Blur of the Milky Eye
(Level One)
Ragabash
The werewolf’s form becomes a shimmer-
ing, indistinct blur, as though seen through
heavy cataracts — even in the midday sun. The
Ragabash is not truly invisible, however, and
if spotted, this Gift’s protection fails until
the observer is distracted. A chameleon- or
ermine-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Manipulation
+ Stealth (difficulty 8). Each success increases
the difficulty of all Perception rolls made to
detect him by one for the rest of the scene.
Open Seal
(Level One)
Ragabash
The werewolf can open nearly any sort
of closed or locked physical device. A rac-
coon-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Gnosis (difficul-
ty of the local Gauntlet rating). If the object
is sealed with magic, the player must spend
a Gnosis point before making the attempt.
Pulse of the Prey
(Level Two)
Ragabash, Black Furies, Red Talons
If the werewolf knows anything about
her prey — even a nickname, initials, or crude
description — she can track it as fast as she
can travel. This unerring sense of direction
works anywhere, and is as useful for tracking
spirits through the Deep Umbra as Pentex
executives through Baltimore. A wolf- or
dog-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: No roll is required unless the
target is actively hiding, in which case the player
rolls Perception + Enigmas against a difficulty
of the target’s Wits + Stealth. If the target is
a spirit, the difficulty is the spirit’s Gnosis.
Infectious Laughter
(Level One)
Ragabash
When the Ragabash laughs, those
around her are compelled to follow along,
forgetting their grievances. A coyote- or hye-
na-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The Ragabash must make some
comment mocking the present situation in
which she finds herself, then laugh at it. The
player then rolls Manipulation + Expression
(difficulty of the highest Rage rating of anyone
listening). Success causes those who hear the
Ragabash’s comment and laughter lose hold
of their ire, and forget what it was that had
them upset in the first place — although their
temper will return if they are reminded of
what the New Moon has made them forget.
Scent of
Running Water
(Level One)
Ragabash, Red Talons
The werewolf can mask her scent com-
pletely, making herself virtually impossible to
track. A fox-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The difficulties of all rolls to
track the Garou increase by two. This Gift’s
effects are permanent, though the Ragabash
may temporarily suppress them at will (which
may be necessary to blend in with wolf packs).
Spider’s Song
(Level Two)
Ragabash
The Ragabash can steal messages from
the Weaver’s web. The Ragabash must be
aware that a conversation is happening to
listen in on it. For conversations across land
lines, the Ragabash must place her ear against
a telephone pole or cord; to listen in on cell
phone discussions she need only be able to
see one of the phones being used. Spider- and
raven-spirits teach this Gift.
System: The player spends a Gnosis
point. She listens in on the conversation (or
receives mental translations of text messages)
for as long as she keeps her ear to the line or
keeps the cell phone user in sight.
Liar’s Face
(Level One)
Ragabash
The Ragabash wraps herself in such a
deceitful attitude that nothing she says can be
trusted — not even the clear and unvarnished
truth. The werewolf may make a single truthful
statement, and no human who hears it will
believe her. A platypus-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: After the character makes a
truthful statement, the player spends one
Willpower point and rolls Charisma + Subter-
fuge (difficulty 7). This Gift is automatically
effective on humans, causing them to believe
the Ragabash is lying. Supernatural listeners
whose Willpower rating is lower than the
Ragabash’s successes also refuse to believe
the Ragabash’s words.
Blissful Ignorance
(Level Two)
Ragabash, Bone Gnawers, Silent Striders
The Garou can become completely
invisible to all senses, spirits or monitoring
devices by remaining still. A chameleon-spirit
teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Stamina +
Stealth (difficulty 5). Each success subtracts
one success from the Perception + Alertness
rolls of those looking for the character. If no
one is actively seeking the werewolf, one success
provides perfect concealment.
Taking the Forgotten
(Level Two)
Ragabash
A Ragabash with this Gift can steal
something from a target and make his victim
forget that she ever possessed the stolen item.
A mouse-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: After successfully stealing the
item, the player must score three successes on
a Wits + Larceny roll (difficulty of the victim’s
Intelligence + Streetwise).
 Gremlins
(Level Three)
Ragabash
The Ragabash can cause a technological
device to malfunction merely by touching it.
This Gift actually causes the spirit energy within
the device to work counter to its function. If
the Garou can frighten the spirit sufficiently,
it will flee the device, causing it to malfunction
permanently. A Gremlin teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Manipulation +
Intimidation; the difficulty is determined by the
complexity of the item. The more successes the
Garou obtains, the more the device is damaged.
Three successes disables the device permanently
(the spirit has fled). The lower the difficulty, the
more complex the device, i.e. computer = diffi-
culty 4, phone = difficulty 6, gun = difficulty 8.
Pathfinder
(Level Three)
Ragabash
Werewolves can strike implausible trails
through pristine wilderness and the urban jungle
alike, locating the fastest and shortest routes from
one place to another. A crow-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Perception +
Survival (for wilderness) or Streetwise (for urban
environments) against difficulty 7. The number of
successes equals the quality of the path she blazes
and how much she decreases her travel time. Every
success reduces travel time by approximately 10
percent, up to a maximum of half the original
travel time. The difficulty of any rolls to track
the werewolf increases by two when this Gift
is active; this decrease is cumulative with other
similar effects, such as Scent of Running Water.
Whelp Body
(Level Four)
Ragabash
The Garou delivers a devastating curse
upon a foe’s body, causing it to weaken or palsy.
Many consider the use of this Gift upon a foe
to constitute a declaration of eternal enmity.
Pain- and disease-spirits teach this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Gnosis, resisted by the target’s
own roll of higher of Gnosis or Stamina. The
Garou’s difficulty is the opponent’s Willpower,
while the victim’s difficulty is the Ragabash’s
Gnosis. Each success allows her to remove one
point from any of the victim’s Physical Attributes.
