Qu'esce qu'un kinfolk? C'est un humain ou un animal qui possède le gène métamorphe. Tous les enfants qui naissent d'un métamorphe devient un kinfolk ainsi que tous les autres après. Cependant, seul quelques rares élu deviennent des métamorphes. C'est "parents" sont avantagé aux humains/animaux normaux. Le Délirium, la peur qu'incite les métamorphes aux humains/animaux, est complètement absente chez eux. Ainsi, ils font de parfait compagnons et de parfait partenaires de reproduction. Les kinfolks humains aident souvent les métamorphes pour de petites et grandes tâches. Comme par exemple tout ce qui a trait à la société humaine.
Jouer un kinfolk implique que quelque pars dans votre arbre généalogique il y a un ou des métamorphes. Il peut être votre frère/soeur, père/mère, grand-père/mère ou même votre propre fils/fille. Il peut aussi être un cousin éloigné. Vous n'êtes pas non plus informé de votre lien avec les métamorphes, ce qui signifie que vous pouvez être un danger pour le Voile. Il arrive aussi que des kinfolks deviennent des ennemies. Soyez en fier, car le plus grand villain de l'univers de World of Darkness est un kinfolk nommé Samuel Haight.
Téléchargez la fiche ici.Comment la remplir?
- Section Breed : Inscrivez "humain"
- Section Tribu : inscivez a quel race métamorphe vous appartenez. (Khan, Tengu, etc.)
- Il n'est pas important de noter la Nature et Demeanor dans la partie Hengeyokai Alma.
- Nous vous donnons un Gift de niveau 1 de votre choix, en autant qu'elle est un Gift de votre race de métamorphe.
- Nous vous donnons 1 Gnose gratuitement.
Répartissez vos points.
- Attribut = 6/4/3
- Abilities = 11/7/4 (Les points ne peuvent monter plus haut que 3 à cet étapes)
- Backgrounds = 5
- Willpower = 3
- Renown = 3
21 freebies à placé.
Point / Coût en FBAttribut / 5
Abilities / 2 (À ce niveau un 4ieme et 5ieme points peut être acheté.)
Une spécialisation / 2 (droit à une seul spécialisation)
Background / 1
Gifts / impossible d'en acheter avec des freebies
Gnose / 2
Willpower / 1
Mérite / 1
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MéritesPhysical
Feral Appearance (1 pt. Merit)Whether you’re more rugged than average or have a lean, hungry look to your features, werewolves like what they see. It isn’t a matter of physical beauty as human society judges it; there’s just something about you that stirs werewolves’ animal natures. You get an extra die on all rolls involving Appearance when dealing with Garou.
Wolf-sense (1 pt. Merit)This Merit is a blend of folk wisdom, practical sense, and animal instinct. If you have Wolf-sense and make a successful Wits roll, the Storyteller can opt to give you advice on whether you’re about to do something foolish in the eyes of wolf or Garou culture. It doesn’t mean she’ll tell you what you should or shouldn’t do, but at least you’ll have some warning.
Gall (2 pt. Merit)Audacity, guts, pluck — whatever it’s called, you’ve got it. You aren’t afraid to stand up to anyone, from hoodlums to tribal leaders. This isn’t brash, foolhardy behavior, and you’re not necessarily rude or impolite. You simply don’t get the shakes when the Silver Fang Ahroun comes over to speak to you. Many werewolves and Kin respect you for your honesty and forthrightness. Add an extra die to any Social roll involving a display of backbone.
Recognize Garou (3 pt. Merit)Over the years, you’ve become adept at picking out the werewolves in a crowd. It’s not mystical awareness; you’ve simply learned what physical and personality traits tend to mark Gaia’s warriors once they’ve undergone the Change. All Perception attempts to figure out if someone is a werewolf are made at –2 difficulty.
