Galliard

Role in Garou society

Galliards preserve and interpret Garou memory through performance and storytelling. Their accounts shape reputations and convey what the Litany means in lived experience. An exuberant performer and a quiet chronicler can fulfill the same social role in very different ways.

Within the pack

They inspire companions, communicate the pack’s achievements, and help a community respond to loss. The tension between a compelling story and an accurate account is a useful part of the role, rather than a rule requiring exaggeration.

Gifts

• Against the Odds

  Each success restores one Superficial Willpower damage for each pack member, including you.

• Animal Magnetism

  Add Glory to Social Skill tests against human subjects.

• Break the Shackles

  Look into the subject’s eyes and roar to break supernatural compulsion or mind control.

• Call the Ridden

  Call to spirit-possessed creatures within earshot.

• Cutting Words

  During direct conversation, cause Social and Mental impairment for the winning margin in turns.

• Defy Death

  When your Health becomes completely filled with Aggravated damage, immediately roll Honor.

• Dreamwalk

  Send a spirit into a dream at a known location.

• Eyes of the Cobra

  Maintain eye contact to draw someone toward you in a trance until within arm’s reach.

• Howl of Assembly

  Other Garou who hear your howl and join you recover one Willpower.

• Howl of Despair

  Everyone within earshot outside your pack takes one Willpower damage on success, or two on a critical.

• Lullaby

  Put a target within earshot who can naturally sleep into slumber.

• Song of Inspiration

  Choose a Social or Mental Skill.

• Song of Rage

  Other packmates within earshot gain one Rage, or two on a critical.

• Song of Serenity

  Packmates within earshot lose one Rage, or two on a critical, to a minimum of 1.

• Song of Valor

  Packmates within earshot may spend Willpower to reroll any number of eligible dice instead of only three.

Rules

The moon phase at the First Change determines a Garou’s auspice. It informs their customary role and provides access to the associated Gifts; it is not a fixed personality or a prohibition on other skills.

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