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主题: 【W:tA-WPGR】狼人究极武器,银白狼群
作者: 肥肥腌臜2022-03-29, 周二 02:20:01
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主题: Re: 【W:tA-WPGR】狼人究极武器,银白狼群
作者: 肥肥腌臜2022-03-29, 周二 02:20:49
概述
 
 群集月会是最少见的月会,需代表四个以上部落的数支族群召开。狼人召集此类聚会,讨论狼人王国最重要的事务。也只有在群集月会,他们才能组建银白狼群——英杰狼群。

 银白狼群象征狼人诞生后组建的第一狼群,总是五月兆各一位。它的使命于群集月会上由部落长老决定,通常是无比重要的任务。它们既危险又复杂,每个月兆的影响都关系成败。虽然理论上可能同时存在多个银白狼群,但这种事只发生在最紧急的时候——至今还未有过。

 
遴选
 
 全血种、部落和月兆的狼人都为加入银白狼群的荣誉激烈竞争。潜在成员要经过三方面考验:荣耀、智慧和荣誉,分别测试肉体、心灵和精神。具体项目各异。代表五月兆的长老选择和新银白狼群目标相关的考核。以下是举例,但说书人应自创和狼群未来历险相关的测试。

 ● 荣耀:荣耀竞争通常涉及肉体。测试常是战斗,但偶尔得攀登险峻山峰,在空旷沙漠赛跑或遭受击打,看看他们能承受多少苦痛。测试一般试图挑战竞争者的肉体。随着末日逼近,狼人不容许他们的英杰脆弱。

 ● 智慧:数个部落的长老选择不同的测试方法。寂静游者发展出考核欺瞒狡诈;玻璃行者可能举行模拟考试,一人须评判另一个;星占爱问几乎无法解开的谜语;而温迪戈偏爱将测试者丢入困境,迫使其运用聪明才智逃脱。考核目的常是测试竞争者的心智。若狼人将傻瓜作为英雄,必将失败。

 ● 荣誉:测试各有差别,通常极其隐秘。长老常在竞争者不知情时考核。长老一般会辱骂一些人或激怒竞争者,同时观察其反应。测试常挑战角色态度和性情。银白狼群应是典范,在各部落间架起桥梁。而小气自私者无法胜任。若精神脆弱,腐化会吞噬其余人。

 赢得一场测试是巨大荣誉(相应的暂时名誉+3),但无法保证入选狼群。每个月兆的代表都密切关注测试,常互相协商。

 测试完成后,长老从竞争者挑出数位青睐人选,各月兆一位。唤奇原者(译注:圣地职务,负责召唤族群图腾和圣地精魂)带领这些狼人到圣地中心,于此施展凤凰仪式,决定哪些人值得去创建狼群。狼群成员三项名誉都+5,并受凤凰图腾庇护。新狼群成员不失去前狼群或个人图腾的引导保护。前狼群的使命只是暂时中止,其它图腾赠予的灵赋一样。


离开
 
 离开狼群方法有三。第一种当然是死亡。银白狼群的生活甚至比普通狼人还危险。服侍狼群时死去的狼人,会被故事和歌声很好地铭记,曾属于这个伟大群体的荣誉。

 第二也是最少见的一种,蒙羞。即使最光荣的灵魂都能抛弃其同伴,或被妖蛆腐化。虽然普通狼群能宽恕一两次懦弱,但银白狼群无法接受。它是全体狼人的榜样,行为标准极高。失败者的惩罚也异常残酷,常令其他成员将其撕成碎片,任尸体腐烂。

 最后,银白狼群和其它的一样,一达到目的即解散。若半数及以上成员被杀时还未达成,也会解散;当然在这种情况下,狼群也注定不存在了。若另一支银白狼群被选出,幸存成员有资格竞选;然而很多会向前看,成为知名族群的重要领袖。有时当狼群目的达成后,成员会保持狼群同伴关系,选择另一图腾继续在一起。全球的族群领袖常请此类狼群帮助解决威胁其圣地的难题。

