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Renown


House Rules

  • Renown in WWCore 20th is modified for MUSH play.
  • The book is written for table-top play. MUSH players are daily contributors.
  • With 24 hour play, it is easier to accrue Renown.
  • Therefore, renown tables have been modified for story pacing value.
  • Renown is modified based on Rank Level and story value.
  • The Spirits are the ultimate judges for Renown based on deeds.
  • Shifter Litany and Creed is weighed for rewards vs loss.
  • Monthly participation in a ST event/story is required to earn monthly Sept duties & responsibilities rewards.
  • You may submit a monthly renown request for Sept Duty participation.
    • +0.2 Honor (awarded if criteria is met).
  • You may earn temporary Wisdom for teaching rituals.
    • +0.1 Wisdom per ritual (max +0.2 per month for teaching 2+).
  • You may earn temporary Wisdom for learning rituals.
    • +0.1 Wisdom per ritual (max +0.2 per month for learning 2+).
  • You may craft 1 talen per week if linked to story events/missions.
    • +0.1 Wisdom per talen (max +0.2 per month for making 2+)
  • Talens are crafted for missions and the spirit releases when it's complete.
  • Recommended: Share the Talen making with your sphere mates!
  • Recommended: Make a variety of Talens by coordinating with others.
  • Talens must be +noted and approved by staff before use.
  • Spirits do not live in talens forever for stock-piling. Timed agreement must be made.
  • Learning Rites: You may learn only one rite at a time.
  • Learning Rites: You may opt out of xp cost for Rite learning at a cost of waiting 1 week x ritual level. Otherwise, you may earn it immediately with xp cost.
  • Learning Gifts: You may learn only one gift at a time with xp.
  • Learning Gifts: It takes 1 week x gift rank level to learn it.

Garou Renown

Types of Renown: Glory, Honor, Wisdom.

Combat Encounters


Sample Behavior Award
Defeating a Minor Wyrm Threat Glory 1 Honor 0 Wisdom 0
Defeating an Average Wyrm Threat Glory 2 Honor 0 Wisdom 0
Defeating a Strong Wyrm Threat Glory 3 Honor 0 Wisdom 0
Defeating a Powerful Wyrm Threat Glory 4 Honor 0 Wisdom 0
Surviving a Toxic Attack Glory 1 Honor 0 Wisdom 0
Drawing First Blood in Combat Glory 1 Honor 0 Wisdom 0
Surviving an Incapacitating Wound Glory 1 Honor 0 Wisdom 0
Exceptionally Attacking the Wyrm with Heroics Glory 1 Honor 0 Wisdom 0
No one in the party being hurt Glory 1 Honor 0 Wisdom 0
Surviving Silver Weapons used against you Glory 1 Honor 0 Wisdom 0
Attacking a powerful force w/o aide Glory 0 Honor 0 Wisdom -2
Deviating from Party & Acting Rogue Glory 0 Honor -1 Wisdom -2


Mythical & Spiritual


Sample Behavior Award
Detecting the Wyrm (Person/Place/Thing) Glory 0 Honor 0 Wisdom 1
Falsely Accusing of Being Wyrm Glory 0 Honor -1 Wisdom -2
Revealing a Gaian Garou is Wyrm Glory 3 Honor 0 Wisdom 4
Cleansing an Area, Person, Thing Glory 0 Honor 0 Wisdom 1
Summoning an Incarnae Avatar Glory 0 Honor 0 Wisdom 1
Going on an Umbral Spirit Quest Glory 1 Honor 0 Wisdom 1
Failing an Umbral Spirit Quest Glory -1 Honor 0 Wisdom -1
Having Prophetic Dream to Share/Comes True Glory 1 Honor 0 Wisdom 2
Ignoring Omens/Dreams/Visions & Not Sharing Glory -1 Honor 0 Wisdom -2
Using Rite of Talisman Dedication Unwisely Glory 0 Honor 0 Wisdom -1
Discovering a new talen/fetish/lore/pathstone/ancient caern Glory 0 Honor 0 Wisdom 1-4
Performing Rare Rites (Moot Rite) Glory 0 Honor 1 Wisdom 0
Receiving Rite of Wounding Glory 2 Honor 1 Wisdom 0
Performing Punishment Rite Glory 0 Honor 2 Wisdom 0
Refusing to participate in a Rite Glory 0 Honor -1 Wisdom -1
Disrespectful in a Rite or Moot Glory 0 Honor -1 Wisdom -1
Punishment Rites * Refer to Book
Monthly Sept Duties/Responsibilities w/Event Attendance Glory 0 Honor 2 Wisdom 0
Teaching/Learning Rites Monthly (2 Max) Glory 0 Honor 0 Wisdom 1-2