The effect is permanent, although the victim may
restore these Attributes via experience. This Gift
may be used only once against a given opponent.
Liar’s Craft
(Level Three)
Ragabash
The Ragabash can tell the most outra-
geous of lies and have them accepted as truth
— for a while, at least. This Gift is taught by
a fox-spirit.
System: The character first tells his lie,
then the player rolls Wits + Subterfuge (dif-
ficulty of the target’s Wits + Subterfuge, or
the highest rating in a group of listeners). One
success convinces a single individual, while
three successes are needed to dupe a crowd.
Since the roll is made after the lie is told, this
Gift always carries some element of risk.
Luna’s Blessing
(Level Four)
Ragabash
When Luna stands visible in the night
sky, silver ceases to act as a bane to the Garou.
Indeed, when the moon waxes full, silver may
well turn on those who would wield it against
Gaia’s children. A Lune teaches this Gift.
System: When the moon shows in the sky
in a visible phase, the character suffers lethal
or bashing damage from silver, rather than
aggravated. Additionally, all attacks against
the werewolf with silver weapons at this time
are considered to roll a 1 in addition to all
dice actually rolled — or a pair of 1s during
the full moon. The Garou retains his normal
vulnerability to silver at all other times.
Thieving Talons
of the Magpie
(Level Five)
Ragabash
The Ragabash can steal the powers of
others and use them herself. Naturally, a
magpie-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: This Gift requires three successes
on a Wits + Larceny roll (difficulty of the target’s
Willpower). If successful, the Ragabash steals the
targeted power, depriving its owner of its use. A
Ragabash who steals a vampire’s power to merge
with the earth (Protean •••) doesn’t also gain
his ability to see in the dark or grow claws. The
Garou may keep the power if she pays a point
of Gnosis each turn. The werewolf’s Gnosis is
substituted for any Traits exclusive to the victim,
such as a vampire’s blood pool or a mage’s Arete.
Open Moon Bridge
(Level Three)
Ragabash
The werewolf has the ability to open a
moon bridge, with or without the permission
of the totem of that caern. A Lune teaches
this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point. See the Rite of the Opened Bridge for
more information on opening moon bridges.
The maximum distance that can thereby be
covered is 1,000 miles (1600 km).
Umbral Dodge
(Level Four)
Ragabash
The Ragabash finds the best way to
deal with an enemy is to send him far away —
perhaps to a place where he’ll learn the folly
of his ways. She may tear open a hole in the
Gauntlet while dodging an enemy’s attack,
sending them to the land of spirits. A trapdoor
spider-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: When attempting to dodge
a close-range attack, the player spends one
Gnosis point and increases the difficulty of
the dodge by one, or to the rating of the local
Gauntlet. If the dodge succeeds in avoiding
the attack completely, the attacker is dropped
into the Penumbra (or into the physical world
if this Gift is used in Penumbra).
Thousand Forms
(Level Five)
Ragabash, Black Furies
The werewolf with this Gift may change
herself into any animal between the sizes of
a bird and a bison. The Garou gains all the
special capabilities of the animal mimicked.
She may even take the form of mystical, non-
Wyrm beasts. Wyld-spirits teach this Gift.
System: The player spends a point of
Gnosis and rolls Intelligence + Animal Ken
(difficulty 6). Success allows the character to
assume the shape of any normal animal. For
the duration of the scene, he may make addi-
tional transformation rolls without spending
Gnosis. To take on a mythical form, the player
must spend an additional Gnosis and succeed
against difficulty 9.
 Firebringer
(Level Six)
Ragabash
The Ragabash performs the ultimate
trick, stealing a supernatural power and
turning it into a Gift, which may in turn be
bestowed upon others as though the New
Moon were a spirit teacher. Coyote or another
trickster Incarna teaches this Gift.
System: After having a power used on
him, the Ragabash may spend one permanent
Gnosis to internalize it into a Gift. The Ragabash
cannot use this Gift, and forfeits all defenses
against that power if used on him in the future;
it exists instead as a treasure to bequeath upon
the Garou Nation. Any power may become a
Gift in this fashion. The Storyteller determines
the new Gift’s appropriate level and teacher.
Spirit Speech
(Level One)
Theurge, Uktena
This Gift bestows understanding of the
language of the spirit world, permitting the
Garou to clearly understand and speak with
any spirit he encounters. The Gift doesn’t
influence spirits’ attitudes toward the werewolf
in any way, nor ensure they have any desire to
communicate with him. Any spirit can teach it.
System: This Gift’s effects are perma-
nent.
Command Spirit
(Level Two)
Theurge
The Theurge can give commands to
spirits she meets and expect obedience. The
Gift doesn’t grant the ability to summon spirits
— only to compel them to obey. As always when
dealing with spirits, clear wording is essential.
Any Incarna avatar can teach this Gift.
System: The player spends a Willpower
point and rolls Charisma + Leadership (diffi-
culty is the spirit’s Gnosis). The character can
issue successive commands once the spirit is
under her control; each additional command
requires that the player expend an additional
Willpower point. The spirit cannot be ordered
to leave a place or object (or, in the case of
fomori, person) to which it is bound.
Mother’s Touch
(Level One)
Theurge, Bunyip, Children of Gaia
The werewolf channels spiritual power
through her hands, mending the wounds
of any other living creature. This Gift may
not heal the werewolf herself, spirits, or the
undead. A bear- or unicorn-spirit teaches it.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Intelligence + Empathy (dif-
ficulty is the target’s current Rage, or 5 for
those with no Rage). Each success heals one
level of lethal, bashing, or aggravated damage.
