Shifter/combat

The Basics

There's a lot of stuff here, huh? Don't be intimidated, combat isn't that rough. The order of operations goes like this:

Initiative: The ST will usually kick this off with +combat/init/start, and you can look at the list with +combat/init.
Declare your action: What you plan to do on your turn, what gift(s) you want to use, and if you'll spend Rage
Take your action: Spend your Rage or Gnosis (remember, you cant spend both in the same turn!), make your attack roll, allow the ST to try to Dodge, roll your damage if applicable, allow the ST to soak damage
Regenerate! Once per turn you can roll Stamina vs 8 to regain 1 health!

And that's it, things move on to the next person.

[+/-] Helpful Code Tips

Helpful code tips:

• Have a quick peek at yourself: +mysheet combat will show you your current combat stats and your current health. Good for checking how hurt you are or what a form's stat bonus is.
• Did you spend something? +lose willpower, +lose rage, +lose gnosis. Remember that you have to declare the spend BEFORE you make your roll, especially in the case if Willpower.
• Did you gain something? +gain willpower, +gain rage, +gain gnosis
• Did you take damage? Use +hurt/type to set damage on yourself. +hurt/bashing 1, +hurt/lethal 1 or +hurt/agg 1. The code is weird, enter your damage 1 point at a time to save yourself some headache.
• Did you heal damage? +heal will wash away that damage! Regeneration/healing magic always goes for the worst damage first, so +heal/lethal or /bashing 1 for regeneration, or if someone used Mother's Touch you can +heal/agg 1 to clear up the real nasty wounds.
• Soak rolls never have a wound penalty: +roll/nowound stamina vs <difficulty> any time you have to soak damage! Use /nowound for any roll that shouldn't be affected by your wound penalty.
• Don't spam yourself: +sheet/section me/abilities to check if you have Enigmas, or +sheet/section me/powers to see if you have a gift you want to use next turn. Look at a single section of your sheet to check if you have something, rather than bring up the whole damned thing!

[+/-] Helpful Scene Tips

Helpful scene tips:

• Discord: Coordinating in voice chat is really helpful, but don't feel pressured to do so. Not everyone likes talking out loud or even sharing their contact deets.
• Copy down the Init list: Once all the NPCs have been added and it's time to get cracking, type +combat/init to see the list, and copy it somewhere you can keep track of it in a notepad or in your pack's Discord server. You can edit it to take out the dead guys and keep up with whose turn it is much more easily this way.
• Keep side chatter to a minimum: It's hard not to joke and banter during a scene, but try to keep most of it to pages or +pack chat in another window, Discord, or something else in order to keep the scene from getting confused, side tracked, or hard for the ST to keep organized.
• Be cool, man: Try to remember that it's a game, you're here to have fun and make an imaginary person look cool. That imaginary person might fail some times, but use that as an opportunity to change your plan or have a funny story for later. Be open to situational rules changes with the ST in order to get some challenge and story out of the scene you're in, or even suggest something of your own if what you want to do is a little bit crazy.
• Communicate: If you have questions about something in the scene, ask! Same if you aren't sure how some mechanic works, if you need more clarification before your hair brained scheme takes off, or if said scheme is even possible. It's okay to pause the scene and hash something out, especially if you're new to the game or unfamiliar with combat, and if you're unhappy with how something is going, talk about it.
• Stay focused! If you're part of a +event or plot scene, try and stay focused so that the scene can move quickly. You signed up for this scene, you volunteered, people are waiting on you to pose or to take your turn in combat. Real Life, health, interruptions, those things happen and it's okay, but please be considerate and save your videogame or web comics or whatever until after the scene!

Mistakes? Did you notice mistakes in this page? Is there information for your breed's combat abilities that aren't on here? Put in a +request for Mr. Gutsy to get off his lazy butt and fix it! Just make sure you note what's missing and where to find it, if you have that information. Thank you!

Combat

Sources: W20 Core, pg 288-303

Initiative

Use +help +combat for commands to start/view/add/remove from the Initiative list

• Certain gifts such as Spirit of the Frey give bonuses to Initiative, these should be automatically added by the code, or added by the ST of the scene.
• Pack initiative (W20 Core, pg 267) If shifters are in a pack and bound together by a single totem, and if all players agree, the pack may share a single initiative roll as well, using the Pack Leader's initiative roll.

Declare Actions

Lowest Initiative declares their action first, moving up to highest Initiative.
Highest Initiative acts first, moving down to lowest.

• Rage spends and actions must be declared at the beginning of your turn (Ex: "I'm going to spend 2 Rage to X, then Y, then Z.")
• Rage actions will be handled in order after the first "normal" round of actions. Ex: Normal round, Rage round 1, Rage round 2, etc.