Relations & Society


Sample Behavior Award
Gaining Alpha Pack Leader Glory 0 Honor 1 Wisdom 0
Disobeying a Sept Officer Glory 0 Honor -2 Wisdom 0
Serving a Sept Position/Year Glory 1 Honor 3 Wisdom 1
Maintaining loyal service to Sept/Year Glory 1 Honor 2 Wisdom 1
Upholding the Litany Glory 0 Honor 1-2 Wisdom 1-3
Breaking the Litany Glory 0 Honor -1 to -3 Wisdom -1 to -3
Participating in Just Challenge Glory 1 Honor 2 Wisdom 0

Behavior


Sample Behavior Award
Giving Good Strategic Advice that aides the Group Glory 0 Honor 0 Wisdom 1
Giving Poor Advice that hurts the Group Glory 0 Honor 0 Wisdom -1 to -2
Mediate a Dispute Glory 0 Honor 2-3 Wisdom 0
Keeping a Promise that Shows Results Glory 0 Honor 1 Wisdom 0
Failing to Keep a Promise with Bad Results Glory 0 Honor -2 Wisdom 0
Trickery or Lying Backfires Glory 0 Honor -1 Wisdom 0
Tell a Good Story at a Moot Glory 1 Honor 0 Wisdom 1
Protect a Helpless Garou Glory 0 Honor 2 Wisdom 0
Protect a Helpless Human/Creature Glory 0 Honor 1 Wisdom 0
Berserk Frenzy Glory 0 Honor 0 Wisdom -1
Fox Frenzy Glory -1 Honor -1 Wisdom -1
Thrall of the Wyrm Glory -1 Honor -2 Wisdom -3


Human & Kinfolk Relations


Sample Behavior Award
Maintaining Good Relations with Kin (benefits community) Glory 0 Honor 1 Wisdom 1
Protecting the Veil Glory 0 Honor 1 Wisdom 0
Harming the Veil Glory 0 Honor -1 to -3 Wisdom -1
Repairing the Veil Glory 0 Honor 1 to 2 Wisdom 1
Mating and Breeding Awarded Post Childbirth Glory 0 Honor 1 Wisdom 1

Fera Renown



  • Fera may use some of the Renown Content listed for Garou within reason.
  • Fera lean heavily toward their Litany and Creed tenants when it comes to rewards and losses.
  • Fera are allowed to join packs and may participate in Renown Awards.
  • Fera may request monthly 0.2 temp honor equivalent Sept Duty rewards if participation is met by attending an ST Event/Story.
  • Fera may learn the gift Spirit Speech for 5xp cost.
  • Fera List - Types of Renown: Cunning, Ferocity, Glory, Harmony, Honor, Humor, Infamy, Innovation, Obedience, Obligation, Succor, Valor, Wisdom. Kitsune: Chie, Toku, Kagayaki.

