Theurge Gifts

Luna’s Gifts to the children of the Crescent Moon grant insight into the Umbra and its denizens, as well as power over spirits and the minds of others.

Name	Level	Description	System	Taught By
Mother's Touch	One	The Theurge channels spiritual power through her hands, mending the wounds of any other living creature. This Gift may not heal the werewolf herself, spirits, or the undead.	The player spends one Gnosis point and rolls Intelligence + Empathy (difficulty is the target’s current Rage, or 5 for those with no Rage). Each success heals one level of lethal, bashing, or aggravated damage. The healer may even heal fresh Battle Scars (see p. 259) in this manner, if the Gift is applied during the same scene in which the scar is received and an extra Gnosis point is spent.	A bear- or unicorn-spirit teaches this gift.
Sense Wyrm	One	The werewolf can sense nearby manifestations of the Wyrm. This Gift involves a mystical sense, not a visual or olfactory image, although Garou often describe the Wyrm’s spiritual emanations as a stench. This Gift doesn’t necessarily sense dedication to the Wyrm, merely contact with its spiritual essence, which can cling to even blameless souls. Sense Wyrm requires active concentration; the spiritual sense it provides doesn’t function passively.	The player rolls Perception + Occult. The difficulty depends on the concentration and strength of the Wyrm’s influence: sensing a single fomor in the next room would be difficulty 6, while detecting the stench of a Bane that was in the room an hour ago would be difficulty 7. Vampires register as Wyrm-tainted, save those with Humanity ratings of 7 or higher.	The Gift may be taught by any Gaian spirit.
Spirit Snare	One	The Theurge casts out an invisible, mystic net which entangles hostile spirits, confounding them with a mixture of magical force and long-broken but still potent Gaian law.	The player spends one Gnosis point and rolls Intelligence + Occult (difficulty 8) as an attack directed at a spirit within 30 feet, which can be defended against normally. Rather than inflicting damage, this attack reduces the spirit’s effective Willpower by two for the purpose of all combat actions for the rest of the scene.Multiple applications of this Gift don’t stack.	An owl-spirit teaches this Gift.
Spirit Speech	One	This Gift bestows understanding of the language of the spirit world, permitting the Garou to clearly understand and speak with any spirit he encounters. The Gift doesn’t influence spirits’ attitudes toward the werewolf in any way, nor ensure that they have any desire to communicate with him.	This Gift’s effects are permanent.	Any spirit can teach it.
Umbral Tether	One	The Umbra is a shifting world where logic doesn’t always apply and losing one’s way is easy. Theurges ensure they can always find their way back to the point where they entered the Umbra with this Gift, which creates a silvery “umbilical cord” connecting the Garou to the point where they last crossed the Gauntlet. Only the werewolf who creates the tether can see it.	No roll is needed to create the thread. However, after each full day the character spends in the Umbra, a point of Gnosis must be spent to maintain the cord; otherwise, it slowly corrodes from the point of entry and toward the Garou.	This Gift is taught by a spider-spirit.
Battle Mandala	Two	A mystical sigil burns itself into the ground around the Theurge, visible only to those with Gnosis ratings. This circle drains the Essence from spirits caught within its web.	The player spends one Gnosis and rolls Intelligence + Occult (difficulty 7). The battle mandala encompasses a radius of (50 x number of successes) feet (or 15 meters per success) around the Garou; spirits (other than the Garou’s pack totem) within the mandala lose one Essence per turn. The mandala dissipates at the end of the scene or when the werewolf steps outside of its bounds, whichever comes first.	A spider- or antlion-spirit teaches this Gift.
Command Spirit	Two	The Theurge can give commands to spirits she meets and expect obedience. The Gift doesn’t grant the ability to summon spirits — only to compel them to obey. As always when dealing with spirits, clear wording is essential, as some clever spirits may attempt to twist the spirit of issued commands while obeying them to the letter.	The player spends a Willpower point and rolls Charisma + Leadership (difficulty is the spirit’s Gnosis). The character can issue successive commands once the spirit is under her control; each additional command requires that the player expend an additional Willpower point. The spirit cannot be ordered to leave a place or object (or, in the case of fomori, person…) to which it is bound.	Any Incarna avatar can teach this Gift.
Name the Spirit	Two	The werewolf gains an instinctive rapport with denizens of the Umbra. He can sense the type and approximate Trait levels (Rage, Gnosis, Willpower) of spirits.	The player spends one Willpower and rolls Perception + Occult (difficulty 8).	Owl- and raven-spirits teach this Gift
Sight From Beyond	Two	This is a Gift of prophecy. The werewolf becomes an oracle, prone to dreams and visions which hint at future opportunities, challenges and threats to come. These visions are always veiled in symbolism — an impending war against the local vampires might be presaged by visions of skyscrapers weeping blood from their upper stories, while a death in the sept might be heralded by dreams of a chorus of mournful howls rising to a ghost-pale moon.	Visions are entirely under the Storyteller’s control and are best handled through roleplaying, though a truly stumped player might ask for a Wits + Occult (difficulty 7) roll to help interpret a particularly puzzling vision.	Owl-spirits teach this Gift.
Exorcism	Three	This is the Gift of ejecting spirits from places, objects, or even people, whether they are bound or in voluntary possession.	The werewolf must concentrate for three uninterrupted turns. If the spirit does not wish to leave, the player must roll Manipulation + Intimidation (difficulty of the spirit’s Willpower). If the spirit was bound to its lodging, the exorcist must gain more successes than the binder did when tying the spirit to its location. This Gift can be used to “cure” fomori, although doing so inflicts ten levels of aggravated damage at a rate of one level per turn as the Bane tears free of its fleshly home. This ensures the host’s swift demise unless a powerful healer manages to preserve his life during the exorcism.	Any Incarna avatar can teach this Gift.