The healer may even heal fresh Battle Scars
in this manner, if the Gift is applied during
the same scene in which the scar is received
and an extra Gnosis point is spent.
Umbral Tether
(Level One)
Theurge
The Umbra is a shifting world where
logic doesn’t always apply and losing one’s
way is easy. Theurges ensure they can always
find their way back to the point where they
entered the Umbra with this Gift, which
creates a silvery cord connecting the Garou to
the point where they last crossed the Gauntlet.
Only the werewolf who creates the tether can
see it. This Gift is taught by a spider-spirit.
System: No roll is needed to create
the thread. However, after each full day the
character spends in the Umbra, a point of
Gnosis must be spent to maintain the cord;
otherwise, it slowly corrodes from the point
of entry and toward the Garou.
Sight From Beyond
(Level Two)
Theurge
This is a Gift of prophecy. The werewolf
becomes an oracle, prone to visions that hint
at future opportunities, challenges, and threats
to come. These visions are always veiled in
symbolism — an impending war against the
local vampires might be presaged by visions of
skyscrapers weeping blood from their upper sto-
ries, while a death in the sept might be heralded
by dreams of a chorus of mournful howls rising
to a ghost-pale moon. Owl-spirits teach this Gift.
System: Visions are entirely under the Sto-
ryteller’s control and are best handled through
roleplaying, though a truly stumped player might
ask for a Wits + Occult (difficulty 7) roll to help
interpret a particularly puzzling vision.
Spirit Snare
(Level One)
Theurge
The Theurge casts out an invisible, mystic
net that entangles hostile spirits, confounding
them with a mixture of magical force and
long-broken but still-potent Gaian law. An
owl-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Intelligence + Occult (difficulty
8) as an attack directed at a spirit within 30
feet, which can be defended against normally.
Rather than inflicting damage, this attack
reduces the spirit’s effective Willpower by
two for the purpose of all combat actions for
the rest of the scene. Multiple applications of
this Gift don’t stack.
Battle Mandala
(Level Two)
Theurge
A mystical sigil burns itself into the
ground around the Theurge, visible only to
those with Gnosis ratings. This circle drains
the Essence from spirits caught within its web.
A spider- or antlion-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
and rolls Intelligence + Occult (difficulty 7).
The battle mandala encompasses a radius of
(50 x number of successes) feet (or 15 meters
per success) around the Garou; spirits (other
than the Garou’s pack totem) within the
mandala lose one Essence per turn. The
mandala dissipates at the end of the scene or
when the werewolf steps outside of its bounds,
whichever comes first.
Exorcism
(Level Three)
Theurge
This is the Gift of ejecting spirits from
places, objects, or even people, whether they
are bound or in voluntary possession. Any
Incarna avatar can teach this Gift.
System: The werewolf must concentrate
for three uninterrupted turns. If the spirit
does not wish to leave, the player must roll
Manipulation + Intimidation (difficulty of the
spirit’s Willpower). If the spirit was bound to its
lodging, the exorcist must gain more successes
than the binder did when tying the spirit to
its location. This Gift can be used to “cure”
fomori, although doing so inflicts 10 levels of
aggravated damage at a rate of one level per
turn as the Bane tears free of its fleshly home.
 Pulse of the Invisible
(Level Three)
Theurge, Bunyip
This Gift grants constant awareness of
the spirit world. Even in the physical world, the
werewolf can interact with spirits in the Pen-
umbra at will. The Garou will be automatically
aware of any dramatic changes or upheavals
nearby. Any spirit can teach this Gift.
System: If the Garou’s permanent Gnosis
equals or exceeds the local Gauntlet, he can
see into the Umbra automatically. Otherwise,
the player must roll Gnosis to look through
the Gauntlet (difficulty of the Gauntlet rating).
Such awareness lasts for the rest of the scene
or until the character enters an area with a
stronger Gauntlet.
Blurring the Mirror
(Level Four)
Theurge
This Gift allows the Theurge to cloud the
minds of other beings, making it impossible for
them to find the Umbra. Once used as a form
of punishment for arrogant pups, this Gift is
more often deployed as a weapon against Black
Spiral Dancers. A Weaver-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point for every individual she wishes to affect.
The Gauntlet increases by five for those targets
for the rest of the scene. Up to five individuals
can be affected at once. While normally used
against other Garou, this Gift is effective
against any being capable of entering the
Umbra sideways, including other Fera and
some mages.
Feral Lobotomy
(Level Five)
Theurge
Unleashing a surge of pure Wyld energy,
the werewolf can devolve an opponent’s mind
into that of an animal, effectively destroying
his intelligence. A Wyldling teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Wits + Empa-
thy (difficulty of the target’s Willpower + 3,
maximum 10) and spends a number of Gnosis
points. If successful, the Garou can destroy the
target’s Intelligence Attribute permanently;
the target loses one Intelligence dot for each
two points of Gnosis spent, and cannot lose
more Intelligence than the number of successes
rolled. Lost Intelligence is replaced with feral,
animalistic behavior.
Umbral Camouflage
(Level Three)
Theurge
Although perfectly visible to all others,
this Gift renders the werewolf undetectable to
spirits. A wind-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and, for the remainder of the scene, she
is completely invisible to spiritual senses. She
may move about as normal but cannot make
any attack actions without disrupting the Gift.
Grasp the Beyond
(Level Four)
Theurge
The werewolf may carry things in and out
of the Umbra. This Gift affects objects, people,
and animals, both willing and unwilling. An
opossum- or kangaroo-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The character must grasp the
object or person he wishes to take to (or from)
the spirit world, and spend a number of Will-
power points: one for small items, two for larger
items, and three for man-sized items (including
people). The player makes the usual Gnosis
roll to pierce the Gauntlet and step sideways; if
successful, both he and the desired object pass
into the Umbra. An unwilling subject may resist
with a Willpower roll; each success subtracts
one from the Garou’s successes.
