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Serpentines are Wyld-aligned spirits of healing and growth.

Overview[]

W5 Serpentine

Serpentines are spirits of growth and corrective regrowth, and they readily give themselves up to correct a flaw in living tissue of any type. Sometimes, Serpentines are spiritually attuned to a particular type of unwellness and are individually sought after for rare or potent infirmities. Their healing aspect need not be physical, necessarily, as they can be persuaded to help stimulate spiritual and mental recovery, as well. The Garou have many tales of werewolves seeking a specific Serpentine to help restore a stricken packmate — or to hold one hostage against a hated rival.

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In the Umbra, Serpentines often appear as a pair of snakes twisted around each other, a spirit occupying two “bodies,” though on occasion they appear as a shimmer of green light, as if reflected off an unseen body of water, or a greenish stone of a similar name. Serpentines do not often possess hosts in the physical world, but the results of their spiritual healing are usually visible to physical onlookers, such as after healing a wound.

Once a week, Serpentine spirit is able to heal physical damage, either by touching a subject encountered in the Umbra or by briefly possessing the wounded in the physical world. The Serpentine makes a Medicine test, healing one Superficial Health level for each success or one Aggravated for every two successes. The unrestrained generative power of the Serpentine does carry risks, however. For every two successes on the test beyond the subject’s Health maximum, one dot in Dexterity or Charisma is lost as the body of the subject grows uncontrollably, gaining extra flesh and bulk as even its inner organs grow out of control. This “overgrowth” can be healed as if Aggravated damage, but not by a Serpentine.

Stats[]

  • 2nd Edition: (Rock/Mineral Spirit that shares the same name as the spirit)
    • Rage: 3
    • Gnosis: 8
    • Willpower: 8
    • Power: 40
    • Charms: Airt Sense, Open Moon Bridge, Suggestion, Umbraquake
  • Revised Edition: (Wylding)
    • Rage: 1
    • Gnosis: 8
    • Willpower: 4
    • Essence: 14
    • Charms: Airt Sense, Curing, Healing, Materialize, Realm Sense, Re-form
  • 5th Edition:
    • Power: 3–6
    • Exceptional Dice Pools: Medicine (Healing Surge) +4

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