Rites & Rituals

Level Two In this rare rite, a werewolf rejects the auspice under which he was born and chooses a new one. The Garou must perform this rite during the phase of the moon he wishes to adopt. Most commonly, water from a silver basin exposed to Luna’s radiance is poured over the naked supplicant, wash­ ing him clean of all he once was, including all rank. He is now free to start anew as a member of his adopted auspice.

Many werewolves view such a “Shifting Moon” with suspi­ cion, especially Shadow Lords and Silver Fangs — who is the Garou, after all, to decide he knows better than Luna?

System

A character who changes auspices must start anew at Rank 1. Although he keeps any Gifts he has already learned, he may never learn new Gifts from his old auspice no matter the instructor. However, Gifts of his adopted auspice now cost (rank x 3) experience. Variants of this rite also exist to allow Garou to renounce their tribe and join a new one — but this is counted not only as a grave insult to the abandoned tribe, but also to the tribe’s totem. In no case can this rite be used to return a Garou to a renounced auspice or tribe.