Acute Sense (1 pt. Merit)One of your senses is exceptionally sharp. Choose sight, hearing, smell, touch, or taste. The difficulty for all tasks involving use of this particular sense is reduced by two. This Merit can be bought more than once for different senses, but only one time for each particular sense. The difficulty reduction for a given sensory roll is accumulative with other difficulty reductions (due to Gifts, etc.), but only a single reduction for Acute Sense is applicable in any given roll. Acute Sense cannot be purchased for any sense if it is missing or hampered via a Flaw (i.e., Blind, Bad Sight, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Anosmia, etc.).
Alcohol Tolerance (1 pt. Merit)With a successful Stamina roll (difficulty 7), you can shake off the effects of intoxication, suffering no coordination penalties that might normally affect a drunken fighter. This Merit works against all natural intoxicants, even if processed (such as cocaine), though not against poisons or entirely man-made chemical drugs (such as meth).
Ambidextrous (1 pt. Merit)You have a high degree of off-hand dexterity and can perform tasks with your “wrong” hand at no penalty. The rules for taking multiple actions still apply, but you do not suffer a difficulty penalty if you use two weapons or are forced to use your off hand to complete a task.
Double-Jointed (1 pt. Merit)You possess uncanny suppleness, making all dice rolls that require flexibility (such as wriggling free from an opponent’s grasp) at –2 difficulty. You can contort yourself into odd positions or squeeze into small spaces.
Perfect Balance (1 pt. Merit)You have an uncanny knack for staying on your feet either from natural talent or from long hours of training. Any rolls you make to attempt balance-related physical activities (e.g., Dexterity + Athletics for tightrope walking, maneuvering across ice, mountain climbing, or rock scaling) are at –2 difficulty.
SocialGood Old Boy (or Girl) (2 pt. Merit)You’re an intrinsically nice person, and you genuinely care about your fellows. Werewolves and other Kin (both human and wolf) tend to like you and confide in you. Even lupus Garou may approach you in a friendly manner; something about you just seems trustworthy and inviting. Take an extra die on all Social rolls involving interaction with Garou or Kinfolk.
Camp Goodwill (1 pt. Merit)You have earned the attention and favor of a particular feral group. Perhaps you’ve done them a favor, or maybe they’re trying to recruit you. Regardless, all Social rolls when interacting with that camp are made at –1 difficulty. You may not be a member of this camp when you first take this Merit, although you can become recruited into the camp during play at the Storyteller’s discretion. You may take this Merit multiple times for different camps, and may take it for tribal camps other than your own tribe, each with the Storyteller’s approval.
MentalCommon Sense (1 pt. Merit)You have an abundance of plain, everyday common sense (which is often not so common among humans or Garou). Whenever you’re about to do something counter to common sense, the Storyteller may step in and advise you that you’re about to do something that your character would recognize as foolhardy. This Merit is particularly recommended for novice players still coming to grips with the world of Werewolf and its dangers.
Computer Aptitude (1 pt. Merit)You are familiar with and talented in the uses of computer equipment. All rolls involving computers (hardware, software, or operations) are at –2 difficulty for you.
Concentration (1 pt. Merit)You have the ability to focus your mind and shut out any distractions or annoyances. Characters with this Merit are unaffected by any circumstantial penalties that otherwise might affect their dice pools or difficulty ratings (e.g., nearby gunfire, overpowering aromas, or hanging upside down).
Expert Driver (1 pt. Merit)You drive like you were born behind the wheel. All difficulties on driving rolls are reduced by two.
Language (1 pt. Merit)You know a language in addition to your native one. You can take this Merit multiple times, each reflecting a different language. Spirit Speech is a Gift and cannot be learned using this Merit. Garou are not required to use this Merit to purchase Garou Tongue or lupine communication; those are considered to come as naturally to them along with their native homid language.
Lightning Calculator (1 pt. Merit)You have a natural affinity with numbers and mental calculations, making you a natural when working with finance, estimating at a glance, computing odds, figuring complex variable equations, and the like. All rolls where mental math comes into play are made with a –2 difficulty. Another possible use for this Merit is figuring the odds of success or failure of a particular endeavor, assuming you have sufficient data upon which to base your calculations. On appropriate situations, you may ask the Storyteller for the difficulty of a task you are about to undertake before committing to the effort.
