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Regaining inosis
You can regain Gnosis in one of a number of ways:
Spend 1 minutes out of game in meditation, reflecting the time you take t o
renew your connections to Gaia which doesn’t mean sitting under a tree and picking
your teeth). Th en you may spend one of your Meditation Ability Traits or Mental Traits
to recover on e Gnosis Trait. You must already possess the Meditation Ability in order
to perform this feat.
You may participate in th e Sacred Hunt , one of the most frequently performed
activities at Garou moots. It is a ritual performed for th e good of the people and the
caem, in which an Englingspirit s the chosen prey, summoned and the n hu nted down.
This ritual can be undertaken in either t he Umbra or on Earth. After the prey has been
caught and “killed,”all werewolves who take part in the hun t give thanks to t he spirit
for the gift of its life. Upon a successful hu nt , all participating Garou completely
replenish their Gnosis pools.
The re are certain Rites and Fetish powers tha t can lend temporary Gnosis to
your pool.
Willpower
Willpower Traits measure the strength of your character’s resolve and sense of
self. By exerting your Willpower, you can withstand otherwise untenable conditions
or renew your commitment to a course of action.
Willpower Traits are not described with adjectives. You simply have permanent
Willpower your normal limit of Willpower Traits) and temporary Willpower, your
expendable Traits). Your tribe determines your starting permanent and temporary
Willpower. Wh en you expend temporary Willpower Traits or raise your permanent
Willpower, you regain temporary Traits at a rate of one per game session tho ugh your
Storyteller may vary this pace to suit the needs of her game or simplify book-keeping).
Expending a Willpower Trait allows for one of any number of effects, generally
to keep self-determination and to empower difficult or complex actions. Using
Willpower is almost always a reflective action and does not count as your tum.
Willpower Trait can be spent to refresh all of your lost Traits in one Attribu te
category hysical, Social or Mental. You may do so once per category per game
session.
Expenditure of a Willpower Trait allows you to gain a retest when defending
against a Mental or Social Challenge. Trai t loss works as normal for such retests.
Spending one Willpower Trait enables you to enter a challenge for which you
lack an appropriate Ability. Thus, you can make a test even if you would normally
require a specific Ability tha t you don’t have or have used up.
You can spend a Willpower Trait to try to control yourself briefly while in
frenzy. You are able to act normally for one turn when you spend a Willpower i n this
fashion, though you otherwise keep all th e other stipulations of frenzy gnoring
wound penalties and so on. You do not actually regain control so much as you fight
mightily to direct yourselffor a few moments in the face of overwhelming rage or terror;
roleplay your actions appropriately.
You can expend a Willpower Trait to ignore all wound penalties, up to and
including Incapacitated, for the duration of a full turn.
Certain Gifts require the use of Willpower.
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S te p T h r e e A bv a nta ge s
Now that Cliff has T.J.’s Attributes all banged out, Wendi points him to the
section on Abilities. Cliff notices many t hat he would like to take, but sticks with the
most fitting to T.J.’s background: Brawl and Melee. The n he takes another Melee and
Occult representing his above-average skill with hand-to-hand weapons and his
mystical knowledge within his Cree heritage. He finishes with Athletics, to reflect th at
he was doing more through his youth th an playing video games. Though his choices
are not as diverse as Cliff would like for T.J.,Wendi points out t hat this reflects his lack
of worldliness that will come with experience and age.
Gifts arenext; this isaplace that Cliff points out t o Wen di thatT.1. is veryfocused
on warrior powers. As a homid Ahroun Uktena , T.J.begins t he game with three Basic
Gifts. After looking over the choices available to him, Cliff selects one level from each
of his breed, auspice and tribe: Master of Fire Hom id) , Razor Claws Ah ro un ) and
Shroud Uktena).He reasons th at these choices are a legacy of his warrior upbringing,
reflecting his narrow scope of education and need for greater experiences to round out
his life.
Wendi notes tha t Cliff has five levels of Backgrounds to spend on T.J.Cliff takes
extra time to think on this part liff decides th at T.J. s th e son of a chief and the
descendent of chiefs. To reflect this, he takes one level ofAncestors, one level of Fetish
and three levels of Pure Breed. Wendi pauses things and asks about t he story behind
th e level of Fetish. Cliff tells her th at the fetish is a weapon t ha t was passed down from
his ancestors to his grandfather, his father and recently to him. Wendi explains that
weapon fetishes are very rare and not available to new characters. Cliff has three
options hoose another fetish, choose another Background or choose to sock the
point away to be put toward a weapon later on. Cliff decides he wants the instant
gratification, and chooses a different Fetish his is a medicine bag th at belonged to
a several-greatsgrandfather who was also Garou), and contains several small things,
like a shard of a n iron pot, a cowrie shell and a small string of wampum. Wend i
approves this, and makes a note to herself that she will sit down with the other
Storytellers to determine what exactly th e bag can do.
