effects become fainter with time and distance. System: The players spends a point of Gnosis and rolls Perception + Primal Urge. Each success allows the character to track her target unerringly for one scene up to a maximum of five scenes, after which the effects of the Gift end, and the trail becomes too faint to follow. Taught by: Rorg Book: RatH

Howls in the Night

Der Werwolf sendet ein vollkehliges Heulen in den Nachthimmel, das in Gaias Feinden Urängste hervorruft. Kreaturen des Wyrm, die das Heulen hören, sind beunruhigt und können sich nicht leicht ausruhen, während ihre Feinde auf der Pirsch sind. Sie werden mit einem Schreck aus dem Schlaf auffahren und für mindestens 3 Stunden oder mehr nicht mehr schlafen können. Ein Wolfsgeist lehrt diese Gabe.

Primal Instinct

The Red Talon can strip away the layers of humanity that cover up man's basic instinct. A human assaulted with this Gift finds himself behaving like a beast. Momentarily losing all civility, the human strips naked, runs through the streets, growls at threats and makes numerous, uninvited overtures toward members of the opposite sex. All thoughts of business meetings, colour television and BMW's vanish in favour of the basic drives of survival. Red Talons use whatever means necessary to force Ape-spirits to teach them this Gift. System: The Red Talon must spend a Gnosis point and roll Manipulation + Animal Ken (difficulty equal to the target's Willpower). The number of successes indicates the extent to which the human target loses his humanity. One success causes a certain absent-mindedness and preoccupation with food and sex. Five successes, on the other hand, probably cause the raving target to be locked up and tranquilised. Taught by: Ape spirits Book: PG3e

Sense of the Prey

The character, if he knows anything about his prey, can track it down as rapidly as he can travel. This unerring sense of direction operates anywhere, and is used to track spirits through the Umbra as well as to find beings on Earth. This Gift is taught by a Wolf- or Dog-spirit. System: No roll is required unless the target is actively hiding, in which case a Perception + Enigmas roll is made against a difficulty of the target's Wits + Stealth. If the target is a spirit, the difficulty is the spirit's Gnosis.

Shadows of the Impergium

The Red Talon becomes the embodiment of all human-ancient terror about her. A fear-spirit teaches this Gift. System: The werewolf inflicts the Delirium in Hispo form, though observers are considered to be at +2 Willpower when judging their reaction (see p. 262). Anyone who succumbs to the Delirium because of seeing the werewolf in Crinos form is considered to have a Willpower five points lower than their true rating (minimum 1) for the purposes of determining reaction. This Gift's effects are permanent, though they can be suppressed for a scene if desired. Taught by: Fear Book: WW20

Sight from Beyond

Wenn der Garou in Gefahr ist oder bedeutsame Ereignisse bevorstehen, wird er ohne Vorwarnung von Visionen heimgesucht. Die Art der Gefahr ist dabei immer in Metaphern dargestellt. So kann ein mächtiger Vampir dem Werwolf als ein blutiges Skelett im Traum erscheinen oder eine bevorstehende Schlacht wird von einer Vision von Scharen von Rabenkrähe angekündigt.

Snuff Flames

The Red Talons are mistrustful of huamnity's control of fire. This Gift allows them to take one of the hated humans' most prized tools away from them, dousing almost any fire within their line of sight. This Gift is taught by a Water spirit. System: The player rolls Willpower, difficulty 6 (or 8 when trying to affect oil fires). The Talon may extinguish all fire within a radius of two yards per success. The fuel may be relit, but it's difficulty to do so - a torch becomes as tricky to light as if it were damp, extinguished oil fires gutter fitfully and refuse to catch fully light, and so on. Taught by: Water spirits Book: WWtDA

Rang 3

Elemental Favour

By cajoling a nearby elemental, the Garou can get the elemental to perform one "favor" for her. This can include the manipulation or even destruction of the elemental's material reflection - thus a rock might roll onto enemies, fire may explode, water may flow at the Garou's whim, or winds may knock foes to their feet. This Gift is taught by any elemental. System: The Garou rolls Charisma + Subterfuge against a difficulty of the elemental's Gnosis.

