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Message: <blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 1817035" data-attributes="member: 1164">Attempts to Embrace werewolves usually fail. By the grace oftheir spirit-mother, most werewolves die upon the attempt.However, the Embrace works in a few nasty, rare instances -and the results are the rightly titled Abominations.Note: These rules for Abominations are taken from the pointof view of Vampire. More complete rules may be found in theWerewolf Players Guide Second Edition. This book does notpretend to have all of the cosmological complexity ofWerewolf, so we present this information as it applies to thisgame only.Kindred Lupines are literally things that should not be. TheEmbrace severs werewolves from the world's soul, their veryreason for existing. As a result, the leading cause of FinalDeath among the dozen or so Abominations that exist at anygiven time is suicide.Abominations are created in the same manner as otherKindred, except they have one last chance for a mercifuldeath. A werewolf's player can make a Gnosis roll, difficulty6, to die quietly. If the roll succeeds, he dies without pain andhis spirit travels to its destined place. If the roll fails, he diesin torturous agony, but his spirit is free. If the roll botches, thewerewolf becomes an Abomination. No Discipline, Gift,magic or any other power short of divine intervention canaffect this roll, save one - the werewolf can spend aWillpower point for an automatic success and die peacefully(and is almost certain to do so).An Abomination, unsurprisingly, is of the same clan as hissire, learns three dots of clan Disciplines and exhibits theclan weakness, just like any other Kindred. An Abominationmay be Caitiff, as well. He may also spend blood points toincrease his attributes or heal himself like any other vampire.That's where the benefits end. After that, things becomereally unpleasant.The Embrace usually causes even mighty Lupine elders tofall from their former peers' esteem. Abominations alsocannot increase their Gnosis Trait.Upon the Embrace, the Lupine's connection with the spiritworld begins to fray. This loss means that Abominationscannot regenerate their wounds as do other werewolves;Abominations may heal themselves only by spending bloodpoints. Although Abominations usually remember the Giftsand rites they possessed before their Embrace, they cannoteffect any rites other than Wyrm-rites; only vile and corruptspirits ever answer a call made by a dead thing.Abominations also may never learn Gifts from any spiritsother than Banes, and these spirits are spiteful, deviousteachers.Abominations may not spend blood points for any reason inthe same turn that they spend Gnosis, make Gnosis rolls,spend Rage or make Rage rolls. The mystical properties ofRage, Gnosis and the Blood all interfere with one another.Abominations have blood pools according to their generation,as usual.Abominations exist in a state of permanent, cripplingdepression. They cannot escape their dolor with Willpowerrolls and cannot lift the curse while they "live." In effect, anAbomination must expend a Willpower point to play a scenewith his dice pool at full. Additionally, Abominations maynever spend Willpower points to gain automatic successeson any dice rolls.Abominations' Humanity Traits often spiral downward quickly,hurling them into either the jaws of the Beast or mercifuloblivion. They may never increase their Humanity, Willpoweror Virtues with experience points, as they instead sufferincessant psychological erosion.</blockquote>

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