Mind's Eye Theatre: Book of the Wyrm

Book of the Wyrm is a sourcebook for Mind's Eye Theatre that gives rules and suggestions for Wyrm-aligned antagonists.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf Catalog:

We Have Met the Enemy...

The werewolves know that they are fighting an enemy that is mighty and implacable. The Wyrm reaches out everywhere, from corporate America where Pentex and its subsidiaries are ensconced to the werewolves' lost kin, the Black Spiral Dancers to the terrible spirits called Banes. The Garou fight desperately with every weapon they can, and they must not lose. They have stared into the Abyss, and it staring back hungrily.

And We Are His...

Here is the material to bring the Apocalypse sharply into focus for your chronicle. From the corrupted fomori to the Hives of the mad Black Spiral Dancers to the many arms of the Pentex corporation to the very halls of Malfeas, here is laid out what the Garou fight against. On what may be the eve of Apocalypse, it will take more than courage to survive what's coming...

Contents[]

The Lesson: A Cautionary Tale[]

Chapter One: Introduction[]

Chapter Two: Cosmology[]

While every Garou knows the story of the Wyrm's binding, few know that the Wyrm has become a hydra of many foul urges.

Chapter Three: A Map of Hell[]

From the Blights to the Hellholes to the very duchies of Malfeas - the Umbra is no place to get lost.

Chapter Four: The Black Spiral Dancers[]

The fallen White Howlers live on as the greatest plague of the Garou.

Bane Totems
- Totems of Cunning
  - Aucol (Arctic Fox Kit)
  - Kirijama, "The Hidden Foe"
  - The Whippoorwill
- Totems of Strength
- Totems of Corruption
Mental Abnormalities
Black Spiral Gifts
- Basic Gifts
  - Bane Protector
  - Madness Induction
  - Wyrm Hide
- Intermediate Gifts
  - Beautiful Lie
  - Call Elemental
  - Dagger of the Mind
  - Disguise Deformity
  - Open Wounds
  - Sharing Madness
  - Unseelie Faerie Kin
- Advanced Gifts
  - Totem Form
    - Ragabash Gifts
      - Basic Gifts
        Defuse Tension
      - Intermediate Gifts
        Touch of the Eel
    - Theurge Gifts
      - Basic Gifts
        Distract Spirit
      - Intermediate Gifts
        Blood Omen
    - Philodox Gifts
      - Basic Gifts
        Smell Fear
        
        A Thousand Voices
    - Galliard Gifts
      - Basic Gifts
        Cover Scent
      - Intermediate Gifts
        Allies Below
    - Ahroun Gifts
      - Basic Gifts
        Horns of the Impaler
Rites and Rituals
- Rites of Accord
  - Basic Rites
    - Rite of Blood Taint
    - Rite of Vice Assumption
  - Intermediate Rites
    - Rite of the Small Push
  - Advanced Rites
    - Rite of Evocation
- Punishment Rites
  - Basic Rites
    - Rite of the Survivor
  - Intermediate Rites
    - Rite of the False Memory
    - Rite of the Haunting Moment
  - Advanced Rites
    - Rite of the False Hunt
- Mystic Rites
  - Basic Rites
    - Rite of the Sacred Tattoo
  - Intermediate Rites
    - Rite of the Bane Totem
    - Rite of the Corrupted Fetish
    - Rite of the Opened Eyes
    - Rite of Woad
- Caern Rites
  - Basic Rites
    - Moot Rite
  - Intermediate Rites
    - Rite of Synchronization
  - Advanced Rites
    - Rite of Caern Corruption
- Rites of Death
  - Basic Rites
    - Rite of the Goodbye Party
    - Rite of Unburdening the Soul (Rite of the Sick Puppy)
- Rites of Renown
  - Basic Rites
    - Rite of Passage
    - Rite of Transmogrification
  - Intermediate Rites
    - Rite of the Sixth Circle
- Seasonal Rites
  - Basic Rites
    - Autumn Harvest of Souls
    - Springtime Procreation Rite
  - Intermediate Rites
    - Summer Rite of No Holiday
  - Advanced Rites
    - Winter Rite of the Wandering Soul
- Minor Rites
  - Curse the Soul
  - Greet the Wyrm
  - Hunting Prayer
  - Respect the Totem

Chapter Five: The Fallen and the Wretched[]

The Wyrm's many monstrous servants, from fomori, Banes and Wyrm-things to outright monsters and fallen shifters.