Mechanical Aptitude (1 pt. Merit)You are naturally adept with all kinds of mechanical devices (note that this aptitude does not extend to electronic devices, such as computers, or anything that does not work predominantly through moving parts). The difficulties of all dice rolls to understand, repair, or operate any kind of mechanical device are reduced by 2. However, this Merit does not help you drive any sort of vehicle; once you’re behind the wheel, you’re on your own.
Time Sense (1 pt. Merit)You have an innate sense of time and are able to estimate the passage of time accurately without using a watch or other mechanical device, even after long periods of unconsciousness. This allows you to know (among other things) what phase the moon is in.
Supernatural
Fetish (5-7 pt. Merit)You own a fetish. You may have inherited this item, received it as a gift, or found it on your own. You and your Storyteller should work together on constructing the item and establishing how it came into your possession. Five points equals a Level One fetish, six points a Level Two fetish, and seven points a Level Three fetish. If you do not have the Gnosis Merit, you may not be able to attune the Fetish to yourself or use it.
Gnosis (5-7 pt. Merit)More than any other blessing, the possession of Gnosis among Kin is a special mark of Gaia’s favor. It’s extremely rare for mortals to be so gifted. Having Gnosis grants many privileges, such as the ability to learn a broader range of Gifts, use fetishes, and — if Embraced by a vampire — the chance to die with dignity and honor, rather than suffer unlife. Kinfolk lucky enough to possess Gnosis recover it in the same manner as Garou. Five points spent on the Merit grants one point of Gnosis(Donné gratuitement); six points, two points of Gnosis; and seven points, three points of Gnosis.
Spirit Magnet (1 pt. Merit)You naturally attract the attention of the spirits whenever you cross the Gauntlet into the Umbra. Most of the time, the Umbral inhabitants are simply curious, gathering around you to see who you are and what you’re doing in their “neck of the woods.” Occasionally you attract more than you bargained for — Banes are also likely to come calling. None of the spirits who collect in your vicinity are under your command unless you use a Gift that allows you to command them or influence them in some way.
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Kinfolk GiftsVous ne pourrez jamais avoir plus haut que niveau 1•
Eve’s Touch (Level One) — This Gift allows the Kinfolk to soothe the wounds of others through his touch.
System: The Kin must roll Intelligence + Medicine, difficulty 6, and touch the wound with his hands. The wound can’t be from any source that would normally be considered aggravated; the only aggravated wounds it can heal are those that have been converted from an excess of lethal wounds. The target’s injuries heal one Health Level per two successes. The Kinfolk may attempt this healing only once per person per day; the Gift is taught by a Pelican-spirit.
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Dona Nobis Pacem (Level One) — The Kinfolk is able to maintain an aura of peace over herself and anyone she touches.
System: The Kinfolk can use this Gift only once per scene, and must expend one Willpower point for the effect to manifest. Humans in her immediate vicinity must make a Willpower roll, difficulty 8, to begin or continue any sort of argument or violence for the remainder of the scene. Garou so touched are at +2 difficulty to frenzy for the remainder of the scene. A unicorn-spirit or dove-spirit teaches this Gift.
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Echoes (Level One) — A Kinfolk uses this Gift to hear the “echoes” of earlier conversation in an empty room.
System: At least five minutes must have passed since the end of the conversation before the Kin can invoke the Gift. He rolls Perception + Empathy (difficulty 7) to “hear” what words have been spoken. With one success, he can hear conversations that occurred within the past hour; with two successes, he can hear the past day’s chatter. With three or more successes, he can tune in to a conversation up to a week old. Conversations take place in real time, however, so listening to an hour long conversation takes a full hour, and eavesdropping on an afternoon of chatter takes several hours. A dog-spirit or wolf-spirit teaches this Gift.
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FetishesHorn of Distress
Level 1, Gnosis 3Only in times of dire need do Kinfolk sound these instruments. Such horns vary in appearance according to culture; most bear tribal markings. This fetish uses Willpower instead of Gnosis. When blown, a horn alerts all werewolves within a 10-mile radius. Whether they choose to come or not is their affair, but they know the sound of the horn means trouble. Most often, these horns contain peacock-spirits, though a few hold spirits of Air.
