Character Generation/Garou

Choose Concept

Decide what your character is like. On your +sheet, this is a short (29 character) synopsis.

Choose Breed

Breed	Gnosis	Gifts (pick one)
Homid	1	Master of Fire Persuasion Smell of Man
Metis	3	Create Element Primal Anger Sense Wyrm
Lupus	5	Hare's Leap Heightened Senses Sense Prey

Choose Auspice

Auspice	Rage	Gifts (pick one)	Renown
Ragabash	1	Blur of the Milky Eye Open Seal Scent of Running Water	Any combination totaling 3
Theurge	2	Mother's Touch Sense Wyrm Spirit Speech	Glory 0 Honor 0 Wisdom 3
Philodox	3	Resist Pain Scent of the True Form Truth of Gaia	Glory 0 Honor 3 Wisdom 0
Galliard	4	Beast Speech Call of the Wyld Mindspeak	Glory 2 Honor 0 Wisdom 1
Ahroun	5	Falling Touch Inspiration Razor Claws	Glory 2 Honor 1 Wisdom 0

Choose Tribe

			Backgrounds
Tribe	WP	Gifts (pick one)	Restricted	Required/Recommended
Black Fury	3	Breath of the Wyld Heightened Senses Sense Wyrm	N/A	N/A
Black Spiral Dancer*	3	Rathead Sense Wyrm Toxic Claws Bane Protector Resist Toxin Shroud	N/A	N/A
Bone Gnawer	4	Cooking Resist Toxin Tagalong	Ancestors Pure Breed Resources	N/A
Child of Gaia	4	Mercy Mother's Touch Resist Pain	N/A	N/A
Fianna	3	Faerie Light Persuasion Resist Toxin	N/A	Kinfolk (Recommended)
Get of Fenris	3	Razor Claws Resist Pain Visage of Fenris	Contacts	N/A
Glass Walker	3	Control Simple Machine Diagnostics Trick Shot	Ancestors Mentor Pure Breed
Red Talon	3	Beast Speech Scent of Running Water Wolf at the Door	Resources Human Allies Human Contacts Human Kinfolk	N/A
Shadow Lord	3	Aura of Confidence Fatal Flaw Seizing the Edge	Allies Mentor	N/A
Silent Strider	3	Sense Wyrm Silence Speed of Thought	Ancestors Resources	N/A
Silver Fang	3	Falcon's Grasp Lambent Flame Sense Wyrm	N/A	Pure Breed 3+ (Required)
Stargazer	5	Balance Falling Touch Sense Wyrm	Resources Fetish	N/A
Uktena	3	Sense Magic Shroud Spirit Speech	N/A
Wendigo	4	Call the Breeze Camouflage Resist Pain	Contacts Resources	N/A

^* If you set a +note that you were rank 1+ in another tribe and then walked the Spiral, then you can pick a starting gift from that tribe instead

Choose Stats

Stat	Baseline	Freebies per additional dot
Attributes	1 in each + 7/5/3	5
Abilities	13/9/5	2
Gifts	1 breed, 1 auspice, 1 tribe	7 (level 1 only)
Backgrounds	5	1
Gnosis	by Breed	2
Rage	by Auspice	1
Willpower	by Tribe	1
Freebies	15

Lupus may not spend baseline dots on the following Abilities, though they may be purchased later with Freebies:

• Skills: Crafts, Drive, Etiquette, Firearms
• Knowledges: Computer, Law, Linguistics, Politics, Science

Backgrounds: See Tribes Table for restrictions and requirements.

General	Shifter-Specific
Allies	Ancestors
Alternate Identity	Familiar Spirit
Contacts	Fate
Fame	Fetish
Influence	Kinfolk
Mentor	Numen
Resources	Pure Breed
Retainers/Followers	Spirit Heritage
	Spirit Network
	Totem
	Touched
	Rites

Record Renown

See Auspice Table for amounts.

For Black Spiral Dancers replace:

• Glory with Power
• Honor with Infamy
• Wisdom with Cunning

Record Rank

Most characters start as Rank 1 (cliath).

• You may choose to start as a Cub (Rank 0) instead, in which case you start with 0 renown and no Gifts. When you reach Rank 1, you will earn these Gifts as a reward for completing your Rite of Passage.

Spend Freebie Points

Include merits and flaws if desired. You may get extra freebies from up to 7 points of flaws, or the sum of your two largest flaws, whichever is greater.