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FrankTate

Frank Tate, Ithaeur member of the Lodge of the Crossroads

The Lodge of the Crossroads is a heretical lodge focused on the link between the Shadow and American folklore.

Overview[]

The lodge was founded in 1931 by Tom Steele, an Iron Master who allegedly encountered the Devil at a crossroads. While members don't deny the origin of the Uratha in Pangaea, they regard it as irrelevant. Instead, they focus on the things modern humans believe in, and how the Essence generated by those beliefs can shape the Shadow. For instance, stories about a haunted house or a serial killer might attract fear spirits to a specific area, whose manifestations reinforce the legend in a self-sustaining cycle. To the Lodge of the Crossroads, such phenomena should be encouraged when they help create a more harmonious relationship between the Flesh and the Shadow, and stamped out when they make things worse. [1]

The lodge does not have an official patron spirit or totem, but longtime members are certain that something is watching over them -- perhaps the Devil Tom Steele met back in '31. While this patron makes no demands of the lodge, its hand is visible in the strange luck many members experience.[2]

Membership[]

Members of the lodge tend to be iconoclasts among the Forsaken, including Iron Masters, Bone Shadows and Ghost Wolves. They go through an initiation process called "legend tripping," when they investigate the site of a haunting, a famous crime, or another place charged with folkloric significance. What they actual find varies: there may be spirits, magath, or ghosts in the area, or even stranger supernatural phenomena beyond the People's usual ken. Their unseen patron seemed to ensure that whatever they find, it's not boring.[2]

Game Mechanics[]

Prerequisites[]

Cunning ••, Investigation •, Occult •• [3]

Benefits[]

Members of the Crossroads Lodge gain a Contact (•) in the “weird” or “freak” subculture of cryptozoologists, legend trippers, conspiracy theorists and folklore occultists. Lodge members’ exposure to these groups and their methods of investigation also allows them to purchase Skills at a reduced experience cost — Investigation, Occult and Stealth become new dots x2 instead of new dots x3.[3]

Fetishes[]

Heritage Tooth (Talen): a projectile made from material linked to a folk legend, such as an arrow whittled from a gallows tree or a bullet cast from the fender of a ghost car. These add +3 to the Attack roll of any supernatural creature born or changed in the Americas.

Heritage Fang (•••••): A Heritage Fang is a permanent weapon, one that was fashioned from a piece of American folklore. Only the most senior lodge members bear these immensely valuable relics; Tom Steele is rumored to have carried the hammer of John Henry, and rumor has it that another of the lodge currently holds a crossbow strung with strings from the Devil’s own fiddle. When activated, a Heritage Fang grants a +1 bonus against any American-born (and American-Changed) supernatural enemy. In addition, such fetish weapons use the “9 again” rule regardless of opponent. Some are said to have additional powers, but bear curses along with them — John Henry’s hammer was said to flood the bearer’s strength, but at the cost of his stamina.[3]

References[]

  1. WTF: Blasphemies, p. 86 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  2. 2.0 2.1 WTF: Blasphemies, p. 87 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 WTF: Blasphemies, p. 88 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
Werewolf: The Forsaken Lodges
First Edition
Blood Talons Lodge of CerberusLodge of the EinherjarLodge of GarmLodge of the Lone WolfLodge of NightLodge of the ShieldLodge of SwordsLodge of Wendigo
Bone Shadows Lodge of BaitalLodge of DeathLodge of DoorsLodge of Hallowed HallsLodge of HarbingersLodge of the Hundred DaysLodge of the Hungry GhostsLodge of ProphecyLodge of the ReapingLodge of Voices
Hunters in Darkness Lodge of AshesThe Brotherhood of Eshu's CapLodge of CarrionLodge of the Empty DenLodge of HarmonyLodge of RuinLodge of SeasonsLodge of the Sleeping BearLodge of Wrath
Iron Masters Lodge of 66Lodge of ArmsLodge of the Hidden HuntLodge of LightningLodge of MetalLodge of ScrollsLodge of SpiresLodge of StonesLodge of Wires
Storm Lords Lodge of CrowsLodge of the Final WinterKshatriyasLodge of the MaelstromLodge of NamarrkunLodge of SalvationLodge of the Shadow's StormLodge of the Shadow ThroneLodge of ThunderLodge of Winter
Auspice Lodge of the BoundaryLodge of the Broken PledgeEigner LodgeLodge of the Endless HorizonLodge of the Fury ChoirLodge of the HazzanLodge of Luna's TearsLodge of LycurgusLodge of the Second MoonriseThe Secret TribunalLodge of the Shadow ThroneLodge of the Spirit ChainsLodge of the Spoken WordLodge of the Starless SkyLodge of the Storm's Eye
Pure Lodge of AbsolutionBlood of KingsCouncil of EaglesLodge of Kin's BloodLodge of Night's FearLodge of PlagueLodge of Sana'aLodge of Vermin's Shadow
Others Lodge of the AdderLodge of ArkadiaThe Armée SauvageLodge of AvalonLodge of the Black WoodsLodge of Bloody SpearsBrotherhood of the Crossed SwordsLodge of ChemicsLodge of the CoyoteLodge of the CrossroadsCult of BonesLodge of EchoesLodge of the Endless MoonLodge of the Fallen IdolLodge of the FeastLodge of Fevered LightLodge of the FirestickLodge of Grey HuntersLodge of the GrottoLodge of Howling DeathLodge of the HuntLodge of IliaLodge of KletbyLodge of the LakeLodge of the LionLodge of LondonLodge of the LostLodge of Luna's DevoteesLodge of MammonLodge of ManiaLodge of the ModernistLodge of the Morning StarLodge of the NahualLodge of PraetorsLodge of QuetzalLodge of the Red SandsLodge of the RoseLodge of the SacrificeLodge of SaintsLodge of the SaviorLodge of ScarsLodge of ScavengersLodge of the ShepherdLodge of SilenceLodge of SongkranLodge of TearsLodge of the Thin ShadowLodge of Two WorldsLodge of the UnionLodge of UnityLodge of the Willow Branch
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Second Edition
Blood Talons Lodge of the Einherjar
Bone Shadows Lodge of the Hundred Days
Hunters in Darkness Lodge of the Hook HandLodge of Sleepless Earth
Iron Masters Lodge of the Shield
Storm Lords Lodge of The Roman Ritual
Ghost Wolves Eaters of the DeadLodge of the Field
Auspice Lodge of the ChronicleLodge of Gargoyles
Pure Lodge of Muspell
Others Lodge of GarmDreaming LodgeLodge of Quicksilver ChildrenLodge of the Screaming MoonThe Temple of ApolloThe Thousand Steel Teeth
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