General Ajaba Gifts
two.
Eye of the Hunter (Level One)
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.
Feral Grin (Level One) With a
snarl or glare, the Ajaba forces her
opponent to back down, unnerved. A
hyena-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The Ajaba adds two dice to all
attempts to intimidate others of equal or
higher Willpower. When attempting to
intimidate lower-Willpower individuals,
the Ajaba adds the two dice or her
Primal-Urge rating, whichever is higher.
This Gifts effects are permanent.
Gift of Terror (Level One) This
Gift induces a terrible dread of and
respect for the wilderness, and it makes
a human target afraid to tamper with it
in any way. Any predator spirit can teach
this Gift.
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 targets 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
Infectious Laughter (Level One)
Laughter is the tool with which Gaias
tricksters promote enlightenment and
the knife that slashes through the veil of
Rage. When the Ragabash laughs, those
around her are compelled to follow
along, forgetting their grievances. A
coyote- or hyena-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 Ragabashs 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.
Primal Anger (Level One) The
metis gives of herself to feed the Rage in
her heart, burning away her very blood
and muscle in the process. The spirits of
ancient metis teach this Gift; few
members of other breeds have endured
enough shame and suffering to learn it.
System: The character may inflict a
single level of aggravated damage on
herself once per scene, and gain three
points of Rage in exchange (even if
doing so takes her beyond her
permanent Rage rating).
Sense Prey (Level One) This Gift
lets a werewolf locate enough prey to
feed her pack. In the urban environment,
this tends to guide lupus to prey in
parks, sewers, animal shelters or even
zoos, drawing her unfailingly to the
presence of prey animals. Humans and
carnivores too large or dangerous for a
lone wolf to regard as prey do not
register as prey animals. A wolf-spirit
teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Perception +
Primal-Urge. The difficulty is 5 in
wilderness environments and 7 in urban
environments. Success indicates the
location of enough prey to feed a large
pack for a day.
Crushing Jaws (Level Two) Only
death can loose the Ajabas jaws. By
using this Gift together as a group,
several Ajaba can pull apart even the
mightiest opponent. A hyena-spirit
teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one
Willpower point after executing a
successful bite attack to lock her jaws.
Each turn thereafter, the Ajaba
automatically inflicts one health level of
unsoakable aggravated damage as her
jaws crush bone and rend flesh. She may
take no other action, save to voluntarily
let go of her prey. While she is locked in,
all close-range attacks against her are
made at 2 difficulty due to her relative
immobility. Only death can pry her loose
against her will.
Curse of Hatred (Level Two) The
metis takes hold of the hate in her soul
and layers it into her words, scourging
the spirits of those she addresses. A
spirit of hate teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Manipulation +
Expression (difficulty equal to the
targets Willpower). If she succeeds, her
opponent loses two Willpower points and
two Rage points. This Gift may be used
on an opponent only once per scene.
Gender Shift (Level Two)
Distasteful though it may be, the Black
Furies sometimes find it necessary to
pass unnoticed through the world of
men. This Gift allows a Fury to effectively
change gender in the eyes of onlookers.
Her features and build become decidedly
more masculine, and her garb seems of
a masculine cut. Her hair, eye and skin
color remain the same; the result is a
man who shows a slight family
resemblance to the Fury. Despite this
Gifts name, it works equally well when
male metis Furies employ it to disguise
themselves as women. The Gift is taught
by an ancestor-spirit or a seahorse-spirit.
System: The player rolls Charisma +
Subterfuge (difficulty 7). The illusion
lasts for one scene per success, or until
the Fury shifts form. The disguise
withstands casual tactile contact,
although heavy or violent contact will
reveal the truth.
Odious Aroma (Level Two) The
Bone Gnawer can amplify his natural
musk until it incapacitates his foes. A
stinkbug-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one point of
Gnosis. For the duration of the scene, all
beings other than the werewolf and her
packmates that can smell and are within
20 feet (6 m) of the Garou subtract two
from all dice pools as they fight to
breathe.