Amulet of Kinship
Level 2, Gnosis 5Garou bestow this fetish upon honored Kinfolk as a symbol of protection and service. All Garou, mages, and spirits that the wearer meets instantly know her to be Kinfolk of note and know the identity (deed name, tribe, breed, auspice, and rank) of the Garou who gave it to her. The Amulet of Kinship must be activated by the werewolf (Gnosis roll) when it is given to the Kinfolk; after that, no roll is necessary. The amulet doesn’t function if worn by anyone other than the intended recipient. To create the fetish, an ancestor-spirit must be bound into the device.
Klaive Hammer
Level 3, Gnosis 5Werewolves often do not have time to devote to mundane crafts such as blacksmithing, and yet klaives are a vital resource for the Nation. Often times, while a Theurge binds the spirit to the weapon, a skilled Kinfolk with Gnosis forges the klaive itself. A Klaive Hammer allows the Kinfolk to craft a klaive so perfect of form that the summoned spirit may be pleased to accept permanent binding within the fetish. Using a weapon forged with a Klaive Hammer gives the ritesmaster creating a Klaive –4 to the difficulty of performing the Rite of the Fetish on that weapon.
To create a Klaive Hammer, one of the following spirits must be bound into a hammer touched by the crafter: Balance, Light, or Fire. Each Klaive Hammer is uniquely attuned to its owner, but if freely given by the old owner and accepted by the new one, the attunement can be transferred. In this case, either the old owner or the new one must spend Gnosis to fuel the attunement. Because of this, these fetishes are often created by Garou, handed off to Kinfolk, and then returned to the Nation when a Kin is no longer able to fulfill the taxing duties of smithing service.
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Notez bien que nous limitons la plupars des backgrounds à 3. Seul quelques exceptions existent : Pure Breed, Spirit Heritage et Totem.BackgroundsAlliesIls peuvent faire des actions pour vous. Leur utilité est surtout dans les passe-play de semaines. Plus le niveau est haut plus l'action peut-être de haute sphère, ou de grande efficacité.
ContactsSert à chercher des informations. Une information pour chaque points de contact.
Pure BreedVotre lignée est importante dans votre race. Pour chaque point, vous ajouter 1 aux jets de sociale avec votre race. Ne marche pas pour les relations avec une autre race.
ResourcesThe Resources Background describes your character’s access to and control over a range of valuable assets. These assets may be actual cash, but as this Background increases, they’re more likely to be investments, property, or earning capital such as stocks and bonds. A character’s Resources depend upon the standard of living she’s comfortable with — a lupus in the Yukon isn’t likely to get a wire transfer from her broker each month. A character with no dots in Resources can have enough clothing and supplies to get by, or she may be homeless, sleeping in a den in her lupus form. You receive a basic allowance each month based on your rating, so make sure to detail where this money comes from. The Storyteller will determine how much this is based on the area your game takes part in and the cultures you’re in contact with. A werewolf’s fortune can run out if she’s fighting in the Amazon rather than managing her stock portfolio. You can also sell your less liquid resources if you need the cash, but this can take weeks or even months, depending on what exactly you’re trying to sell. Art buyers don’t just pop out of the woodwork, after all. Resources can be pooled among a pack.
• Sufficient. You don’t get many spending sprees, but you’ve got a decent place to live, a car that doesn’t crap out every week, and a decent standard of living for the working class.
•• Moderate. You’re thoroughly middle-class in income, and can afford the odd indulgence. You can hire specific help as necessary. You have enough available cash, portable property, and valuables that you can maintain a one-dot standard of living wherever you are for up to six months.
••• Comfortable. You own a house and some land outright, which you may let the sept use or keep for your pack, and you’ve a reputation that gives you easy access to credit at good terms. More of your assets are tied up in property than in cash, and if needs be you can maintain a one-dot standard of living wherever you are for as long as you like.
•••• Wealthy. You have serious financial power, and are one of the richest people in your country. You don’t deal much with actual cash, using more valuable and stable assets to pay off debts as they arise. When you can’t focus on maintaining your level of Resources, you can live at the three-dot level for up to a year, or a two-dot life indefinitely.
