Natural Fetishes

Natural Fetishes are fetishes that are found, but still require spirit binding.

Overview

These "fetishes" are not so much as found, although they require some ritual handling. Nonetheless, anyone - even Garou lacking any skill in rites - can use them, so portent is their power (at least for werewolves, who can activate fetishes with their Gnosis).

List of Natural Fetishes

• Purifying Plants - Level 1, Gnosis 7 - Sage, cedar and sweet grass are some of the cleansing plants used in Wendigo ceremonies. Once activated (a process that includes burning in the case of sage), purifying plants lower by one the difficulty of any cleansing-related rolls in their presence.
• Tobacco - Level 1, Gnosis 7 - Tobacco is, perhaps, the most holy of plants, for spirits regain Power points when it is offered in their name. Spirits are thus inclined to aid a Garou who offers such a sacrifice. If tobacco is activated and burned, it subtracts one from the difficulty of summoning spirits or calling on their aid. The number of successes on the activation roll is the amount of Power a particular named spirit regains, and each such point adds one success to the chart for determining its demeanor. Only one such offering can be made to any spirit by the same Garou per day.
• Deer's Leg Charm - Level 1, Gnosis 8 - It is said that the oil of a deer's leg is strong magic; if one's eyes are anointed with it, one may shoot straighter than normal. The oil must be gained ritually from a slain deer, all of whose body parts must be put to good use. The oil is extracted and carried in a cloth. The Garou may paint it around his eyes and try to activate it; the number of successes on the activation roll then add to the attack roll of any bow (not firearm) attack for the next shot made by the ritualist.

References

• WTA: Wendigo Tribebook, p. 52
• WTA: Litany of the Tribes Volume 4, p. W: 52