Pulse of the Prey (Level Two) If
the werewolf knows anything about her
preyeven a nickname, initials, or crude
descriptionshe 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 targets Wits +
Stealth. If the target is a spirit, the
difficulty is the spirits Gnosis.
Clenched Jaw (Level Three) The
werewolf bites down with such power
that her grip wont 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).
Gift of the Skunk (Level Three)
With this Gift, the Garou can swell his
musk glands, allowing him to spray musk
like a skunk. It is, of course, taught by a
skunk-spirit.
System: The spray is directed with a
Dexterity + Primal-Urge roll (difficulty 7,
maximum range of 10 feet). A target
struck by this attack must spend a
Willpower point to do anything but spend
the first turn retching. Afterwards, he
subtracts one from his dice pools for the
rest of the scene for every two successes
rolled. Immersion in water negates this
Gift, and it is ineffective against targets
with no sense of smell.

Laugh of the Hyena (Level Three)
Hyena follows no one; instead, she
laughs at those who would name
themselves kings. The Bone Gnawer
wields the power of this mocking
laughter, allowing her to resist any
attempt to command, cajole, force, or
demand to do anything she doesnt wish
to. Such refusals are never subtle; the
werewolf cackles like a hyena when
calling upon this Gift. A hyena-spirit
teaches it.
System: All attempts to mentally
compel the werewolf suffer a +2
difficulty penalty, so long as she laughs
out loud at them.
Laughter of the Soul (Level Three)
The Ajabas barking chuckle worms
into enemies minds, becoming a
harbinger of terror and madness. Fear-
spirits teach this Gift.
System: The Ajaba laughs, and the
player rolls Manipulation + Intimidation
(difficulty of the victims Willpower). One
success makes the target uneasy, three
induces shivering paranoia and anxiety
attacks, and five send him fleeing into
the night screaming. Rolling three or
more successes drives creatures capable
of fear frenzy into that state, unless they
spend two Willpower to resist for the rest
of the scene. Even then, they remain
unnerved and jumpy.
Culling the Weak (Level Four)
The Ajaba use the strength Gaia granted
them to mark the weak and then allow
their enemies very weakness to prepare
them for the slaughter. This Gift is taught
by a vulture-spirit.
System: Whenever an opponent who
has not yet managed to injure the Ajaba
during the scene attempts to attack the
werehyena, but fails to inflict any health
levels of damage with that attack, they
automatically lose one point of Willpower
and one point of Rage (if applicable).
Gnaw (Level Four) The werewolfs
jaws strengthen until she can chew
through nearly anything. Her fangs inflict
more damage in combat, and only death
will break her grip if she clamps her
teeth into an opponent. Hyena- and wolf-
spirits teach this Gift.
System: The player spends one
Willpower point and rolls Stamina + 4
against a variable difficulty (3 for wood,
6 for steel handcuffs, 9 for a train car
coupling). The length of time it takes to
gnaw through something depends on the
number of successes. Additionally, the
Gift grants a characters bite two extra
dice of damage for the rest of the scene.
Gorge (Level Four) Wolves will eat
as much as possible when food is
available, to carry them through the lean
times ahead. Who knows when their next
meal will arrive? With this Gift, a Red
Talon can similarly gorge on Rage,
Gnosis, or Willpower. A wolf-spirit
teaches this Gift.
System: Upon learning this Gift, the
player chooses which trait (Rage, Gnosis,
or Willpower) the 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 normal,
Strength of Kilimanjaro (Level
Five) The Fenrirs body is suffused
with hardiness beyond that of lesser
beings. A boar-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends two Gnosis
points and rolls Willpower (difficulty 6). If
successful, the Garous Stamina rating is
doubled for the duration of the scene.
