Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4

Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 is a sourcebook for Mind's Eye Theatre that implements rules for the Nagah and the Rokea.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf Catalog:

From the Rivers Whisper

After the War of Rage, it was rumored that the Nagah, the wereserpent judges of the shapeshifters, had been slaughtered to extinction. Likewise, no one dared venture beneath the waves to see if the Rokea weresharks still lived. The two Breeds were mourned and forgotten, but their survivors were wrong. In the rivers, oceans and swamps, the dead are very much alive.

To the Oceans Roar

Changing Breeds Book Four has all the information players and Storytellers could want about the creatures who defend Gaia's waters - the mysterious Nagah wereserpents and the ferocious Rokea weresharks. Patterned after the other Changing Breeds Books and completing the set, here is the place to create player and Storyteller characters alike - from origins and history to character creation, Gifts, fetishes and more. Who knows what other secrets lie in the depths?

Contents[]

Introduction[]

Chapter One: Nagah[]

Nagah Lexicon
New Ability
- Khurah Lore
New Background
- Ananta
Gifts
- Nagah Gifts
  - Basic
    - Burrow
    - Eyes of the Dragon Kings
    - Gift of Breath
    - Lizard's Favor
    - Night Whispers
    - Scent of Running Water
    - Sense of the Prey
    - Slayer's Eye
    - Snake's Skin
    - Sting of Sleep
    - Veil of the Wani
  - Intermediate
    - Blessings of Kali
    - Combat Healing
    - Darting Fangs
    - Gaze of the Serpent
    - Pure Venom
    - Shield of the Dragon
    - Swimming the Spirit River
  - Advanced
    - Breath of the Dragon Lords
    - Destroyer's Blessing
    - Evading the Watchers
- Balaram Gifts
  - Basic
    - Cold Blood
    - Master of the Body
    - Persuasion
    - Prehensile Body
    - Self-Mastery
    - Subtle Serpent
    - Unexpected Venom
  - Intermediate
    - Being One
    - Fluid Grace
    - Pierce Illusion
    - Sang Froid
    - Spirit Ward
  - Advanced
    - Kundalini
    - There Is No Body
- Ahi Gifts
  - Basic
    - Bones as Coils
    - Face of Surya
    - Indra's Cloak
    - Venom Blood
    - Weaver Sense
    - Wyld Sense
    - Wyrm Sense
  - Intermediate
    - Call the Tides
    - Command the Water Spirit
    - Throat Snake
    - Whirlpool
  - Advanced
    - Child of Storms
    - Force Balance
    - Rapture of the Deep
- Vasuki Gifts
  - Basic
    - Command Snakes
    - Death Rattle
    - Herpetophobia
    - Lightning Strike
    - River's Gift
    - Sense Vibration
    - Treesnake's Blessing
  - Intermediate
    - Belly Ride
    - Kitesnake
    - Long Strike
    - Sidewind
  - Advanced
    - Assassin's Well
    - Song of Takshaka
    - Strom Surge
- Kamakshi Gifts
  - Basic
    - Bask
    - Calm
    - Ganga's Caress
    - Kind Death
    - Resist Pain
    - Serpent's Sting
  - Intermediate
    - Assassin's Insistence
    - Dazzle
    - Denial of Wellbeing
    - Prevent Adharma
    - Surya's Radiance
  - Advanced
    - Shed the Years
    - Suspend
- Kartikeya
  - Basic
    - Brief Sensation
    - Eyes of the War God
    - Forked Tongue
    - Scent of the True Form
    - Secret Serpent
    - The Serpent's Voice
  - Intermediate
    - Blood Running Hot
    - Lance of the Summer Sun
    - Might of the Mountain
    - Veil of Maya
  - Advanced
    - Hydra Warrior
    - Jungle Snake's Hoodoo
- Kamsa Gifts
  - Basic
    - Executioner's Edge
    - Eye of the Cobra
    - Forked Tongue
    - Inattention to Detail
    - Predator's Patience
  - Intermediate
    - Doppelganger
    - Heartstrings
    - Open Wounds
    - Smothering Question
    - Staredown
  - Advanced
    - Summon the Accused
    - Undying Serpent
- Kali Gifts
  - Basic
    - Discern Weakness
    - Executioner's Privilege
    - Guided Strike
    - Iron Coils
    - Solidify Water
    - Wyrm Sense
  - Intermediate
    - Assassin's Strike
    - Destroying Blow
    - Indirect Strike
    - Mindblock
    - Song of Winter
  - Advanced
    - Magistrate's Icy Judgment
    - Mahanaga
The Samskara (Rites) of the Nagah
- Basic
  - Atonement Samskara
  - Birthing the Ananta
  - Celebration of First Venom
  - First Glory
  - Invocation of the Spirit Messenger
  - Nestbinding
  - Rite of Auspicious Beginning
  - Rite of Bearing
  - Shedding the Past
  - Thanks to River Mother
- Intermediate
  - Conclusion
  - Investiture
  - Naming the Target
  - Punishing the Improper Strike
  - River Mother's Eyes
  - Sati
  - Shraddha
- Advanced
  - Sannyasa
  - Traitor's Torment
Merits and Flaws
- Spirit Acquaintance (2 or 4 Trait Merit)
- Infrared Vision (3 Trait Merit)
- Step Sideways (6 Trait Merit)
- Mnesis (7 Trait Merit)
- Largely Deaf (1 Trait Flaw)
- Inauspicious (1 or 3 Trait Flaw)
- Weak Venom (2 or 3 Trait Flaw)
- Defanged (4 Trait Flaw)
Fetishes
- Yantra - Fetish Level: 1, Gnosis: 6
- Spirit Rattler - Fetish Level: 2, Gnosis: 6
- Jewel of the River Spirit - Fetish Level: 3, Gnosis: 7
- Strangler's Scarves - Fetish Level: 3, Gnosis: 7
- Danbhalah's Drum - Fetish Level: 4, Gnosis: 6
- Garland of Skulls - Fetish Level: 4, Gnosis: 7
- Dart of Nullity - Fetish Level: 5, Gnosis: 7
Talens
- Ascetic's Ashes - Gnosis: 6
- Cloud Popper - Gnosis: 6
- Flood Dust - Gnosis: 4
- Snake Oil - Gnosis: 5
- Venom Arrows - Gnosis: 6
Bindhi
- Bindhi of Surya - Fetish Level: 1, Gnosis: 6
- Bindhi of Disillusion - Fetish Level: 3, Gnosis: 8
- Indomitable Eye - Fetish Level: 5, Gnosis: 9