Malleable Spirit
(Level Five)
Theurge
The werewolf can change a spirit’s form
or purpose. A Chimerling teaches this Gift.
System: The player must best the spirit in
a resisted Gnosis roll. The difficulty is based
on what the Garou tries to accomplish, while
the spirit’s difficulty is the Garou’s Gnosis.
If attempting to change characteristics such
as Willpower, Rage, or Gnosis, one point is
changed per success and the roll has a difficulty
of 6. If attempting to change disposition, the
difficulty is 7. If trying to change the spirit
type — such as elemental, Bane, etc. — the
difficulty is 9.
Web Walker
(Level Three)
Theurge
The Garou may travel on the Pattern
Web through the Umbra without physical dif-
ficulty, and without attracting the unfriendly
attention of Weaver-spirits in the area. Any
Weaver-spirit can teach this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Charisma + Science (difficulty
7). Success enables the Garou (and her pack,
so long as they stick close to her) to travel
through the Umbra across the Pattern Web as
though she were on a moon bridge. Whether
the Web’s strands go where the Garou wants
to travel is another matter entirely.
Spirit Drain
(Level Four)
Theurge
The Garou may drain power from a
spirit to feed her own resolve. A rat-spirit
teaches this Gift.
System: The player makes a resisted
Gnosis roll against the spirit. If the player
succeeds, the spirit loses one Essence point
per success for the rest of the scene. For
every two points drained, the Garou gains
a temporary Willpower point. She loses any
points exceeding her maximum at the end
of the scene.
Ultimate Argument
of Logic
(Level Five)
Theurge
Those who speak with the Theurge leave
convinced of some fact they might otherwise
have disbelieved. If successful, the Garou can
cause the target to believe implicitly in one
aspect of existence (true or false) — that the
Earth is the center of the universe, that there
is such a thing as a spirit world, or that cities
are unnatural affronts to nature, for example.
A coyote-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player needs three successes
on a Manipulation + Performance roll (diffi-
culty of the target’s Wits + Enigmas).
 Fangs of Judgment
(Level One)
Philodox
It falls upon the Philodox to levy not only
judgment but also punishment against those
who have fallen from their proper stations.
This Gift, taught by an ancestor-spirit, causes
the werewolf’s claws and fangs to burn with
the righteous power of law.
System: The player spends one Will-
power point. For the next full day, all of the
Garou’s natural weaponry attacks do two extra
dice of damage to all beings who have fallen
from their original purpose to the service of the
Wyrm (such as Black Spiral Dancers, fomori,
and corrupted nature spirits; Banes which
came into existence as agents of the Wyrm are,
regrettably, exempt from this Gift’s sanction).
Truth of Gaia
(Level One)
Philodox
As judges of the Litany, Philodox may
easily separate truth from falsehood. A Gaf-
fling of Falcon teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Intelligence
+ Empathy (difficulty equals the subject’s
Manipulation + Subterfuge). This Gift reveals
only which of the words that have been spoken
are true and which are false. It doesn’t reveal
the truth behind a lie unless the speaker
utters it. If the speaker is uncertain whether
his words are true or false, the Gift identifies
them as neither.
King of the Beasts
(Level Two)
Philodox
The Philodox’s authority extends even
into the realm of beasts, so that he can
command the loyalty of any single animal. If
successful, the animal follows the letter and
spirit of his commands unconditionally. A
lion- or falcon-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The Philodox targets one animal
within 100 feet (30 m). The player rolls Cha-
risma + Animal Ken (difficulty 7). The power
lasts until the Garou releases the animal from
its obligation to him; this Gift can only hold
sway over one animal at a time.
Resist Pain
(Level One)
Philodox, Children of Gaia, Get of Fenris,
Wendigo
Fortifying herself with purpose and will,
the werewolf shuts out the pain of her wounds.
A bear- or badger-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Will-
power point; the character ignores all wound
penalties for the rest of the scene.
Call to Duty
(Level Two)
Philodox
The Philodox may summon and com-
mand any spirit she knows by name. Only one
command may be given, and the spirit departs
immediately after fulfilling it. Alternatively, all
spirits in the area may be called in times of
great need. An Incarna avatar teaches this Gift.
System: The Garou must know the
name of the spirit she wishes to summon. The
player rolls Charisma + Leadership (difficulty
equal to the spirit’s Willpower). The second
mode of this Gift simply requires the player to
spend two Gnosis points to summon all Gaian
spirits within a one-mile (1.6 km) radius. The
mightiest of spirits (Incarnae and above) are
generally able to ignore this Gift.
Strength of Purpose
(Level Two)
Philodox, Croatan
Werewolves use this Gift to fortify them-
selves in the face of the Apocalypse, turning
hot passion and burning Rage into cold, steely
resolve. A wolf-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: Once per scene, the player may
roll Stamina + Rituals (difficulty 7). For every
two successes, the Garou recovers one point
of Willpower, up to her maximum.
Scent of
the True Form
(Level One)
Philodox
The Philodox is able to scent the truth of those
she meets, literally sniffing out an individual’s true
form. A vulture-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The Garou can smell Kinfolk or a fellow
werewolf automatically. In all other cases, the player
must roll Perception + Primal-Urge (difficulty 6). One
success will identify a normal human or animal; two
successes will detect a vampire, changeling, demon,
mummy, or Fera; four successes are needed to sniff
out a mage, ghoul, or fomor. The Imbued register
as normal humans to this Gift. Unfamiliar scents
aren’t automatically recognized: A Philodox that has
never encountered any Rokea might not immediately
recognize the scent she detects as “wereshark.”
