Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 1

Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 1 is a sourcebook for Classic Mind's Eye Theatre, covering specific rules for playing Corax, Nuwisha and Bastet characters.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf Catalog:

A Thousand Eyes in the Night

The Garou are not Gaia's only children. Gaia is mother to tricksters, heralds and hoarders of secrets - the Nuwisha, the Corax, the Bastet. While the proud werewolves strut and preen about their place as Gaia's protectors, the wise do so with an eye to the shadows. From the coyotes who make the proud stumble and the talkative ravens who carry news far and wide, to the secretive cats who call upon stranger powers, the wise know they are not alone in the night.

No Secret is Safe

The wait is over. Here is the first book of the other shapeshifters - the clever Nuwisha, the gossipy Corax and the mysterious Bastet. Here is complete information to create and begin playing a character far different from any werewolf, from new Merits and Flaws to strange new Gifts and everything in between.

Chapters[]

Introduction[]

Chapter One: Nuwisha[]

Merits and Flaws
- Large (1 Trait physical Merit)
- Umbral Affinity (2 or 3 Trait Supernatural Merit)
- Favored by Coyote (6 Trait Supernatural Merit)
- Bad Moon (2 Trait Supernatural Flaw)
- Overly Curious (3 Trait Psychological Flaw)
- Harano (4 Trait Psychological Flaw)
Gift
- Basic
  - Bad Joke
  - Camouflage
  - Dance of Dionysis
  - Gift of the Porcupine
  - New Face
  - Odious Aroma
  - Otter's Breath
  - Possum's Wisdom
  - Rabbit Run
  - Snake Skin
  - Song of Kokopelli
  - Spirit Speech
  - Swollen Tongue
  - Twisting Tongues
  - Umbral Map
  - Xochipilli's Touch
- Intermediate
  - Blisters
  - Dance of Abandon
  - Disappearing Act
  - Happy Thoughts
  - Gift of Rage
  - Push (Umbral Danse)
  - Scent of Vengeance
  - Shadow Walk
  - Sheep's Clothing
  - Umbral Howl (Umbral Danse)
- Advanced
  - Backfire
  - Ghost Dance
  - Heave-Ho
  - Hidey-Hole
  - Locked Door (Umbral Danse)
  - Teasing Mate
  - Trickster's Skin
  - Umbral Gateway (Umbral Danse)
  - Wyld Throw (Umbral Danse)
Rite
- Basic
  - Rite of Dansing (Mystical)
- Intermediate
  - Rite of the Dream Danse (Mystical)
- Advanced
  - Caern Concealment (Caern)
  - Sing Back the Dead (Mystical)
Nuwisha Totems
- Ti Malice
- Loki
- Kishijoten
- Ptah
- Kokopelli and Pan
- Chung Kuel
- Puck
- Xochipilli
- Oghma
- Raven
Fetishes
- Coyote's Fang - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 4
- Powder of Kishijoten - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 4
- The Ball of Death - Fetish Trait Cost: 4, Gnosis: 6
- Pipes of Kokopelli - Fetish Trait Cost: 4, Gnosis: 6
- Mirror of Ti Malice - Fetish Trait Cost: 4, Gnosis: 6
- Eye of Ptah - Fetish Trait Cost: 5, Gnosis: 7

Chapter Two: Corax[]

Abilities
- Flight
- Linguistics
Backgrounds
- Secrets
- Umbral Maps
Merits and Flaws
- Quick Learner (2 Trait Aptitude Merit)
- Double Draught (2 Trait Supernatural Merit)
- Guardianship (2 Trait Supernatural Merit)
- Birdseye (4 Trait Awareness Merit)
- Strong Claws (4 Trait Physical Merit)
- Diet of Worms (1 Trait Mental Flaw)
- Birdlike Mannerism (1 Trait Psychological Flaw)
- Losing the Sun (4 Trait Psychological Flaw)
- Vertigo (5 Trait Psychological Flaw)
- Emu (7 Trait Supernatural Flaw)
Gifts
- Basic
  - Carrion's Call
  - Enemy Ways
  - Morse
  - Omens and Signs
  - Open Seal
  - Raven's Gleaning
  - Razor Feathers
  - Scent of the True Form
  - Sky's Shadow
  - Swallow's Return
  - Taking the Forgotten
  - Tongues
  - Truth of Gaia
  - Voice of the Mimic
  - Word Beyond
- Intermediate
  - Airt Sense
  - Dark Truths
  - Dead Talk
  - Eyes of the Eagle
  - Flight of the Swift
  - Gauntlet Runner
  - Helios' Child
  - Hummingbird Dart
  - Larder of the Shrike
  - Mynah's Touch
  - Sun's Guard
  - Vulture's Feast
- Advanced
  - Gift of Eyes
  - Moments of Eclipse
  - Portents
  - Theft of Stars
  - Thieving Talons of the Magpie
Rites
- Basic
  - Rite of the Sun's Bright Ray (Mystical)
  - Rite of the Fetish Egg (Mystical)
- Advanced
  - Rite of Battle Blessing (Mystical)
  - Rite of Memory Theft (Punishment)
Toys
- Silver of Helios - Fetish Trait Cost: 1, Gnosis: 3
- Silver Claws - Fetish Trait Cost: 1, Gnosis: 5
- Corvid's Favor - Fetish Trait Cost: 1, Gnosis: 2
- Raven's Face - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 3
- Counterfeit - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 3
- Helios' Mirror - Fetish Trait Cost: 5, Gnosis: 4