Pulse of the Invisible	Three	Spirits fill the world, and none know this fact better than the Theurge. This Gift grants constant awareness of the spirit world. Even in the physical world, the Theurge can interact with spirits in the Penumbra at will. While most spirit activity isn’t worth watching, the Theurge will be automatically aware of any dramatic changes or upheavals nearby.	If the Garou’s permanent Gnosis equals or exceeds the local Gauntlet, he can see into the Umbra automatically. Otherwise, the player must roll Gnosis to look through the Gauntlet (difficulty of the Gauntlet rating). Such awareness lasts for the rest of the scene or until the character enters an area with a stronger Gauntlet.	Any spirit can teach this Gift.
Umbral Camouflage	Three	Although perfectly visible to all others, this Gift renders the werewolf undetectable to spirits.	The player spends one Gnosis point, and for the remainder of the scene, she is completely invisible to spiritual senses. She may move about as normal but cannot make any attack actions without disrupting the Gift.	A wind-spirit teaches this Gift.
Web Walker	Three	The Garou may travel on the Pattern Web through the Umbra without physical difficulty, and without attracting the unfriendly attention of Weaver-spirits in the area.	The player spends one Gnosis point and rolls Charisma + Science (difficulty 7). Success enables the Garou (and her pack, so long as they stick close to her) to travel through the Umbra across the Pattern Web as though she were on a moon bridge. Whether the Web’s strands go where the Garou wants to travel is another matter entirely.	Any Weaver-spirit can teach this Gift.
Blurring the Mirror	Four	This Gift allows the Theurge to cloud the minds of other beings, making it impossible for them to find the Umbra or step sideways into it. Once used as a form of punishment for arrogant pups, this Gift is more often deployed as a weapon against Black Spiral Dancers in the days of the coming Apocalypse.	The player spends one Gnosis point for every individual she wishes to affect. The Gauntlet increases by five for those targets for the rest of the scene. Up to five individuals can be affected at once. While normally used against other Garou, this Gift is effective against any being capable of entering the Umbra sideways, including other Fera and some mages.	A Weaver-spirit teaches this Gift.
Grasp the Beyond	Four	The werewolf may carry things in and out of the Umbra without having to dedicate them to herself (see the Rite of Talisman Dedication, p. 211). This Gift affects objects, people and animals, both willing and unwilling.	The character must grasp the object or person he wishes to take to (or from) the spirit world, and spend a number of Willpower points: one for small items (a knife or cell phone), two for larger items (a backpack or shotgun), and three for man-sized items (including people). The player makes the usual Gnosis roll to pierce the Gauntlet and step sideways; if successful, both he and the desired object or person pass into the Umbra. An unwilling subject may resist with a Willpower roll; each success subtracts one from the Garou’s successes. If left in the Umbra too long, living beings turn into spirits entirely.	An opossum- or kangaroo-spirit teaches this Gift.
Spirit Drain	Four	The Garou may drain power from a spirit to feed her own resolve.	The player makes a resisted Gnosis roll against the spirit. If the player succeeds, the spirit loses one Essence point per success for the rest of the scene. For every two points drained, the Garou gains a temporary Willpower point. She loses any points exceeding her maximum at the end of the scene.	A rat-spirit teaches this Gift.
Spirit Ward	Four	This Gift allows a werewolf to protect herself from spirits by performing a quick warding rite. The werewolf traces an invisible pictogram in the air that frightens and unnerves any nearby spirits, and which travels with the Garou for as long as it persists.	The player spends one Gnosis point and rolls Manipulation + Rituals (difficulty 7). Spirits within 100 feet (30 m) of the character must subtract one from their dice pools for each success. Any spirit that comes within 50 feet (15 m) of the character (except a caern spirit or the character’s pack totem) loses one point from its Essence per turn for each success the player rolled. This Gift lasts for one scene	An ancestor-spirit teaches this Gift.
Feral Lobotomy	Five	Unleashing a surge of pure Wyld energy, the werewolf can devolve an opponent’s mind into that of an animal, effectively destroying his intelligence.	The player rolls Wits + Empathy (difficulty of the target’s Willpower + 3, maximum 10) and spends a number of Gnosis points. If successful, the Garou can destroy the target’s Intelligence Attribute permanently; the target loses one Intelligence dot for each two points of Gnosis spent, and cannot lose more Intelligence than the number of successes rolled. Lost Intelligence is replaced with feral, animalistic behavior.	A Wyldling teaches this Gift.
Malleable Spirit	Five	The werewolf can change a spirit’s form or purpose.	The player must best the spirit in a resisted Gnosis roll. The difficulty is based on what the Garou tries to accomplish, while the spirit’s difficulty is the Garou’s Gnosis. Change Difficulty Characteristics (Willpower, Rage, Gnosis; one point changed per success) 6 Disposition (Friendly, Neutral, Hostile) 7 Type (Naturae, Elemental, Bane, etc) 9	A Chimerling teaches this Gift.
Ultimate Argument of Logic	Five	Those who speak with the Theurge leave convinced of some fact they might otherwise have disbelieved. If successful, the Garou can cause the target to believe implicitly in one aspect of existence (true or false) — that the Earth is the center of the universe, that there is such a thing as a spirit world, or that cities are unnatural affronts to nature, for example.	The player needs three successes on a Manipulation + Performance roll (difficulty of the target’s Wits + Enigmas).	A coyote-spirit teaches this Gift.