Now Cliff needs to note T.J.’s Renown. Wendi suggests that Cliff might find it
more interesting to come in as a cub, learning about Garou society along with T.J.,
since he’s new to live-action roleplaying and Apocalypse. Cliff agrees, deciding t hat
T.J. had his First Change around 20 which is a little older th an usual for most Garou.
T.J.’s beginning Renown will be awarded to him when he completes his Rite of
Passage.
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Cliff must now record T.J.’s starting Gnosis, Rage and Willpower. Looking at the
breed section on page 7 and sees th at homid Garou begin th e game w i t h one Gnosis
Trait. He th en skips over to the auspice section and notes t hat the Ah roun begin the
game with five Rage Traits. Finally he flips to th e page with his tribe and sees that
Uktena begin the game with a Willpower of three Traits.
Cliff now has t he option to choose Flaws and Negative Traits for his character.
He decides tha t T.J. s Impatient and Condescending- no matter how fast things come
to him, T.J.wants it five minutes ago, and his pride in his native heritage occasionally
translates into a distinct dislike of whites or Wyrmcomer Garou Wendi approves,
gleefully thinking about the interesting roleplaying that’s sure to follow that).
Nothing else seems to s u i t T.J. n this area, so Cliff moves on to Flaws next, selecting
StrictCarnivore salads ust don’t cut it for T.J.)and N i g h m r e s Wendi asks Cliff about
the nature of T.J.’s Nightmares, and Cliff explains that when T.J. was a little boy he
witnessed the slaughter of his father’s pack. Elaborating further, Cliff tells of how T.J’s
desire to lead stems from this incident .J.wants the resources th at being an alpha
can bring to better aid his quest to destroy the killers. Wendi thinks that the Flaw:
Vengeful might be a good choice with tha t story, and Cliff agrees, gaining five extra
Traits altogether. Now he has a to tal of 2 Free Traits in all to spend anywhere on his
character five Free Traits plus tw Negative Traits and five Flaw Traits).
First, Cliff adds three more Mental Traits, and picks Attentive, Cunning and
Intuitive, moving up his total to six Traits; T.J. is not so fast to fight without a quick
analysis ofhis opponent and surrounding. T.J. s also more likely to rise as a leader now
that h e is a bit more thoughtful. The n Cliff decides to take th e Merit: Ancestral Mentor
for three points, specifying t as T.J.’sgreat-grandfather Wen di tells Cliff that he will
need to work with one of t he Storytellers in creating the specific powers and
knowledges of his Mentor). Finally, Cliff decides that T.J.would attem pt to be more
well-rounded all in th e name of making a better leader), so Cliff raises T.J.’s Gnosis
and Willpower by two Traits each, leaving him with no more Free Traits to spend
three points ofTraits, three points for his Merit, four points for two Gnosis Traits and
two points for Willpower Traits).
Wendi checks over the character sheet and affirms the correct amount of points
Cliff has spent, as well as confirming tha t everything needing explanation has been
done. Cliff is now ready to assume the role of T.J. Sampson.
Though Cliff has completed the skeletonofh is character- Attributes, Abilities,

Gifts, etc. .J. s by no means finished. Cliff has to test th e waters of t he game to
get afeelfor whereT.J. fits socially and physically. D0esT.J. actually have wha t it takes
to play t he part of leader, or does his strength lie in upholding previously dictated rules
by other leaders? His past is obviously important after Cliff said that T.J. had
witnessed his father’s murder), but how did it shape T.J. himself? s revenge a
prominent issue in his life?Does it rule his emotions, or is it the catalyst to his battle
against the Wyrm ?Wh at clothes does T.J.wear? Does he have an accent? How does
he handle social interaction, such as shaking hands or making eye co nta ct?When he
walks, does he tend slouch, or does he stand up straight?
These are all questions that Cliff will have to answer before and during his time
as T.J.Cliff understands tha t T.J.still needs more character development, but also sees
th at h e has done as much as he can do; game play will help him discover more about
the personality of T.J.He s all ready to go, and soon T.J.Sampson will experience the
red-in-tooth-and-claw fight ongoing in a world plagued by the coming Apocalypse.

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