Chapter Three: Bastet[]

Lexicon
Metis Disfigurements
- Bad Sense
- Bent Limb
- Hairless
- Madness
- Mashed Face
- Misshapen Jaw
- No Claws
- Stench
- Whiskerless
Backgrounds
- Den-Realm
- Jamak
- Secrets
- Trinket
Merits and Flaws
- Graceful (2 Trait Aptitude Merit)
- Photographic Memory (3 Trait Aptitude Merit)
- Gift of Seline (5 Trait Supernatural Merit)
- Disconcerting (2 Trait Social Flaw)
- Graceless (2 Trait Aptitude Flaw)
- Sensation Junkie (2 Trait Psychological Flaw)
- Too Curious (3 Trait Psychological Flaw)
- Moon-Mad (5 Trait Supernatural Flaw)
- Multiple Personalities (5 Trait Psychological)
Gifts
- General Gifts
  - Basic
    - Banish Sickness
    - Call Spirits
    - Catfeet
    - Cat Sight
    - Command Attention
    - Dowsing
    - Eerie Eyes
    - Fist Slash
    - Lick Wounds
    - Night's Passage
    - Night Terror
    - Open Seal
    - Pathfinder's Pride
    - Razor Claws
    - Sense Magic
    - Sense of the Prey
    - Sense the Truth
    - Sense Unmaker's Hand
    - Shriek
    - Silent Stalking
    - Spirit's Sight
    - Swipe
    - Treeclimber
    - Touch the Mind
  - Intermediate
    - Attunement
    - Call the Pride
    - Cheshire Prank
    - Clawstorm
    - Command the Prey
    - Farsight
    - Gift of Rage
    - Ignore Pain
    - Impala's Flight
    - Purr
    - Righteous Gaze
    - Sense Silver
    - Spirit Claws
    - Spitfire
    - Wolf's Terror
  - Advanced
    - Future Warning
    - Jump to the Moon
    - Perfect Passage
    - Soothe/Summon Storm
    - Walking Between Worlds
    - Withering Stare
- Breed Gifts
  - Homid
    - Basic
      - Cat Claws
      - Eavedropper's Ear
      - Jam Technology
      - Sweet Hunter's Smile
    - Intermediate
      - Babel's Cure
      - Craft of the Maker
      - Monkey's Uncle
      - What's the Password?
    - Advanced
      - Black Friday
      - Deny the Hungry
  - Metis
    - Basic
      - Blinding Moonbeam Gaze
      - Create Element
      - Sense Primal Nature
      - Whisker Sight
    - Intermediate
      - Fist of Cahlash
      - Moon's Gateway
      - Redeem the Waste
      - Spirit-Touch
    - Advanced
      - Moon Sense
      - Wrath of Nala
  - Feline
    - Basic
      - Killer's Leap
      - Kitten's Cry
      - Mark As Mine
      - Perfect Cover
    - Intermediate
      - Ghosts At Play
      - Hand of Will
      - Underbelly
      - Whisker Sight
    - Advanced
      - Judgment of Pestilence
      - Revolt of the Land
- Tribal Gifts
  - Bagheera
    - Basic
      - Humbaba's Escape
      - Treeclimber
      - Lawgiver's Legacy
      - Ojas Surge
    - Intermediate
      - Cobra's Dance
      - Traveler's Tongues
      - Paradox of Time
      - Potter's Clay
    - Advanced
      - Part the Curtain
      - Shiva's Might
  - Balam
    - Basic
      - Hunter's Mists
      - Storm of Pests
      - Ancestral Wings
      - Smoking Mirror
    - Intermediate
      - Touch of the Tree-Frog
      - Fury of the Sun God
      - Vision Cloud
      - Jungle's Vengeance
    - Advanced
      - Feed the Gods
      - Heal the Wounded Land
  - Bubasti
    - Basic
      - Alms to the Poor
      - Scholar's Friend
      - Mousemaze
      - Spirit Ward
    - Intermediate
      - Banish Cahlash' Brood
      - Many Tongues of Ptah
      - Scarab's Flight
      - Shadowplay
    - Advanced
      - Deny the Hungry
      - Spirit Wall
  - Ceilican
    - Basic
      - Laughing Last
      - Satyr's Wisdom
      - Banish Burning
      - Sorcerer's Blade
    - Intermediate
      - Possum's Book
      - Phantasm
      - Monkey's Uncle
      - Small Cousin
    - Advanced
      - Chariot of Lions
      - Madness of Crowds
  - Khan
    - Basic
      - Rhino's Favor
      - Skin of Jade
      - Heart of Fury
      - Ricepaper Walk
    - Intermediate
      - Maker's Charm
      - Paws of the Raging Spirit Tiger
      - Asuras' Bane
      - Dragonroar
    - Advanced
      - Call to Battle
      - Thousand-Thunder Strike
  - Pumonca
    - Basic
      - Mockingbird's Mirror
      - Raincalling
      - Stonework
      - Wanderer's Boon
    - Intermediate
      - Bayou Shambler
      - Element-Folk Favor
      - Hungry Earth
      - Thunderbolt
    - Advanced
      - Earthspeaking
      - Thunderbird's Cry
  - Qualmi
    - Basic
      - Breakfast of Stones
      - Turned Fur
      - No Hidden Thing
      - Wind from the West
    - Intermediate
      - Drop of Sea
      - Nighttime Web
      - Dancing on Air
      - Still Breeze Blowing
    - Advanced
      - Call Down the Stars
      - Water's Vision
  - Simba
    - Basic
      - Majesty
      - Submit
      - Armor of Kings
      - Rallying Challenge
    - Intermediate
      - Bountiful Dominion
      - Fireroar
      - King of the Beasts
      - Shadow the Moon's Light
    - Advanced
      - Command the Multitude
      - Rising Sun
  - Swara
    - Basic
      - Diamond Claws
      - Impala's Flight
      - Walking Between Worlds
      - Weight of a Heart
    - Intermediate
      - Clearwater Passage
      - Dance of the Chaya
      - Ghost Caress
      - Racing the Wind
    - Advanced
      - All Beasts Under the Sun
      - Judgment of Pestilence
Rites
- Kuasha Rites
  - Basic
    - Speaking of the Name
    - Rite of Recognition
    - Passing of the Yava
  - Intermediate
    - Kuasha Degree
- Moon Rites
  - Basic
    - Rite of Warding
  - Intermediate
    - Rite of Claiming
    - Eater of the Dead
  - Advanced
    - Call the Four Winds
    - Rite of Nine Lives
- Rites of Need
  - Basic
    - Jamak Promise Bond
  - Intermediate
    - Rite of Fear
- Taghairm Rites
  - Basic
    - Caliah
    - Grooming the Newcomer
    - Hanshii
  - Intermediate
    - Exile
  - Advanced
    - Festival of Dreams
Jamak
Trinkets
- Devil's Deck - Fetish Trait Cost: 1, Gnosis: 5
- Lotus Petals - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: N/A
- Grandmother's Stones - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 5
- Truth-Speaker Stick - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 5
  - Hakarrs
    - Silver Hakarr - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 6

