Renown Chart
From Masq
While the renown examples in the chart below are not meant to be exhaustive, we will be sticking fairly closely to this list. As you can see, some of the renown awards have been modified somewhat from the charts published in the source books. Please use this chart as your main resource moving forward.
Note: Masq staff might also reduce / increase the points awarded for a particular request, depending on the circumstances. Please see the Renown FAQ for further guidance.
Garou Renown
| Action | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Combat and Encounters | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Besting someone (including a spirit) in a riddle contest | 3 | ||
| Showing restraint in the face of certain death | 1 | 3 | |
| Ending a threat without serious harm to any Garou | 5 | ||
| Surviving an Incapacitating wound | 2 | ||
| Surviving a direct toxic waste / radiation / silver attack | 2 | ||
| Attacking a much more powerful force / dangerous opponents / Wyrm minions without aid or regard to personal safety | 3 | -3 | |
| Additional modifiers for winning a battle: | |||
| ...permanently destroying/killing the threat in question | +1 | ||
| ...without a single other Garou being hurt | +1 | ||
| ...without being damaged or hurt in the process | +1 | ||
| ...the opponents were armed with silver weapons | +1 | ||
| Earning a battle scar (see chart) | 1 to 3 | ||
| Healing a battle scar | -1 | ||
| Against Supernatural Opponents | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Defeating an average supernatural opponent (Fae, Fera, Mortal+ (Gypsy, Hunter, Sorcerer), Tradition Mage, Wraith) | 2 | ||
| Defeating a very powerful supernatural opponent (Archmage, Demon, Infernalist, Mythic Sorcerer, Nephandus, Technocracy) | 3 | ||
| Defeating a group (three or more) of powerful supernatural opponents (any combination of the above) | 4 | ||
| Against the Weaver | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Defeating a minor minion of the Weaver (pattern spider, some of the other small spider spirits, etc.) | 1 | ||
| Defeating an average minion of the Weaver (attack geomid, channel spider, strand spider, etc.) | 2 | ||
| Defeating a powerful minion of the Weaver (hostile automata, Chaos Monitor, Drone, wolf spider, etc.) | 3 | ||
| Against the Wyrm | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Defeating a minor minion of the Wyrm (a Kalus, Bane-infested animal, a neonate vampire) | 2 | ||
| Defeating an average minion of the Wyrm (a Blight Child, fomor, an average vampire) | 3 | ||
| Defeating a strong minion of the Wyrm (a Psychomachiae, a Black Spiral Dancer, an ancilla vampire) | 5 | ||
| Defeating a very powerful minion of the Wyrm (a Nexus Crawler, a higher rank Black Spiral Dancer, an elder vampire) | 7 | ||
| Detecting the Wyrm | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Revealing, with certain proof, that a PC/NPC Kinfolk is "of the Wyrm" (this would involve investigation beyond using the +sense wyrm command) | 4 | ||
| Making baseless accusations that a PC/NPC Kinfolk is "of the Wyrm" | -3 | -4 | |
| Revealing, with certain proof, that an area, object, or non-Sept PC/NPC is "of the Wyrm" (this would involve investigation beyond using the +sense wyrm command) | 3 | ||
| Making baseless accusations that an area, object, PC, or NPC is "of the Wyrm" | -2 | -3 | |
| Revealing, with certain proof, that a Gaian Garou is actually "of the Wyrm" (this would involve investigation beyond using the +sense wyrm command) | 6 | ||
| Making baseless accusations that a Gaian Garou is "of the Wyrm" | -5 | -6 | |
| Purifying a Wyrm-tainted object, person or place | 2 | ||
| Mystical Activities | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Interactions with Gaian Spirits | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Summoning an Incarna avatar | 2 | ||
| Summoning an Incarna avatar for no good reason | -3 | ||
| Treating a spirit respectfully rather than forcing it | 1 | 1 | |
| ...knowing and offering appropriate chiminage | +1 | ||
| ...offering additional chiminage as a gesture of good will | +1 | +1 | |
| Helping another Garou / ally to fulfill an agreement with a spirit | 1 | ||
| Breaking an agreement with a spirit | -3 | -2 | |
| Awakening a spirit from taboo-induced Slumber | 1 | ||
| Causing a spirit to fall into Slumber | -1 | ||
| Releasing a spirit from unjust bondage (including fetishes) | 2 | 1 | |
| Forcing a spirit into an inappropriate object / activity | -2 | -1 | |
| Umbra | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Traveling to any Umbral Realm and surviving | 3 | ||
| Successfully completing a spirit quest in the Umbra | 3 | ||