Changing Actions

W20 Core, pg 293

• In drastic circumstances Declared Actions can be changed, adding a +1 difficulty to the new Action. (If a grenade is tossed at a character's feet, a packmate is in mortal danger, etc.)

Holding Actions

An action may be held until a place lower in the Initiative, to better coordinate a special maneuver with a packmate, to let someone else get ahead of your character, to foil an opponent's action strategically, etc.

Spending Points

Whether it's Willpower, Rage, or Gnosis for gift activation, extra turns, etc., wait until your ST tells you to spend the resource on your turn, for the sake of the scene log having your spends close to your OOC questions and rolls.

• You can not spend Rage and Gnosis in the same round, except with the Gift: Chaos Mechanics. Spending one means you can not spend the other.
• Willpower for an automatic success on a roll must be declared before the roll is made.
• Willpower can not be used for an automatic success on Damage or Soak rolls.

Using Rage

W20 Core, pg 288
Players can spend up to 1/2 of their Rage pool in a single turn (rounded up) to perform the following feats:

• Take extra Actions: Each point of Rage spent gives the character one extra action that turn. Must declare spending Rage for extra actions at the beginning of the turn.
• Change forms: At any point in a turn, a player can spend one point of Rage to immediate shift to any form without the usual Stamina+Primal Urge roll.
• Ignore stunning: Spending a point of Rage negates being stunned and the shifter can keep moving and take an Action normally.
• Ignore pain: The player can ignore the dice penalties of one health level's worth of wounds per one point of Rage spent for one turn. This does not heal the damage, dice penalties will apply as normal next turn unless more Rage is spent.

Limitations: A player can only take as many extra actions as he has dots in either Dexterity or Wits, whichever is lower. If a player chooses to exceed that limit, she suffers +3 difficulty to all difficulties that turn. If the character is in a Frenzy, his Rage actions are limited only by his Dexterity.

Splitting Dice Pools

W20 Core, pg 266

Any character can split their die pool to perform multiple actions in a single turn. For each action taken that turn, the player loses one die. Each action taken after the first one loses another die as well - minus two dice for the second of two actions, minus four dice for the third action out of three, and so on. Example; a frat boy wants to grab a bottle and hit someone with it, and splits his pool in two.

• Grab the bottle: Dex + Athletics
• Swing the bottle: Dex + Melee
• The Dex + Athletics pool is at -1 for having the extra action of swinging
• The Dex + Melee pool is at -1 for having the extra action of swinging, and another -1 for being the second action.

Taking Actions

Close Combat Attacks

• On a successful attack, 1 point of damage is always dealt and might be soaked, even if the damage roll gave zero successes.

Basic Attacks

W20 Core, pg 296

Action	Pool	Base Diff	Base Damage	Damage Type	Special
Kick	Dex + Brawl	7	Str + 1	Bashing	Extreme size difference can make damage Lethal Usable by: Homid, Glabro, Crinos
Punch	Dex + Brawl	6	Str	Bashing	Special punches (uppercut, haymaker, etc) may cause extra dmg with a higher diff. Usually Bashing, but nerve strikes, kidney blows, or extreme size difference can make damage Lethal Usable by: Homid, Glabro, Crinos
Bite	Dex + Brawl	5	Str +1	Agg	Hispo bite +1 dmg, Glabro bite diff 8 and -1 Lethal dmg Usable by: Crinos, Hispo, Lupus
Claw	Dex + Brawl	6	Str + 1	Crinos/Hispo: Agg, Glabro/Lupus: Bashing	Usable by: Glabro, Crinos, Hispo, Lupus
Disarm	Dex + Melee	+1 diff	See: Failure	-	Successes exceed opponent's Strength score: Opponent drops their weapon. Failure: Inflicts weapon damage; Botch: Loses own weapon Usable by: Homid, Glabro, Crinos
Bare-Handed Disarm	Dex + Brawl (-1 dice)	8	-	-	Failure: Inflicts weapon damage to hands Usable by: Homid, Glabro, Crinos
Flank Attacks	-	-1	-	-	May require Rage, move time or another roll at ST's discretion Usable by: All forms
Rear Attack	-	-2	-	-	May require Rage, move time or another roll at ST's discretion Usable by: All forms
Sweep	Dex + Brawl or Melee	8	-	-	Knocks Opponent to the ground, can use self or weapon to sweep an opponent's leg. Causes no damage, but target is prone. Usable by: All forms
Grapple	Contested Str + Brawl	6	Str	Bashing	*Clinch: crushing damage applied per turn. *Hold: No damage, Target held until freed *Escape: The contested Str + Brawl roll, especially agile chars may use Dex *Reverse: The grapple is turned on the attacker if the contested roll scores 2 more successes than the attacker. *Damage: Typically Bashing, can be Lethal or Aggravated if grappled opponent has barbs, spikes, extreme size difference, etc. as appropriate. Usable by: Homid, Glabro, Crinos
Tackle	Dex + Brawl	7	Str	Bashing	*Req: Min 2 Yard Distance *Attacker and Target both make Dexterity+Athletics rolls to keep their feet (diff 6 for the attacker, diff 6 + the attackers successes for the target). Failure: you end up on the ground. Botch: trips and falls (one die of dmg for every yard ran); slams into something else (that damage plus his Str in dmg on himself); or crashes into his target and bounces off (opponent’s Stamina in dmg, but leaving the target unharmed) *Dexterity+Brawl vs 7 to determine damage dice if target fails his Athletics roll. *Damage may situationally become lethal at ST discretion. Usable by: All forms