Survivor (Level Five) The
werewolf becomes an ultimate survivor,
with no need of food, water or sleep. She
ignores temperature extremes, natural
diseases, and poisons. Wyrm toxins have
only half their normal effect on her. A
tortoise-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Stamina + Survival. The
effects last for one day per success. By
spending a second Gnosis point, the
character can gain three extra points of
Stamina, and suffers no wound penalties,
but the Gift will prematurely expire 10
rounds later. The Garou must sleep for at
least eight hours when the Gift wears off,
and he awakens ravenously hungry.
Withering Stare (Level Five) This
Gift lets a werecat kill with a glance,
causing victims to die in agonized
convulsions.
System: The player spends a Gnosis
point and rolls Rage. The difficulty is the
victims Willpower, and each success
inflicts one level of aggravated damage.

Dawn Gifts
Beat of the Heart-Drum (Level
One) The werewolf becomes an
inescapable hunter, drawn ever onward
by the beat of his preys heart until that
heart grows still. A spirit servant of Great
Wendigo teaches this Gift.
System: The Garou must have an object
belonging to his target, a piece of the
victim (a blood sample, a lock of hair), or
must have tasted his quarrys blood in
the past. The player spends a point of
Gnosis and rolls Perception + Survival
(difficulty 7). The Wendigo can hear her
quarrys heartbeat for one day per
success, no matter how far away they
may be. The beat grows louder as the
werewolf draws near, making tracking
effortless.
Finishing Blow (Level One) A
merely wounded enemy is an enemy
that can still fight; dead, he can do no
more harm. This Gift, taught by a lion-
spirit, helps the Ajaba finish her kills.
System: When attacking an enemy
already suffering a wound penalty of at
least 2, the player may spend one Rage
point (before rolling the attack) to double
the Ajabas Strength for the purpose of
determining damage.
Lightning Reflexes (Level One)
Fenrir are Gaias ultimate warriors,
effortlessly switching from offense to
defense as the needs of battle demand.
A mongoose-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player reflexively spends
one Willpower point. For the next day,
the character need neither make a
Willpower roll nor spend a Willpower
point to abort to a defensive action.
Pack Tactics (Level One) While
the Ahrouns role as the overall leader of
Garou is questionable, theres no doubt
at all who 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 (see p. 300) 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 of the
Ahrouns Leadership score granting
fewer dice than the number of
packmates involved).
Razor Claws (Level One) 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 Ahroun takes a full turn
sharpening her claws. All claw attacks do
two additional dice of damage and are
made at 1 difficulty for the rest of the
scene.
Resist Pain (Level One) 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
Willpower point; the character ignores all
wound penalties for the rest of the
scene.
Sense Wyrm (Level One) The
werewolf can sense nearby
manifestations of the Wyrm. This Gift
involves a mystical sense, not a visual or
olfactory image, although Garou often
describe the Wyrms spiritual
emanations as a stench. This Gift doesnt
necessarily sense dedication to the
Wyrm, merely contact with its spiritual
essence, which can cling to even
blameless souls. Sense Wyrm requires
active concentration; the spiritual sense
it provides doesnt function passively.
The Gift may be taught by any Gaian
spirit.
System: The player rolls Perception +
Occult. The difficulty depends on the
concentration and strength of the
Wyrms influence: sensing a single fomor
in the next room would be difficulty 6,
while detecting the stench of a Bane that
was in the room an hour ago would be
difficulty 7. Vampires register as Wyrm-
tainted, save those with Humanity
ratings of 7 or higher.
Command Spirit (Level Two) The
Theurge can give commands to spirits
she meets and expect obedience. The
Gift doesnt grant the ability to summon
spirits only to compel them to obey.
As always when dealing with spirits,
clear wording is essential, as some
clever spirits may attempt to twist the
spirit of issued commands while obeying
them to the letter. Any Incarna avatar
can teach this Gift.
System: The player spends a Willpower
point and rolls Charisma + Leadership
(difficulty is the spirits 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.
Dancing with the Dawn (Level Two)
Pushing the fire in his heart into his
limbs, the Fianna hurls himself unharmed
through the ranks of Gaias foes. A
mongoose-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player reflexively spends
one Rage point, allowing the character to
dodge one attack with his full dice pool,
regardless of what other actions he has
taken during the round. Alternately, a
Rage point may be spent to enhance a
normal dodge action, adding three dice
to the defense.