Fera Cunning


Sample Behavior Award
Protecting an important secret from discovery 1
Drawing first blood in combat, Talen/Fetish creation 1
Discovering a useful secret that benefits all 1
Wounding a powerful foe and prudently retreating 1 to 2
Performing a sabotage/diversion against the enemy 1 to 2
Hatching a complex plot that succeeds, stealing from enemy stronghold 1 to 3
Creating a Den Realm, Create new Gift 3
Destroying an enemy stronghold 1 to 4
Failing an attempt at craftiness; Enemy captures you -1 to -2
Caught in a lie; becoming pack's runt (ratkin); letting a secret slip -1 to -2
Hurting others of your breed through reckless conniving -1 to -3
Getting caught defying an Elder/Sept Officer -1 to -3

Fera Ferocity


Sample Behavior Award
Proving one’s bravery with danger presented; resisting frenzy 1
Ignoring a non-fatal wound in combat; resisting taunts 1
Defeating an enemy without being harmed 1
Remaining calm in the face of extreme adversity 1
Upholding protocol in the face of humiliation 2
Performing an outrageous and dangerous deed without being harmed 2
Being solo responsible for success in a common goal for your Breed 2
Causing your enemy to completely lose face when they taunt you 1
Succumbing to fox-frenzy -1
Losing to an enemy without even harming him -2
Performing a poor deed with getting hurt and needing rescue -2

Fera Glory


Sample Behavior Award
Telling a good story at a gathering; participating in a just challenge 1
Doing something brave during a dangerous situation 1
Surviving an incapacitating wound; defeating a minor threat 1
Telling a true epic that is later retold 1
Defeating an average threat; travel to an Umbral Realm and returning 2
Defeating a strong threat 3
Defeating a very powerful threat 4
Succumbing to fox-frenzy -1
Losing territory to an enemy -3
Conscious cowardice that results in the death of another of your Breed -3

Fera Honor


Sample Behavior Award
Showing restraint in the face of certain death 1
Dealing respectfully with other shapeshifters 1
Showing devotion to the greater good of the community 1
Protecting helpless humans in need 1
Participating in a just challenge 2
Acting selflessly for the greater good of the Breed 2
Mediating a dispute fairly and impartially 2 to 3
Ignoring strong feelings of vengeance and hatred 1 to 2
Being truthful in the face of adversity 1 to 2
Protecting helpless animals related to the Breed 1
Enduring torture to protect fellow Breed members 2 to 3
Acting selfishly; not protecting helpless humans; being deceptive -1
Failing to keep promises; participating in an unjust challenge -1
Not protecting a helpless Breed member; ignoring etiquette w/behavior -1
Giving false testimony against a Breed member -2

Fera Humor


Sample Behavior Award
Conceiving a new riddle; besting a shapeshifter in a riddle contest 1
Losing a riddle-contest to a spirit or other Changer -1
Losing a riddle-contest to a Human/Kinfolk -1
Crippling a Wyrm-operation through “unfortunate accidents” 2
Leading an enemy astray without hurting him 1
Leading two enemies against each other 2
Persuading other Changers to do tasks for you 1
Fooling agents of the Wyrm to perform necessary tasks for you 2
Covering over dangerous secrets without arousing suspicion 1 to 2
Successfully creating plots to further your ends involving Sept 2 to 3
Banishing the Wyrm from an area through indirect or nonviolent means 2 to 3
Hurting innocents through your schemes; being manipulated by others -1 to -2
Furthering the Wyrm through short-sighted schemes -2 to -3

Fera Infamy


Sample Behavior Award
Helping guard a Nest; fooling a human 1
Defeating a formidable foe not of the Wyrm or Weaver; getting even 1
Defeating agents of the Wyrm 1 to 4
Defending a Nest through trickery or negotiation 1
Ending a serious threat without harm to any of your Breed 1
Becoming famous among your Breed w/stories told about you. 1
Creating or discovering a new Gift 1 to 2
Being fooled by a human -1
Killing a Bone Gnawer -3
Falling into the Thrall of the Wyrm -3

Fera Innovation


Sample Behavior Award
Striving to understand a new situation or item; creating a talen 1
Teaching another Rokea; gaining knowledge through bargains w/spirits 1 to 2
Learning a new Rite; discovering a place unknown to other Rokea 1 to 2
Learning a new Gift; creating a fetish 1 to 2
Creating a new Gift; ending threat before it reaches the ocean 1 to 2
Acting without thinking -1
Killing humans when matters could have been solved through cunning -1 to -2
Ignoring the counsel of spirits -1 to -2