Dirty Fighting

W20 Core, pg 198

• The following maneuvers require Brawl 3 or more

Action	Pool	Diff	Damage	Damage type	Special
Blinding	Dex + Subterfuge	9	Special	Special	Blinded 1 turn per success, -2 Dice to all pools. 5+ successes destroys eyes, may regen normally if possible. ST discretion if a particularly vicious attack might cause 1 or 2 Lethal damage in addition to blinding. Usable by: Homid, Glabro, Crinos
Body Slam	Dex + Brawl	6	Str + 2	Bashing	Requires a successful Grapple, next turn apply Dex + Brawl vs 6 for damage. Damage may be Lethal or even Aggravated at ST discretion depending on what the target is slammed onto. Usable by: Homid, Glabro, Crinos
Curb Stomp	Str + Brawl	6	Str + 2	Lethal	Requires Stunned/Immobilized target - Takes 1 turn to place in position first, next turn apply Str + Brawl vs 6 for damage. May remove opponent's ability to bite until healed. Usable by: Homid, Glabro, Crinos
Low Blow	Dex + Brawl	7	Str	Bashing	Stunned for one turn per health level lost after soak. Bashing becomes Lethal if done with claws/teeth/blades/etc.; Stamina diff 8 to shrug off the stun at one turn per success. Usable by: All forms
Pistol Whip	Dex + Melee	7	Str + 2	Lethal	Requires a gun, crowbar, truncheon, candlestick, etc. Target stunned for 1 turn if they fail Stamina vs 8, or 2 turns if they botch. Usable by: Homid, Glabro

Special Maneuvers

W20 Core, pg 299

Maneuver	Pool	Diff	Damage	Damage Type	Special
Evasive Action	Wits + Athletics	6	-	-	Works like a dodge, but you cannot abort your previous action to use this tactic. Each success subtracts one success from the attacker's roll. If you score more successes than the attacker, your next attack is at -1 difficulty on that target, assuming you act before them. Usable by: All forms
Hamstring (Bite/Claw)	Dex + Brawl	8	Str + 1	Aggravated	2 legged opponent: Dex + Athletics vs 8 to stand again, 1/4 movement speed 4 legged opponent: Dex + Athletics vs 7 to remain standing, 1/2 movement speed. Usable by: Crinos, Hispo, Lupus
Hamstring (Weapon)	Dex + Melee	9	As Weapon	Lethal	Requires a bladed weapon 2 legged opponent: Dex + Athletics vs 8 to stand again, 1/4 movement speed 4 legged opponent: Dex + Athletics vs 7 to remain standing, 1/2 movement speed. Usable by: Homid, Glabro
Jaw Lock	Dex + Brawl	6	Str + 1/Special	Aggravated	Attacker Wins: Rival forced to ground and immobilized. Attacker Loses: Fails to immobilize target, inflicts the usual Bite damage. If opponent doesn't surrender: Contested Strength + Brawl; opponent's diff is attacker's Brawl+4, attacker's diff is opponent's Brawl+2. Opponent fails: Remains pinned and immobilized. Opponent matches successes: Break free but take attacker's successes in damage (may attempt to soak). Opponent scores more successes than attacker: Breaks free, takes no damage. Usable by: Crinos, Hispo, Lupus
Leaping Rake (Claw)	Dex + Athletics	3	Str + 1	Aggravated	See Jumping under Physical Feats (W20 Core, pg 271) - If roll succeeds for chosen distance, attack target with Dexterity + Brawl vs 8 for damage, and land outside of enemy's attack reach. Fail: Land within enemy's reach. Usable by: Crinos
Leaping Rake (Weapon)	Dex+Athletics	3	As Weapon	Bashing/Lethal	As above, requires a weapon, Dexterity + Melee vs 8 for damage, and land outside of enemy's attack reach. Fail: Land within enemy's reach. Usable by: Homid, Glabro
Taunt (vs Non-Garou)	Man + Intimidation	Enemy Wits + 4	-	-	Enemy suffers -1 die to their next action for every 2 successes by the taunter Usable by: Homid, Glabro (All forms if the non-garou target can understand them)
Taunt (vs Garou)	Man + Expression	Enemy Wits + 4	-	-	As Above, if taunter scores at least one success, target makes a Rage roll. If an entire pack is taunting (see Pack Tactics), target frenzy diff is at -1. A target whose dice pool is reduced to nothing cant do anything except dodge. Usable by: All forms
Wishbone	Dex + Brawl	6; -1 for each attacker	Str	Special	First turn, to grip the target with the listed roll. Next turn, apply damage by pulling. Damage is Bashing for a slow pull, Lethal if using brute strength, Aggravated if using teeth. If any one garou inflicts more than 3 health levels after soaking, the extremity in question is broken or removed. Soaking: Target must soak each attacker's Strength roll separately. Usable by: Glabro, Crinos, Hispo, Lupus