Command the
Gathering
(Level Two)
Philodox, Galliard
The werewolf draws all eyes to herself with a
great exclamation, a clap of her hands, the striking
of klaive to shield, or some other such gesture.
Until she has had her say, none may depart or
interrupt her. A lion-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Willpow-
er point and rolls Appearance + Leadership
(difficulty equals the highest Willpower among
those whose attention she seeks to gain). If
the roll succeeds, all in attendance fall quiet
and listen. Any individual who wishes to
interrupt the Garou or walk out before she
has finished speaking must spend two points
of Willpower to do so.
Scent of the
Oathbreaker
(Level Three)
Philodox
Oaths sanctified before a Philodox are
a serious matter indeed, so this Gift grants
the judges of the Garou Nation the ability
to know when an oath has been broken. A
dog-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The Philodox may spend one
Gnosis point to sanctify any oath or promise
he personally witnesses, no matter how formal
or informal. If at any point in the future one of
the individuals sworn to the oath breaks it, the
Philodox immediately becomes aware of this and
all rolls for the werewolf to track the oathbreaker by
scent drop to difficulty 4. This benefit lasts until the
Philodox next stands in the oathbreaker’s presence.
 Sense Balance
(Level Three)
Philodox, Stargazers
As an arbitrator of the Garou Nation, the
werewolf has developed an attunement with
the cosmic forces that balance the Tellurian.
The werewolf may sense an overabundance of
Wyrm, Wyld, or Weaver energies in a location.
A cat-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends a Gnosis point
and rolls Perception + Enigmas (difficulty 8)
to detect the spiritual balance of an area, if
any. Wyrm manifestations feel dense and oily,
Weaver presence feels cold and unyielding,
and Wyld energies feel hot and trembling.
The werewolf must be at peace and without
distraction to use this Gift.
Roll Over
(Level Four)
Philodox
The werewolf radiates authority and power,
allowing him to exert his dominance over others.
Humans bow or kneel, while Garou roll over to
expose their throats. A wolf-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player begins an extended,
resisted Willpower contest. The results are com-
pared to each of her opponents in turn; when the
player has scored three more successes than an
opponent, that opponent drops out of the contest
and submits. If one of the opponents accumu-
lates three more successes over the character, the
contest ends. For the remainder of the scene, any
individual who has submitted will take no actions
at all without the approval of the character, unless
their life depends on it.
Geas
(Level Five)
Philodox
This Gift binds an individual or group
to a sacred oath. While the geas cannot force
and individual to act against her nature (such
as to allow herself to be killed), it also doesn’t
allow her to act against the task the Philodox
has set before her. This Gift is taught by an
Incarna avatar.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Manipulation + Leadership
(difficulty of the opponent’s Willpower, or the
highest Willpower in a group). The compul-
sion to complete the task set out in the geas
lasts until the task is completed or the target
is harmed to the point of incapacitation in
pursuit of the quest.
Weak Arm
(Level Three)
Philodox
By watching an opponent’s fighting style,
the Philodox can quickly evaluate his strengths
and weaknesses. Snake- and wind-spirits teach
this Gift.
System: The player rolls Perception +
Brawl (difficulty 8). Each success grants one
bonus die to add to her attack or damage
rolls against that opponent. For instance, a
Philodox who gets four successes could add
two dice to her attack rolls and two to her
damage pool. The distribution of dice cannot
be changed once the Gift has been activated.
This Gift can be used against a given foe only
once per scene. A full turn of concentration
is necessary to use this Gift.
Scent of Beyond
(Level Four)
Philodox
With a moment’s concentration, the
werewolf can hurl her senses to any place
with which she is familiar (even an Umbral
location), no matter how far away it may be.
Because a bird-spirit teaches this Gift, her
senses perceive the scene from above.
System: The player rolls Perception +
Enigmas (difficulty 8). If the target location
is in the Umbra, the difficulty is 8 or the local
Gauntlet rating, whichever is higher. This
far-seeing continues for as long as the werewolf
desires, but the character suffers a −3 penalty
to any attempts to react to local stimuli while
her senses are projected.
Wall of Granite
(Level Five)
Philodox
Just as the earth upholds those upon it,
the Philodox uphold the Litany that sustains
their people. While in contact with earth or
rock, the Philodox can invoke a wall to protect
himself. This wall moves with the Garou. Earth
elementals teach this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point. The wall’s dimensions are three yards
high, two yards long and one yard thick and,
if the Garou desires, it may be extended to
encircle a number of allies up to the werewolf’s
Gnosis. It has a soak pool of 10 dice, and 15
health levels must be inflicted to penetrate it.
The wall lasts for one scene or until released.
Wisdom of the
Ancient Ways
(Level Three)
Philodox, Wendigo
All werewolves have an innate connec-
tion to their ancestors — a spiritual, racial
subconscious accessible through intense
meditation. The werewolf can tap into these
deep memories to remember ancient lore. An
ancestor-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The character must meditate for
a short time, concentrating on the past. The
player then rolls Gnosis (difficulty 9, −1 for each
point of Ancestors the Garou possesses). The
number of successes determines how detailed
and exact the answer he receives will be.
Take the True Form
(Level Four)
Philodox
The Philodox can force a being into
its true form. A wolf-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Manipulation
+ Primal-Urge (difficulty 7). If successful,
Changing Breeds (including Garou) are forced
to revert to their breed form for one turn per
success. Other shapeshifted creatures (such
as vampires masquerading as wolves) targeted
by this power are likewise forced to revert to
their true forms.
Break the Bonds
(Level Six)
Philodox, Galliard
This Gift shatters all bonds, whether
physical or mental, from sturdy iron chains
to the slavery of a vampire’s bewitched blood.
The Garou may use it to benefit any being,
including herself. It is taught by any Incarna
with the freedom to come and go as they please.
