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Rites: Caern

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Caern Rites are those ceremonies which involve the protection, creation and use of the Garou's most sacred sites. Perform these with a Social Challenge against 11 Traits, unless otherwise specified.

 

Related Rites Pages: Rites - Accord - Death - Mystic - Minor - Punishment - Renown - Seasonal - Tribal

 

Basic Rites

 

        Rite of Abscission

Required: The Caern needs to have developed an abscess of Wyld energy.

Challenge: Social vs. 11 Traits

Number of Ritualists: 1

Description: When a Caern has too much Wyld influence and the Caern totem can't control it anymore, this rite is used to ease the Caern totem's pain (though this does not happen often).

Effect: It gets rid of any abscess of Wyld energy to help restore an appropriate triat balance.

 

        Rite of Adoration 

Required: Building a shrine on a site you wish to build a Caern.

Challenge: Social vs. 11 Traits

Number of Ritualists: 1

Description: By building a shrine to either lost Garou or spirits and performing this rite you bring spirits attention to the area and gain it's blessing.

Effect: you reduce the difficulty on performing Rite of Open Caern equal to the number of shrines built.

 

Moot Rite

Time to Perform: A common moot for a small Caern could take less than an hour, but special moots for large Caerns are sometimes known to take days.

Challenge: Social vs. 11 Traits

Number of Ritualists: 1

Description: One of the most important rites of Garou tradition, a Moot unifies the Garou, calls them to their purpose, and charges their Caern with Gnosis. When you perform this rite, you are called the Master of the Howl, and it is your responsibility to guide all the Garou of a Sept through ceremonies that honor their Caern and the traditions of the Garou Nation. These traditions and their performance vary widely from sept to sept, tribe to tribe, but the basic form is this: You open the moot with an Opening Howl, summoning all the local Garou to participate. The eldest lupus of the Sept leads a Mournful Howl, in honor of their dwindling breed. A Fool (a Ragabash) speaks the words of the Wyrm while you recite the Litany; the rest of the gathered Garou affirm you and not the Fool. A Caller of the Winds (a Theurge) invokes the five winds and ask their blessings, as well as beg the favor of the Totems of the sept. The sept's Truthcatcher (a Philodox) leads the assembled in a Cracking of the Bone, settling sept grievances; then a Talesinger (a Galliard) leads a time of songs and stories, which inspire the Garou and alert their accomplishments to the spirits for Renown. Last of all, the Wyrmfoe (an Ahroun) leads the Sept in a Revel, which may either involve hunting a great foe, participating in a great sporting competition, or throwing a wicked bender of a party.

Effect: As the moot concludes, all the participants must choose whether to donate Gnosis to the Caern. If they donate at least five points total, that Gnosis is spent, and the Caern is empowered for the next lunar month.

Duration: This rite empowers and charges the Caern for one lunar month.

 

Rite of the Opened Caern

Required: The Caern itself sets the requirements to permit itself to be opened. A Caern of Enigmas may require you to walk a labyrinth; a Caern of Rage may require you to shift to Crinos and destroy effigies of your foes. Ask the Storyteller.

Challenge: Social vs. 11 Traits

Number of Ritualists: 1

Description: With this rite, you tap into Gaia's power as expressed through her holy site, the Caern. This is a very serious undertaking, never to be performed on a whim. Every Caern is unique, having particular requirements you must meet, proving yourself worthy of wielding its power.

Effect: You access the power of the Caern, gaining Traits and/or powers appropriate to the level and type of the Caern, as determined by the Storyteller. You may also open Moon Bridges between your Caern and any other to which it has been linked via the Rite of the Opened Bridge.

Duration: Storyteller-determined

 

Intermediate Rites

 

The Badger's Burrow

Required: A reflective surface and a strong-scented liquid (like witch hazel, vinegar or urine)

Challenge: static Mental vs. a difficulty based on the area of the bawn you're examining -- 5 Traits for a small room, 7 for a house, 9 for a forest

Number of Ritualists: 1

Description: This rite gives you a mystical intuition about the bawn of the Caern. Gaze deeply into a reflective surface, while pouring the strong-smelling liquid onto the ground. As the fumes fill your lungs, you see answers in the reflection.

Effect: You may ask three questions about the area of the bawn you're examining, and receive an intuitive sense of their answers.

 

Rite of Endgame

Required: 3 rage

Challenges: Mental vs static 14

Number of Ritualists: 1

Descriptions: Named after the latter portion of a chess match, this rite can greatly assist in repelling a much larger force. To cast it, the Ritemaster channels her fury and speaks a curse against all enemies of Gaia. Each time the curse is spoken, she casts salt, sand, or another granulated mineral in a circle.  The process is repeated three times, beginning from the outermost ring, so that three co-centric circles are drawn. At the center, the Ritesmaster must place a talisman of the creature type to be warded away—it need not be large; something as small as a Fomori’s finger or a Leech’s fang will do. The talisman is buried in the center of all of the circles, and from that moment until the moon returns to its current phase, creatures of that type will find it difficult to enter or exit the warded area.

Effect: if successful, the warded area (60 yard radius) will have a protective ward placed upon it that will slow and ensnare applicable forces approaching by Land. After crossing the 60yd. mark , enemies gain the negative trait slow x2. In addition, reduce movement speed by per ring crossed up to a maximum of 5 (2-2-1). (Movement speed may not be reduced below one). Garou can be warded, but Gaian Garou will suffer the same effects upon entering or exiting the warded area. This rite takes three hours to cast—one hour per ring.

