Shifter/gifts

There are two essential ways in which Gifts can be learned by Garou. Here's a brief summary of each.

Learning Gifts from Spirits: Gifts are usually taught by spirits. A Garou must either petition a particular spirit personally or ask an elder to do so on their behalf. To find a suitable spirit, the Garou must either travel to a caern equal in power to the Gift's level, or ask a Theurge to summon the particular spirit. If neither option is available, the Garou must quest through the Umbra in search of the particular spirit and convince it to teach the Gift.

• To learn a Gift from a Spirit, you should put in a +job request with the following information:
  • The Gift you are trying to learn (is it a Breed/Auspice/Tribal gift?).
  • The Spirit (or kind of Spirit) you are trying to contact.
  • How will you attempt to contact the Spirit? Are you going to a caern/seeking the help of a Theurge/questing through the Umbra?
  • Any proposed chiminage.
  • Staff will get together with you to run a Gift-learning scene.

Learning Gifts from Other Garou: Sometimes, a Garou may teach another a Gift. Unlike learning from a spirit, which only takes about an hour, this way of learning a Gift takes a month of intensive training (and costs 1 more XP). The Gift must be practiced by the student before it is mastered.

• To learn a Gift from another Garou, you should put in a +job request with the following information:
  • The Gift you are trying to learn (is it a Breed/Auspice/Tribal gift?).
  • The Garou who is teaching you.
  • When you started to learn/when you expect to finish.
  • At the end of the IC month, you can spend the XP and acquire the Gift.

Gift-learning scenes: Learning a gift from a Spirit is meant to be a fun experience. After all, "spirits encountered while learning a Gift are meant to be roleplaying opportunities, allowing a character to interact with another being and learn its ways." Upon receiving the request, staff will do our best to run the Gift learning scene for you in a timely fashion! However, in the event that schedules do not mesh, you may have to provide some additional information via the job. Staff will then let you know the final chiminage requested by the spirit & you will be able to spend the XP and acquire the Gift.

Communicating with Spirits: Generally, spirits allied to the Garou may speak the tongue of the Garou if they so desire. Likewise, many other spirits also know human or Garou tongue. That doesn't always mean that they will do so. It is possible that a spirit might be feeling cranky and refuse to speak with a Garou. In such a case, the aid of a Theurge (or someone else with the gift Spirit Speech) will be required. :)