Coyote Falls is an SAS for Werewolf: The Forsaken.
Summary[]
From the Onyx Path catalog:
- It's really only a matter of time, he thinks, twirling his gun around his index finger. The girl's moves are obvious, rote. She's a teenager; she doesn't know any better. She'll reach out for the only type of protection she's ever really known.
- Which means they'll be coming.
- But that's just fine, the man thinks as his badge glistening in the moonlight. Police car lights flashing just long enough for him to take an illegal U-turn. It's fine because they don't know the game, which means he'll be able to set one enemy against another and buy himself some time.
- He can use them all for pawns.
Contents[]
Introduction[]
The main goal of a pack of Uratha is to keep the Gauntlet safe, and keep the physical world and the Shadow in balance. Not many packs exemplify this ideal more than Luna’s Pride, the blessed pack of Bone Shadows whose renown has spread throughout the region. Most neighboring packs have heard tales of their exploits.
But Luna’s Pride has not been heard from for quite some time. The territory is beginning to get out of control. A call has been received from someone who claims to be the pack’s last remaining survivor. She claims that something has come through the Gauntlet, something big enough to defeat the legendary pack.
In this story, the characters follow in the footsteps of Luna’s Pride. They try to solve the mystery of what happened to the pack, and take their place in securing the territory. It is one of the traditional life journeys for a werewolf: to take the land and hold it by any means necessary. Not many packs have to deal with the Wound that was the former pack’s locus, however, nor do they usually find that they may have been manipulated into this position by an unknown force.
Treatment[]
Something terrible has happened to the pack that used to claim the old Coyote Falls territory in the Pacific Northwest. They’d been running strong for quite a few years, and then something destroyed them, down to the last Uratha.
Only one survived, the young wolf-blood daughter of the pack’s alpha.
Background & Set-Up[]
The packs of Uratha that control the territories around the Coyote Falls area have been accustomed to never having to worry about Luna’s Pride and its territory. Things have changed.
- Dane’s Necklace - Talen:
- This talen may be discovered by the characters through the course of their journey. It was the last fetish Matt Dane was working on before Coyote struck, and it will have great power to aid the pack if they put it to use. The characters will need someone with the Rouse the Fetish rite (Lore of the Forsaken, p. 142) to awaken the spirit of the talen and discover its purpose. If none of the characters possess this rite, then Rook Takes Wing (or another relevant Storyteller character) does. The spirit bound within the necklace is one of stasis. When activated, it reduces all spiritual activity in its vicinity by the wearer’s Resolve + 3, much like the Shadow Discord Gift. The power lasts for the length of the scene. The significance of the necklace should not focus on mechanical details, however. The spirit of the talen should express itself in vague words and gestures, explaining that an enemy’s “ability to attack will be sorely weakened.” The characters should be advised that the necklace will only work once, shattering and freeing the spirit once the scene is done. The characters can then make a decision on how useful this necklace might be for finishing off Wolf Hatred. (pg. 6)
Local Spirits:
- The Spirit of the Bridge
- Guardian of the Forest -Nature spirit
- Predator/Prey- Spirit of the Hunt
- Things Fall Apart - A spirit of urban decay
The Cast[]
Scene Flowchart[]
The Call to Action[]
The characters hear the phone call from Jessica Dane and find their motivation to venture into Coyote Falls. There shouldn’t be any trouble in this scene, but there is time for information gathering.
Meeting Jessica[]
The first challenge of the scene will be to find the bridge Jessica was talking about. Once there, they try to find Jessica and convince her to come out and talk. She then gives the characters the information they need to begin their investigation.
The Silver Dagger[]
The characters visit the Coyote Falls locus for the first time. There, they will find that it has become a Wound, and discover Matt Dane’s dead body with a silver dagger through his heart.
Church Funeral[]
The characters and Jessica arrive at the abandoned church. There they find the bodies of the remainder of Luna’s Pride and a locus in the basement. Wolf Hatred makes its first appearance.
Police Brutality[]
The characters are approached by a policeman, Officer Cooper. He claims that he is here to collect teenage runaway Jessica Dane and take her to Social Services.
Back to the Church[]
The characters track either Cooper or Jessica (or both) back to the locus in the basement of the church. There they can freely confront Cooper and be harassed by him as they learn the truth/
Wolf Hatred Strikes Again[]
Wolf Hatred attacks again at the basement of the abandoned church. The characters can choose to let Cooper help them. The creature does not stop until it is hurt badly, and escapes back to the Wound.
The Hunt for Cooper[]
The characters choose to go after Cooper. They track him to an underground parking lot, where a final showdown between them and the Ridden takes place.
Coyote Falls[]
The characters return to the Coyote Falls locus for the final battle against Wolf Hatred. How will the battle end?
Aftermath[]
The final battle with Wolf Hatred ends this particular story, but what about the other actions taken by the characters?
Scene Cards[]
Character Sheets[]
Background Information[]
Coyote Falls is is a Storytelling Adventure System pdf. with nine scenes, a XP level of 0-34 and rated at: Mental **, Physical **** and Social ***. The adventure takes place in the Pacific Northwest, where the actual Coyote Falls are located.
Memorable Quotes[]
Characters[]
- Jessica Dane - Sole survivor of the Luna’s Pride Pack, Wolf-blooded, daughter of Matt Dane
- Matt Dane - Bone Shadow alpha of the Luna’s Pride Pack, died
- Wolf Hatred - Magath
- Officer Cooper - Mortal Host for the spirit of Coyote, Spirit-Urged
- Rook Takes Wing - Ithaeur Storm Lord
Terminology[]
Oath of the Moon, Wound, Magath, Spirit, Locus, Wolf-Blooded, Spirit-Ridden, Spirit-Claimed; First Tongue: Duguthim, Hisil,
References[]
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