More Bizarre Garou questions...

[themidnightgirl]

First one - Garou Markings... I'm trying to find out exactly where, and exactly what, marks are usually put on Garou, and where it says that. In Cam, we've usually played that most Garou have tribe, auspice, breed, rank and rights of passage marked on them. Is this accurate?

Second - form description. Where would I find the descriptions of the Lupus and Crinos forms of each tribe? Specifically - what does the Lupus form of Black Furies look like?

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[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

There's a description of Lupus by tribe in the core TT rules, I think.

I went looking for a description of Crinos by tribe a while back, with minimal joy. I'd assume the line on it would be "like the Lupus form, except 9ft tall and remotely bipedal"

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

common markings are tribe,auspice,breed and a 'tally' for rank (though i've never been sure what happens if you LOSE rank...)

Lupus form descriptions might be in the LotW, but are surely in the TT book, Chrinos form i've always thought of as a large bipedal version - though there are plenty of drawings of Chrinos which show tribal affiniations... Remember though that its pure-breed which affect if you look 'different' to the norm... (unless as a scumbo glasswalker you shave and dye your chrinos form..)

[jonnyargles.livejournal.com]

Look for a Furry website, and pump them up on steroids.

Yiffy goodness!

[weejock.livejournal.com]

The red book (1st Ed?) Garou MET has tribal wolf descriptions.

[omentide.livejournal.com]

At work with no access to sourcebooks.

But am pretty sure that Black Furies tend to be black furred in lupus form, with silver bits. Like me!

[nevecat.livejournal.com]

silver/black pelt, graceful, broad shouldered figure, if I remember correctly, for lupus Furies.

Interpret that as varied patches, mottled, different lengths of fur showing the different colours as the lupus moves, suitable variations of colour across the limbs - however you see fit - the book doesn't specify any further than the above.

Patched/mottled would probably be considered a non-pure-bred/mongrelly look unless it was particularly fetching, I suspect.

There is no source

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

There is no source for the markings the various garou tend to put on each other here. Occassionally in source you'll find someone with their tribe tattoo, but otherwise it strikes me as an advertisement of "I'm a werewolf, come shoot me with Silver".

Twice-Dead carries no such markings (except a single rank slash, that could be any old scar), preferring to carve glyphs on wood, not flesh.

It's a camarilla culture thing.

Silver fang Crinos/Lupus. Proud bearing and silver/white fur.

Re: There is no source

[bellabrigida.livejournal.com]

There is no source for the markings the various garou tend to put on each other here. Occassionally in source you'll find someone with their tribe tattoo, but otherwise it strikes me as an advertisement of "I'm a werewolf, come shoot me with Silver".

Thank god, someone else who said it.

Now, here's what I know of it in source: in the Glasswalker Tribebook, the Fianna Tribebook and if my memory serves me, something in the Get of Fenris Tribebook. Now, in the revised versions, I don't know *what* all is said. But for everyone else...

Tattoos are a sign of civilazation really. I don't see a bunch of Red Talons marking themselves so that everyone knows who and what they are. Smart Glasswalkers wouldn't either(but they still do). Essentially, the only markings that I see as being "standard" Garou markings are the battle scars. Those are pretty good hints that this person lived through a lot.

That's my .02 for you.

Re: There is no source

[kathminchin.livejournal.com]

I think it might be a hangover from By Night. Which may be from 1st edition rules. Or the mind of one of the garou STs.