Shield of Rage (Level Two) Such
is the Rage burning within an Ahrouns
heart that all lesser furies quail before it.
A wolverine-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one
Willpower 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.
Spirit of the Fray (Level Two) A
cat-spirit grants the Ahroun the Gift of
blinding speed and lightning reflexes,
permitting 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).
Teeth at Dawn (Level Two) To act
first is a sign of confidence and power; a
hyena who has seized the initiative in
battle is nearly unstoppable. A
jaguarspirit teaches this Gift.
System: Whenever the Ajaba has the
highest initiative in a combat turn, she
adds two dice to each of her attacks that
turn. This Gifts effects are permanent.
Bloody Feast (Level Three) Great
Wendigo, as a hungry cannibal spirit, can
teach his favored children how to gain
strength from an enemys flesh and
blood. An avatar of Great Wendigo
teaches this Gift.
System: The Garou must bite his
opponent and taste blood he must
inflict at least one lethal or aggravated
health level of damage, and his victim
must be something that bleeds. If the
opponent has toxic blood or none at all,
this Gift cannot function. The player then
rolls Gnosis at a difficulty of the
opponents Stamina + 3. The Wendigo
gains one extra dot in Strength for every
two health levels of damage inflicted by
the bite (maximum of + 5 to Strength).
The extra Strength bonus lasts for two
turns per success on the Gnosis roll.
However, flesh and blood can be
addictive; the Wendigos player must
make an immediate frenzy roll the turn
after activating the Gift.
Redirect Pain (Level Three) This
Gift allows the Fenrir to visit the pain of
his wounds upon those who inflicted
them. A cuckoo-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Rage
point and rolls Manipulation + Primal-
Urge (difficulty 8). For one scene, the
target incurs whatever wound penalties
are indicated by the Fenrirs current
wound levels, regardless of whether or
not the Fenrir actually feels the pain.
Sense the Unnatural (Level Three)
The werewolf can sense any
supernatural presence and determine its
approximate strength and type.
Supernatural presences can include
magic, spirits, Wyrm taint, ghosts,
vampires, faeries, and any other such
unnatural manifestation although it
wont pick them out specifically as such.
A werewolf may sense a person plagued
by haunting as easily as a ghost. Any
spirit servant of Gaia can teach this Gift.
System: The player rolls Perception +
Enigmas (difficulty 6). The more
successes he rolls, the more information
he gains. The sensory input is somewhat
vague and subject to interpretation,
though. For instance, a vampire might
smell of clotted blood, fear, corpse-meat
or whatever else the Storyteller finds
appropriate.
Silver Jaws (Level Three) Luna
sends her children to teach this powerful
but painful Gift to those warriors who
gain her favor. When invoked, it
transforms the werewolfs fangs into
silver.
System: The player rolls Gnosis
(difficulty 7) to activate this Gift. Silver
fangs inflict aggravated damage to all
targets, and are naturally unsoakable to
Garou and most other 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.
Battle Fury Focus (Level Four)
The Ajaba enters a battle trance,
minimizing the openings she leaves for
opponents. A mongoose-spirit teaches
this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Dexterity + Athletics
(difficulty 7). The Ajaba can reflexively
dodge all attacks directed at her for the
rest of the scene with a pool of three
dice.
Grasp the Beyond (Level Four)
The werewolf may carry things in and
out of the Umbra without having to
dedicate them to herself (see the Rite of
Talisman Dedication, p. 211). 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 Willpower points: one for
small items (a knife or cell phone), two
for larger items (a backpack or shotgun),
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 or person pass into
the Umbra. An unwilling subject may
resist with a Willpower roll; each success
subtracts one from the Garous
successes. If left in the Umbra too long,
living beings turn into spirits entirely.