 

Rite of Luna's Spear

Required: Knowing the name of the other caern 

Challenge: mental vs. 12 Traits

Number of Ritualists: 1

Description: When a caern is under attack sometimes the only way to bring aide is to force a moon bridge open.  In the past this rite was used as a way to attack other gaian septs when their leadership was seen as weak. In more modern nights using this rite antagonistically will be punished with death. 

Effect: This rite lets you open a moon bridge without the permission of the other caern's gate keeper.

 

Rite of the Glorious Past

Required: Ancestors 

Challenge: mental vs. 9 Traits

Number of Ritualists: 1

Description: All caerns are places connected to the past. By performing this rite you can reach back and connect with the past of your ancestors.

Effect: 

 

Rite of the Opened Bridge

Required: Perform this rite simultaneously with another ritualist at another Caern. You must hold a pathstone (also called a moonstone) -- a small Umbral stone like a flattened pearl, with a wolf's-paw mark on one side.

Challenge: static Mental vs. 8 Traits, minus the Caern level. You have a three-Trait bonus if your pack or personal Totem is the same as the Caern Totem. You have a one-Trait penalty if the rite failed last year.

Number of Ritualists: 1

Description: A moon bridge is a moonlit path through the Umbral skies, linking one Caern to another. This Rite creates them, establishing friendly diplomatic relations between the septs. The Rite is traditionally performed once a year during a moot, often as its Revel; members of the two linked Septs join one another to celebrate their successful ties. If the rite fails, attempt two Simple Tests; failing both will scorch the pathstone with mishandled power, often leading to an Ostracism for the ritualist; the rite cannot be retried for another year.

Effect: Your Caern is linked to another Caern within a distance proportionate to your Caern's power: 1000 miles per level for level 1-3 Caerns, 6000 miles for a level 4 Caern, and 10000 miles for a level 5 Caern. The Rite of the Opened Caern and the Ragabash gift Open Moon Bridge allow you to access this moon bridge, which cuts your travel time by a factor of 1000. 

Duration: One year

 

        Rite of the Open Sky

Required: A caern. An outdoor area surrounding the caern.

Challenge: static Social vs. 11 Traits, minus the Caern level.

Number of Ritualists: 1

Description: The rains summoned by the caster of this rite purify the Caern and the Garou within it. These showers can wash away all Wyrm impurities and even heal wounds. When performing the rite, the caster must also sacrifice something of personal value.

Effect: This Gift has the same effects as the Rite of Cleansing, but it encompasses the entire caern in which the rite is cast. In addition, for every two points of Gnosis the character spends, each Garou outside on the bawn heals one Health Level.

Duration: 1 hour

 

Rite of the Shrouded Glen

Required: You and a minimum of four assistants must fast for three days to purify yourselves prior to casting the rite. 

Challenge: static Social vs. four Traits plus one for each level of the Gauntlet in the Caern.

Number of Ritualists: 5

Cost: 1 to 10 Gnosis for duration, plus 0 or more Gnosis for extra area. All participants may donate Gnosis.

Description: Leading a group of purified ritualists, you lower a mystical veil over the bawn of your Caern, hiding it from spiritual spies.

Effect: The bawn of your Caern becomes invisible to the wider spirit world; in the Umbra, nothing outside can perceive what happens on your holy ground. This rite covers the entire bawn, plus an additional mile around it for each two extra Gnosis your group contributes to the rite.

Duration: One hour per Gnosis spent; if 10 Gnosis is spent, then the effect is permanent.

 

Advanced Rites

 

Rite of Caern Building

Required: A secure and well-cleansed physical focus for the heart of the Caern; at least 12 additional participants; ample defenders to protect the area

Time to Perform: From sunset to sunrise during the waxing of the moon (although the waning moon works, if you want to make a Hive instead) 

Challenge: extended Social vs. 8 Traits, minus one for each participant beyond you and the minimum 12 -- see Effect

Number of Ritualists: 13

Cost: At least 100 Gnosis, donated by all participants if the Rite is successful the Rite master must sacrifice a number of permanent gnosis equal to the level of the caern.  -- see Effect

Description: With this ritual, you consecrate a place to Gaia, creating one of her most precious strongholds -- a Caern. Never a ritual to be undertaken lightly, this rite has been known to destroy entire packs who attempt it -- even with a skilled ritualist. All the local forces of the Wyrm inevitably sense this Rite taking place and gather quickly to attack, overwhelming an unprepared group of Garou. As the ritemaster, you are helpless while you cast the rite, wrestling with vast and primal energies as you chant from sundown to sunup. Your chants may beseech the type of Caern you wish to create, Gaia sends a spirit of her own choice.

Effect: Begin casting the ritual at sundown. Each hour, make the extended Social Challenge. You may gather a maximum number of successes on this Challenge equal to your permanent Gnosis. In any hour where you fail to gather any successes, attempt two simple tests: failing both inflicts seven levels of Lethal damage against you and all participants. If, by sunrise, you collected at least 40 successes, you and the participants must next donate 100 Gnosis to the rite. If you fail to reach that total, all participants (beginning with you) start suffering Aggravated wounds, each one adding three Gnosis to the total. Once the total is reached, a Caern has been created. 40 successes on the Challenge builds a level one Caern; every five additional successes gained adds one level to its power. If you fail the rite -- either by gathering less than 40 successes or less than 100 Gnosis -- you all take five levels of Lethal damage and gain distinct teardrop-shaped scars called "tears of Gaia": marks of bravery for your effort.

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