Types of Fomori
- Breeds
  - Enticers - Stats
    - Powers: Enhancement, Succubi's Veil
  - Ferectoi - Stats
  - Gorehounds - Stats
  - Toads - Stats
    - Powers: Barbed Tongue
Fomori Powers
- Berserker
- Brain-Eating
- Body-Barbs
- Chameleon Coloration
- Claws, Fangs and Horns
- Darksight
- Exoskeleton
- Extra Limbs
- Eyes of the Wyrm
- Foot Pads
- Frog Tongue
- Gaseous Form
- Hands from Beond
- Hide of the Wyrm
- Immunity to the Delirium
- Infectious Touch
- Lashing Tail
- Mind Blast
- Mouth of the Wyrm
- Numbing
- Plasmic Form
- Poison Tumors
- Rat Head
- Regeneration
- Roar of the Wyrm
- Scent of the Wyld or Weaver
- Sense Gaia
- Slobber Snot
- Stomach Pumper
- Tar Baby
- Umbral Passage
- Webbing
Taints
- Addiction
- The Crusties
- Derangement
- Infections
- Inner Volcano
- Mental De-evolution
- Physical Wasting
- Rotting
- Severe Allergy
- Special Diet
- Teledementia
- Ugly as Sin
- Walking Bomb
- Worms
Banes
- Bitter Rages - Stats
  - Charms: Raging
- Breeders
  - Charms: Breeding Trance
- Drattosi - Stats
  - Charms: Consume Essence, Illusory Desire
- Dream Makers - Stats
- Gray Masses (and Grey Men) - Stats
  - Charms: Sporing
- Phantasmi - Stats
- Ooralath - Stats
  - Charms: Burrowing, Embody
- Scryers - Stats
  - Charms: Report, Scry
- Wyrmholes - Stats
  - Charms: Gateway
Wyrm Elementals
- Furmlings (Balefire) - Stats
- Hoglings (Smog) - Stats
- H'rugglings (Sludge) - Stats
- Wakshaani (Toxins) - Stats
Monsters
- Blood Vines - Stats
  - Powers: Seeding
- Heart Eaters - Stats
  - Powers: Clean Scent, Empathy, Sting
- Skull Pigs - Stats
- Thunderwyrms - Stats
  - Powers: Armor, Burrow
- War Wolves - Stats
  - Powers: Immunity to Delirium, Regeneration
- The First Ronin
Buzzards and Other Fallen Changing Breeds
- Buzzards (Fallen Corax)
  - Gifts
    - Basic Gifts
      - Targeted Heave
      - Poisoned Flesh
    - Intermediate Gifts
      - Plague Feather
  - Rites
    - Basic Rites
      - Rite of the Closed Eye
    - Intermediate Rites
      - Rite of the Lowered Sky
- Hishtpah (Fallen Cats)
  - Gifts
    - Intermediate Gift
      - Sway of the Hypnotic Serpent
  - Rites
    - Intermediate Rite
      - Rite of the Unmaker's Song
- Purgers (Fallen Bears)
- The Dumenkara (Fallen Reptiles)
- Bitter-Grins (Fallen Coyotes)
- The Breakers (Fallen Spiders)
- Vermin (Fallen Rats)

Chapter Six: Pentex and Subsidiaries[]

The most outward sign of the Wyrm's corruption, spanning the globe and making a profit while they're at it.

Pentex Jargon
Magadon
- Riot-Control Chemicals
  - Pepper Spray
  - Tear Gas
  - Gas Masks and Wet Blankets
- Harmful Supernatural Drugs and Devices
  - Wyrm Faux
  - Bane Lures
  - Bane-in-a-Bottle
- "Beneficial" Supernatural Drugs and Devices
  - Delerex Lupus-7
  - Anagath F45.6
  - Psiphrenol
  - Fomorol
Avalon
- Action Bill Special Police Bade - Bane Talen, Gnosis: 2
King Breweries
- Dragon Valley Vine (and Offshoots) - Stats

Appendix: The Wyrm's Arsenal[]

The many tricks in the Wyrm's bag - from weapons to poisons to fetishes and talens.