System: The Garou is automatically im-
mune to any supernatural coercion, and may
break bonds as though she had Strength 15.
She may also break another’s physical bonds
with that same Strength, or banish mental
bonds from another with a Manipulation
+ Leadership roll (difficulty 11 – target’s
Willpower).
 Beast Speech
(Level One)
Galliard, Red Talons
The werewolf may instinctively under-
stand and communicate with any natural
animals, from fish to mammals. She need
only speak normally to be understood by
animals, along with a touch of appropriate
body language — there is no need to bark like
a dog. This Gift doesn’t change animals’ basic
reactions or dispositions; most are still afraid
of predators such as werewolves. Any animal
spirit can teach this Gift.
System: This Gift’s effects are perma-
nent.
Perfect Recall
(Level One)
Galliard
The werewolf is able to remember and
relive any memory with perfect clarity. An
elephant-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player may spend one
Gnosis point to perfectly remember any one
detail, no matter how small, from any point
in her character’s entire life.
Dreamspeak
(Level Two)
Galliard
The Galliard can walk among another’s
dreams and thereby affect their course. The
werewolf doesn’t have to be anywhere near
the target, but she must know or have seen
the dreamer. A Chimerling teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Wits + Empathy
(difficulty 8). If the dreamer awakens while the
Galliard is still within the dream, the werewolf
is thrown out of the dream world and loses
a Gnosis point.
Call of the Wyld
(Level One)
Galliard
The werewolf may send her howl far
beyond the normal range of hearing and im-
bue it with great emotion, stirring the hearts
of fellow Garou and chilling the bones of all
others. A wolf-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Stamina + Em-
pathy; the number of successes determines
how far away the Call can be heard (double
the normal range for each success) and how
stirring it is to those who hear it. This Gift
should be used in conjunction with one of
the Garou howls. The Storyteller determines
the effects as appropriate to the purpose to
which it is put.
Call of the Wyrm
(Level Two)
Galliard
This dangerous Gift attracts creatures
of the Wyrm, luring them into traps and
ambushes or flushing them from hiding.
Any spirit servant of Gaia can teach this Gift.
System: The player makes a resisted roll
of Manipulation + Performance against the
Wyrm creature’s Willpower (both rolls are
difficulty 7). If the Wyrm creature loses the
contest, it must come to the source of the Call.
Howls in the Night
(Level Two)
Galliard, Red Talons, Shadow Lords, White
Howlers
The werewolf sends a full-throated howl
shivering into the night sky, evoking primal
terror in Gaia’s enemies. Creatures of the
Wyrm who hear the howl find themselves
troubled and unable to rest easily while their
enemies are on the prowl. A wolf-spirit teaches
this Gift.
System: The player spends a Gnosis point
and rolls Charisma + Primal-Urge (difficulty 7).
Creatures of the Wyrm who hear the howl will
be jolted awake if asleep, and rendered unable
to sleep for the next (successes x 3) hours.
Mindspeak
(Level One)
Galliard, Croatan
Invoking the power of a waking dream, the
Garou can place any chosen characters into silent
communication. A Chimerling teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Willpower
point per chosen sentient being and makes a
Manipulation + Expression roll (difficulty of the
victim’s Willpower) if any participants are un-
willing. All those included in the waking dream
may interact normally through the Mindspeak,
although they can inflict no damage through it.
Their real bodies can still act, although all dice
pools decrease by two. All beings affected must
be within line of sight. The Garou may include
her entire pack in the waking dream for only
one Willpower point, if she desires.
Distractions
(Level Two)
Galliard
The werewolf can make distracting yips,
yelps, and howls to divert the attention of his
target. A coyote-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Wits + Perfor-
mance (difficulty equals the victim’s Will-
power). Each success subtracts one die from
the target’s dice pool for the next three turns.
Eye of the Cobra
(Level Three)
Galliard
With an unearthly stare, the werewolf
can draw anyone to within striking distance.
A snake-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Appearance
+ Enigmas (difficulty equal to the target’s
Willpower). The Garou needs three successes
to bring the target to his side; fewer successes
will at least start the victim moving in the right
direction. Once there, the target can do as he
pleases, but he must try his best to get to the
Galliard until then.
 Song of Heroes
(Level Three)
Galliard
Reciting a tale of ancient Garou heroism,
the Galliard conjures up the spirit of fallen
heroes and infuses those listening with some
portion of their power. An ancestor-spirit
teaches this Gift.
System: This Gift requires the full rec-
itation of a story of epic heroism, taking at
least several minutes. At the end of the tale,
the player spends two Gnosis points and rolls
Charisma + Performance (difficulty 8). Every
two successes on this roll add one point to a
single Ability score for all listening Garou and
Kinfolk, much like the Ancestors Background.
This bonus lasts until the sun rises.
Bridge Walker
(Level Four)
Galliard
The Galliard may create minor moon
bridges through which she alone can travel.
Such travel takes one percent of the time the
journey would take normally. These moon
bridges are not protected by Lunes, and may
attract the interest of spirits. A Lune teaches
this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point to create the bridge. The moon bridge
lasts for only one passage, unless the player
spends an additional three Willpower, in
which case it lasts until the next full moon.
The maximum distance that can be traversed
by the bridge is the Garou’s Gnosis in miles
(1.6 km per Gnosis dot).
Fabric of the Mind
(Level Five)
Galliard, Uktena
The greatest werewolves can bring the
products of their imagination to life, crafting
creatures from the essence of dreams. Chi-
merlings teach this Gift.
System: The player makes an extended
Intelligence + Performance roll (difficulty
8). She can create any form of life she can
imagine, assigning it one dot of Traits for each
success gained on the roll. The werewolf can
take as long as she wants to form the creature,
accumulating successes from turn to turn, but
once she stops, the dream being takes form
and requires one Gnosis point per scene to
keep it manifested.
