New Moon Legerdemain

Category

This no-moon gift represents Luna's deepest mysteries. Garou who invoke this Gift attract and command dozens of invisible, minor trickster spirits (Strangelings, Chimaera and Wyldlings). The creatures dance maddeningly around the Garou in the Penumbra, protecting her from harm, but causing consternation among those in the area. The spirits play tricks on everyone around them, saving their most dangerous pranks for the Garou's enemies. However, the nature of this Gift only allows the spirits to be summoned at night. An avatar of Luna herself teaches this Gift, and learning it puts a Garou in Luna's service forever. Only Garou who perform a great service in Gaia's name may learn this Gift. It costs a permanent point of Gnosis to learn, and the spirits it attracts stay with the Garou until she dies.

System

Although the spirits generally like 'their Garou', they do not always listen to her orders and may even play minor pranks on her. (furthermore, those who fail to keep their spirits in line may suffer penalties to social rolls.) Keeping one's spirits under control should be roleplayed, but should not interfere too much with the game. The spirits are semidormant most of the time, playing only the occasional halfhearted prank. They become genuinely active during a New Moon or when the Garou wishes it. To awaken the spirits requires a Gnosis roll (difficulty 6) and one Gnosis point. The spirits awaken for one night per success. The Garou may also put them back to sleep until needed again with the expenditure of another Gnosis point and with another roll (two successes are needed). When activated, mischievous spirits beset all the Garou's enemies in a 25-foot radius, pinching and tripping them. All rolls made bu the Garou's enemies are at +2 difficulty, and their Dice Pools are reduced by 2. The spirits can also steal one item from one enemy in a given battle, as long as that enemy is in the umbra. The nature of the item is completely random (Storyteller's discretion), but usually of little worth. The creatures may or may not show their treasure to their Garou, depending on how they regard her. Some powerful creatures (Jagglings or Incarna) may temporarily disperse a Garou's spirits by spending a Gnosis. Otherwise, the spirits fade away completely during the day.

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