Werewolf Rituals

Werewolf Rituals and Fetishes

Rites

There are three forms of Rite. Personal, Pack and Sept

Personal Rites are cast by the garou himself and require no other participants

Pack Rites require the participation of the entire pack. The pack must have at least 3 members

Sept Rites must be cast on a caern or node, they must have the permission of the caern spirit and the alpha of the sept, they must involve the participation of at least 7 garou.

All  personal rites are performed with a Social challenge using  occult as a retest.

All Pack Rites are performed with a Social challenge using Leadership as a retest.

All Sept Rites are performed with a Social challenge using Expression as a retest.

All rites are an extended challenge with a difficulty equal to their level, personal rites take one minute per level pack rites take five minutes per level and sept rites take 15 minutes per level. 

Pack rites and Sept rites can be performed harmoniously or dischordantly.

if performed harmoniously the difficulty category of the ritual drops by one level

to perform a pack rite harmoniously, three of the pack members must be of three different broods.

to perform a sept rite harmoniously, three of the casters must be of the three different broods and one of the casters must be of each elemental essence (not shadow), no garou can count twice towards this total.

Rituals

Level One

Rite of Contrition:  

Individual

This ritual grants the caster a merit level retest for one hour vs. a specific spirit (type defined in the casting of the ritual) in a social challenge.

Lesser Calling:  

Individual

Caster can call forth and communicate with a specific type of spirit (type defined in the casting of the ritual) of no more than power rating five.  Ritual must be cast in a place frequented by such spirits.  The spirit is compelled to remain in the area for ten minutes, provided that is not attacked, in which case the spirit fights back or leaves.

Lesser Item Dedication:

Individual

This ritual is cast on an item which can be worn by the caster.  When the item is worn, it stays on the caster, even if the caster moves into a different umbra.  This ritual lasts one lunar month.  The ritual will not work on any item that grants a bonus of any sort or grants health levels.

Breeder's Rite:  

Individual

This ritual can be cast with the name of a garou, a garou's picture, or the target garou himself, provided he/she is willing to stick around for the ritual.  When cast it determines the target's breeding value.

Dedicating the Pack:  

Pack

This ritual binds a group of garou into a pack, causing the members of the pack to gain a pack totem and its benefit.  This binding is subject to the rules in the totem section.

Rite of the Minor Fetish:  

Individual

This ritual will explain what one needs to do to create a level one fetish of a particular specified type.  Please note that these instructions will only work for the person that cast this ritual.

Moot Rite:  

Sept

This rite must be performed every moon to keep a sept totem at a caern, but it certainly can be performed more often.  This ritual requires that at least three garou from the sept spend a number of gnosis equal to half the werewolves in the sept (round down.)  Werewolves usually take this time to get everyone together and engage the rest of the process of having a society. 



Level Two

Rite of Sept Dedication:  

Sept

This ritual dedicates a sept to a particular totem, causing that totem to take up residence within a caern specially prepared in this rite.  If the caern already has a spirit that could accept the sept as its people to become their totem, the sept may dedicate itself to that totem.  Otherwise, the werewolves must drive off or slay the spirit in the caern prior to commencing this ritual.  This dedication is subject to the rules in the totem section.

Greater Item dedication:  

Individual

The garou enchants an item that, when carried, stays with the caster in the umbra.  Taking the item off, putting it down, etc. causes it to drop into its home plane.

Rite of the Lesser Fetish:  

Individual

This ritual will explain what one needs to do to create a level two fetish of a particular specified type.  Please note that these
instructions will only work for the person that cast this ritual.

Rite of Brotherhood's End:  

Pack

This ritual casts someone out of a pack.  It requires the presence and agreement of at least half (round up) of the pack, but does not require that the target be present.

Rite of Renunciation:  

Individual

This rite causes a werewolf to lose their current essence, and any benefits that go with it.  The werewolf remains without essence until two full moons have passed.  At the passing of the second full moon, the garou selects another essence.  All rank/renown is immediately lost, all totem pacts are undone, and the werewolf must choose a new name for himself.

Call the Baun

Sept

This requires the moot rite have already been cast within 72 hours (same phase of the moon). The Garou that are members of the sept get an additional retest to avoid frenzy on other sept members.

Level Three

Mirror Gate

Duration 1 combat round

The garou
stands in front of a reflective surface and spends a gnosis, the mirror
becomes a passageway into or out of the umbra for 6 seconds.as many
things as the garou can manage to squeeze through in a single round can
go through, things caught halfway take a level of bashing and fall onto
their native plane. This ritual does not cause items to stay in the
umbra or physical world, they fall instantly back into their home plane
unless other magics are used to anchor them.

Call the Great Hunt

Sept

This requires the moot rite have already been cast within 72 hours (same phase of the moon) and that Call the Baun have been cast within 48 hours. The Garou that are members of the sept cannot accidentally enter frenzy but may relent to provoked frenzy or deliberately enter frenzy on each other. The sept alpha selects a target which cannot be a sept member, difficulties to reduce frenzies provoked by that target increase by two.  This requires that the alpha at least make some short speech detailing the target and why it is to be hunted or hated usually no longer than 2 minutes no shorter than 30 seconds.