Custom Mechanics: Talens

These are new talens created by players and STs and sanctioned for use in the Camarilla UK.

Any werewolf can create a talen, provided she knows the Fetish Rite (W:tF p. 162). Werewolves often use talens as a kind of quick currency among themselves. All talens can be used only once before reverting to an ordinary object of appropriate form.

Dead Mans Coin

Each of these Talons has the spirit of a drowned seaman bound into a silver coin and allows the user to escape their fate, for a time and at a cost. The user activates the coin by swallowing it, taking a level of lethal damage but gaining a +3 Stamina bonus for the effects of drowning only.

Durability 1, Size 0, Structure 1, Action: Instant

Smoking Bomb

When activated the small yet potent flash bomb produces a cloud of thick, white smoke which quickly fills an area about the size of a tennis court and lasts for a length of time equal to 2+ the successes from the activation (1 if bribed with Essence). Anyone caught within the smoke finds it difficult to see and will suffer a -4 penalty to actions which require them to see (including ranged combat), actions taken within melee range only suffer a -2 penalty. The bomb may be thrown (Strength+Athletics) using the rules found in MET WoD p75. The user of the Talen is immune to the effects and suffers no penalty.

A spirit of smoke or concealment powers this Talen.

Durability 1, Size 0, Structure 1, Action: Instant

Uratha Online: Installer

This is used by the Signal to allow secure access to the IC Forsaken Email list.

At first these were held on a single floppy disk, then on a Zip disk or CD. These days they’re either held on a USB Memory stick (in which case they’re designed to be recharged and reused) or a DVD-Rom (if the user needs to access the email lists on different computers). When activated they allow the computer to communicate with the Signal Solutions main server, leaving a unique identifier each time it does so, allowing the Moderator to quickly trace any irregularities.

A Computer Gaffling uses its Influence to improve the security of the computer, whilst using a specialist Numina to allow messages to get to, and come from, the main Server of the Signal.

Durability 1, Size 0, Structure 1, Action: Extended (5 minutes)

Uratha Online: Login

A small lens with flash memory card inserted, when activated it records the name, tribe (if any) and auspice of whoever it is aimed at (note if it is a Wolf blood getting access to the list they need to have a Uratha to vouch for them, or will be invited to meet with one of the Signal who can verify who they are), the Gossip within the Talen will whisper what it knows of the targets. At this time a still image is taken which resembles Two-World Eyes (it shows the renown brands and marks of gifts of the target). Once the information is downloaded to the Signal’s computer the Talen is destroyed.

Uratha Online: Login
Takes an image and records information (held by a Gossip Gaffling) which is then transferred (the information & image, not the spirit) to the main computer of the Signal.

Durability 2, Size 1, Structure 1, Action: Instant






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