Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 3

Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 3 is a sourcebook for Mind's Eye Theatre that implements rules for the Ratkin and the Ananasi werespiders.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf Catalog:

Won't You Come Into My Parlor?

The vermin are always swept aside - few consider what they see. What does the rat see from his hiding-spot under the wharfs? What does the humble spider, spinning in the corner, overhear? No one asks and no one knows. The Ratkin continue their earth-wars from the shadows, and the Ananasi prepare for a time when balance will return. One day, these not-so-meek will inherit the earth...

The Rats in the Walls

Changing Breeds Book Three comprises the worlds of the Ananasi and the Ratkin. Here the Ananasi build their webs and plots in deference to their hostage queen, serving the primal forces of the universe. Here the Ratkin nurse bitter grudges against the Garou and humanity who hunt them, and fight the Weaver's strangling webs with their own brand of eco-terrorism. Patterned after the first two Changing Breed books, here is everything a player could want to create and play one of these strange shapeshifters.

Contents[]

Introduction[]

Chapter One: Ananasi[]

Lexicon
Totem
- Queen Ananasa (Spider)
Merits and Flaws
- Organized (1-Trait Aptitude Merit)
- Daddy Long-Legs (2-Trait Aptitude Merit)
- Human Form (3-Trait Supernatural Merit)
- Venomous (3-Trait Supernatural Merit)
- Sex Appeal (4-Trait Social Merit)
- Crawerling Alteration (4-Trait Supernatural Merit)
- Pithus Alteration (4-Trait Supernatural Merit)
- Good Reputation (5-Trait Social Merit)
- Lilian Alteration (6-Trait Physical Merit)
- Gender-Morph (6-Trait Supernatural Merit)
- Hive Mind (7-Trait Supernatural Merit)
- Obsessive-Compulsive (1 to 3-Trait Mental Flaw)
- Unkempt (1-Trait Social Flaw)
- Vampire-phile (1-Trait Psychological Flaw)
- Impatient (2-Trait Mental Flaw)
- Vestigial Limbs (2 to 6-Trait Supernatural Flaw)
- Emotional Attachment (3-Trait Psychological Flaw)
- Empathy (3-Trait Mental Flaw)
- No Fangs (3-Trait Physical Flaw)
- Limited Diet (4-Trait Physical Flaw)
- Unstable Features (4-Trait Supernatural Flaw)
- Can't Eat Solid Foods (5-Trait Supernatural Flaw)
Gifts
- General Ananasi Gifts
  - Basic
    - Balance
    - Bind
    - Burrow
    - Hand Fangs
    - Jump
    - Many Eyes
    - Morphean Bite
    - Replenishment of the Flesh
    - Resist Pain
    - Resist Toxin
    - Safety Line
    - Silencing Webs
    - Spines
    - Stolen Moments
    - Tarantula's Kiss
    - Web Haven
    - Web of Smoke
    - Waterwalk
  - Intermediate
    - Blood Pump
    - Bug Lord
    - Catch the Wind
    - Cling
    - Entropic Bite
    - Hydraulic Strength
    - Iron Web
    - Part Webs
    - Preserve
    - Slick Webs
    - Spider's Grace
    - Spinnerets
    - Tick Body
    - Trap Door
    - Venom Bite
    - Web Blanket