| Failing to successfully complete a spirit quest in the Umbra | -3 | ||
| Prophecy and Oracles | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Having and properly following a vision or prophetic dream / warning | 5 | ||
| Having and ignoring your own prophetic visions / dreams / omens | -5 | ||
| Paying heed to others' visions / prophetic dreams / warnings / omens | 3 | ||
| Ignoring others' omens / visions/ prophetic warnings / dreams without justifiable cause | -3 | ||
| Hidden Lore | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Finding / recovering a fetish | 2 | ||
| Discovering relevant Triat lore (e.g. Wyrm, Weaver, Wyld) | 2 | ||
| Discovering ancient Gaian / Garou / Tribal lore | 1 to 3 | ||
| Discovering a Pathstone | 3 | ||
| Discovering an ancient lost caern | 3 | 7 | |
| Rites and Gifts | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Binding "inappropriate" items to oneself through Talisman Dedication (doesn't apply to Glass Walkers or Bone Gnawers) | -2 | ||
| Spending a year in ritual seclusion (fasting, meditation, etc.) | 5 | ||
| Performing a Moot Rite | 2 | ||
| Refusing to perform a Moot Rite when asked | -3 | ||
| Missing a Moot Rite | -1 | ||
| Performing a Rite of Passage | 2 | 1 | |
| Receiving a Rite of Wounding | 2 | ||
| Performing a Rite of Caern Building | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Participating in a Rite of Caern Building | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Participating in a successful Great Hunt rite | 3 | ||
| Participating in a failed Great Hunt rite | -2 | ||
| Suffering the Rite of Ostracism | -1 | -7 | -1 |
| Suffering the Stone of Scorn | -8 | -2 | |
| Suffering the Rite of the Jackal | -2 | -7 | |
| Suffering a Satire Rite | lose one Rank and all temporary renown | ||
| Performing a Punishment Rite | 2 | ||
| Performing a Punishment Rite unjustly (botching) | -5 | ||
| Refusing to participate in any rite | -1 | ||
| Giggling, joking or otherwise being disrespectful during a rite | -1 to -5 | ||
| Learning a new Rite | 1 / level | ||
| Discovering/creating a new Rite | 5 | ||
| Discovering/creating a new Gift | 7 | ||
| Fetishes and Talens | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Creating or finding a talen (per talen type, not number of successes on creation roll) | 1 | ||
| Abusing spirits to create needless / frivolous talens | -1 | ||
| Creating a fetish | 4 | ||
| Finding or reclaiming a fetish | 2 | ||
| Owning a Klaive (awarded once; only after three moons of use) | 2 | 1 | |
| Owning a Grand Klaive (awarded once; only after three moons of use) | 3 | 2 | |
| Using a fetish for the good of the Sept or Tribe | 2 | ||
| Using a fetish for selfish reasons only | -2 | ||
| Sacrificing a fetish for the good of the Sept or Tribe | 1 | 4 | |
| Accidentally breaking a fetish or talen | -1 to -5 | ||
| Accidentally breaking or losing a Klaive | -1 | -3 | -2 |
| Garou Relations and Society | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Caern Activities (also see Litany section) | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Helping guard a caern | 1 | ||
| Staying at your post when on caern watch / guard duty, even when tempted not to | 2 | 1 | |
| Not staying at your post when on caern watch / guard duty | -3 | -2 | |
| Not helping guard a caern, even when asked | -3 | ||
| Keeping a caern safe from humans through trickery or negotiation | 4 | ||
| Helping to prevent a caern from being overrun by the Wyrm | 3 | 4 | |
| Not helping to prevent a caern from being overrun by the Wyrm | -3 | -7 | |
| Died while defending a caern (posthumous) | 5 | 8 | |
| Single-handedly preventing a caern from being taken by the Wyrm | 5 | 8 | |
| Teaching Other Garou | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Teaching other Garou: | (1-5) | (3-5) | |
| ...mundane matters | 1 | ||
| ...Rites | 1 / level | 1 / level | |
| ...Umbral/Spirit matters | 2 | 3 | |
| ...Garou lore | 3 | 2 | |
| ...Tribal lore | 3 | 2 | |
| ...to level 4 | +1 | +1 | |
| ...to level 5 | +2 | +2 | |
| Learning the Silver Record, completely (a lifetime's work) | 7 | 8 | |
| Breed | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| For a homid Garou, surviving to age 75 | 8 | 10 | |
| For a lupus Garou, surviving to age 65 | 8 | 10 | |
| For a homid Garou, ignoring one's wolf nature for too long | -3 | ||
| Specifically: | |||
| ...not gone to lupus at least 1/month | -2 | ||
| ...attempting to solve Garou-related problem alone | -1 | ||
| ...spending too much time trying to "pass" as a human | -1 | ||
| For a metis, attempting to hide one's deformity | -3 | ||
| For a lupus, using too many human tools and other Weaver things | -1 / use | ||
