Renown
Kinfolk Renown
We are testing allowing Kin to gain renown. If this proves to unbalance the game, it will be discontinued.
"Remember as well, regardless of how much Renown they may accumulate, Kinfolk have no Rank whatsoever. A respectful Garou relative might introduce a Kin with Renown as “my sister who slew twelve Banes” or “my cousin, known for his sage words to the tribe,” but that’s the extent of it."
Kinfolk are restricted to 5 permanent Renown in each category. They are also capable to losing it much easier than a Garou. Renown for Kin, when awarded off the Garou chart is done so at a quarter of what a Garou would get.
| Desc | Amount |
|---|---|
| Extreme valor in the face of death | 1 Glory, 1 Honor |
| Surviving an Incapacitating Wound | 1 Glory |
| Exposing Wyrm-tainted Kinfolk | 1 Honor |
| Exposing a Garou as Wyrm-tainted | 4 Wisdom |
| Having and following a prophetic vision | 2 Wisdom |
| Discovering fetishes, talens, long-lost lore | 1 to 3 Wisdom |
| Being asked to participate in a moot or rite | 1 Honor,2 Wisdom |
| Being asked to help guard a caern | 1 Honor |
| Dying in defense of a caern | 3 Glory, 3 Honor |
| Refusing to fight in a caern’s defense | –3 Honor |
| Serving your tribe faithfully (for a half-decade) | 1 Honor, 1 Wisdom |
| Maintaining good relations with other Kin | 1 Wisdom |
| Bearing Garou offspring | 1 Glory, 1 Honor |
| Refusing to mate | –4 Honor |
| Answering a requests for sage advice | 1 Wisdom |
| Protecting Garou not of your tribe | 1 Honor |
| Rudeness | –1 Glory, –1 Honor |
| Speaking badly of Garou | –3 Honor |
Garou Renown
Sample Renown Awards=
| Activity | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="4" | |||
| Besting someone (including a spirit) in a riddle contest | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Showing restraint in the face of certain death | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ending a threat without serious harm to any Garou | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Surviving an Incapacitating wound | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Surviving any toxic waste attack | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Attacking a much more powerful force without aid | 0 | 0 | –3 |
| Attacking a minion of the Wyrm without regard to personal safety | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Defeating a formidable supernatural threat not of the Wyrm (strand spider, master mage, fae warrior, Fera, etc.) |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Defeating a very powerful supernatural threat not of the Wyrm (archmage, fae sorcerer, etc.) |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Defeating a minor Wyrm threat (Kalus, a Bane-infested animal, young vampire, etc.) |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Defeating an average Wyrm threat (Blight Child, fomori, etc.) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Defeating a strong Wyrm threat (Psychomachiae, Black Spiral Dancer pack, etc.) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Defeating a very powerful Wyrm threat (Nexus Crawler, elder vampires, etc.) |
7 | 0 | 0 |
| ... permanently destroying or killing the threat in question | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| ... without a single other Garou being hurt | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| ... without being hurt or damaged in the process | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| ... and the threat(s) were armed with silver weapons | +1 | 0 | 0 |
Detecting the Wyrm Revealing, with certain proof, that a human or Kinfolk is 0 0 2 “of the Wyrm” Falsely accusing a Kinfolk of being “of the Wyrm” 0 –2 –3 Revealing, with certain proof, that an area or object is 0 0 3 “of the Wyrm” Revealing, with certain proof, that a Garou is “of the Wyrm” 0 0 6 Falsely accusing a Garou of being “of the Wyrm” 0 –5 –4
Mystical Purifying a Wyrm-tainted object, person, or place 0 0 2 Summoning an Incarna avatar 0 0 2 Traveling to any of the Umbral Realms and surviving 3 0 0 Successfully completing a spirit quest in the Umbra 0 0 3 Failing to succeed in a spirit quest in the Umbra 0 0 –3 Having and properly following a prophetic dream 0 0 5 Giving a prophetic warning that later comes true 0 0 5 Ignoring omens, dreams, and the like for no good reason 0 0 –3 (i.e., suspecting they may be of the Wyrm) Binding “inappropriate” items to oneself through the Rite of 0 0 –2 Talisman Dedication (such as chainsaws, smartphones, or MP3 players — this does not apply to Glass Walkers or Bone Gnawers) Spending a year in ritualistic seclusion (fasting, mediation, etc.) 0 0 5
- After following mystic signs and advice:
Discovering a talen 0 0 1 Discovering a fetish 0 0 2 Discovering ancient Garou lore 0 0 3 Discovering a Pathstone (see Rite of the Opened Bridge, p. 207) 0 0 4 Discovering an ancient caern that was lost 0 0 7
- Rites and Gifts:
Performing a Moot Rite 0 2 0 Refusing to perform a Moot Rite when asked 0 –3 0 Missing a Moot Rite 0 0 –1 Performing a Rite of Passage 0 2 1 Receiving a Rite of Wounding 2 0 0 Performing a Rite of Caern Building 3 5 7 Participating in a Rite of Caern Building 0 5 3 Participating in a successful Great Hunt rite 3 0 0 Participating in a failed Great Hunt rite –2 0 0 Suffering the Rite of Ostracism –1 –7 –1 Suffering the Stone of Scorn 0 –8 –2 Suffering the Rite of the Jackal –2 –7 0 Suffering a Satire Rite lose one Rank level and all temporary Renown Performing a Punishment Rite 0 2 0 Performing a Punishment Rite unjustly 0 –5 0 Refusing to participate in a rite 0 0 –1 Giggling, joking, or otherwise being disrespectful during a rite 0 0 –1 to –5 Learning a new rite 0 0 1 Discovering/creating a new rite 0 0 5 Discovering/creating a new Gift 0 0 7
- Fetishes:
Creating a talen 0 0 1 Using a fetish for the good of the sept or tribe 0 0 2 Using a fetish for selfish reasons only 0 0 –1 Creating a fetish 0 0 4 Owning a klaive (awarded once, only after three moons of use) 2 1 0 Owning a grand klaive (awarded once, 3 2 0 only after three moons of use) Sacrificing a fetish for the good of the sept or tribe 0 0 4 Accidentally breaking a fetish or talen 0 0 –1 to –5 Accidentally breaking or losing a klaive 0 –3 0
Caern Activities Helping guard a caern 0 1 0 Staying at your post when on caern watch, 0 2 1 even when tempted not to Not staying at your post when on watch 0 –3 0 Not helping guard a caern, even when asked to 0 –3 0 Keeping a caern safe from humans through trickery or negotiation 0 0 4 Helping to prevent a caern from being overrun by the Wyrm 3 4 0 Not preventing a caern from being overrun by the Wyrm –3 –7 0 Dying while defending a caern (posthumous) 5 8 0 Single-handedly preventing a caern from being taken by the Wyrm 5 8 0
Garou Relations and Society Teaching other Garou (depends on the depth of study) 0 1 to 5 3 to 5 Learning the complete Silver Record (a lifetime’s work) 0 7 8 For a homid Garou, surviving to age 75 0 8 10 For a lupus Garou, surviving to age 65 0 8 10 Breed: For a homid, ignoring one’s wolf nature for too long 0 0 –3 For a metis, attempting to hide one’s deformity 0 0 –3 For a lupus, using too many human tools and other Weaver things 0 0 –1/use Pack: Gaining the position of pack leader 0 3 0 Living alone, without one’s pack, except for ritual reasons 0 0 –3 Sept and Tribe: Performing regular duties and chores for the sept 0 1 0 (gained at monthly Moot Rite) Failing to performing regular duties and chores for the sept 0 0 –3 (subtracted at monthly Moot Rite) Disobeying a caern officer without good reason 0 –1 to –3 0 Serving in any sept position 1/year 3/year 1/year Refusing any sept position –1 –2 –1 Maintaining loyal service to a sept 1/year 2/year 1/year Maintaining loyal service to a tribe 1/year 3/year 1/year Litany: Upholding the Litany 0 1 to 5 1 to 3 Breaking the Litany 0 –5 to –8 –2 to –4 Challenges: Participating in a just challenge 1 2 0 Participating in an unjust challenge 0 –3 0 Challenging someone too far above or too far below your Rank 0 –3 0 Behavior Giving good advice 0 0 2 Giving bad advice 0 0 –2 Mediating a dispute fairly 0 3 0 Mediating a dispute unfairly 0 –4 0 Keeping one’s promises 0 2 0 Failing to keep one’s promises 0 –3 0 Being truthful 0 2 0 Being truthful in the face of extreme adversity 0 5 0 Being deceptive 0 –3 0 Being deceptive in the face of extreme adversity 0 –1 0 Having your trickery backfire 0 0 –2 Attempting to openly act outside one’s auspice 0 –1 to –5 0 Telling a good story at a moot 1 0 2 Telling a true epic at a moot that is later retold by others 2 1 3 Telling an epic that is entered into the Silver Record 3 4 6 Speaking dishonorably to one’s elders 0 –1 to –5 0 Speaking without permission at a moot 0 –1 0 Speaking poorly of the Garou as a whole 0 –2 0 Speaking poorly of one’s auspice 0 –4 0 Speaking poorly of one’s tribe 0 –4 0 Speaking poorly of one’s pack 0 –6 0 Speaking poorly of another tribe (except Bone Gnawers) 0 –1 0 Summoning help when there is no real danger present 0 –5 0
Protection and Defense: Healing a fellow Garou (non-pack member) unselfishly 0 0 1 Showing mercy to a wayward Garou 0 0 3 Protecting a helpless Garou 0 4 0 Not protecting a helpless Garou 0 –5 0 Protecting a helpless human 0 2 0 Not protecting a helpless human 0 –1 0 Protecting a helpless wolf 0 5 0 Not protecting a helpless wolf 0 –6 0 Supporting an innocent being accused of a crime 0 5 0 (who is later proven innocent) Supporting an innocent being accused of a crime 0 –4 0 (who is later proven guilty) Dying while defending your pack (posthumous) 4 6 0 Dying in defense of Gaia (posthumous) 7 7 0 Frenzy: Succumbing to a berserk frenzy 0 0 –1 Succumbing to a fox frenzy –1 0 –1 Succumbing to a fox frenzy and abandoning your pack 0 –1 –2 in time of need Succumbing to a berserk frenzy and injuring fellow Garou 0 0 –3 Succumbing to the thrall of the Wyrm 0 0 –4 Performing a heinous act while in the thrall of the Wyrm 0 3 1 (cannibalism, perversion, attacking your own packmates, etc.) Human and Kinfolk Relations Maintaining good relations with nearby Kinfolk 0 0 2 Having poor relations with nearby Kinfolk 0 0 –3 Choosing a mate and breeding 0 0 3 Choosing a mate, but not breeding 0 0 –1 Staying honorably mated 0 2/year 0 Protecting the Veil 0 4 0 Harming or rending the Veil 0 –5 0 Repairing the Veil 0 3 1