Chapter Two: Rokea[]

Lexicon
Rokea Species
- Great White (Karkha)
- Hammerhead (Spynha)
- Bull Shark (Lexcha)
- Tiger Shark (Galchurva)
- Mako (Ixya)
- Goblin Shark
New Ability
- Seafaring
New Background
- Remora
Gifts
- Rokea Gifts
  - Basic
    - Breach
    - Fast
    - Killing Bite
    - Sense Threat
    - Teeth of the Skin
    - Gulp
    - Poisoned Flesh
    - Restless Waters
    - Shagreen Sheild
    - Strange Waters
    - Unsea's Blessing
  - Intermediate
    - Consume Taint
    - Fathom Sight
    - Kun's Warning
    - Shark's Bones
    - Inundate
    - Patient Hunter
    - Relentless Hunt
    - Salmon's Return
    - Set the Mind Adrift
  - Advanced
    - Mindless Fight
    - Great Summons
    - Ocean's Peace
    - Whirlpool's Maw
- Brightwater Gifts
  - Basic
    - Eyes of the Wound
    - First Feeling
    - Narke's Gift
    - Restraint
    - Undertow
    - Unseen Attack
  - Intermediate
    - Bends
    - Best Policy
    - No Walls
    - Oversea's Cycle
    - School's Fear
    - Wriggling Teeth
  - Advanced
    - Blood of Darkness
    - Pain of the Wound
    - Sea's Winds
- Dimwater Gifts
  - Basic
    - Crushing Depths
    - King Fish
    - Know Oversea's Mind
    - Sea's Voice
    - Spit Teeth
    - Strange Blood
    - True Intentions
  - Intermediate
    - Drown
    - Living Sea
    - Lure
    - Oversea's Wrath
    - Sea's Wisdom
    - Swim Undersea's Bloodstream
  - Advanced
    - Common Foe
    - Leviathan
    - Wound Undersea
- Darkwater Gifts
  - Basic
    - Blood of the Deeps
    - Chill
    - Enter Seas Soul
    - Qyrl's Blood
    - Piercing Shriek
    - Silent Sending
    - Voice of the Depths
  - Intermediate
    - No Blood
    - Sea's Breath
    - Shock Wave
    - Summon Scuttlers
    - Swim Through the School
    - Wave's Passage
  - Advanced
    - C'et's Shell
    - Hunger of the Trench
    - Oversea's Gift
    - Pall
- Betweener Gifts
  - Basic
    - Find Sea
    - Enter Unsea's Soul
    - Spirit Speech
  - Intermediate
    - C'et's Mysteries
    - Forms of Sea
  - Advanced
    - Wall of Granite
Rites
- Basic
  - Rite of Rokea Blood
  - Rite of the Hunt
  - Rite of Swimming Alone
  - Rite of Passing the Net
  - Rite of Sea's Distant Voice
  - Rite of Talisman Dedication
- Intermediate
  - Rite of the Black Shark
  - Rite of the Man-Form
  - Rite of the School's Wisdom
- Advanced
  - Rite of the Gathering
Totems
- Angler
- Crab
- Dolphin
- Hurricane
- Manta Ray
- Moray
- Shark
- Special Totem: Qyrl
Fetishes
- Sea's Garb - Level 1, Gnosis 6
- Marlin's Tail - Level 2, Gnosis 6
- Barnacle Necklace - Level 3, Gnosis 6
- Net of Vengeance - Level 4, Gnosis 7
- Fragment of Oversea - Level 5, Gnosis 8
Merits & Flaws
- Constant Sending (1 Trait Merit)
- Good-Looking (2 Trait Merit)
- Venerable (2 Trait Merit)
- Fin Blades (3 Trait Merit)
- Swim Sideways (6 Trait Merit)
- Betweener Sympathizer (1 Trait Flaw)
- Shark Teeth (1 Trait Flaw)
- Short-Lived (1 Trait Flaw)
- Garou Enemy (2 or 4 Trait Flaw)
- Honest to a Fault (2 Trait Flaw)
- Known Betweener (3 Trait Flaw)
- Tonic Immobility (3 Trait Flaw)
- Unsure Footing (3 Trait Flaw)
- Uncontrolled Lust (4 Trait Flaw)
Creatures of the Sea
- Okeans
  - Breaker: Sample Okean - Spirit, Stats
- Pelageans
  - Angler-Spirit: Sample Pelagean - Spirit, Stats
    - Charm: Lure
- Qyrlings
  - Rider: Sample Qyrling - Spirit, Stats
    - Charm: Drain Gnosis
- Rorqual
  - Blue Whale
  - Narwhal
  - Humpback Whale
  - White Whale
  - Kiler Whale
  - Sperm Whale
  - Dolphins and Porpoises
- Scuttlers
  - Pearl-Keepers: Sample Scuttler - Spirit, Stats