| Packs, Sept, and Tribe | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Gaining position of pack leader (awarded once when position gained) | 3 | ||
| Living alone, without one's pack, except for ritual reasons | -3 | ||
| Performing regular duties and chores for the Sept (awarded on RL monthly basis if you are playing actively; this includes activities such as interacting with Sept NPCs, keeping the Elders informed of your IC actions, off-screened Moots and other Rites, etc.) NEW: To receive this renown, you must provide a log (or scene summary) to staff that shows you have had at least one scene a month at the bawn RPing doing guard duty / spending gnosis for the offscreened moots / engaging in sphere RP. | 1 / month | ||
| Failing to perform regular duties and chores for the Sept (this will be relevant for IC reasons only; if you are simply inactive OOC, you are not going to get dinged, but you're also not going to gain renown. NEW: If you are active, and do not provide a log (or scene summary) to staff that shows you have had at least one scene a month RPing at the bawn, you will be docked.) | -2 / month | -1 / month | |
| Brazenly disobeying or sassing an Elder / anyone in a Sept position | -1 to -5 | ||
| Serving in any Sept position (ie: Caern Warder, Master of the Rite, Master of the Challenge) | 1 / RL year | 3 / RL year | 1 / RL year |
| Refusing any Sept position if offered | -1 | -2 | -1 |
| Loyal service to the Sept (gained once/RL year) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Loyal service to your Tribe (gained once/RL year) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Challenges | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Participating in a just challenge | 1 | 2 | |
| Participating in an unjust challenge | -3 | ||
| Challenging someone too far above or too far below your rank | -2 | -3 | |
| Litany | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Upholding the Litany (in the face of adversity, extreme measures, etc.) | 1 to 5 | 1 to 3 | |
| Revealing, with certain proof, that a Garou is in violation of the Litany | 1 to 5 | 1 to 3 | |
| Making baseless / false accusations that a Garou is in violation of the Litany | -6 | -4 | |
| Breaking the Litany (depending on severity of transgression, could be less for lesser offenses) | -2 to -4 | -5 to -8 | -2 to -4 |
| Garou Shall Not Mate With Garou | |||
| The shameful affair is brought to light | -5 | -2 | |
| The affair results in birth of a Metis cub | -7 | -3 | |
| Combat the Wyrm Wherever it Dwells and Whenever it Breeds | |||
| Purposefully ignoring Wyrm existence / spread | -2 | -5 | -3 |
| Closely fraternizing / having intimate relations with Wyrm creatures | -3 | -7 | -4 |
| Respect the Territory of Another | |||
| Deliberately violating another Garou's territory | -5 | -2 | |
| Accept an Honorable Surrender | |||
| Not accepting honorable surrender | -2 | -5 | -2 |
| Submission to Those of Higher Station | |||
| Disrespecting or failing to submit to Garou of higher rank / Sept NPCs (same as Caern Activities) | -1 to -5 | ||
| The First Share of the Kill for the Greatest of Station | |||
| Withholding the first of the "kill" (or talen / fetish / etc.) for yourself | -3 | ||
| Withholding the first of the "kill" for another | -2 | ||
| Ye Shall Not Eat the Flesh of Humans | |||
| Eating a human | -6 | -2 | |
| Eating a Kinfolk | -7 | -3 | |
| Respect Those Beneath Ye—All Are of Gaia | |||
| Indiscriminately killing "weaker" foes without thought or honor | -4 | ||
| Protecting a helpless / innocent human | 2 | ||
| Not protecting a helpless / innocent human | -1 | ||
| Killing (accidentally or otherwise) a helpless / innocent human | -2 | ||
| Protecting a helpless wolf | 5 | ||
| Not protecting a helpless wolf | -6 | ||
| Killing (accidentally or otherwise) a helpless wolf | -7 | ||
| The Veil Shall Not Be Lifted | |||
| Sharing Garou Lore or revealing your Garou nature to mortals (NB: your friend will most likely die if this is discovered) | -4 | -3 | |
| Protecting / repairing the Veil (covering up any instance that could reveal the Garou) | 4 | 1 | |
| Harming/rending the Veil (leaving hard evidence such as being caught on video tape) | -5 | -2 | |
| Do Not Suffer Thy People to Tend Thy Sickness | |||
| Being a drain on: | |||
| ...Tribe | -4 | -2 | |
| ...Sept | -6 | -4 | |
| ...Pack | -5 | -3 | |
| The Leader May Be Challenged Any Time During Peace | |||
| Refusing a honorable challenge | -2 | -4 | |
| The Leader May Not Be Challenged During Wartime | |||
| Challenging a decision during war | -2 | -4 | -2 |
| Ye Shall Take No Action That Causes a Caern to Be Violated | |||