  - Advanced
    - Carapace
    - Survivor
    - Umbral Barrier
- Tenere Gifts
  - Basic
    - Breath of Ananasa
    - Camouflage
    - Groom
    - Patience of Ananasa
  - Intermediate
    - A Mother's Look
    - Reshape Object
    - Understanding the Tapestry
    - Web Sheet
  - Advanced
    - Spider on a Mirror
    - Thieving Touch of Spiders
- Hatar Gifts
  - Basic
    - Blood of Pain
    - Wyrmling Kinship
    - Blood of Illusion
    - Call of the Wyrm
  - Intermediate
    - Corrupt
    - Ill Wind
    - Pulse of the Invisible
    - Still Blood
    - Touch of Blood
  - Advanced
    - Burning Blood
    - Touch of the Unweaver
- Kumoti Gifts
  - Basic
    - Arachnophobia
    - Inspire
    - Inspiration
    - Mother's Touch
    - Insight of the Mother
    - Lead-Line
  - Intermediate
    - Alter Lilian
    - Mindblock
    - Nature of the Beast
    - Sense Motion
  - Advanced
    - Assimilation
    - Mass Confusion
- Myrmidon Gifts
  - Basic
    - Illusion of Size
    - Might of Ananasa
    - Open Seal
    - Pincers
    - True Fear
  - Intermediate
    - Blood Hunt
    - Drying Bite
    - Scorpion Tail
    - Weak Arm
  - Advanced
    - Image of the Great Mother
    - Thousand Hands
- Viskr Gifts
  - Basic
    - Curse of the Great Web
    - Mindspeak
    - Minor Unweaving
    - Scent of Sweet Honey
  - Intermediate
    - Attunement
    - Brethren Call
    - Calcify
    - Cocoon
    - Lesser Unweaving
  - Advanced
    - Shattering
    - Summon Paradox-Spirit
    - Web of Illusion
- Wyrsta Gifts
  - Basic
    - Alter Mood
    - Beastmind
    - Binding Spit
    - Visceral Agony
  - Intermediate
    - Aura of Ananasa
    - Blades of the Mantis
    - Tick Body
    - Web Snare
    - Wither Limb
  - Advanced
    - Razor Webs
    - Summon Net-Spider
Ananasi Rites
- Shared Rites
  - Breath of Ananasa
  - Rite of the Questing Stone
  - Rite of Silence, The Rite of Binding
  - Fylfot's Rite
- First Rites
  - Basic First Rites
    - Rite of Spinning
    - Tapping Ananasa's Wisdom
    - Recorder
  - Intermediate First Rites
    - Rite of Appeal
    - Guardians
- Triumvirate Rites
  - Intermediate Triumvirate Rites
    - The Gathering Children
  - Advanced Triumvirate Rites
    - Rite of One
- Viskr Rites
  - Basic Viskr Rites
    - Studying the Great Web
    - Summon Paradox
  - Intermediate Viskr Rites
    - Rite of Weaving
Fylfot
- The Armoire of Abiele - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 2
- Arnoch's Bait - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 3
- Caen's Lace Kerchief - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 4
- The Ruby Eye of Tomas - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 4
- The Music Box of Chien-Tu - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 5
- Piccola's Picture Frame - Fetish Trait Cost: 4, Gnosis: 6
- Skeleton Closet Key - Fetish Trait Cost: 4, Gnosis: 6
- The Watch of Second Sight - Fetish Trait Cost: 5, Gnosis: 8