Pack Tactics

W20 Core, pg 300

• Packs bonded by a Pack Totem perform these maneuvers together at no penalty.
• Unbonded packs that have only trained together perform these maneuvers at +1 difficulty together.

• Other Pack Tactics may include: Wishbone, Flank or Rear attacks, Sweep, as well as less martial tactics such as Long Running, Sensing, and Shadowing in Physical Feats (W20 Core, pg 270), or Hunting, Searching, and Tracking in Mental Feats (W20 Core, pg 282)
• Creating and successfully demonstrating a new pack tactic might be worth Glory or Wisdom renown.

Tactic	Pool	Diff	Packmates Required	Effect
Taunt (vs Garou)	Man + Expression	Enemy Wits + 4	2+	Enemy suffers -1 die to their next action for every 2 successes by the taunter(s), if taunter scores at least one success, target makes a Rage roll. target frenzy diff is at -1. A target whose dice pool is reduced to nothing cant do anything except dodge. Usable by: All forms
Fur Gnarl	Dex + Brawl	7	2+	Every 2 successes removes 1 soak from the enemy. Packmates in may attack that spot at +2 difficulty to take advantage of lowered soak. Soak reduced until damage is regenerated or armor reapplied. Usable by: Glabro, Crinos, Hispo, Lupus
Harrying	Dex + Athletics	5	4+	Contested Dex + Athletics vs 5 rolls "hand off" the target to each pack member. Target wins: Attacker can try again at +1 diff for each success target scored over her own. Target maintains diff 5. Attacker wins: +1 diff to target's diff with each successful "hand off" roll, and -1 to all die pools after the first successful exchange. Attacker maintains diff 5. Humans also lose one WP when "handed off" to the next packmate, human-like entities (vamps, changeling, mages, etc.) lose 1 WP per every 2 exchanges. Usable by: Hispo, Lupus
Savage/Dogpile	Special	-	3+	First attacker makes a successful Sweep or Tackle maneuver (see above). Next attackers make their rolls with modifiers from Knocked Down, Immobilized, or Stunned (see below) at ST discretion. If target survives, they may try to stand with a successful Strength + Athletics roll, diff is 4 + 1 for each Garou involved in the attack (maximum 10). Usable by: Any form

Special Styles

Klaviskar

• Requires Melee 4 (Klaive Specialty)
• Rules and Chart TBD

Kalindo

• Rules and Chart TBD

Types of Immobilization

W20 Core, pg 292

• Blinding: Characters blinded by injury or darkness cannot dodge, block, or parry incoming attacks. All other actions add +2 to their difficulties. At ST discretion, a Shifter can take an action to sense her surroundings to try and reduce the penalty, or use a Gift to compensate for blindness.
• Knockdown: A character knocked off their feet must take an Action to scramble back up. If they can not do so, they may be considered to be partially immobilized.
• Immobilization: If held down, paralyzed, or otherwise rendered unable to move more than a little bit, any attacks made against them are made at -2 diff. If the target can not move at all, attacks may hit automatically.
• Stunning: If, after soak, a character takes health level damage that equals or exceeds their Stamina rating, they are stunned until the end of the following turn. Stunned characters cant do anything except stumble around in a daze. Attacks against a stunned character are made at -2 difficulty.

Ranged Combat

W20 Core, pg 293

Guns	Dex + Firearms
Bows	Dex + Archery
Thrown	Dex + Athletics

Range

W20 Core, pg 294

• Point blank range: Diff 4, 2 yards or less
• Medium range: Diff 6, the range listed on your +equip weapon item
• Long range: Diff 8, up to twice the listed range. Diff might be higher at ST discretion.

Aiming

W20 Core, pg 293

• Requires at least 1 dot in Firearms for guns or Archery for bows
• Every Turn spent aiming adds +1 dice to the next attack, a max of character's Perception
• Scopes add a further +2 dice
• These do stack
• Bonuses apply to a single shot, and the character must aim again to get the full bonus and effect

Called Shots

W20 Core, pg 295

• Called Shots are made at +2 difficulty.