Stoking Furys Furnace (Level
Four) This Gift allows the Garou to
husband his Rage, keeping it burning for
as long as Gaias enemies remain to be
defeated. A wolverine-spirit teaches it.
System: This Gifts effects are
permanent. 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.
Bone Cracker (Level Five) The
werewolfs already vicious bite now
easily mangles and severs limbs. An
avatar of Fenris teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Rage
point and rolls Strength + Primal-Urge
(difficulty equals the opponents Stamina
+ 3). The Garous next bite attack, if it
hits, will mangle and disable one of the
targets limbs, inflicting three automatic,
unsoakable, aggravated health levels of
damage in addition to any damage
already rolled. The limb is rendered
useless until the target can regenerate
the damage, or permanently in the case
of humans or other creatures who cant
regenerate. If the player achieves five or
more successes on the Strength +
Primal-Urge roll, the limb is severed.
Strength of Will (Level Five) 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 moments 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 Garous 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 allys
Willpower above its maximum (and even
above 10). This Gift can only be used
once per scene.
Midnight Gifts
Beast Speech (Level One) The
werewolf may instinctively understand
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 doesnt change animals basic
reactions or dispositions; most are still
afraid of predators such as werewolves.
Any animal spirit can teach this Gift.
System: This Gifts effects are
permanent.
Burning the Vision (Level One)
The Midnight can etch a moment into
anothers memory, ensuring that they
can never forget so much as a single
detail of what they see or hear. This Gift,
taught by a servant of Helios, is often
used at the scenes of terrible atrocities
against Gaia.
System: The Ajaba touches the one he
wishes to force remembrance on and
spends one Willpower point. The target
gains perfect recall of everything that
happens during the scene until his dying
day.
Mindspeak (Level One) 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 victims
Willpower) if any participants are
unwilling. 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. The Mindspeak
ends when all the participants want it to,
or on the turn the Galliard fails the roll
against an unwilling member. 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.
Mothers Touch (Level One) The
Theurge 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
(difficulty is the targets 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 (see p. 259)
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.
Perfect Recall (Level One) 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 characters entire life.
Persuasion (Level One) This Gift
imbues a homids words with intrinsic
credibility and conviction, causing them
to ring true to the ear and lay heavy on
the heart. An ancestor-spirit teaches this
Gift.
System: The player rolls Charisma +
Subterfuge (difficulty 7). Success lowers
the difficulty of all social rolls by one for
the rest of the scene, and allows
successful rolls to have uncommonly
strong impact (such as changing long-
held political views, or causing an addict
to seriously reconsider the course of his
life).
Tears of the Heavens (Level One)
Raising his arms and reciting a
spontaneous poem, the Ajaba calls down
the rain. A sky-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Wits + Expression
(difficulty 8). Success causes rain to fall
across an area (Obligation) miles in
diameter around the Ajaba for ten
minutes per success.

Bless the Rains (Level Two) The
Ajaba composes words of thanks to the
rain falling around him, complimenting it
for sharing its bounty with the dry Earth.
The rains respond with generosity. An
ancestorspirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Wits + Expression
(difficulty 7). The rain subsequently
restores one level of bashing or lethal
damage to all non-Wyrm-tainted beings
it touches, and renders the ground it falls
on unusually fertile. This Gift may only
be used while standing in the rain, and
the Ajaba can only empower a rainstorm
once though the effects of the Gift
strike everywhere that the same rains
fall.
Distractions (Level Two) 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 +
Performance (difficulty equals the
victims Willpower). Each success
subtracts one die from the targets dice
pool for the next three turns.
Dreamspeak (Level Two) The
Galliard can walk among anothers
dreams and thereby affect their course.
The werewolf doesnt 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.
Scavenge (Level Two) The Ajaba
may safely consume and digest any
physical object he can get into his
mouth, from carrion to pistols to toxic
waste: his jaws can chew it, and his
stomach can process it. A goat-spirit
teaches this Gift.