Song of Rage
(Level Three)
Galliard
This Gift unleashes the beast in others,
forcing werewolves, vampires, and other such
creatures into frenzy and turning humans into
berserkers. A wolverine-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The Garou rolls Manipulation
+ Leadership (difficulty of the target’s Will-
power). The victim flies into a violent rage
(or frenzy, if naturally prone) for one turn
per success.
Gift of Dreams
(Level Four)
Galliard
The Galliard crafts a dream, then
breathes it into a sleeping individual. A Lune
teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Wits + Expres-
sion (difficulty 6) to craft the dream; more
successes allows for more vivid and impactful
dreams. To ensure that an individual experi-
ences this dream, the Galliard must breathe it
into the target’s mouth while they sleep. The
player spends a Gnosis point to complete the
Gift. Dreams crafted with this Gift are often
unusually vivid and dramatic, leaving even
lifelong skeptics convinced they hold some
deep meaning.
Head Games
(Level Five)
Galliard
Emotions become a palette with which
the Galliard may paint whatever picture
takes her fancy. She may change the target’s
emotions as she pleases, from love to hate and
back again. A coyote-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Manipulation
+ Empathy (difficulty equal to the target’s
Willpower). Success allows the Garou to steer
the emotions of any one individual for the
rest of the scene. These emotions don’t last
beyond the end of the Gift’s duration unless
events naturally reinforce them (such as the
Galliard acting friendly toward an individual
she has forced to regard her warmly).
Song of the Siren
(Level Three)
Galliard, Fianna
The Garou’s song or howl can entrance
anyone who hears it. A songbird-spirit teaches
this Gift.
System: The player rolls Charisma +
Performance (difficulty equal to the target’s
Willpower) and spends one Gnosis point.
Packmates resist the Gift automatically; all
others in earshot whose Willpower is exceeded
are affected. Enchanted targets can’t perform
any actions for a number of turns equal to the
successes rolled, unless one Willpower point
is spent per turn of free action.
Shadows by the Firelight
(Level Four)
Galliard
The Galliard invokes shadows and dreams
to set the stage for a play in which other were-
wolves play a part. The Galliard narrates the tale,
and the actors are swept along in the narrative,
willing or no. The Gift is often used at moots,
used as an object lesson for the wayward and
stubborn. An ancestor-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: To press an unwilling actor
into the shadow play, the player spends one
Gnosis point per target and rolls Manipula-
tion + Performance (difficulty equal to the
target’s Willpower). The effects last until the
story ends (one scene), or until the actor is
attacked. Willing participants require no roll
or expenditure.
Falling Touch
(Level One)
Ahroun, Stargazers
This Gift allows the Garou to send her
foe sprawling with but a touch. Any aerial
spirit can teach this Gift.
System: The player rolls Willpower
(difficulty of the opponent’s Stamina +
Athletics). Even one success sends the victim
to the ground. This Gift may be employed
through even the lightest, brushing contact at
no cost, or may be delivered through an attack
by paying one point of Willpower or Rage.
Such attacks inflict full damage in addition
to knocking the target prone.
 Inspiration
(Level One)
Ahroun, Silver Fangs
Other werewolves look to the Ahroun
and Silver Fangs for leadership in battle, and
this Gift helps them to live up to that trust.
The werewolf employs this Gift to lend her
resolve and righteous anger to those who share
her cause. A lion- or wolf-spirit teaches it.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point. All comrades (but not the Gift’s user)
receive one Willpower point, which disappears
if it is not used before the end of the scene.
Spur Claws
(Level One)
Ahroun
This Gift, taught by a bee-spirit in rec-
ognition of that alliance, allows the Ahroun
to transform her claws into hooked and
barbed spurs.
System: The player spends one Rage. The
next successful claw attack the character makes
buries her claws into the victim, where they
stick after breaking free from the werewolf’s
fingertips. Until the victim takes the time to
pull them out (which takes a full turn), they
suffer +2 difficulty to all actions. The Garou’s
claws take a full turn to regenerate.
True Fear
(Level Two)
Ahroun, Wendigo
The werewolf displays his full, terrifying
might — baring teeth or claws, howling, or
simply looming ominously over a foe. Terror
strikes one foe into quiescence. Spirits of fear
teach this Gift.
System: The player rolls Strength +
Intimidation (difficulty equal to the target’s
Willpower). Each success cows the enemy for
one turn; the victim cannot attack during this
time, but may defend himself and otherwise
act normally (although his actions are likely
guided by overwhelming terror).
Pack Tactics
(Level One)
Ahroun
There’s no doubt at all the Ahroun should
take control of the pack in battle. By taking the
lead and coordinating pack actions, the Ahroun
gifts all her packmates with great competence in
the heat of battle. A wolf-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends a Willpower
point before initiating a Pack Tactics maneuver
and divides a pool of extra dice equal to her
Leadership score among everyone performing
the maneuver. The dice should be divided as
evenly as possible, although the player may
choose where to distribute extra dice (or in case
the Ahroun’s Leadership score grants fewer
dice than the number of packmates involved).
Shield of Rage
(Level Two)
Ahroun
Such is the Rage burning within an
Ahroun’s heart that all lesser furies quail
before it. A wolverine-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Willpow-
er point. For the rest of the scene, all spirits’
Rage scores are considered two less than their
real values for the purpose of rolling damage
against the Ahroun.
Combat Healing
(Level Three)
Ahroun
This Gift allows the werewolf to mend
his injuries without rest or hesitation — even
in the heart of combat — as claws and bullets
tear fresh rents in his flesh. While other Garou
struggle to mend their wounds under fire, the
Ahroun never stops fighting. Elemental spirits
teach this Gift, although they must generally
be bested in battle first.