Fetishes
- Bauble - Fetish Trait Cost: 1, Gnosis: 1
- Brush of the Ancients - Fetish Trait Cost: 1, Gnosis: 8
- Stolen Eye - Fetish Trait Cost: 1, Gnosis: 2
- Umbraphone - Fetish Trait Cost: 1, Gnosis: 3
- Bane Lantern - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 5
- Delirium Mask - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 7
- Devilwhip - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 6
- Power Googles - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 3
- Tambertail's Heart - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 7
- Umbrascope - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 4
- Gut Bonds - Fetish Trait Cost: 2, Gnosis: 5
- Frater Vermiis' The Pretanic Keys - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 5
- Deathrattler - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 6
- Warshirt of the Wyrm - Fetish Trait Cost: 3, Gnosis: 6
- Magic Spewer - Fetish Trait Cost: 4, Gnosis: 5
- Baneklaive - Fetish Trait Cost: 5, Gnosis: 7
- Churjoroc's Tusk - Fetish Trait Cost: 5, Gnosis: 9
- Soul Ruby - Fetish Trait Cost: 5, Gnosis: 7
Talens
- Pretanic Talisman (3 uses per Fetish Trait spent) - Gnosis: 4
- Bean-Bane - Gnosis: 7
- Dragon's Ichor - Gnosis: 5
- Goblin Ale - Gnosis: 4
- Strom in a Bottle - Gnosis: 6
- Wyrm-Wood - Gnosis: 3
Balefire
Toxins
- Ionone Gas - Rank One
- Kiss of the Wyrm - Rank Four
- Tear Gas - Rank Rwo
- Mustard Gas - Rank Three
- Nerve Agent (Sarin) - Rank Five
- Fomorol - Rank Three
Arsenal
- Sub-Dermal Radio
- Pus Armor - Availability: Pentex 4
- Silver Nitrate Hollow-points - Availability: Pentex 5 (need-to-have only), Hunters 5
- Balefire Flame-thrower - Availability: Black Spiral Dancers 3, Pentex 4, Hunters 5

Background Information[]

Ads at the back of the book include: The Shining Host Players Guide and Tribe Novel 4: Bone Gnawers & Stargazers (Nov. 2001).

Memorable Quotes[]

Characters[]

Serenity - Qualmi
Ellery - Hishtpah
Prof. W. Richard MacLish, "Writlish" - Black Spiral Dancer
Night Master
Robert Allred
Francesco
Jeremiah Lassater
Colin Jenner
Fulton Clark
Harold Zettler
Peter Culliford
James Kiker
Franklin Rubin
Enzo Giovanni
Adrian Newberry
Kathryn Mollett
Kiro Yamazaki
Max Carson
Nicholas Morgan - Chief Operation Officer of Endron
Justin Chen - Chief Financial Officer of Endron
Hiram Bollingsworth
Willie Quesada - Endron engineer
Bryant Vandegrift
Matthew Davies
Dr. Julia Miller - Runs Magadon's Women's Medicine
Daniel Dial - Pentex intern, Founder of Avalon
Jeremy King
Weeden Family - Dragon Valley Wines Owners
"Doc" Abraham Riegel -Tellus Founder
Tambertail - Fianna Theurge, Died, Past
Frater Vermiis (Brother Wyrm) - Author of The Pretanic Keys
Churjoroc - Wyrm Monster, Died

Terminology[]