System: This Gifts effects are
permanent, though it costs a Gnosis
point to eat anything that is actively
poisonous (such as toxic waste) rather
than merely noxious or inedible. The
Ajabas digestion destroys fetishes and
other empowered items, though
supernaturally indestructible items may
survive their transit. The Ajaba can even
destroy an opponents armor in combat,
one bite at a time.
Shadows of the Serengeti (Level
Two) As the Ajaba sings a song of his
fallen Kin, their shadows rise from the
dust of the earth to lend their strength to
his cause. A night-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Obligation (difficulty 8).
For each success, one unearthly shadow-
hyena rises from the earth around the
Ajaba, and aids him until the end of the
scene. These shadows have the traits of
a normal hyena, save that they possess
only three health levels. The shadow
hyenas have physical presence, but they
are neither truly ghosts or spirits.
Calling the Eshu (Level Three)
The Fianna can call upon ancient pacts
between her people and the fae. By
emitting a special howl, the werewolf can
call whatever fae are in the area to help.
They will obey the Fianna, but not
without question. A dream-spirit teaches
this Gift.
System: The player spends at least one
Gnosis point and rolls Manipulation +
Occult (difficulty 8). Spending more
Gnosis increases the raw power of the
faeries who respond, while more
successes on the roll means that more
faeries answer. When used on Earth, this
Gift most commonly calls dream-spirits
known as chimera, though with higher
Gnosis expenditures changelings or their
dark-kin cousins may appear; true fae
answer the summons only in appropriate
Umbral realms.
Exorcism (Level Three) 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 spirits 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 ten
levels of aggravated damage at a rate of
one level per turn as the Bane tears free
of its fleshly home. This ensures the
hosts swift demise unless a powerful
healer manages to preserve his life
during the exorcism.
Song of Heroes (Level Three)
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
recitation 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 (see p. 136). This bonus
lasts until the sun rises.
Wisdom of the Ancient Ways
(Level Three) The Fianna can call
upon ancient pacts between her people
and the fae. By emitting a special howl,
the werewolf can call whatever fae are in
the area to help. They will obey the
Fianna, but not without question. A
dream-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends at least one
Gnosis point and rolls Manipulation +
Occult (difficulty 8). Spending more
Gnosis increases the raw power of the
faeries who respond, while more
successes on the roll means that more
faeries answer. When used on Earth, this
Gift most commonly calls dream-spirits
known as chimera, though with higher
Gnosis expenditures changelings or their
dark-kin cousins may appear; true fae
answer the summons only in appropriate
Umbral realms.
Bitter Tears (Level Four) Standing
in the pouring rain, the Ajaba composes
a spontaneous poem expressing his
sorrow at Gaias fallen state; the
intensity of the rain redoubles, and it
carries some measure of his sadness. An
ancestor-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Manipulation +
Expression (difficulty 7). All humans
touched by the rain whose main dwelling
is in a place with a Gauntlet of 7 or
higher are seized with a great listless
melancholy so long as the rain lasts,
suffering a 3 penalty to all dice pools.
This Gift may only be used while
standing in the rain.
Gift of Dreams (Level Four) The
Galliard crafts a dream, then breathes it
into a sleeping individual. A Lune
teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Wits +
Expression (difficulty 6) to craft the
dream; more successes allows for more
vivid and impactful dreams. To ensure
that an individual experiences this
dream, the Galliard must breathe it into
the targets 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, often
leaving even lifelong skeptics convinced
that they hold some deep meaning.
Phantasm (Level Four) The Fianna
creates an unmoving illusion that
contains visual, auditory, olfactory and
even tactile elements. A grain-spirit
the so-called spirit of spirits teaches
this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point for each 10-foot (3 m) radius area
to be covered by the illusion and then
rolls Intelligence + Expression. Anyone
given cause to doubt the illusion must
roll Perception + Alertness and exceed
the Garous successes in order to see
through it.
Fabric of the Mind (Level Five)
The greatest Galliards can bring the
products of their imagination to life,
crafting creatures from the essence of
dreams. Chimerlings 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 dreambeing
takes form and requires one Gnosis point
per scene to keep it manifested.