Background Information[]

Playtesters are credited on the Credits page as: Randi-Jo "Pixie" Bruner-Shuford, Christopher Hooker, Matthew I. Hooper, Anthony K. Perry, Paul Shuford and Becky Terrell.

Memorable Quotes[]

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Characters[]

Xochipilli Laughs-At-Death - Nuwisha
Laughing Many-Skins
Morgan Map-to-the-Stars - Corax
Lord Magbane - Bagheera
Palar - Sorcerer, Past
Akuma - Sabertooth Tiger, Past
Healing-Claws - Elder Swara
Whik Fools-the-Monkeys - Ceilican
Old Stone Face - Pumonca, Past
Black Tooth

Terminology[]

Bastet (Ahu, Ajaba, Asura, Bagheera, Balam, Bubasti (Kyphur Cats), Caliah, Cahlash, Ceilican (Silent Way), Chatro, Chaya, Crinos, Dakat, Den-Realm, Feline, Folk, Gaia, Hakarr, Hanshii, Jamaa, Jamak, Karoush, Khan, Khara, Kheuar, Killi, Kit, Kuasha, Lune, Madness, Nala, Nyota Jamaa, Padaa, Pride, Pryio: Daylight, Twilight, Night; Pumonca, Qualmi, Rahjah, Seline, Shadow Folk, Simba (Amadu'o, Mayi'o; Mtolo, Kirii, Anwana, Chakuva), Sokto, Swara (Silver Folk), Taghairm, Tahla, Taklah, Tribe, War of Rage, Yava; Formalities and Rank Titles: Akaa, Bon Bhat, Buree Pa, Hamaal, Ilani Naa, Shining Child, Tekhmet; Slang: Brain-Wading, Caloo, Declaw, Dog, Ghat, Housecat, Meshing, Monkey, Ngiri, Playing Blood-Tag, Puss-in-Boots, Ratshit, Scratching One from Nine, Spiderface, Yabba; Renown: Cleverness, Ferocity, Honor), Corax (Corax Camps: The Sun-Lost, The Morrigan, Murder's Daughters, Hermetic Order of Swift Light, Chasers, Helios, Raven, Raven's Laws, Spirit Eggs, Parliament, Corvid, Rara Avis, Renown: Wisdom, Honor, Glory, Rank: Fledge, Oviculum, Neocornix, Ales, Volucris, Corvus, Legend), Endless Storm, Followers of Set, Homid (Breed), Homid (Form), Metis, Nuwisha (Latrani, Tsitsu, Manabozho, Sendeh, Trickster's Laws, Festival, Coyote, Camp: Umbral Dansers, Renown: Humor, Cunning, Ferocity), Sorcery, Storm Eater,

References[]

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