Fera Obligation


Sample Behavior Award
Teaching another member of your Breed 1 to 2
Participating in a just challenge 2
Creating something that helps the Nest or clan 2
Committing a sophisticated crime (Ratkin) 1 to 2
Serving as pack’s runt (Ratkin, award once per story) 1
Repairing the Veil 1 to 2
Earning the respect of another member of your Breed 1
Vengeance on someone who has greatly harmed the Nest or clan 1 to 3
Performing a deed that affects all of your Breed 1 to 3
Giving bad advice that harms the group -1 to -2
Taking the word of an outsider over that of one of your own -1
Harming the Veil -1 to -2

Fera Succor


Sample Behavior Award
Healing another Changer unselfishly 1
Performing a Rite of Cleansing 1
Cleansing a major pollution site 2
Giving aid to another Changing Breed 1
Performing a Rite of Healing Winds 1
Nurturing a helpless animal back to health 1
Performing a Rite of the Pure Land; Rite of the Freed Spirit 1
Reclaiming spoiled or corrupted land 1 to 3
Saving an animal of an endangered species, human life 1 to 2
Nurturing an endangered species so that its population increases; 1 to 2
Reclaiming a lost Glade 3
Losing a Glade to the Wyrm 3
Failure to save an animal from pain; polluting -1
Failure to save a human’s life -1
Losing land to the forces of corruption and pollution -2 to -3
Losing an endangered species to extinction on account of carelessness -2

Fera Valor


Sample Behavior Award
Participating in a just challenge *Refer to Garou equivalent
Drawing first blood in combat 1
Being truthful when facing adversity 1
Participating in a hunt (event) 1
Mating and spawning children * Refer to Garou Equivalent
Surviving an incapacitating blow 1
Exacting vengeance without seeking it 1 to 2
Destroying a Betweener, Evading destruction by ocean-dwellers 1 to 3
Defeating agents of the Wyrm 1 to 3
Defeating a very powerful Qyrling 4
Actively seeking vengeance -1
Lying when it is not needed -1

Fera Harmony


Sample Behavior Award
Destroying a minor threat to Sea, prevent minor pollution 1
Destroying sizable threat to Sea (average, serious, extremely hard) 2 to 4
Stopping reckless humans causing damage to Sea 1 to 2
Regulating size of a species to restore balance 1 to 2
Stopping threat to Sea before it reaches the Ocean 1 to 2
Repairing damage to coral reefs 1 to 2
Destroying major threats to Sea other than Individuals 1 to 4
Clearing oil spills 1 to 2
Ignoring pollution to sea -1
Killing humans needlessly where humans then kill sharks in retaliation -1 to -2
Hunting carelessly and upsetting balance of species - 1 to -2

Kinfolk Renown


Sample Behavior Award
  • Kinfolk may earn 1 point of Kinfolk Renown for every 4 points of Garou Renown. Use the table below for earning Renown to accrue a full permanent point of Renown in order to join a Pack.
Extreme Valor in the face of death .25 Glory
Surviving an incapacitating wound .25 Glory
Exposing Wyrm-tainted kinfolk .25 Glory
Exposing a Garou as Wyrm-tainted 1 Wisdom
Having and following a vision that benefits the Sept .5 Wisdom
Discovering Talens, Fetishes, Lost-Lore .25-.75
Being asked to participate in a Moot or Rite .25 Honor, .5 Wisdom
Being asked to help guard a caern .25 Glory
Refusing to fight in defense of a caern -.75 Glory, -.25 Honor
Serving your tribe faithfully monthly Sept Duties .25 Honor
Maintaining Relations with other Kin that benefit Sept .25 Wisdom
Bearing Shifter Offspring (After Born) .25 Honor, .25 Wisdom
Answering a request for sage advice .25 Wisdom
Protecting Shifter not of your tribe .25 Honor
Rudeness -25 Honor, -.25 Wisdom
Speaking Badly of Garou/Shifters of Sept -.75 Wisdom
Acting without Honor -.25 to -1.25 Honor