Automatic Gunfire

W20 Core, pg 294

• Uses a minimum of 1/2 a clip of ammo
• Automatic gunfire adds +10 Dice to the attack roll at +2 Diff
• Can spray an area, evenly distributing successes between targets; If less successes are scored than there are targets, ST decides who has been hit or missed

3 Round Burst

W20 Core, pg 295

• Gain three dice to the attack roll, at +1 difficulty

Reloading Firearms

W20 Core, pg 295

• Requires a Dexterity + Firearms vs 6 roll under normal circumstances, and takes one full turn. May have to roll anyway if badly hurt, in a moving car, etc. at ST discretion.
• Having at least Firearms 1 may negate that roll.
• Automatic weapons: Reloading an automatic weapon takes a single action. That gun can still be fired the same round it's reloaded, at -2 dice from the attack pool.
• Revolvers: Can be reloaded as above with a speedloader. Without a speedloader, a revolver takes a full turn to reload, and no other actions are possible that turn, not even Rage actions.

Bows

W20 Core, pg 294

• A character without Archery can try to use a bow, but each roll for her adds a +1 difficulty penalty
• Loading an arrow is an Automatic Action
• Cross Bows take 2 turns to ready and fire.
• On a botched roll, the bowstring snaps and must be replaced before the weapon can be used again: Wits + Archery or Crafts vs 7
• Considered nearly silent ranged weapons
• Fancy Shots such as a wooden arrow bull's eye in a vampire's heart requires at least 5 successes on the attack and 3 health levels of damage (after soaking) to pierce the heart.

Thrown Weapons

W20 Core, pg 296

• Thrown weapons use Athletics
• Difficulty is usually 6, -1 for especially close targets, +1 or +2 difficulty for distant targets or awkward objects not designed to be thrown.
• The range of a thrown object usually depends on the strength of the thrower and on the bulk and aerodynamics qualities of the object. STs should feel free to adjust difficulties and ranges according to circumstances.

Cover and Movement

W20 Core, pg 294

• This is Cover verse Firearms
• Shooting through a wall: the wall will soak 3 Dice of Damage

Cover	Diff to hit target in cover	Diff to shoot from cover
Lying Flat (on Ground)	+1	0
Moving Target	+1	+1
Behind Wall	+2	+1
Only Head Exposed	+3	+2

Damage and Health

Defense/Dodge

W20 Core, pg 289

• Full Defense was removed from W20.
• The Dodge Ability was removed from W20, dodging uses Athletics in this system.

Maneuver	Stats	Difficulty	Special
Dodge	Dex + Athletics	5	Firearms are dodged at diff 9/10
Block	Dex + Brawl	5	Hand to Hand Combat Only
Parry	Dex + Melee	5	Blocking but with weapons

• Difficulty: Diff is a sliding scale depending on the distance the character needs to move and the nature of the attack. Ex: Dodging a punch is diff 5, while dodging close-range firearms is diff 9 or 10. Blocking a punch is diff 5, while blocking a katana is diff 8.
• Dodging/Blocking/Parrying: Each success from the above rolls reduces the attackers successes by 1. Left over successes move to the Damage step of turn resolution. To completely dodge/block/parry an attack, the defender must score at least as many successes as the attacker.

Soaking Damage

W20 Core, pg 290

• Kinfolk: Can only naturally soak Bashing damage. Only armor can soak Lethal damage.

• Bashing: Blunt force trauma - Fists, clubs, table legs, etc.
• Lethal: Sharp edged weapons and firearms - spiked clubs, barbed wire, garrotes, chainsaws, etc.
• Aggravated: Severe injury - Shifter claws/teeth, vampire fangs, toxic waste, some fire and precious metals.
• Soak: All soak rolls are made as Stamina vs 6, with the following form restrictions:

Type of Damage	Can Soak In
Bashing	All Forms, Shifter or Kin
Lethal	Shifters: All Forms Kin/Humans: Stamina vs 8
Aggravated	Soak in any form except breed form Can not be soaked by non-Shifters
Silver/Gold	Soak only in breed form, as per regular weapon damage. Can not be soaked in any other form, stings bare skin but does not cause damage in breed form.

Silver/Gold Weapons

W20 Core, pg 256

• Homids and Beast-born take no special damage from silver/gold while in their breed forms, and the weapon is treated as mundane for the purposes of damage.
• Shifters in any form other than their breed form cannot soak damage from Silver without a Gift or a Fetish, and the damage taken is Aggravated.
• A successful attack always deals one point of damage, even if the attacker rolled no successes for damage.
• Metis may not soak silver in any form.