Herding the Infant Ape

Perhaps the most unpopular Gift in the entire tribe, this Gift is hidden by Whelp's Compromise, although a few Warders of the Land use it in more... experimental ways. It turns a human child of no older than ten years old into a creature of the wild, unable to set foot in a city. Some suggest this Gift is responsible for myths such as Romulus and Remus, or the tale of Mowgli. Whelp's Compromise camp members use this to show that humans themselves can exist in harmony with Gaia, it is the City that is evil and needs to be destroyed.

System: This Gift can only be used on a human child of no more than ten years. The player pends three Gnosis and rolls Charisma + Primal Urge. The difficulty is the child's age; any child less than a year old automatically is barred from setting foot in a city for the rest of their life. For children aged one and up, the number of successes rolled becomes the number of decades that pass before they can re-enter a city. If they do so before then, they suffer incapacitating cramps, refuse to eat, and stay immobile until removed from the city. Since this Gift only works on those too small to fend for themselves, few who use it simply abandon their charges. After all, a dead human child in the wild isn't the example the Whelp's Compromise wants to make. Taught by: Wolf or Ape spirit Book: PG3e

Render Down

The Talon can destroy any man-made substance. Plastics, alloys, and other materials not found in nature disintegrate with just a touch. Lawn chairs dissolve into oily puddles and steel melts into iron and carbon. A cockroach-spirit teaches this Gift. (see also "Recycle", rank 4)

System: The character must touch the material; only materials that are not naturally occurring are viable targets. For instance, a wooden table would be unaffected, whereas a plastic table would melt to the ground. The player makes a Rage roll (difficulty 7); each success reduces twenty pounds of the target material to its base components. Taught by: Cockroach Book: WW20

Savagery of the Taloned Hunter

This Gift allows a Garou to gain twice the advantage of his Rage, thus increasing the ferocity and frequency of attacks or else allowing him to accomplish more under stress than he normally would. System: The player spends a Rage point, which he may then convert into the equivilent of two points of Rage for the character. This enables a character to take two extra actions in a combat at the cost of a Rage point. Another use of the Gift allows the character to recover from a stunned state and take an extra action in the same turn. Taught by: Rorg Book: RatH

Snap Man's Chains

The Red Talons look on humanity's domestication and subsequent abuse of animals as nothing less than a sin against Gaia. With this Gift, the Red Talon can undo that offense, if only for as long as a night. The Talon releases a howl that drives domesticated animals completely feral - horses throw their rides and bolt as far as they can, oxen throw themselves against fences in a frenzy, dogs turn on their masters at the first sign of weakness. Needless to say, this Gift's use often drives surviving humans on a quest for the witch among their numbers that surely must be responsible. This Gift is taught by any Animal-spirit, although the spirits of wolves and wild oxen are particular generous with its secret. System: The player spends a Gnosis point and rolls Manipulation + Primal-Urge. Success makes any animals within earshot uneasy and difficult to manage, but the actual amount of animals driven feral depends on the number of successes rolled. Successes Area of Effect One A single barn, kennel, stable or mews Two A farmstead Three A small keep Four A village or large keep Five A town Six+ A city or valley The Talon cannot influence the actions taken by the newly feral animals; most will try to flee human territory, although some might attack their masters in a fit of panic or hunger. The effect lasts until the sun rises or sets, whichever comes first. Taught by: Animal spirits Book: WWtDA

Territory

The Red Talon with this Gift doesn't need to patrol his hunting ground to know what transpires there. With but a moment of concentration, he may extend his senses to any area he has marked. This Gift is taught by a wolf-spirit. System: The Red Talon must first mark one or more areas with his own urine. A Talon may have a number of marked locations equal to his Gnosis (and doesn't have to establish such a mark in every place that he urinates). Thereafter, the player may roll Perception + Primal-Urge (difficulty 7) to extend the Talon's senses to that location. The character can sense the area as though standing in the same place he was in when he marked the area originally. The scent marks last for one week per dot of Gnosis the character possesses (for wilderness) or one day per dot of Gnosis (for urban environments). Taught by: Wolf Book: WW20 Alternative Versions