Rain of Doom (Level Five)
Standing in the rain, the Ajaba points to
a man-made object or building and spits
insults and curses at it, expressing his
rage and disdain. The rain acts as acid
when it strikes the structure, pitting
concrete and corroding steel. A pain-
spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends three Rage
points and rolls Wits + Primal-Urge
(difficulty 8). The successes gained
dictate how large a structure may be
destroyed. Only one success would be
necessary to tear down a cabin, three for
three-story house, or five for an office
complex. This Gift may only be used
when standing in the rain.
Dusk Gifts
Blur of the Milky Eye (Level One)
The werewolfs form becomes a
shimmering, indistinct blur, as though
seen through heavy cataracts even in
the midday sun. The Ragabash is not
truly invisible, however, and if spotted,
this Gifts 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.
Fatal Flaw (Level One) The
Shadow Lord can spy a targets
weakness, gaining an advantage in
combat. A Stormcrow teaches this Gift.
System: The Shadow Lord concentrates
for one full turn, then the player rolls
Perception + Empathy (difficulty equals
the targets Wits + Subterfuge). Success
grants the Garou an extra die of damage
during combat with that target.
Additional successes grant knowledge of
further weaknesses, but not more dice.
Laughter in the Night (Level One)
Like any good hyena, the Ajaba is
much more dangerous once the sun
goes down and far bolder in taking
prey. A night-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The character permanently
adds one die to all Stealth rolls at night.
Open Seal (Level One) The
werewolf can open nearly any sort of
closed or locked physical device. A
raccoon-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Gnosis
(difficulty of the local Gauntlet rating). If
the object is sealed with magic, the
player must spend a Gnosis point before
making the attempt.
Scent of Running Water (Level
One) The werewolf can mask her
scent completely, 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
Gifts effects are permanent, though the
Ragabash may temporarily suppress
them at will (which may be necessary to
blend in with wolf packs).
Spirit Snare (Level One) The
Theurge casts out an invisible, mystic
net which 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 spirits effective Willpower by two for
the purpose of all combat actions for the
rest of the scene. Multiple applications of
this Gift dont stack.
Spirit Speech (Level One) 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 doesnt influence spirits attitudes
toward the werewolf in any way, nor
ensure that they have any desire to
communicate with him. Any spirit can
teach it.
System: This Gifts effects are
permanent.
Whispers in the Grass (Level One)
The werehyena may move soundlessly
through any natural environment; grass
bends without making any noise, and dry
twigs break silently beneath her tread. A
mouse-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player rolls Wits + Stealth,
difficulty 6. Success reduces the
difficulty of moving quietly in natural
environments by 3 (to a minimum of 2).
This Gift has no effect in man-made
environments.
 Ambush (Level Two) When the
Ajaba strikes from concealment, her
blow burns with Rage, felling her
opponent in a single strike. A jaguar-
spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player may spend one
Rage point when making a surprise
attack, after rolling damage, to double
the amount of damage inflicted before
soak.
Blissful Ignorance (Level Two)
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.
Lunas Armor (Level Two) The
Child of Gaia invokes the moons sacred
power. Her body is briefly wreathed in a
shimmer of moonlight, granting her
Lunas protection. This Gift is taught by a
Lune.
System: The werewolf concentrates for
a turn; the player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Stamina + Survival
(difficulty 6). Each success allows the
Garou to add one die to his soak pools.
These dice, and these dice alone, may
even be rolled to soak damage from
silver. The benefit lasts for one scene.
Sight From Beyond (Level Two)
This is a Gift of prophecy. The werewolf
becomes an oracle, prone to dreams and
visions which 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 stories, 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
Storytellers 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.
Taking the Forgotten (Level Two)
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 victims Intelligence +
Streetwise).
Paralyzing Stare (Level Three)
The Shadow Lord directs a terrifying
glare at a target, causing her to freeze in
terror. A Stormcrow teaches this Gift.