 
狼群图腾:凤凰
 
 花费背景:无。它只能被活动的银白狼群成员选择。
 
 凤凰代表生、死又重生的轮回;也象征保卫盖亚的永恒斗争;以及狼人奋战、战死又将其战争传给他人。狼人无法选择凤凰,而是凤凰选择值得进入狼群的狼人。它只接受五月兆各一位的银白狼群。

 特性:成员的每项名誉都+5;和其他狼人的社交互动骰池+1;每个故事获额外10意志点。凤凰还给予其子民额外保护,对抗妖蛆爪牙——妖蛆造物对成员的攻击难度+2。全体成员都有凤凰印记——穿越火柱时烙于左肩的一道蓝火。

 禁忌:若成员永久荣誉为2-,失去成员资格和凤凰图腾的所有加成。这些可怜人再也无法重获曾经作为凤凰选民的尊重。

 
凤凰仪式
5级
 
 新银白狼群被选出时,唤奇原者施展此仪式,将凤凰图腾召唤进圣地。仪式大师呼唤它,带领长老议会嚎叫,述说银白狼群的目的,恳求凤凰庇护。仪式结束时,一根冰冷的蓝色火柱在聚集者前出现。所有准人选须依次通过火焰。被选中者会带凤凰印记从火焰现身。当凤凰对面前的狼群满意时,火焰向上无害地爆炸消失。

 系统:仪式大师须投机敏+仪式(难度7)。成功完成仪式,火柱出现。凤凰接受的狼人(说书人自定)无害现身,享受狼群成员所有加成。不被接受者因火焰受到2级恶性伤害。

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Description

 Concolations are the rarest of moots, and they require several septs representing no fewer than five of the tribes. Werewolves call such gatherings to discuss matters of the greatest importance concerning the Garou Nation. And only at a concolation can Garou be called to the Silver Pack - the pack of heroes.

 The Silver Pack is symbolic of the first pack formed after the creation of the Garou, and it always contains a member from each of the five auspices. The Silver Pack's duty, which is decided by the tribal elders during the concolation, is always an errand of tremendous importance. The Silver Pack's missions are often complicated as well as dangerous, and each auspice's influence is necessary to ensure success. While it is theoretically possible for more than one Silver Pack to be in existence at one time, such a thing happens only during times of direst need - and such times have not yet been seen.


Choosing a Silver Pack

 Garou of all breeds, tribes and auspices compete fiercely for the honor of joining the Silver Pack. The prospective Silver Pack members are tried in three categories: Glory, Wisdom and Honor, which test the candidates in body, mind and spirit. The specific competitions vary; the elders representing the five auspices select tests relating to the new Silver Pack's purpose. A few examples follow, but Storytellers should create tests that relate to a Silver Pack's future adventures.

 · Glory: Contests of Glory are always of a physical nature. This test usually consists of trial by combat, but occasionally contestants must climb a treacherous mountain peak, race across the open desert or suffer a beating to see how much pain they can endure. The test always seeks to challenge the body of the contestant. With the Apocalypse approaching, the Garou cannot allow their champions to be weak.

 · Wisdom: Elders from the various tribes select different approaches to this test. The Silent Striders develop tests of deceptively simple cunning. Glass Walkers may hold mock trials in which one Garou must pass judgment on another. Stargazers like to ask virtually impossible riddles, while the Wendigo prefer throwing a candidate into a predicament and forcing her to use her cleverness and ingenuity to escape. The object of this test is always to measure the mind of the contestant. If the Garou accept fools as their heroes, they will surely fall.

 · Honor: Tests of Honor vary widely and are often extremely subtle. Elders frequently test Garou in this area without the contestants' knowledge. Often, the elders have someone insult or annoy a contestant, all the while observing his response. An Honor test always challenges a character's attitude and temperament. The Silver Pack is meant to be an example and to bridge the gap between the various tribes. Petty and selfish individuals cannot accomplish this task. If the spirit is weak, corruption will lay claim to the rest.

 Winning a competition is a great honor (+3 temporary Renown of the appropriate category), but it does not guarantee a Garou's place in the Silver Pack. Representatives of each auspice watch the competitions closely and confer with one another frequently.