Armor

W20 Core, pg 291

• Kinfolk: Only armor can soak lethal damage.
• At ST's discretion armor may soak some kinds of Aggravated damage; a flak jacket might blunt the damage of claws or a silver bullet, but could not defend against fire or radiation.

Armor Type	Rating	Dexterity Penalty
Tough Hide	1-3	0
Reinforced Clothing	1	0
Biker Jacket	1	1
Leather Duster	2	2
Bearskin Coat	3	3
Steel Breastplate	3	2
Kevlar Vest	3	1
Flak Vest	4	2
Riot Suit	5	3
Trashcan Lid	2	(none, but requires Dex+Melee vs 6 to employ)

Healing Damage

W20 Core. pg 255

• Garou regenerate their worst Bashing or Lethal health level every turn while in a non-breed form.
• Homid and Lupus breed Garou can regenerate a health level each day while in their natural breed forms if they are in critical condition.
• Metis have full regeneration in all forms.

• Shifters can soak Aggravated damage, unlike humans.
• Shifters can not regenerate Aggravated damage.
• Aggravated damage: Heal 1 point per day as long as the character is in a form that regenerates.
• If a shifter reaches Incapacitated from Aggravated damage, they have one chance to channel their Rage to remain active. If the character fails, they die.

• Combat regeneration: During each turn a shifter may roll Stamina vs 8 as a reflexive action that does not require Rage or splitting pools. Success allows the shifter to heal Bashing or Lethal normally as listed above. A botch means the shifter cannot regenerate until they've had a chance to rest

• Rage healing: Once per scene, a critically injured shifter (reaching Incapacitated through Aggravated damage) may remain active by rolling Rage vs 8. Each success heals 1 level of any kind of damage. No matter how much damage is healed, the character enters a Berserk Frenzy.
• A shifter that successfully remains active through Rage healing gains a Battle Scar (W20 Core, pg 259)

Kinfolk Injury

W20 Core, pg 256

• Kinfolk can only soak Bashing damage.
• Kitsune heal as Humans
• Ananasi do not regenerate without spending Blood Points. 1 blood point to heal 1 Bashing/Lethal, a full day of rest and 5 blood points to heal 1 Aggravated, otherwise heal as humans.

Bashing Damage

• Humans only require medical treatment when Mauled or worse.
• Bashing damage past Wounded can have consequences such as degraded vision/hearing from a concussion, excruciating pain from broken ribs or internal bruising, etc. Medical care can negate these effects and is necessary for a human to make a full recovery.

Health Level	Recovery Time
Bruised to Wounded	One hour
Mauled	Three hours
Crippled	Six hours
Incapacitated	12 hours

• If a mortal reaches Incapacitated from Bashing damage, they fall unconscious but do not die.
• Any further damage upgrades their least severe Bashing health level to Lethal (see below). In this way, a human can be beaten to death.

Lethal Damage

• Any Lethal wound worse than Injured requires medical attention before it will heal.
• If left untreated, the human suffers another level of Lethal damage each day as the wound re-opens or becomes infected.
• Mauled from Lethal damage requires rest and recovery after medical attention.
• Crippled or Incapacitated from Lethal damage requires constant medical attention for the time listed below for any healing to take place.
• A human who reaches Incapacitated through Lethal damage is at death's door, one more lethal level of any sort and they will die.

Health Level	Recovery Time
Bruised	One day
Hurt	Three days
Injured	One week
Wounded	One month
Mauled	Two months
Crippled	Three months
Incapacitated	Five months

• Healing is handled one level at a time, starting with the most severe.
  • Ex: A human that has reached Injured from Lethal damage must rest for 1 week to heal the Injured level, then 3 days to heal the Hurt level, and 1 additional day to heal the Bruised level.
• Aggravated damage heals the same as Lethal for humans. The only difference is that Aggravated damage is harder to heal through supernatural means.

Sources of Injury

W20 Core, pg 257

• Disease: Diseases inflict a number of health levels of damage to a patient, either Bashing or Lethal depending on the severity of the disease. With rest and care, the disease runs its course and the health levels return.
  • Shifters aren't immune to most diseases, but they recover faster. Their healing abilities protect them from relatively minor ailments like the common cold and flu (diseases that normally inflict Bashing damage). Even truly debilitating autoimmune diseases cant inflict lasting harm, though the shifter can still serve as a carrier. For a shifter to notice a disease, it would have to be supernatural in origin, and thus deal Aggravated damage.

• Falling: 1 die of Bashing for every 10 feet/3 meters of falling, changed to Lethal if the surface landed on has sharp objects.
  • Terminal Velocity: Falls more than 100 feet/30 meters deal 10 dice of Lethal damage. Armor only provides one half its normal protection.

