Umbral Fetishes

Umbral Fetishes are fetishes found in the Umbral Realms.

Overview

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List of Abyss Realm Fetishes

• Hearts of Midnight - Level 5, Gnosis 8 - These black gemstones stop Gifts involving Gnosis from affecting their bearer. They also prevent the bearer from spending any Gnosis (although he may still make Gnosis rolls, such as the one necessary to attune the fetish to himself). Hearts of Midnight are found only in the Abyss. Some werewolves murmur that the Wyrm plans to use the fetishes to strip Garou of their spirits.

List of Aetherial Realm Fetishes

See Celestial Fetishes here.

List of Arcadia Gateway Fetishes

• Faerie Weapons - Level 2, Gnosis 7 - Fae weapons never dull or break. They function exactly as earthly weapons (dealing the same damage) until they are activated; they then inflict aggravated damage.
• Faerie Armor - Level 3/4, Gnosis 6 - Faerie armor is lightweight, never wears or breaks, and never hinders movement or Dexterity. Its appearance is unearthly, like something from a painting. If worn by a Garou, it shifts as he does, or (if desired) is only active and usable in Crinos form. In addition, when activated, it adds three dice to all the Garou's soak rolls (though it cannot soak silver). Envious Garou may kill to acquire it.
• Airborne Faerie Weapon - Level 4, Gnosis 8 - The fae of the Arcadia Gateway have a penchant for ranged weapons - arrows, quarrels, spears, sling stones, and so on - and tend to grant them slightly more dramatic powers. An airborne faerie weapon is much like its mundane counterpart, save that it does aggravated damage when activated, will not chip or break, and usually possesses some minor dramatic power. Such a weapon might do any one of the following:
  • - fly around corners or trough twisting woods (weapon ignores any modifiers for cover)
  • - soar straight towards a drawn mundane weapon (attacker may "shoot to disarm" at no penalty)
  • - seek out the most villainous person in a pack of targets (weapon selects the most "offensive" (to fate sensibilities) target; no modifiers to the actual roll)
  • - seek out a target who carries cold iron (weapon is automatically attracted to nearest target bearing cold iron, and the difficulty to hit is lowered by 1)
  • - always return to the hero who launches it (requires Dexterity + Athletics roll to catch it safely)

List of Atrocity Realm Fetishes

• Memory Ribbon - Level 4, Gnosis 7 - Memory Ribbons are simple bands of cloth worn about the wrists containing the essence of emanations from the Atrocity Realm. They serve as continual reminders for Garou of the atrocities they fight to prevent. A Garou wearing a Memory Ribbon may not be possessed and had the difficulties for all frenzy checks raised by two.

List of Cyber Realm Fetishes

For additional fetishes, see Cyberfetishes and WeaverTech.

• Identification Card/ID Card - Level 1/3, Gnosis 3/7 - This fetish ID card masks the bearer as an emanation of the CyberRealm, letting her pass as a native resident of the realm and potentially giving her access to restricted areas.
• Geomid Fragment - Level 3, Gnosis 7 - This geometric solid is a piece of an information geomid. While the fetish is activated, the wielder is considered to be "of the Weaver" by all Weaver-spirits; the Gift: Sense Weaver will also register the wielder as possessing strong Weaver energies.
• Phreak Box - Level 4, Gnosis 6 - This piece of machinery is a fetish created by the CyberWolves. When activated, a Phreak box allows a Garou to open doorways into and out of data clusters in the Computer Web. The Phreak Box also gives its possessor the power to shift the Mirco Level environment by making a Gnosis roll (difficulty 6). When in use the Phreak box emits high pitched sounds. There is a Technofetish version of the Phreak Box, created by reworking a Garou's throat.

List of Dream Zone Fetishes

• Dream Stones - Level 1, Gnosis 6 - These stones create portals directly to the Dream Zone. Each fetish has a different means of activation. Some must be thrown into a reflective pool of water before the Garou steps sideways. Once the Garou enters behind the stone, he will arrive in the Dream Zone. The stone will be at his feet in the Dream Zone. Others must be held or placed by the head of the sleeper as he prepares to enter the Zone.

List of Erebus Realm Fetishes

• Brood Spears - Level 4/5, Gnosis 6 - These terrifying weapons are the exclusive property of Charyss' brood, and cannot be manufactured by mortal shapeshifters. They are tipped with silver (Str + 3 damage, +1 die to Melee rolls) and, when wielded, burn with silver fire (inflicting +1 health level of aggravated damage in addition to the normal damage of the weapon). If a wielder scores five or more successes, she impales her opponent (opponent loses action next turn).

List of Scar Realm Fetishes

• Web Spinner - Level 3, Gnosis 4 - The Web Spinner is a glove made of woven spider silk. When activated, the Web Spinner allows a Garou to create a Weaver web. The web may be used to entrap an opponent (Strength equal to the fetish's Gnosis) or it may be used to create an Umbral connection between parts of the Pattern Web.

List of Wolfhome Realm Fetishes

• Tracking Collar - Level 2, Gnosis 5 - These collars, when place on an animal, allow the Wolfhome scientist with the proper receiver to track the animal. Otherwise, they have no ill effects. However, any shapeshifter who's forced to wear one of these collars loses a point of temporary Willpower and a point of temporary Glory until such time as the collar is removed.

List of Dream Zone Talens

• Nightmare Coins - Gnosis 7 - These talens appear as small coins covered with strange markings. When viewed in the Umbra, they appear as small blue glowing spheres trailing black and red lines. When activated, they cause anyone who looks at them to fall into a fit of terror. The Gnosis of the talen is rolled against the target's Willpower. If the talen wins the resisted roll, the target becomes helpless for a number of turns equal to the number of extra successes made on the roll. In addition, Garou must make a frenzy check after this period to avoid a Fox frenzy.

List of Erebus Realm Talens

• Water of the Silver Lake - Gnosis 8 - The waters of the Silver Lake bring serenity and ease the sting of painful memories. A shapeshifter who drinks this water gains +3 dice on rolls to heal the effects of any derangements, including Wyrm-induced ones. The water's beneficial influence lasts for one day, although any illnesses overcome during that time do not reappear.

List of Umbral Fetishes

• The Magic Trench Coat - Level 4, Gnosis 6 - The Magic Trench Coat looks like a well-used, large black trench coat. Within its interior, a Garou may find any mundane item that could be concealed inside. This requires a Perception + Enigmas roll; the difficulty is determined by the Storyteller, depending on the nature of the object (today's newspaper from the local city would be at a 2, while a flawless duplicate of an art piece would require a 10). Once an object is removed, it stays out. A Garou may only take a number of objects out of the trench coat equal to her Gnosis until she has to start returning them. If a Garou pulls a gun out from the trench coat, unloads it, and then puts it back, the gun still counts as having been returned.

List of Umbral Talens

• Dream Incense - Gnosis 5 - These sticks look like black cone incense, marbleized with gold streaks. When burned, they send the spirits of all sleeping beings in their vicinity into the Dream Zone.

References

• WTA: Umbra: The Velvet Shadow, p. 30, 38, 44, 50, 62-63, 68, 90, 114, 138
• WTA: Umbra Revised, p. 100, 137-140, 142
• W20: W20 Umbra: The Velvet Shadow, p. 58
• Rage CCG: Umbra (Faerie Armor, Heart of Midnight, Memory Ribbon, Nightmare Coin)