Background Information[]

Memorable Quotes[]

Characters[]

Lengthening-Knife, "Tesya" - Vasuki Kamakshi, Nagah
Kala, the First King - Nagah, Past
King Silapidakaram - Nagah, Past
King Takshaka - Nagah, Past
Vinata
Petros the Unyielding
Kostantos
Mandrorari Ma - Nagah, Past
Black Tooth
Bites-Through-Steel - Rokea
Foe-Ripper - Rokea
Lightless-Tides - Rokea, Darkwater, Past
Deepest Trench - Rokea, Darkwater, Past
Swims-Deep - Rokea

Terminology[]

Beast Courts, The Emerald Mandates, Frenzy, Gnosis, Hengeyokai, Homid (Breed), Homid (Form), Kinfolk, Middle Kingdom, Nagah: Age of Kings, Ahi, Ananta, Apsa, Azhi Dahaka, Balaram, Crown, Devi, Dragon Kings, First Skin, Jeweled Pools, Jurlungur, Kali, Kali Dahaka, Kaliya, Kamakshi, Kamsa, Kartikeya, Khurah, Jewel of Passage, Lu Long, Naginah, Nandana, Nemontana, Nest, The Sacred Laws, Samskara, Sannyasin, Sayida, Serpent Waters, Sesha, Silkaram, The Three Mothers, Vasuki, Vritra, Wani, Xi Wang Chi, Yamilka, Zuzeka, Nagah Renown: Wisdom, Cunning; Nagah Rank: Opening Eye, Singing Brook, Razored Arrow, Silken Noose, Thunder Chakram, Silver Coil, Mouth of the Sesha; Rage, Rakshasa, Rokea: Betweener, Breakers, Bright Sands Grotto (Caribbean), Brightwater, C'et, Chasmus, Chill Water Bites (Grotto, Shark's Bay, Australia), Darkwater, Dimwater, Dirtwalker, Gladius, Glabrus, Grotto, Kadugo, Kopa Loei, Kraken, Kun, Kunmind, Kunspawn, Lamprey, Long Grotto, Long Swim, Marianas Trench (Lost Grotto), Menehune, Merfolk, Miria (Grotto, Aegean Sea), Moon's Blood, New Wound, Nightmare, Oversea, Oversea's Balm, Okeans, Qyrall, Qyrl (Dagon), Qyrlings, Remora, Rokean Law, Rorqual, Same-Bito, Sargasso Sea, Scuttlers, Sea, Sea's Soul, Sending, Slew, Small Seas, Small Wounds, Squamus, Three Daughters, Turna'a, Undersea, Unsea, The Wound, Rokea Renown: Valor, Harmony, Innovation; Rokea Rank: Surface, Shallows, Open Sea, Cold Sea, Deeps; Sentai, War of Rage, War of Shame, Wan Xian,

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