Rites & Rituals

Level Five Some rites shouldn’t exist. This blasphemous rite allows for a Kinfolk to transform herself into a Garou. It requires her to capture and flay five werewolves, stitching together their hides into a wolfskin which grants her the powers of a Garou. Such mockeries are known as Skin Dancers. (For more information on Skin Dancers, see p. 512.)

System

Each of the hides must be taken under the same lunar phase; if the first werewolf slain by the Skin Dancer dies under the light of a full moon, all subsequent hides must also be gathered under a full moon for the rite to succeed. The final ceremony of the rite must be conducted under the skinning moon, and must conclude exactly an hour after it is initiated. The ritemaster rolls Wits + Rituals against difficulty 9. Only one success is needed for the transformation, and there is no known rite of reversal. If successful, the preserved, stitched hides of the slain Garou meld onto the ritemaster’s body, permanently becoming part of her flesh and spirit. Unless the Garou who were slain gave their lives to the ritemaster willingly, the Skin Dancer is revealed as a creature of the Wyrm to powers such as Sense Wyrm.