• Fire: Damage from fire is always Aggravated and ignores Armor. Shifters can soak fire damage as normal, with a varying difficulty based on the heat of the blaze. Fire deals specific health levels of damage, not damage dice. Fire damage is automatically successful unless soaked - a character takes two health levels of Aggravated damage per turn if trapped in a bonfire, not two dice of damage per turn.
  • Appearance: If a character falls to Maimed, they suffer temporary scarring from the flames, and their Appearance is reduced by 1 until they recover to at least Bruised. If the character is reduced to Crippled or Incapacitated by fire, the burns cover the majority of their body, reducing Appearance by 2. Scarring may be permanent if the character is Incapacitated and gains a Battle Scar by remaining active (via Rage Healing).

Soak difficulty	Heat of Fire
3	Heat of a candle (1st degree burns)
5	Heat of a torch (2nd degree burns)
7	Heat of a Bunsen burner (3rd degree burns)
8	Heat of an electrical fire
9	Heat of a chemical fire
10	Molten metal

Health Levels	Size of Fire
One	Torch; part of the body is exposed to flame
Two	Bonfire; half of the body is exposed to flame
Three	Inferno; all of the body is exposed to flame

• Poison and Drugs: Few poisons or drugs have a noticeable effect on Shifters. Shifters that wish to become intoxicated must do so in their breed form, where their regenerative system is less effective, or awaken the spirit of the drug using the Rite of Spirit Awakening, which increases the substance's potency. The following list examples of effects on Shifters either in their breed form or once the substance has been Awakened. it's very difficult for a Shifter to become physically addicted to any substance due to their healing gifts, but it's still possible in extreme circumstances.

• • Alcohol: -1 to Dexterity and Intelligence die pools for every two drinks worth of alcohol. Reduce the penalty by 1 for every hour that passes after they stop drinking.

• • Cocaine/Meth: Immediately gain 1 point of temporary Rage. For the rest of the scene, the character only needs 3 successes on a Rage roll to Frenzy.

• • Hallucinogens: All die pools are reduced by 1 to 3 dice as the character is unable to concentrate. World perception is altered and their reactions will depend on what they believe to be happening. A character that takes hallucinogens before meditating regains Gnosis at 2 points per hour instead of 1. Lasts for (8 minus Stamina) hours.

• • Heroin/Morphine/Barbiturates: -2 to Dexterity and all Ability pools for (10 minus Stamina) minutes. The character experiences a dreamlike state for (12 minus Stamina) hours, during which time difficulties of Rage rolls are increased by 1.

• • Marijuana: -1 from Perception based pools and increase the difficulties of all Rage rolls. Effects last for about a half an hour.

• • Weak Poison: Character takes between 1 and 3 health levels of Lethal damage per scene. Poisons have a maximum amount of damage that they can apply, usually between 5 and 10 levels of damage. If the character doesn't regenerate this damage (due to being in breed form, or being human) subtract 1 from all die pools until the damage is healed. Shifters in a regenerating form burns through the poison's effects in seconds and suffers no ill effects.

• • Strong Poison: Character takes between 1 and 3 health levels of Lethal damage per scene. Poisons have a maximum amount of damage that they can apply, usually between 5 and 10 levels of damage. A Shifter can regenerate this damage normally, but until the poison has run its course and all the damage has been healed, subtract 1 from all die pools. The only toxins to have a significant effect on Shifters are supernaturally enhanced and thus deal Aggravated damage that may be regenerated.

• Radiation and Toxic Waste: Many Wyrm locations on Earth are located on or near irradiated landscapes and toxic waste dumps. Also, some minions of the Wyrm use radiation based attacks. Damage from these sources is resolved the same as damage from Fire, but takes twice as long to heal.

• Silver/Gold: Not everything called "silver" or "gold" contains enough of the element to actually harm a Shifter weak to those metals. "Sterling silver" (over 90% silver) is certainly pure enough to be spiritually active, "Jewelry Silver" (80% pure) might be enough at ST discretion. Argentite and Horn Silver are compounds and not spiritually pure enough to cause harm, nor are compounds with "silver" in the name, including silver nitrate, silver chloride, or silver iodide. Some items can be plated with silver to cause damage, but the plating is ruined after a couple of blows and the Aggravated damage bonus is lost.
  • For every five silver objects a PACK carries, ALL its members suffer the following Gnosis penalties, which persist in all forms, including breed forms. In addition, carrying too many silver objects, especially bullets, may cause a loss of Honor or Wisdom for the entire pack.

Object	Gnosis lost
Silver Bullets	1 point per 5 bullets
Klaive	1 point
Grand Klaive	2 points

• Suffocation and Drowning: A character can hold their breath for a maximum amount of time based on their Stamina. Changing forms WHILE immersed in a non-breathable medium does not change this time period; lung capacity may increase, but the amount of air currently in those lungs does not. During strenuous activity like combat, the character can hold their breath for a number of turns equal to twice their Stamina rating. Willpower spent on holding one's breath adds another 30 seconds of life. Willpower spent during combat or strenuous activity gives another turn of activity.