Trackless Waste

The Garou employing this Gift must have at least a rough familiarity with the terrain in a given area (have spent at least a week in the vicinity). The Garou may completely disrupt others' perceptions of that terrain's landmarks, etc. Humans and the like will automatically become lost (compasses won't work and maps will become misleading). Even Garou may become lost. This Gift is taught by any wilderness-oriented spirit. System: The Garou spends one Gnosis point and rolls Intelligence + Primal Urge (difficulty 6). Each success enables a two-mile radius to be affected. Other Garou must roll Perception + Primal Urge (difficulty 6) and equal or exceed the Gift users's roll. The effect lasts four hours. Alternative Versions

From: WW20 (Red Talon Rank 3) System: This Gift lasts until the sun next rises

Rang 4

Avalanche

The Garou must be in a mountainous or otherwise tectonically unstable area. The Gift causes an avalanche, mudslide, etc to engulf his foes. This Gift is taught by an earth elemental. System: The Garou spends one Gnosis point and rolls Manipulation + Survival (difficulty determined by the Storyteller depending on the instability of the terrain). The more successes, the more powerful the effect. On a botch, the Garou is caught in the avalanche.

Clenched Jaw

Der Werwolf beißt mit solcher Kraft zu, dass sich sein Griff nicht lockert, bis er es zulässt; selbst im Tod bleiben seine Kiefer verschlossen. Der Feind muss massive Anstrengunen aufbringen um sich zu befreien, als würde er sich nicht nur gegen die Körperkraft, sondern auch den Willen des Garous stemmen um sich von dessen Fangzähnen zu befreien. Diese Gabe wird von einem Wolfs- oder Hyänengeist gelehrt.

Gorge

Natural wolves will eat as much as possible when food is available, for they never know when their next meal will arrive. With this Gift, a Red Talon can do much the same thing with Rage, Gnosis or Willpower, storing such energy against the day she will need it. A wolf-spirit teaches this Gift. System: Upon learning this Gift, the player chooses which Trait (Rage, Gnosis or Willpower) her character can store. Thereafter, the character can hold three more points in the appropriate Trait than her permanent rating. These extra points must be regained as usual, and they do not add extra dice to rolls involving these Traits. Taught by: Wolf Book: WW3e

Howl of Death

The Talon with this Gift may infuse her howl with Rage and pain, causing grievous wounds to one target. The werewolf must be able to see her target clearly, and the target must be able to hear the howl. Only the intended target is affected by the Gift, though anyone else who hears it is disquieted and frightened. A pain-spirit teaches this Gift. System: The player rolls Charisma + Primal-Urge (difficulty 6). Each success inflicts one level of lethal damage, which the target may soak if he is able. The damage manifests as massive internal damage, as the target's innards suddenly rupture. Taught by: Pain Book: WW20

Hunter's Horn

This Gift enables the Garou to create a sound so horrible and mind-chilling that it sends enemies into utter panic and causes them to flee an area without regard for direction or destination. Enemies so affected cannot attempt to evade pursuit or disguise their passage. This makes hunting them down and dispatching them a fairly simple task. System: The player spends a point of Rage and rolls Manipulation + Primal-Urge (difficulty of the highest Willpower in the group). Each success affects one victim with uncontrollable panic, causing them to run blindly from an area. Garou affected by this Gift enter a state of fox frenzy, while others simply become mindless panicked creatures of prey. The effect lasts for an entire scene, during which time the character (and any allies) may hunt down and slay the victims if they so desire. Taught by: Rorg Book: RatH

Quicksand

The Garou can turn the local ground into a sticky mass that can catch foes and prevent them from moving easily. This Gift is taught by Earth elementals. System: The Garou spends a Gnosis point and rolls Manipulation + Primal Urge (difficulty 7). Each success turns a 10-foot area of ground into a viscious, sticky substance. Anyone in the area save the Garou can only move at half walking speed, and no combat maneuvers requiring movement may be executed. Additionally, the difficulties for all attacks involving actions more complext than basic grappling are increased by one.

