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This Way enables a hedge mage to create a bond between
herself and a chosen type of plant or animal. Those who
practice this Way believe, not unlike the Garou, that every
living thing possesses a soul or animating spirit.
A spirit chaser uses her bond to watch and learn from
her chosen animal or plant. Unlike the process of learning
Gifts, no bargain exists between animal/plant teacher and
student. The practitioner starts by contacting the spirit and
simply watching it. Next, she asks questions of the spirit
and tries to mimic its natural abilities. After this, the spirit
chaser devises a private ritual in which she pleads with the
spirit, requesting it to appear. When this happens (and it
can take a very long time), the spirit chaser explains that
she would like to learn its ways. For example, a spirit chaser
choosing a bear spirit would ask to learn the ways of bears.
The spirit might require some kind of proof of sincerity or
a quest undertaken to prove the spirit chaser’s worth, but
if it agrees, it allows the spirit chaser to learn the basics of
living like the chosen creature.
As learning progresses, the hedge mage learns to focus
her senses to see as her animal does. She might even learn
special activities, such as a bear’s ability to hibernate or a lion’s
ability to use claws. This Way is unique to every practitioner.
Note that this Numen does not provide the ability to see,
hear, touch, or summon spirits. It does provide a degree of
intuitive communication with a chosen spirit type, such that
queries might be answered by a gentle breeze, the snap of a twig,
or even the brief appearance of the spirit’s type of animal or
plant, and the spirit chaser intuitively understands the meaning
of such responses. Others would easily interpret it as being all in
the spirit chaser’s imagination, but she knows better. At higher
levels of awareness, it’s even possible that a spirit might like the
spirit chaser enough to materialize before her now and then,
or use other Charms that signal its direct presence.
Roll: Manipulation + Occult
Willpower cost: 1 point
• The mystic learns to “eat” the food of the chosen
spirit. The proper food needs to be available (water
and sun for plants; pasturage for herbivores such as
cows or deer; grubs, honey, berries, etc. for bears; raw
meat for wolves or other predators). She receives full
nutrition from this food as if she were her chosen
animal. Rituals might involve cud chewing, squirreling
food away to eat later, burying food, and so forth.
•• The spirit chaser can match his own sensory levels
to his animal. For example, a lynx might allow
the spirit chaser to see in the dark or sniff out
predators or prey. Scenting humans, sniffing out
a trail, finding food, or “reading” the air are some
of the rituals that might accompany this level.
Animals and plants know how to survive and
what to do when they need healing. Plants “heal”
by means of photosynthetic energy, while some
animals lick their wounds, or fall into a healing
sleep. The vibrational rate of a feline’s purr seems
to have some healing properties as well. Each
year, for some part of the winter, some creatures
hibernate; temperatures are cold and food is scarce,
so hibernation is a type of self-induced coma to
insure survival. At this level, a spirit chaser may
fall into a healing sleep which heals one Health
Level for each success rolled on Spirit Chasing.
With three successes, the spirit chaser could heal
three levels after 12 hours of sleep. Rituals include
hiding, healing, cleansing & purging venomous
or poisonous wounds, and childbirth.
•••• At this level, the spirit chaser received the inner
wisdom of the chosen animal or plant spirit. Based
on the level of success on a roll to use this level of
power, the Storyteller decides how much and what
sort of information provided to the spirit chaser.
An oak spirit might give the spirit chaser insight
into an event that happened when the oak was a
sapling. A wolf spirit might give the caster knowledge
of something affecting the survival of wolves
in a particular part of the world. The Storyteller
can make use of this power to give story hooks
to the characters. Rituals might include seeking
visions, detecting lies or making intuitive leaps.

The most committed and dedicated spirit chasers
may attain this advanced level of mastery. Here,
the spirit chaser receives the ability to practice
some aspect unique to its bonded animal or plant
spirit. She might, if bonded to a deer, be able
to run especially quickly or leap high fences. A
practitioner bonded to a bear might call on great
strength; one bonded to a lion might grow claws
for battle. Certain plants might give the caster skin
that could be poisonous to the touch. At least three
successes are necessary to invoke this ability, which
is the closest a Kinfolk may come to experiencing
the Garou’s shapechanging ability. Possible rituals
may involve shielding, through growing a thick
coat of hair or tree bark; offensive powers, such as
growing sharp, strong fingernails; scaling a vertical
surface as a spider might; and other abilities.

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