Stamina	Time
1	30 seconds
2	1 minute
3	2 minutes
4	4 minutes
5	8 minutes
6	12 minutes
7	20 minutes
8	30 minutes

Once a character has run out of breath, they begin to drown/suffocate and take 1 health level of Lethal damage each turn. This damage cannot be regenerated until the shifter can breathe again. If the character reaches Incapacitated, they revert to their breed form and will die in a number of turns equal to their Stamina.

• Temperature Extremes: Extreme heat (above 200°F or 100°C) causes damage in much the same way as Fire. At -40 and below, subtract 1 from all Dexterity die pools due to frostbite. For every 10°F (6°C) lower, subtract another die.

Battle Scars

W20 Core, pg 259

A human whose fingers are bitten off will need surgery and will lose some function in those fingers (if they didn't lose the fingers entirely). A Shifter can grow the missing tissue and nerve connections back, even regrowing the fingers if they cant be reattached. Some injuries, especially those caused by other Shifters, can cause lasting damage. These wounds occur when a character channels her Rage to remain active in the face of death. A Shifter can also acquire a battle scar as a result of a particularly brutal attack, or from torture. The following is a list of examples and their possible Glory awards.

Glory: Gaining any Battle Scar awards Glory, the more visible scars tend to carry larger rewards. Healing a Battle Scar comes with a loss of 1 Glory. Some tribes such as Children of Gaia or Glass Walkers may recognize the Wisdom in healing a Battle Scar.

• Superficial Scars: Large, ugly masses of scar tissue mar your character’s body and remain hairless in all forms. These scars may reduce a character’s Appearance dice pools by one, depending on the situation. 1 temporary Glory.

• Deep Scar: Much the same as a superficial scar, except that muscles are affected as well, and the scar aches when the humidity changes. 1 temporary Glory.

• Improper Bone Setting: One of your character’s bones snapped and did not heal properly. If that area of your body receives two or more health levels of damage at once in the future (at the Storyteller’s discretion, depending on the description of the attack), the bone snaps again, causing an additional level of lethal damage. 1 temporary Glory.

• Cosmetic Damage: A readily visible injury that doesn’t have a significant debilitating effect, such as a missing ear, a hare lip, or an exposed part of the skull. It looks grotesque to humans and impressive to Garou. Reduce Appearance by one dot when dealing with humans, unless you cover or conceal the damage. 2 temporary Glory.

• Broken Jaw: Similar to Improper Bone Setting, your jaw was shattered, and it is now out of alignment with your tongue. All difficulties for actions involving talking increase by 2, and the difficulty of bite attacks increases by one. Your character’s speech is slurred and should be roleplayed appropriately. 1 temporary Glory.

• Missing Eye: One of your eyes was gouged out and hasn’t grown back. The difficulties on all rolls involving depth perception or weapon firing (including using thrown weapons) increase by three. Any Perception rolls based on sight take a +2 difficulty penalty. 2 temporary Glory.

• Gelded: Your reproductive system has been damaged. You are incapable of siring or bearing children. Males with this wound are not necessarily impotent, but gelded characters of any gender increase the difficulties of seduction and using Animal Attraction by two. 1 temporary Glory.

• Collapsed Lung: One of your lungs was punctured during battle. You find it difficult to breathe and to exert yourself. You lose one die on any Stamina roll involving exertion and an additional die after five turns of physical activity. In addition, you may hold your breath for only half the listed time (see p. 259). 1 temporary Glory.

• Missing Fingers: You have lost at least three fingers on one hand. Dexterity rolls involving that hand suffer a +3 difficulty penalty. Your damage dice pool for claw attacks with that hand is halved (rounding down). 2 temporary Glory.

• Maimed Limb: One of your limbs has been mauled to the point of uselessness. If you lost a leg, you move at half speed in all forms. If you lost an arm, your Hispo and Lupus speed is reduced to three-quarters. You are not able to use the damaged limb for any purpose. 3 temporary Glory.

• Spinal Damage: Your spine was fractured, and you have trouble keeping your balance. Your Dexterity is reduced by one, you subtract two from your initiative rating, and you must spend Willpower on any roll involving balance, precision, or remaining still. 2 temporary Glory.

• Brain Damage: Severe damage to the head, or perhaps lack of oxygen for a long period of time, has reduced your mental faculties. You lose one dot from one Mental Attribute (Storyteller’s choice). Additionally, you must roll one die and subtract that number of dots from your Gnosis, Willpower or Knowledges (player’s choice of where these points are lost). You are most likely partially amnesiac as well. 2 temporary Glory.