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Rite of the Hungry Soul is a Level Three Mystic Rite of the Grondr.

Overview[]

The Rite of the Hungry Soul represents the ultimate expression of the Grondr philosophy - consuming evil without being tainted by it. This rite allows a wereboar to consume a spirit, as long as it cannot escape. Some Grondr use the rite on spirits they have defeated in combat, while others consume the Banes that power corrupted fetishes, or even those possessing fomori - though in most cases consuming the Bane kills the host. Traditionally, the Grondr use this rite on Banes and other corrupt spirits, but the rite works equally well on any kind of spirit. Indiscriminately using this rite is an easy way to attract the ire of almost every spirit in the Umbra.

Performing this rite is a contested roll between the ritemaster's Wits + Rituals and the spirit's Rage. The ritemaster's difficulty is equal to the difficulty of summoning the spirit (see W20 p. 212); the difficulty of the spirit's roll is the ritemaster's Gnosis.

If he is successful, the ritemaster consumes the spirit. He can use the spirit's Charms as though they were innate powers, spending the captive spirit's Essence. Whenever the ritemaster would spend a point of Gnosis she can spend a point of the consumed spirit's Essence instead. It cannot regain Essence, and loses one point per week of captivity. When the spirit runs out of Essence it is destroyed; the ritemaster consumes its very core. While the spirit lives, it can still get free - if someone kills the ritemaster.

The Grondr who used this rite to consume Banes and other tainted monstrosities did not suffer from any Wyrm-taint. Any shapeshifter who rediscovers this ritual in modern times might not benefit from the same protection.

References[]

Werewolf: The Apocalypse Rites
Garou and Fera Rites Accord · Age Role · Ahadi · Astrological · Caern · Dark Umbra · Death · Frontier · Hengeyokai · Minor · Mystic · Punishment · Pure Ones · Renown · Seasonal · Wyld
Fifth Edition Garou Rites Common · Legendary · Social
Kinfolk Rites Accord · Caern · Homestead · Milestones · Minor · Punishment · Renown · Ritual of Sacred Rebirth
Unique Fera Rites Ajaba - Ananasi: First · Triumvirate · Viskr - Bastet: Kuasha · Moon · Need · Taghairm - Corax - Gurahl - Kitsune - Mokolé - Nagah - Nuwisha - Ratkin - Rokea
Rites of the Lost Breeds Apis - Camazotz - Grondr
Wyrm-Corrupted Fera Rites Blood Rituals · Defiler Kings · Buzzards · Histpah
Miscellaneous Rites 7th Generation - Fomori - Miscellaneous Rites
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