Recycle

Red Talons who possess this powerful Gift can destroy any man-made substance. Plastics, alloys and other material not found in nature, disintegrate with just a touch. Lawn chairs dissolve into oily puddles and steel melts into iron and carbon. A cockroach spirit, which has witnesses the humans' secret creation rites, knows the Gifts that can dissolve nearly anything. System: The Garou must touch the material for the Gift to work. Only materials which science has manufactured are viable targets. For instance, a wooden chair would be unaffected (although the glue holding it together would not be), whereas a plastic chair would melt to the ground. The Garou must roll her Rage against a difficulty determined by the item's complexity. The difficulty ranges from iron (difficulty 6) and ordinary plastics (difficulty 7) to rare and complex metal allows (difficulty 9). Every success reduces five pounds of the target material to its base components.

Rang 5

Curse of the Scab Walker

The Red Talon suffuses a target with a superabundance of Wyld energy, making them violently allergic to the Weaver-works of man. Any artificial material blisters and abrades the target's skin, concrete sidewalks and artificial carpet fibers shred her feet, polyester clothing causes her body to break out in weeping sores, and steel tools blister her hands. An avatar of Griffin teaches this Gift. System: The Red Talon spends a turn snarling at a target within 20 feet (6 m). The player then spends one Gnosis point and rolls Manipulation + Survival (difficulty 7). The target takes one level of bashing damage per turn of physical contact with any non-natural material (crafted objects formed entirely of natural materials, such as wooden furniture held together with iron nails, are safe). This curse lasts for one day per success, and can easily prove fatal if invoked in the heart of a city. Taught by: Griffin Book: WW20

Gaia's Vengeance

The Garou can cause the very features of the land to animate and attack intruders: branches will lash out, rocks will roll and smash, vines will trip, water will such victims under. This Gift is taught by an avatar of Gaia herself. System: The Garou spends one Gnosis point and then one Rage point. He then rolls Charisma + Enimgas (difficulty of the local Gauntlet). The game effects are up to the Storyteller. Alternative Versions

From: WW20 (Red Talon Rank 5) System: The player spends one Gnosis point and one Rage point, then rolls Charisma + Primal-urge (difficulty of the local Gauntlet). The exact effects depend on the terrain and are left to the Storyteller.

Natural Renewal

Even as the United States carries out Manifest Destiny, the Red Talons seek to preserve the unconquered wilderness. Under the effects of this Gift, nature recovers from ravages created by humanity. Landslides refill the deep mining shafts that pierce the earth, wildlife infests building and technology fails. A Seedling-spirit teaches this Gift. System: The player must spend three Gnosis points and howl (or sing) to the wilderness spirits. These spirits encourage rampant plant growth that can even overcome man-made roads, mineshafts and buildings. Also no technology can function within 30 feet of the Garou. The exact effects of the Gift are up to the Storyteller, but nature does its best to renew itself despite humanity's efforts. Taught by: Seedling-spirit Book: Wild West Companion

Pack Mind

This Gift forces a group of foes to behave like a single-minded pack. All individuals must perform the same task at the same time regardless of its appropriateness to a given situation. For example, if one individual fights, all the others fight; if one person attempts to sneak up behind an opponent, all the others make this attempt as well. This Gift lasts for one combat scene. System: The player spends a point of Gnosis and rolls Willpower (difficulty 8). A single success allows the character to inflict Pack Mind on a group of up to four individuals. Additional successes allow the character to increase the number of people affected in increments of two; five successes, therefore, enables the character to affect twelve individuals. For the duration of this Gift, all the affected victims mimic the actions of their leader - or, more typically, the first person in a group to act each turn. If one decides to speak, all of them attempt to do so; if one throws a left hook, all of them choose this form of combat, ignoring any weapons they may have. Taught by: Rorg Book: RatH