Abyss: Silver Path, Golden Path, Iron Path, Hearts of Midnight; Anchorheads, Anshaya (Watery Torment), Asura, The Atrocity Realm: The Wall; Balefire, Bane, Baneklaive, Bitter-Grins, Black Spiral Dancers: Black Spiral Labyrinth (The Shattered Labyrinth), Dark Litany, Hive, Kinfolk, Lion, Metis, Pit, Ronin, Temple Obscura, White Howlers; Black Spiral Dancer Camps: The Cluithi, The Genetic Irregulars, The Consultants; Blight, The Breakers, Buzzards, Cahlash, Calumn, Charm, Chronicle of the Black Labyrinth (Book), Derangement, The Dumenkara, The Elemental Wyrms: Hoga, Furmas, H'rugg, Wakshaa; The First Ronin, Fomori, Hellhole, Hishtpah, Maeljin Incarna: Hellbringer (Malik Harjaq, Gilles de Rais), Thurifuge, Empress Aliara, Lord Steel, Lady Aife, Knight Entropy, Maine duBois, Esq., Doge Klypse, The Nameless Angel of Despair, Lord Choke, Lord Kerne, Lord Collum, Lady Yul; Malfeas, Nephandi, Nexus Crawler, Paradox, Pattern Spiders, Pentex: Acquisitions Division, Board of Directors, Doctor Violence Game, Executive Director, First Teams, Fly's Electronics, Information Collection Systems, Omega Plan, Operations Division, Premium Oil, Project Aeneid, Project Coordination Division, Project Iliad, Project Odyssey, Psychics, Siren Cosmetics, Slaughterhouse Video, Special Projects Division, Team Prime; Pentex Subsidiaries: Ardus Enterprises, Autumn Health Management Services, Avalon Incorporated (Pet Pal, Poopi Suzi, Nuke'Em, Action Bill, Production, Public Relations and Marketing, North America Wrestling Association, Consumer-Reaction Management, Engineering and Production, Testing and Application, Cici: Muffy, Helena, Emma, Eat it all Elaine; Pocket Beasts), Black Dog Games (Zombie: The Putrescence, Lycanthrope: The Rapture, Warlock: The Pretension, Pixie: The Delusion, Spectre: The Annihilation, Talespinner, Goblins, McLaren Formula), Circinus Brands Tobacco, Consolidex Worldwide, Endron International (Atlas International, The Partnership for Energy-Rich America and Citizen Alliance for Reduced Strictures PAC, Endron Exploratory Personnel Squads, Endron Research and Exploration Entities, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Con Edison), Good House International, Hallahan Fishing Corporation (Cap'n Bill Hallahan), Harold and Harold Mining, Incorporated, Herculean Firearms Incorporated, Herrick's, King Breweries and Distilleries (King Spirits, King Import, Ruskaiya Distilleries, Thaw Beverages, Dragon Valley Wines, Ten Tickle Ales, King's Laws of Partying, King's Wenches), Magadon, Incorporated (Aesop Research Company, Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Dunlop & Farrier, MagNet, Administration, Sales and Marketing: Media Crisis Team; Gerontology: GerDiv; Pediatrics: Peds; Women's Medicine: FemMed; Infectious Diseases: ID; Genetics: GenDiv; Nutritional Health: NHDiv; Psychiatric Therapy: PsyDiv; Consumer Products: CP; Technologies and Applications: Techs and Apps; Pubic Heatlh: PubHealth, Metcalf, August Health Management; Veterinary Health: Endangered Predators Preservation Foundation; Special Projects; Umbriohrenol-6, Delerex Lupus-7, Anagath F45.6, Psiphrenol, Fomorol), Nastrum Enterprises, Omni Television (Knights of Angst, MSG Express, Concrete Dreams, Action Bill and the Danger Squad), O'Tolley's, Rainbow Incorporated, Tellus Enterprises (Sunburst Enterprises International, Tetsumomo Studios, Typhoon, Slaughtercraft, A Wolf's Life, The Big Pond, Terminus), Vesuvius Incorporated, Young and Smith, Incorporated; The Pretanic Keys by Frater Vermiis (Book), Progenitors, Purgers, Red Star, The Rite of the Broken Wing, Sabbat, Scar: Gnosis batteries; Sense Wyrm, Shadow Court, Skull Pigs: Grondr, Voodoo Pigs; Spectres, Sunbane, Technocrats, Thunderwyrm: Grammaw; Ti Malice, Triat, Triatic Wyrm: Beast-of-War, Eater-of-Souls, The Defiler Wyrm; Unseelie, Urge Wyrms: Foebok, Vorus, Mahsstrac, Karnala, Abhorra, Angu, Ba'ashkai, Khaaloobh, Pseulak, Sykora, Gree, Lethargg; Vermin, Virtual Adepts, War Wolves, Weaver, Wyld, Wyrm, Wyrm Caerns, Wyrm Lore, Wyrm-Taint,

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