Ways of the Wolf is a sourcebook for Werewolf: The Apocalypse with information on how to play lupus Garou characters.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf 1993-94 catalog:
- In the deep wilderness, the wolves still howl. The lupus Garou answer that call. The werewolves of feral stock are quite different from their Homid brothers. The wilderness is their domain, where they can run free on four-legs and howl their ecstasy and rage to the moon. A sourcebook on the Lupus-Garou, the werewolves born of wolf stock, including information on wolf behavior and hints on how to play a feral werewolf, including sample characters.
From the Back Cover:
- The Midnight Prowl
- Dark shapes lope across the moon-drenched fields, hard upon the scent of prey – wolves on the hunt. The wolves weed out the weak and the sick, keeping Gaia's children pure. But the Wyrm plots against the predators, creating fear and scorn for Gaia's noble beast. What can long survive the hatred of humanity?
- The Forgotten Howl
- In the deep woods, a primordial world still survives, the heartland of Gaia. Here, a mournful howl rises to the moon, lamenting the loss of a way of life. The lupus Garou are the guardians of this pristine wilderness, the gatekeepers of the last pure lands on Earth.
- Ways of the Wolf includes:
- Extensive information on wolves, their behavior and connections to the lupus, those Garou born of wolf.
- Details on the Red Talons, the vengeful tribe of feral Garou who resist humanity's invading onslaught.
- New gifts, fetishes, magical plants and creatures found in the deep wilds of the world.
Contents[]
Legends of the Garou: The Tale of the Mai-Coh[]
Story told by Moon Howl of the Wendigo.
Introduction[]
- More Information:
- Of Wolves and Men by Barry Holstun Lopez
- Wolves & Related Canids edited by Deborah Warrick
- Timber Wolf Information Network
Chapter One: Born of Wolf[]
Chapter Two: The Lupus Garou[]
Chapter Three: The Forest Primeval[]
- The Hunter - Human, Stats
- Wilderness Systems
- Tracking
- Search
- Shadowing
- Hunting
Appendix[]
Nature's Bounty[]
New Gifts, rites, fetishes, and totems.
- Gifts:
- Find Water - Level One: Lupus
- Sense Prey - Level One: Lupus
- Eye of the Eagle - Level Two: Lupus
- Axis Mundi - Level Two: Lupus and Silent Strider
- Boon of the Animal Fathers - Level Five: Lupus
- New Rituals:
- Rite of Birth Time (Level One)
- Rite of Pure Breeding (Level Two)
- Plants of Power:
- Burdock
- Lodgepole Pine
- Mullein
- Service Berry
- Sweet Flag
- Wild Garlic
- Foxglove
- Rosemary
- Fetishes and Talens:
- Toolstick - Level 3, Gnosis 6
- Tool Talens - Gnosis 3
- Fish Swatter - Level 2, Gnosis 5
- Bouncing Rock - Level 5, Gnosis 7
- Leaf Armor - Level 4, Gnosis 4
- Fire Starter - Level 1, Gnosis 3
- Prometheus' Torch - Level 6, Gnosis 8
Creatures of the Wilderness[]
Traits for animal characters.
- Natural Creatures:
- Wolves
- Deer
- Moose
- Bear
- Wolverine
- Raven
- Supernatural Creatures:
- The Gamor
- Wolf Fomori
- Corrupted Wolves
- Hairy Men
- Spirit Creatures:
- False Wendigo
The Great Beasts[]
- Yeti
- Sasquatch, "Bigfoot"
- Willawau (Giant Owl)
- Dinosaurs
- Great Sharks
Lupus Character Templates[]
- Classic Trickster
- Dark Mystic
- Human Mediator
- Howler
- Wolf Warrior
Background Information[]
This book was reprinted in Werewolf Chronicles Volume 2.
Memorable Quotes[]
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Characters[]
Lupus of Note[]
Others[]
- Shadows by the Fire's Light - Galliard Garou, of Renown similar to Moon Howl
- Dark Cavern-Talker - Theurge Garou: Story
- Howls-to-Luna - Female Ahroun Garou: Story
- Grass Roller - Galliard Garou: Story
- Mai-Coh - Wyrm Corrupted Medicine Man: Story
- Running Fox - Garou
Terminology[]
Gangrel, Packs, Red Talons, Red Talon Factions: Anti-Extinction Faction, Pro-Extinction Faction; Rite of Passage,
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