••••• Extremely Wealthy. You’re one of the richest people on Earth. You have multiple homes, many forms of luxury transport, and frequently show up in glossy magazines and on gossip websites. You have assets everywhere, and can hobble the Wyrm’s activities with a ten-minute phone call. You can live at the three-dot level indefinitely if you ignore your fortune; higher if you put a little effort in to it.
FinanceManipulating markets, stock reports and investments are a hobby of many people, especially those who use their knowledge to keep hidden wealth. Though your actual available money is a function of your Resources, you can use Finance to start or smother businesses, crush or support banking institutions and alter credit records. Clearly, such power over money is not to be trifled with - fortunes are made and destroyed with this sort of pull. CEOs, bankers, stockbrokers, bank tellers, yes-men, financiers and loan agents are found among such work.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Learn about major transactions and financial events
• Raise capital ($1,000)
• Learn about general economic trends
• Learn real motivations for many financial actions of others |
2 | • Trace an unsecured small account
• Raise capital to purchase a small business (single, small store) |
3 | • Purchase a large business (a few small branches or a single large store or service) |
4 | • Manipulate local banking (delay deposits, some credit rating alterations)
• Ruin a small business |
5 | • Control an aspect of city-wide banking (shut off ATMs, arrange a bank “holiday”)
• Ruin a large business
• Purchase a major company |
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HealthIt might seem odd that Garou, who can heal all but the most catastrophic injuries in a few hours, would need Health Influence, but for repairing the Veil or to help human Kinfolk this resource can be invaluable. You might also acquire a couple of veterinarians to assist with lupus Garou or Kinfolk. Most medical research and development falls under the purview of Health Influence. Coroners, doctors, lab workers, therapists, pharmacists and specialists are just a few of the folks found in this field.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Access to a person’s health records
• Fake vaccination records and the like
• Use public functions of health centers at your leisure |
2 | • Access some medical research records
• Have a minor lab work done
• Get a copy of a coroner’s report
• Instigate minor quarantines |
3 | • Corrupt results of tests or inspections
• Alter medical records |
4 | • Completely rewrite medical records
• Abuse grants for personal use ($250)
• Have minor medical research performed on a subject
• Institute 1arge.scale quarantines
• Shut down businesses for “health code violations” |
5 | • Have special research projects performed
• Have people institutionalized or released |
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High SocietyThe glitterati at the top of society move in circles of wealth and elegance. Though many Garou do not find such positions appealing, there is the rare exception that indulges in the passions of the famous and wealthy. Access to famous actors, celebrities and the elite rich grants a certain sway over fashion trends. A modicum of High Society Influence turns a werewolf into a debonair darling of the most exclusive social circles. Among these circles, one finds dilettantes, artists of almost any stripe, old-money families, models, rocks stars, sports figures and jetsetters.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Learn what is trendy
• Obtain hard-to-get tickets for shows
• Learn about concerts, shows or plays well before they are made public |
2 | • Track most celebrities and luminaries
• Be a local voice in the entertainment field
• “Borrow” idle cash from rich friends ($1000) |
3 | • Crush promising careers
• Hobnob well above your station |
4 | • Minor celebrity status |
5 | • Get a brief appearance on a talk show that’s not about to be cancelled
• Ruin a new club, gallery, festival or other posh gathering |
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InbustryThe grinding wheels of labor fuel the economies and markets of the world. Machines, factories and blue-collar workers line up in endless drudgery, churning out the staples of everyday living. Control over Industry Influence sways the formation of unions, the movements of work projects, locations for factories and the product of manufacturing concerns. Union workers, foremen, engineers, construction workers, manual laborers and all manner of blue-collar workers exist among these ranks.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Learn about industrial projects and movements |
2 | • Have minor projects performed
• Dip into union funds or embezzle petty cash ($500)
• Arrange small accidents or sabotage |
3 | • Organize minor strikes
• Appropriate machinery for a short time |
4 | • Close down a small plant
• Revitalize a small plant |
5 | • Manipulate large local industry |