Chapter Two: Ratkin[]

Lexicon
New Backgrounds
- Colony
- Freak Factor
- Plague
Gifts
- General Gifts
  - Basic
    - Cloak of Shadows
    - Crawling Chaos
    - Darksight
    - Deep Pockets
    - Resist Toxin
    - Shadow Throw
    - Smell Poison
    - Snitch
    - Stash Cache
  - Intermediate
    - Attunement
    - Bolt!
    - Gnaw
    - Mind of the Tunnels
    - Squeeze
  - Advanced
    - Perfect Poison
    - Plague Bite
    - Riot
    - Survivor
- Homid Gifts
  - Basic
    - Cooking
    - Eau de Rat
    - Instinct
    - Persuasion
    - Sticky Fingers
  - Intermediate
    - Attunement
    - Body Wrack
    - Of Rat and Man
    - Reshape Object
  - Advanced
    - Ugly Truth
- Metis Gifts
  - Basic
    - Cloak of Shadows
    - Sense Wyrm
    - Spirit of the Spiny Rat
    - Stink
  - Intermediate
    - Ratkin Lullaby
    - Rat Thing
    - Silver Tooth
    - Whelp Body
  - Advanced
    - War of Vengeance
- Rodens Gifts
  - Basic
    - Absolute Balance
    - Devour the Dead
    - Leap of the Kangaroo Rat
    - Scamper
    - Survival
  - Intermediate
    - Command Metis
    - Itchy
    - Mind of the Swarm
  - Advanced
    - Furtive Gathering
- Tunnel Runner Gifts
  - Basic
    - Danger Sense
    - Hotwire
    - Scent of the True Form
    - Sigil
    - Silent Running
    - Urban Camouflage
  - Intermediate
    - Evasion
    - Second Sight
    - Speak in Tongues
    - Tunnel Echoes
  - Advanced
    - Cheese It!
- Shadow Seer Gifts
  - Basic
    - Name the Spirit
    - Protect the Swarm
    - Rat Mother's Touch
    - Sense Weaver
    - Sense Wyrm
    - Summon Engling
      - Engling: Spirit - Stats
    - Touch the Spirits
  - Intermediate
    - Command Spirit
    - Discarded Dreams
    - Exorcism
    - Feast of the Dead
    - Pulse of the Invisible
  - Advanced
    - Elegy
- Knife Skulker Gifts
  - Basic
    - Chitter
    - Death Mark
    - Mother's Truth
    - Stalk
    - Sticky Paws
    - Truth of Gaia
  - Intermediate
    - Doppelganger
    - Open Wounds
    - Paralyzing Stare
    - Weak Arm
    - Wither Limb
  - Advanced
    - Geas
- Warrior Gifts
  - Basic
    - Curse of Hatred
    - Rat's Teeth
    - Resist Pain
    - Slicing Teeth
    - Spirit of the Fray
    - Sticky Paws
  - Intermediate
    - Bolt!
    - Improvisation
    - Persecution Complex
    - Treppelganger
  - Advanced
    - Pack Attack
- Engineer Gifts
  - Basic
    - Control Simple Machine
    - Hotwire
    - Mousetrap
    - Open Seal
    - Scrounge
  - Intermediate
    - Battery
    - Control Complex Machine
    - Summon Electricity
  - Advanced
    - Death Ray
- Plague Lord Gifts
  - Basic
    - Blur of the Weeping Eyes
    - Dredge of the Spirit World
    - Poison Food
    - Sniffle
    - Virulent Curse of Hatred
  - Intermediate
    - Catgut
    - Inflict Pain
    - Lesions
  - Advanced
    - Epidemic Contagion
- Munchmausen Gifts
  - Basic
    - Name the Spirit
    - Persuasion
    - Rapier Wit
    - Spirit Speech
    - Tale Spinning
  - Intermediate
    - Adversity
    - Taste of Madness
    - Whispered Dreams
  - Advanced
    - Hyperattenuation
- Twitcher Gifts
  - Basic
    - Firebug
    - Holdout
    - Self-Destruct
    - Sense Angst
    - Sense Weaver
  - Intermediate
    - Keening of Swarm Panic
    - Pyrotechnics
    - Sanctify
  - Advanced
    - All Hell
Rites
- Basic Rites
  - Contract Rite
  - Dedication Rite
  - Rite of Artifce Dedication
  - Rite of Crash Space
  - Rite of the Birthing Plague
  - Rite of the Bolthole
  - Rite of the Cardboad Palace
  - Rite of the Pain Dagger
  - Rite of the Purified Body
- Intermediate Rites
  - Pact of Vengeance
  - Rite of Investiture
  - Ritual of the Shing Thing
  - Rite of the Shopping Cart
  - Rite of the Swarm
  - Rite of Warding
Knick-Knacks, Doohickeys and Other Ratkin Fetishes
- Pipes of the Swarm - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 4
- Circular Saw Launcher - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 5
- Rat Mask - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 6
- Nezumi Kite - Fetish Trait Cost: 4, Gnosis: 7
- Mystery Machine - Fetish Trait Cost: 5, Gnosis: 8
Merits and Flaws
- Cagebound (3-Trait Merit)
- Caged Folk (3-Trait Merit)
- Adrenaline Addict (2-Trait Flaw)
- Rat Fink (2-Trait Flaw)
- Technological Delusions (2-Trait Flaw)
- Kleptomaniac/Pack Rat (2 to 3-Trait Flaw)
- Pack Instinct (3-Trait Flaw)
- Incoherent (4-Trait Flaw)
Totems
Spirits
- Rat-Spirits - Stats
  - Kangaroo Rat-spirits, Packrat-spirits and Mole rat-spirits
- Pain-Spirits and Disease-Spirits - Stats
  - Charms: Agony, Infection
- The Freakachu - Stats

