Children of Gaia Tribe Rites
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Children of Gaia Rites
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Level One
Last Blessing Mystic
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 72
Description: The mere existence of metis threatens the Veil, as they're born and die in Crinos form. This blessing is given to a metis by the ritemaster after going to war and before the metis' face is cold in death. It simply ensures that the metis' corpse will be in that form which she most preferred (apart from her breed form, of course): Human or wolf, arousing no suspicion. Many metis have received this rite with joy, seeing it as a sign of Gaia's forgiveness.
System: The ritemaster lays hands on the metis and chants the Song of the True Form; then spends one permanent Gnosis. The metis' body changes to Homid or Lupus form, and the change is permanent.
Rite of the Pregnant Mule Accord
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 71
Description: No one else would ever want to learn it. It honors Father Mule, patron of the middle breed. it enables metis to adopt other metis as their children. since most metis are abandoned or worse by their biological parents, older metis see these Crinos pups as a personal responsibility. And who better to raise a troublesome and often differently abled metis pup?
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Rite of the Teachers Minor
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 70
Description: This rite involves using the teacher plants of Gaia (hallucinogenic plants) which have had their spirits Awakened (using the Rite of Spirit Awakening). The ritemaster must prepare the plants carefully and then use them in the appropriate manner (such as smoking jimson weed or eating sacred mushrooms). Note that the use of the plants is forbidden in some cases by human law.
System: For each level of bashing damage that the Garou takes from exposure to the drugs in question, the Gauntlet is effectively lowered by one for the purposes of using Gifts or rites or stepping sideways. The reduced difficulty lasts for five minutees after the completion of this rite.
The Bowels of the Mother Minor
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 70
Description: This simple rite enables other rites to be performed in less than ideal circumstances. The Ragabash Soldier-of-Paradise developed it while serving in the US military. Rites requiring Gaia's physical presence (that is, that natural eart, air, water, or fire be present) are difficult to perform while the ritemaster is in a setting where they don't exist, such as a ship at sea. The clever No-Moon reasoned that "there's wind in your lungs, water in your veins, fire in your heart, and soil in your bowels."
System: When a ritemaster performs this rite, she may substitute the body of any living creature for the required earth, wind, etc. for a rite that immediately follows. For example, when a rite requires the ritemaster to touch earth, she may hold another's hand instead; a fetish may be held over the heart instead of over fire. No roll is necessary, although the difficulty of the rite for which the substitution is made is increased by one. It has sadly been shown that event the rite of Gaia's Vengeful Teeth can be cast this way. Soldier-of-Paradise wasn't successful in his attempts to perform the Rite of Spirit Awakening on his intestinal bacteria, but perseveres nonetheless.
Level Two
Rite of Clouds and Rain Accord
THIS GIFT IS NOT YET APPROVED FOR USE ON CITY OF HOPE. OPEN A +REQUEST IF YOU WISH TO LEARN IT
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 72
Description: This rite is kept a careful secret by the Children of Gaia, and all who so much as know of it must swear never to mention it among non-initiates — if revealed, anyone involved would likely be ostracized by the rest of the Garou Nation. It allows the partial control of Rage at the price of violating a basic Garou law: The first precept of the Litany. The rite involves channeling the force of Rage by having sex in Crinos form. To avoid injury or death to the partners, both must be Garou. Because the fear of producing a metis is so great, metis are often asked to perform the rite, as they're sterile. Some Garou actually enjoy multiple partners while performing this rite, although having more than one sexual partner during the rite can be somewhat confusing. Some say that the more Garou are involved, the more powerful the rite becomes. The truth of this is unknown.
System: The sexual partners invoke the spirits of peace and of desire, spending a point of Gnosis. They must demonstrate genuine affection for each other, or the rite won't work. If it works, the Garou can control the tendency to frenzy for the rest of the story. The Storyteller must determine the chance of pregnancy, if it's possible at all. Everyone involved in the rite loses a temporary point of Honor; the spirits who empower the rite, permissive though they may be, are still witnesses to the participants' transgression.
Rite of Comfort Accord
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 71
Description: This rite is a healing ritual for Harano. It doesn't cure the condition, although the rite of Asklepios can indicate possible cures. The ritemaster can, however, prevent the afflicted one from passing any deeper into Harano. The ritemaster chants, burns mystic incense, and engages the sufferer in breathing exercises. The dispirited one may leave before the rite begins, but not after it has started. This ritemaster may perform this rite more than once for each werewolf suffering from Harano.