| Deliberately allowing /enabling a caern to be violated (most likely, your death is the actual outcome) | -8 | -10 | -5 |
| Accidentally allowing a caern to be violated | -2 | -5 | -4 |
| Behavior aka “Code of Conduct" | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Giving good advice | 2 | ||
| Giving bad advice | -2 | ||
| Mediating a dispute fairly and impartially | 3 | ||
| Mediating a dispute unfairly (e.g., for the benefit of one particular side) | -4 | ||
| Keeping one's promises | 2 | ||
| Failing to keep one's promises | -3 | ||
| Being truthful | 2 | ||
| Being truthful in the face of extreme adversity | 5 | ||
| Being deceptive | -3 | ||
| Being deceptive in the face of extreme adversity | -1 | ||
| Any time trickery backfires | -2 | ||
| Telling a good story (3+ successes) | 1 | 1 | |
| ...at a moot | 1 | 2 | |
| ....that is repeated by others (4+ successes) | 2 | 1 | |
| Being a braggart (botching the roll while telling one's own story) | -1 | -1 | |
| Telling an epic that is entered into the Silver Record | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Attempting to act outside one's auspice, openly (depends on circumstances) | -1 to -5 | ||
| Disrespect | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Speaking without permission at a moot | -1 | ||
| Speaking poorly of the Garou as a whole | -2 | ||
| Speaking poorly of one's auspice or Tribe | -4 | ||
| Speaking poorly of one's pack | -6 | ||
| Speaking poorly of other tribes (not counting Bone Gnawers) | -2 | ||
| Crying Wolf (summoning the Ahroun of a Sept when there is no real and present danger) | -5 | ||
| Protection and Defense (also Litany section) | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Healing a fellow Garou (non-pack member) | 1 | ||
| Showing mercy to a wayward Garou | 3 | ||
| Protecting a helpless Garou | 4 | ||
| Not protecting a helpless Garou | -5 | ||
| Supporting an innocent being accused of a crime (who is later proven innocent) | 5 | ||
| Supporting an innocent being accused of a crime (who is later proven guilty) | -4 | ||
| Death while defending your pack | 4 | 6 | |
| Death in sacrifice to Gaia | 7 | 7 | |
| Frenzy | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Succumbing to a Berserk frenzy | -1 | ||
| Succumbing to a fox frenzy | -1 | -1 | |
| ...and abandoning your pack in need | -1 | -2 | |
| Succumbing to a Berserk frenzy and injuring or killing fellow Garou | -3 to -5 | ||
| Succumbing to the Thrall of the Wyrm | -4 | ||
| Performing heinous act or acts while in the Thrall of the Wyrm (cannibalism, attacking packmates, etc.) | -6 | ||
| Human and Kinfolk Relations | Glory | Honor | Wisdom |
| Maintaining good relations with nearby Kinfolk | 2 | ||
| Having poor relations with nearby Kinfolk | -3 | ||
| Choosing a mate and breeding (when child born) | 3 | ||
| Choosing a mate, but not breeding (per RL year) | -1 | ||
| Honorably mated (per RL year) | 2 | ||
| Mated to an inappropriate partner (e.g., Mage, Ghoul, etc.) (per year) | -3 | ||
| Tribe Considerations | |||
| We are not using this optional rule at this time. | |||
Fera Renown Samples by Type
| Cleverness | |
| Sample Behavior | Award |
| Drawing first blood in combat; creating a talen; discovering a useful secret | 1 |
| Protecting an important secret from discovery; surviving an incapacitating blow | 2 |
| Wounding a powerful foe and prudently retreating; performing a monkeywrenching operation; creating a successful diversion | 3 |
| Creating a fetish; hatching a plot of Machiavellian proportions that succeeds; stealing something of value from within an enemy lair | 5 |
| Destroying an enemy stronghold; creating a Den-Realm; creating a new Gift | 7 |
| Failing attempts at craftiness; being captured by an enemy | -1 |
| Exposed as a liar; not protecting a secret | -3 |
| Hurting other members of your Breed through recklessness or conniving; getting caught trying to foil Elders | -5 |
| Ferocity | |
| Sample Behavior | Award |
| Proving one's bravery in a routine situation; resisting frenzy | 1 |
| Ignoring a non-fatal wound in combat; remaining unaffected by attempts to taunt you | 2 |
| Defeating an enemy without being harmed; remaining calm in the face of extreme adversity | 3 |
| Upholding protocols in the face of humiliation; performing an outrageous and dangerous deed without being harmed | 5 |
| Single-handedly being responsible for success in a common goal for your Breed; causing your enemy to completely lose face (and rank) when attempting to taunt you | 7 |
| Succumbing to fox-frenzy | -1 |
| Losing to an enemy without even harming him | -3 |
| Performing an outrageous and dangerous deed and being hurt so that others must rescue you (and thereby exposing them to the danger) | -5 |