Oases are rare Banes that act as a mirage of an Umbral Oasis.
Overview[]
Oases are the remains of caerns that have long been destroyed by the Wyrm, tiny seeds of life that have been twisted into foul and poisonous wastelands. To the average person they appear to be parks or even junkyards, but the Banes that inhabit these areas thrive on tricking Garou into thinking they have found a safe haven.
The Oasis exists only to lure unwary Garou to their deaths or corruption. Its tactics are to look pretty and to provide a means for other Banes to destroy or seduce an unwary pack.
The Garou who enter an Oasis do not always die immediately, but they do suffer from the exposure. An Oasis as often as not contains Banes that willingly possess the foolish Garou.
The Oasis itself is a larger Bane, capable of concealing both its presence and the presence of other Banes in the area. It cannot actively attack, but imply conceals those that can. More often than not, several Blight Children will be found in the same area as an Oasis, as will other Naturae that have fallen to the Wyrm. It is alleged by some that Oases are byproducts of larger groups of such blighted spirits.
Image[]
In the Umbra an Oasis appears in its true form: a wasteland of Wyrm-blasted trees and waters, surrounded by numerous Banes of almost any type. In the Realm, it appears as a lovely spot, untouched by the Wyrm and its servants.
Stats[]
First Edition[]
Rage 4, Willpower 8, Gnosis 5, Power 150
Charms: Mimicry (For one Power point a day, the Oasis can simulate a glen or stream in order to seduce Garou and other to rest within its embrace. The Oasis itself is powerless to actually ham a Garou or human, but it can seduce other Banes into actin by freely giving them points of its own Power to attack the Garou. Simply having an enemy of the Wyrm attacked while in its perimeters is enough to restore lost Power to a Oasis), Moon Bridge (The Oasis can act as a Moon Bridge for those Garou that have been corrupted by the Wyrm, leading to other areas of corruption (as a Level One caern). Any Garou can attempt to use these Moon Bridges, but they are likely to be unhappy with the results of success; most Garou take poorly to stepping from a Moon Bridge into a large dump site for illegal toxic waste)
References[]
- WTA: Book of the Wyrm First Edition, p. 104-105