System: The Ahroun no longer needs to
pause or roll Stamina to heal during combat,
and automatically regenerates one non-aggra-
vated health level every round. This benefit
is permanent.
Razor Claws
(Level One)
Ahroun, Get of Fenris
By raking his claws over stone, steel, or
some other hard surface, the werewolf hones
them to razor sharpness. A cat- or bear-spirit
teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Rage
point and the Garou takes a full turn sharpen-
ing her claws. All claw attacks do two additional
dice of damage and are made at −1 difficulty
for the rest of the scene.
Spirit of the Fray
(Level Two)
Ahroun
A cat-spirit grants the Ahroun the Gift
of blinding speed and lightning reflexes, per-
mitting her to strike before any foe.
System: Once the Ahroun learns this
Gift, its effects are permanent. She adds 10 to
all her initiative rolls and, if she chooses, may
spend a Gnosis point to add another 10 to an
initiative roll (such an expenditure prevents
spending Rage for extra actions, however).
Heart of Fury
(Level Three)
Ahroun
The Garou steels himself against anger,
suppressing his Rage and creating a mental
wall to hold back the tide of righteous fury that
threatens to drown him. The anger always re-
turns, however, and the Garou had best be ready
to pay its bill. A boar-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Willpower (diffi-
culty equals the character’s permanent Rage).
Every two successes add +1 to the character’s
frenzy difficulties for the scene, making it
harder to frenzy. When the scene ends, past
slights and injuries come rushing back to haunt
the werewolf, refilling his heart and soul. He
must spend one Willpower point or make an
immediate frenzy check at regular difficulty.
 Silver Claws
(Level Three)
Ahroun, Silver Fangs
Luna sends her children to teach this
powerful but painful Gift to those warriors
who gain her favor. When invoked, it trans-
forms the werewolf’s claws into silver.
System: The player rolls Gnosis (difficulty
7). Silver claws inflict aggravated damage to all
targets, and are naturally unsoakable to Garou
and most Fera. The Ahroun suffers searing
agony while manifesting these silver claws. Each
turn, she gains an automatic Rage point, and all
non-combat difficulties increase by one because
of the distraction. On each turn that her Rage
points exceed her Willpower, she must check for
frenzy. The Gift lasts for one scene, unless the
Garou takes a turn to voluntarily end it sooner.
Full Moon’s Light
(Level Four)
Ahroun
The full moon is Luna’s warrior phase,
when she searches out her enemies. The
Ahroun can call upon her determination in
finding her foes, illuminating any who oppose
her. Lunes teach this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point. For the remainder of the scene, anyone
within one mile who is working against the
Ahroun or her pack emits a soft glow, as
though illuminated by moonlight. This Gift
can be used to confound powers of stealth
or even invisibility, but only if the target is
actively attempting to harm, compete with,
or otherwise foil the Ahroun or her pack.
Strength of Will
(Level Five)
Ahroun
A werewolf with this Gift is a pillar of
indomitable will. He can share this terrifying
strength with others as well, leading them
through the gates of Malfeas without a mo-
ment’s fear or hesitation. A wolf-spirit or an
Incarna avatar teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends a point of
Willpower and rolls Charisma + Leadership
(difficulty 8). Each success grants all the Ga-
rou’s allies within 100 feet (and her packmates
anywhere within 100 miles) an extra point of
Willpower. The extra points last for the rest
of the scene and may raise an ally’s Willpower
above its maximum (and even above 10). This
Gift can only be used once per scene.
Wind Claws
(Level Three)
Ahroun
The Ahroun’s claws and fangs pass
through the flimsy protections of their enemies
as though they were but air and hope. An air
elemental teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Rage
point. For the rest of the turn, all of the
Ahroun’s attacks completely ignore any ar-
mor (mundane or magical) targets might be
wearing; the targets forfeit all soak dice from
such protection.
Stoking Fury’s Furnace
(Level Four)
Ahroun
This Gift allows the Garou to husband
his Rage, keeping it burning for as long as
Gaia’s enemies remain to be defeated. A
wolverine-spirit teaches it.
System: This Gift’s effects are perma-
nent. The werewolf regains one Rage point
during any turn in which he takes damage. This
Rage does not cause a frenzy check, though
other sources will induce checks as usual.
Additionally, the player can spend one Rage
point per turn without losing any temporary
Rage. If multiple Rage points are spent during
any turn, however, all are marked off.
Unstoppable Warrior
(Level Six)
Ahroun
The werewolf with this potent Gift may
shrug off even flames and the claws of his
own kind. A warrior Incarna teaches this Gift.
System: The Garou becomes permanent-
ly capable of healing all aggravated damage as
though it were lethal damage, save for wounds
inflicted by silver.
Clenched Jaw
(Level Four)
Ahroun, Kucha Ekundu
The werewolf bites down with such power
that her grip won’t loosen until she chooses to
let it; even in death, her jaws remain locked. A
wolf- or hyena-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: After making a successful bite
attack, the player may spend a Rage point
to invoke this Gift. For each successive turn
she chooses to maintain her grip, she makes
a bite attack roll (difficulty 3). While foes can
make a resisted Strength roll to break the grip
(suffering an additional health level of damage
in the process of trying to tear free), the Garou
may add half her Willpower to her dice pool
(round up).
Kiss of Helios
(Level Five)
Ahroun
The Ahroun can invoke the sun’s power
to gain immunity to flame. Additionally, she
may ignite any portion of her body and keep
it burning as she desires. A fire elemental or
sun-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis.
For the rest of the scene, the character is
unharmed by any natural source of flames
or heat. Artificial (napalm, gas fires, etc.) and
supernatural flames can inflict no more than
a single level of bashing damage during a turn.
The character inflicts two additional dice of
aggravated damage with burning attacks.