 Upon completion of the tests, the elders choose several favored prospects of each auspice from the contestants. The Caller of the Wyld leads these Garou to the center of the caern, where he performs the Rite of the Phoenix to deter-mine which of the applicants is worthy and to create the Silver Pack. Members of the Silver Pack gain 5 points of Glory, Honor and Wisdom, and they receive the patronage of the totem Phoenix. The new Silver Pack members do not lose the guidance and protection of any previous pack or personal totems; their previous pack duties are simply suspended for the time being, as are the gifts bestowed by their other totems.


Leaving the Silver Pack

 There are three ways to leave the Silver Pack. The first is, of course, death. Life in the Silver Pack is even more dangerous than usual for Garou. Still, werewolves who die in the Silver Pack's service are well remembered in story and song for the honor of having belonged to this great pack.

 The second, and rarest, means for a Garou to leave the Silver Pack is to disgrace the pack. Even the most honorable of souls can abandon his packmates or become tainted by the Wyrm. While cowardice may be pardoned once or twice in a normal pack, it is unacceptable in the Silver Pack. Because the Silver Pack stands as an example to all Garou, its standard of conduct is very high. The penalty for failure in the Silver Pack is uncommonly brutal, usually resulting in the other pack members tearing the offender to pieces and leaving his carcass to rot.

 Finally, like other packs, the Silver Pack disbands once it has completed its purpose. The Silver Pack also disbands if half or more of its members are killed without achieving its goal; surely, in such a case, the pack was not meant to be. Surviving members are eligible to compete for membership if another Silver Pack is chosen; however, many move on to become valuable leaders in notable septs. In cases where the Silver Pack accomplishes its purpose, the members sometimes remain packmates, choosing another totem in order to remain together. Sept leaders across the world often call upon such packs to aid with problems that threaten their caerns.


Silver Pack Totem: Phoenix

 Background Cost: None. This totem may be taken only by members of an active Silver Pack.

 Phoenix represents the cycle of life, death and rebirth. He also symbolizes the never-ending struggle to protect Gaia, as the Garou fight brilliantly, die, and pass on their struggle to others. Garou may not choose Phoenix; instead, Phoenix chooses those Garou worthy of membership in the Silver Pack. He accepts only a Silver Pack that contains are presentative from each of the five auspices.

 Traits: Members of the Silver Pack gain 5 Renown in each category: Glory, Honor and Wisdom. Each Silver Pack member gains one additional die to his Dice Pools in any social interaction with other Garou. The Silver Pack can call on 10 additional points of Willpower per story. Phoenix grants to his children added protection against minions of the Wyrm; the difficulties for all attacks made by Wyrm creatures against members of the Silver Pack increase by 2. Each Silver Pack member bears the Mark of the Phoenix, a blue flame branded onto the left shoulder as she passes through the pillar of fire.

 Ban: If a member of the Silver Pack ever falls below 3 permanent Honor, she loses membership in the Silver Pack and all benefits of the Phoenix totem. Such a wretch never regains the respect he once held as one of Phoenix's chosen.


Rite of the Phoenix
Level Five

 By using this rite, the Caller of the Wyld summons the totem Phoenix to a caern when a new Silver Pack is chosen. The ritemaster calls out to Phoenix and leads the Council of Elders in a howl stating the purpose of the Silver Pack and beseeching Phoenix to offer his patronage. As the rite ends, a pillar of cold, blue flame appears before the assembled Garou. Each prospective pack member must pass through the flame in turn. A Garou chosen for the Silver Pack emerges from the flame bearing the Mark of the Phoenix. When Phoenix is satisfied with the pack before him, the flame explodes upward harmlessly and vanishes.

 System: The ritemaster must make a Wits + Rituals roll (difficulty 7). At the successful completion of the rite, the pillar of flame appears. Garou whom Phoenix accepts (the Storyteller's choice as to who is worthiest) emerge unharmed and receive full benefits of membership in the Silver Pack. Ones not accepted receive two Health Levels of aggravated damage from the flames.