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LegalThis Influence, like many others, is not directly related to a Garou’s daily life, unless you are a Glass Walker or Bone Gnawer. Even the smallest bit of legalese can keep a werewolf out of trouble in mortal society, though, and there’s no arguing Legal’s benefits for repairing the Veil. Of course, a bit of Legal Influence is also excellent for harassing an enemy’s assets, too. Such Influence ranges from law schools and firms, to lawyers, judges, DAs, clerks and public defenders.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Get free representation for minor cases |
2 | • Avoid bail for some charge
• Have minor charges dropped |
3 | • Manipulate legal procedures (minor wills and trusts, court dates)
• Access public or court funds ($250)
• Get representation in most court cases |
4 | • Issue subpoenas
• Tie up court cases
• Have most legal charges dropped
• Cancel or arrange parole |
5 | • Close down all but the most serious investigations
• Have deportation proceedings held against someone |
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MediaDirecting media attention away from werewolf activities, save for those that would preserve forests and other natural habitats, is a key component of the Veil. Putting specific emphasis on certain events can place an enemy in an uncomfortable spotlight or discredit a rival. With Media, you can crush or alter news stories, control the operations of news stations and reporters and sway public opinion, with DJs, editors of all varieties, reporters, camera operators, photographers and broadcasters at your disposal. At Storyteller discretion, Media may also allow access to the more technical areas of television, radio or movies.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Learn about breaking stories early
• Submit small articles (within reason) |
2 | • Suppress (but not stop) small articles or reports
• Get hold of investigative reporting information |
3 | • Initiate news investigations and reports
• Get project funding and waste it ($250) |
4 | • Ground stories and projects
• Broadcast fake stories (local only) |
5 | • Kill small local articles or reports completely |
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OccultThe hidden world of the supernatural teems with secrets, conspiracies and unusual factions. Obviously, a Garou is aware that there are strange things out there by dint of his very existence (after all, if werewolves exist...), but hard knowledge of such things is a function of Abilities. By using Occult Influence, you can dig up information to improve your knowledge, get inside the occult community and find rare components for rituals. Cult leaders, alternative religious groups, charlatans, occultists, New Agers and a few more dangerous elements can be found here.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Contact a make use of common occult groups and their practices
• Know some of the more visible occult figures |
2 | • Know and contact some of the more obscure occult figures
• Access resources for most rituals and rites |
3 | • Know the general vicinity of certain supernatural entities and (possibly) contact them
• Access vital or rare material components
• Milk impressionable wannabes for bucks ($250)
• Access occult tomes and writings
• Research a Basic rite |
4 | • Research an Intermediate rite |
5 | • Unearth Advanced rites |
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Police“To protect and serve” is the motto of the police, but these days, Garou and mortals alike may have cause to wonder who is being protected and served. That said, Police Influence can be very handy to assist with the Veil, to protect one’s holdings or to raid the assets of another. After all, attitude won’t save the Glass Walker whose townhouse is the target of a police raid. Police of all ranks, detectives, clerical staff, dispatchers, prison guards, special divisions (such as SWAT or homicide) and local highway patrol make up these ranks.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Learn police procedures
• Hear police information and rumors
• Avoid traffic tickets |
2 | • Have license plates checked
• Avoid minor violations (first conviction)
• Get “inside information” |
3 | • Get copies of an investigation report
• Have police hassle, detain or harass someone
• Find bureau secrets |
4 | • Access confiscated weapons or contraband
• Have some serious charges dropped
• Start an investigation
• Get money, either from the evidence room or as an appropriation ($1000) |
5 | • Institute major investigations
• Arrange setups
• Instigate bureau investigations
• Have officers fired |
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PoliticalGarou don’t do well in deals with bloodsucking leeches; they tend not to work with vampires, either. Altering party platforms, controlling local elections, changing appointed offices and calling in favors all falls under the purview of Political Influence. Well-timed blackmail, bribery, spin doctoring or any sundry tricks are stock in trade on both sides of this fence. Some of the likely contacts and allies include pollsters, lobbyists, activists, party members, spin doctors and politicians from rural zoning committees to the mayors of major cities or Congressional representatives.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Minor lobbying