System: The Garou concentrates for
one turn. The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Charisma + Intimidation
(difficulty of the targets Willpower).
Each success freezes the target in place
for one turn, rendering her unable to
move or attack (though she may still
defend herself). The target must be able
to see the Garou.
Pulse of the Invisible (Level Three)
Spirits fill the world, and none know
this fact better than the Theurge. This
Gift grants constant awareness of the
spirit world. Even in the physical world,
the Theurge can interact with spirits in
the Penumbra at will. While most spirit
activity isnt worth watching, the
Theurge will be automatically aware of
any dramatic changes or upheavals
nearby. Any spirit can teach this Gift.
System: If the Garous 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.
Smoky Passage (Level Three)
Having struck her blow for Gaia, the
Dusk may easily escape before the
carnage shes unleashed catches her in
its jaws. This Gift allows her to leap
through a wall as though it were made of
smoke, leaving behind only an unearthly
ripple to mark her passage. A smoke-
spirit teaches it.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point. The Ajaba may spring through any
wall during that turn at her full
movement speed, so long as it is no
thicker than (Ferocity) feet.
Umbral Strike (Level Three) The
wererat disappears and instantly
reappears behind an opponent up to 50
feet away. This Gift is taught by
grasshopper mouse-spirits.
System: The player spends one point of
Gnosis and Rage; the victim must be
within line-of-sight. The wererat can
immediately attack in the same turn at
2 difficulty.
Becoming the Night Jester (Level
Four) Though this Gift offers no power
during the day, by night the Dusks
Crocas form takes on an aspect of
ancient nocturnal terror a primal, red-
eyed, and black-furred hyena the size of
a polar bear. Hyena herself teaches this
Gift.
System: At night, the characters Crocas
form adds one to its Strength, Dexterity,
and Stamina. This Gifts effects are
permanent.
Echoes of the Asamando (Level
Four) Powerful Ajaba of the Dusk
learn dark roads to victory, gleaning
wisdom from voices most would quail to
hear. This Gift, taught by an ancestor-
spirit, allows the Ajaba to speak and be
heard by the dead and to hear their
voices in return.
System: The character must kill to use
this Gift whether it is beast, or man, or
monster that she slays is irrelevant, but
she must end a life to hear the Echoes of
Asamando. Additionally, within a minute
of enacting the kill, the player must
spend a point of Gnosis. For the rest of
the scene, the Ajabas voice may be
heard unmistakably across the Shroud,
and she can hear anything that nearby
ghosts might say as clearly as though
she stood in the Underworld herself.
Open Wounds (Level Four) The
werewolf causes the next wound he
inflicts to bleed profusely, weakening his
opponent further. A pain-spirit teaches
this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis
point and rolls Strength + Medicine
(difficulty 7). If the Shadow Lords next
attack does any damage, the target will
bleed continuously, suffering one
unsoakable lethal damage per turn for a
number of turns equal to the number of
successes rolled.
Reach the Umbra (Level Five)
The Garou may step in and out of the
Umbra at will, without need of a
reflective surface or even any effort at
all. An owl-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The Garou may step sideways
instantly, at any time, with no fear of
being caught. No roll is necessary. All
rolls to enter or leave Umbral Realms
receive a 2 difficulty bonus. She may
not, however, spend Rage on the turn
that she steps sideways. The Garou may
not step sideways quickly enough to
dodge an attack that has already been
declared.
Shadow Pack (Level Five) The
werewolf summons up shadowy
duplicates of himself to stand by him in
battle. These shadow-wolves resemble
the Shadow Lord and share some of his
capabilities. A night-spirit teaches this
Gift.
System: The player rolls Gnosis
(difficulty 8) and spends a number of
Gnosis points. One shadow-duplicate
appears for each point spent. These
duplicates have the same Attributes and
Abilities as the Garou, but not his
fetishes and may not use Gifts, Gnosis or
Willpower. Each has only one health
level. The duplicates fade at the end of
the scene.