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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.

and stone. It will often offer to teach these rites to those that obey its demands.

Hidden in one of the dense forests of Pangaea is a mound of countless bones. Ranging from the fossilized to the exceptionally fresh, these skeletons, shells and carapaces are the remains of every distinct species gone extinct in reality. Notable are the sad, warform remnants of several lost Changing Breeds. The Graveyard of the Lost is a Level Five caern.

A strangely diverse number of human and near-human tribes exist in Pangaea, despite the danger. Sharing the

responsibilities of predator and prey, they eke out harsh little lives in a world of ravenous giants.

How they’ve come to dwell in Pangaea is a mystery. No concrete evidence of their origin exists in Pangaea, but rumors abound. Some believe them to be the souls of those lost before Gaia created the Dark Umbra to house the deceased of mankind. Others speculate these are refugees from the Impergium, trapped in this savage land when they tried to flee the culling.

Many of these tribes exist, but (with the exception of the Thulan) are divided. Beyond the constant battle for resources and shelter, the range of cultures and morality across the span of these brutal peoples is vast. From the noble Thulan, whose ideals are comparable to the best of modern man, to the barely-human Zarak-Ur who devour their defeated foes.