Background Information[]

At the back of the book is an ad for Laws of the Resurrection.

Memorable Quotes[]

Characters[]

Monica Austin - Ananasi
Delia - Ananasi
Dr. Clarke Mason - Ananasi
Staff Sergeant Reynolds - Ananasi
Agnes DeVry - Ananasi
Jericho
Abiele Dumont - Ananasi, Past
Arnoch - Ananasi
Caen - Ananasi
Tomas - Ananasi
Chien-Tu Phillips - Ananasi
Rena Piccola - Ananasi
Benjamin, "Ben" - Ratkin
Jules Easy-Win - Ratkin, Mentor
Leadbiter - Ratkin Name
Trashy Mac - Ratkin Name

Terminology[]

Ananasi: Agere, Amari Aliquid, Anansi, Anomia, Arachnid, Aspect, Atahsaia, Blood Pool, Cabal, Chymos, Crawlerling, Damhàn, Downtime, Estotilandia, Faction, The First War, Fylfot, Gaderin, Grandmother Spider, The Great Mother, The Great Silence, The Great Web, Hatar, Insect Races, Kar, Kumatai, Kumo, Kumoti, Laws of Ananasa, Lilian, Malfeas, Malum, Metamorphosis, Mother-Queen, Myrmidon, Ovid, Plicare, Padrone, Pithus, Queen Ananasa, Secean, Sylie, Symmetry, The Tapestry, Tenere, Ti Malice, Triumvirate, Unweavng, Viskr, War in the Heavens, Weaving, The Web, Web of Ananasa, Wyrsta, Yahwie; Renown: Cunning, Obedience, Wisdom; Homid (Breed), Homid (Form), Kinfolk, Ratkin: Algernon, Army of the Apocalypse, Aspect Moot, Aspects: Bards (Extinct), Tunnel Runners, Shadow Seers, Knife Skulkers, Warriors, Engineers, Plague Lords, Munchmausen, Twitchers; Birthing Plague, Blood Memory, Brain, Caged Folk, Climbing the Bell Tower, Colony, Cleaning O'Tooley's, Consorts, Council, Country Mouse, Courtier, Crash Space, Crinos, Deceit, Elders: Rat Mother, Scout, Warlord, Mystic; Family, Field of Nettles, Freak, Gang, Gnosis, Going Postal, Going Through the While Gym Bag, Grand Moots, High Justice, Infection, Infestation, The Itchy Zone, Keening, Litany of Survival, Low Justice, Metis, Middens, Nest, Pain Dagger, Paradise (Dreams of a Thousand Rats): The Coliseum, Carnivale, Buboe, Corpse of a Thousand Teeth; Plagues: Rat Race, Nezumi, Thuggees, Gamine, The Horde, De La Poer's Disciplines, Borrachon Wererats, Ratkin Ronin, Rattus Typhus; Privileged Elder, Rage, Ramblers, Rapture, Rat Alleys, The Rat God, Rat King, Rat Kingdom, Rat Pack, Retinue, Revel, Rite of Naming (Twitchers), Rodens, Runt, Stairway Realms, Straggler, Tech Duel, Tribe, Voice, "Wuffie, Wuffies", Wyld, Renown: Obligation, Cunning, Infamy; Rank: Pup, Rakka, Voto, Tava, Teppen, Rrrrr't, Legend; War of Rage,

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