• Identify real platforms of politicians and parties
• Be “in the know” |
2 | • Meet small-time politicians
• Gamer inside information on process, laws and the like
• Use a slush fund or fundraiser ($1000) |
3 | • Sway or alter political projects (local parks, renovations, small construction) |
4 | • Enact minor legislation
• Dash careers of minor politicians |
5 | • Get your candidate in a minor office
• Enact encompassing legislation |
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StreetIgnored and often spat on by their “betters,” those in the dark alleys and slums have created their own culture to deal with life and any outsiders who might come calling. When calling on Street Influence, you use your connections on the underside of the city to find the homeless, gang members of all sorts, street buskers, petty criminals, prostitutes, residents of the slums or barrios and fringe elements of so-called “deviant” cultures.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Open an ear for the word on the street
• Identify most gangs and know their turfs and habits |
2 | • Live mostly without fear on the underside of the city
• Keep a contact or two in most aspects of street life
• Access small-time contraband |
3 | • Get insight into other areas of Influence
• Arrange some services from street people or gangs
• Get pistols or uncommon melee weapons |
4 | • Mobilize groups of homeless
• Panhandle or hold a “collection” ($250)
• Get hold of a shotgun, rifle or SMG
• Have a word in almost all aspects of gang operations |
5 | • Control a single medium-sized gang
• Arrange impressive protests by street people |
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TransportationMost Garou have very little need for any sort of transportation other than their own two feet or four paws. However, when traveling across metropolises and other highly populated areas where Leeches have control, Transportation can mean the difference between a major skirmish and riding through town unmolested. Getting access to special supplies and services can also take measure of Transportation. Most all of these things can be controlled with a bit of sway over truckers, harbors, railroads, airports, taxis, border guards, pilots and untold hundreds.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Know what goes where, when and why
• Travel locally, quickly and freely |
2 | • Track an unwary target if he uses public transportation
• Arrange passage safe (or at least concealed) from mundane
• threats (robbery, terrorism, hunters, etc.) |
3 | • Seriously hamper an individual’s ability to travel
• Avoid most supernaturaldangers when traveling (such as Leeches) |
4 | • Shut down one form of transportation (bus lines, ships, planes, trains, etc.) temporarily
• Route money your way ($500) |
5 | • Reroute major modes of travel
• Smuggle with impunity |
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UnderworldThe world of crime offers lucrative possibilities to strong-willed or subtle leaders. Guns, money, drugs and vice -such delicious pastimes can be led by anyone talented or simply vicious enough to take them. Underworld Influence lets you call on such favors for all manner of illegal dealings, and the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra, and drug dealers, bookies, Yakuza, tongs, hit men, fences and criminal gangs fill its ranks.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Locate minor contraband (knives, small-time drugs, petty gambling, scalped tickets) |
2 | • Obtain pistols, serious drugs, stolen cars
• Hire muscle to rough someone up
• Fence stolen loot
• Prove that crime pays (and score $1,000) |
3 | • Obtain a rifle, shotgun or SMG
• Arrange a minor “hit”
• Meet someone in “the Family” |
4 | • Make white-collar crime connections |
5 | • Arrange gangland assassinations
• Hire a demolition man or firebug
• Supply local drug needs |
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UniversityInstitutions of learning and research are the purview of the University Influence. Access to the halls of learning can help you with any number of resources, from ancient languages to research assistance to many impressionable young minds. School boards, students from kindergarten through college, graduate students, professors, teachers, deans, Greek orders and a variety of staff fill the ivy-covered halls.
| Cost | Effect |
1 | • Know layout and policy of local schools
• Have access to low-level university resources
• Get records up to the high school level |
2 | • Know a contract or two with useful knowledge or Abilities
• Have minor access to facilities
• Fake high school records
• Obtain college records |
3 | • Call in faculty favors
• Cancel a class
• Fix grades
• Discredit a student |
4 | • Organize student protests and rallies
• Discredit faculty members |
5 | • Falsify an undergraduate degree |
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