System: The ritemaster chants, leads the sick one in breathing rituals, and makes a Charisma + Rituals roll. The recipient takes the number of successes as extra Willpower, which she may spend to resist Harano. She may not harm herself (such as through self-mutilation or suicide) until all the bonus points of Willpower are gone.
Level Three
Rite of Anger's Purge Accord
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 72
Description: Rage makes a shapeshifter what they are. But it's a curse as well as a blessing. Some Garou can contain their Rage sufficiently to live with a Kinfolk family or enjoy a quiet dinner at a restaurant. But some are so out of balance that they can barely function without exploding. Others require punishment. For whatever reason, a Garou occasionally needs to have his potential for Rage lowered. In this rite, the subject changes into Crinos and is encircled by the participants who all wield whips, clubs, and other instruments of punishment (the "gauntlet"). They then proceed to beat the subject into submission, until he lies unconscious on the ground. A Garou can have the Beast beaten out of him in this way of such a punishment is required.
System: Each participant in the rite must expend at least one point of Rage. The subject loses one point of permanent Rage for each point spent in this way. If he frenzies shortly thereafter, the Storyteller may decide that the loss of Rage isn't permanent, although few Garou have enough Rage to endure this rite and still be capable of frenzy in any but the most extenuating circumstances.
Rite of Asklepios Mystic
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 73
Description: The ancient Greek healer Asklepios was the greatest physician of the ancient world, and the Children and their Kin aided his cult for a thousand years. This rite allows the ritemaster and his patient(s) to see the correct cure for diseases and wounds untreatable normally. Only a few Children of Gaia still know it.
System: The ritemaster prays over the patient who then sleeps all night in an underground shrine, either a small room (hence "incubation") or a burrow for lupus. The ritemaster then rolls Wits + Rituals, difficulty 7, or 8 for illnesses of unknown origin. In the night, a spirit such as Asklepios, Clara Maas, or Carlos Finley (the discoverer of the yellow fever vaccine) will appear to the patient and explain how to cure the disease. The patient will then awaken and perform the steps described. For each success of the ritemaster, one level of damage will be cured. The patient and the ritemaster will then perform a sacrifice to Gaia. This can be a gift of goods or treasures, but can also be a service or quest to aid the ritemaster.
Rite of Blood Kin Mystic
THIS GIFT IS NOT APPROVED FOR USE ON CITY OF HOPE.
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 73
Explanation: This rite is duplicated in WW3108 - Werewolf Players Guide (2nd Edition) p. 46 (see following Desc/Sys), but is available to anyone of any tribe. Due to that, this is not considered a Children Of Gaia exclusive Rite.
Description: Finding friends in an unfriendly world can be a challenging and even dangerous task. This rite discovers any Kinfolk unknown to the werewolf. Any Garou undergoing this rite enters a hypnotic state wherein he whispers the names of his ancient relatives. At the end of this lengthy rite, the identities of his existing Kinfolk are mystically added to the list. The rite, however, cannot tell the Garou anything about the disposition of the Kinfolk; neither does it reveal Wyrm-taint or other supernatural influence.
System: The ritemaster need only make sure that the questing Garou remains calm upon entering the trance. For the rite to be successful, nothing can disturb the ritualist's concentration. At the end of the rite, the question Garou rolls his Wits + Empathy (difficult 5). Each success makes clear the identity of one previously unknown Kinfolk within 100 miles of the Garou.
Rite of Talisman Adaptation Mystic
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 74
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Sin-Eating Mystic
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 73
Description: This rite allows the ritemaster to end the suffering of others by taking their Wyrm-taint onto himself. It can cleanse both the living and the dead. The rite is reflected in a few rural communities in the Appalachians and elsewhere, where humans attempt to take the sins of others onto themselves to release a dead soul from Hell.
System: The Garou lays out a meal on the body of the person (usually on their chest or in their hands) and eats it. As he does so, he makes a Wits + Rituals roll, with the difficulty being the sinner's Willpower. Success transfers the subject's Wyrm-taint into him; the Storyteller may require extra successes to transfer larger amounts of Wyrm-taint. This rite is said to be able to cleanse even Black Spirals (if huge numbers of successes could be achieved), but no such attempt has succeeded in living memory; Banes and fomori can't be cleansed in this method, as they are, at least in part, Wyrm-taint itself.
Sing the Many Shapes Mystic
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 73
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Level Four
Rite of Resolution Mystic
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 74
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Level Five
Alternation of Generations Mystic
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 74
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End Time Rite Mystic
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 74
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Rite of the Parted Veil Mystic
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 75
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Rite of the Sacred Peace Mystic
Source: WW3853 - Children of Gaia Revised p. 74
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