Rite of the Earthbone
Fetish · Werewolf · Level 4
Level Four Caern Rite
Caerns are few and far between the modern age, though much of Garou infrastructure requires them. With this ancient rite, the ritemaster can make limited use of that existing groundwork. He must wash his hands in clean water and bury them to the wrists in healthy earth. The whole process takes a little over an hour, during which the spiritual essence of the ritemaster is soaked into the soil. Upon completion, the ritemaster pulls his hands free of the earth and a basalt obelisk rises from the spot in a short-lived fissure of bubbling lava. Even those not present for the ritual may touch the cool stone, which confers the same spiritual shiver as crossing onto the bawn of a caern.
System
The player spends one dot of permanent Gnosis, and as many temporary points of Gnosis as he chooses, and rolls Stamina + Primal Urge (difficulty 7). If successful, anyone who touches the Earthbone treats it as a Level 1 caern ten yards in diameter, but only for the purposes of rites, Gifts and Charms. Though the Earthbone does not generate Gnosis on its own, points of temporary Gnosis spent during the ritual are distributed between anyone in contact with the stone. Unless moved or destroyed, the Earthbone is permanent. The ritual must be performed again to exchange additional Gnosis. Using this ritual on an intact, unmoved Earthbone does not require the expenditure of a permanent Gnosis.