Lodge of Chemics

Spirit/Totem	Feral Cat
Tribe	Iron Masters
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The strange and small Lodge of Chemics seeks to understand the unexplainable or, failing that, to catalogue its effects. The lodge’s members search for enlightenment as to their state in the unpredictable occurrences of a fresh cub’s First Change and in the stranger parts of the Hisil. The lodge treats the world as a mishmash of interacting mysteries that all mean something about life as Forsaken while believing that they can’t really know enough about any given interaction without trying it. To the lodge, this principle is embodied in the reactions of Gauru forms with untested chemicals and combinations. Take some aspirin, some ibuprofen and a hit of marijuana, go someplace safe and test it in the other forms. Especially the Gauru form.

Named by the founders (whose primary interest was in chemicals), the lodge has since attracted those werewolves intrigued by the lodge philosophy, which encourages members to treat life similarly. When a werewolf’s regeneration isn’t responding as expected, a Chemic tests the boundaries of the known by giving the subject bruises and cuts that should quickly disappear or testing what happens if the subject should taste blood. If a Gift causes an unfamiliar effect, the Lodge of Chemics recommends activating Gifts of the same type that call upon the same spirits or that were taught by a single spirit, not to mention activating the same Gift at different times or places. The Chemics aren’t insane; if the problem is recognizable enough that it has a known solution, one that predictably works, then that’s obviously the right choice. Similarly, if a tested combination of drugs and Gauru would save the day, then it’s better to use that combina- tion than something potentially foolish. It’s only when there’s a serious unknown, when there’s no regular response to fall back on, that it’s time to experiment and, in the process, learn more about what it means to be a werewolf.

Prerequisites

Cunning •, Science •• (Specialty: Chemistry), Medicine ••

Benefits

Members of the Lodge of Chemics add one die to any roll to resist the adverse effects of a drug. Additionally, the lodge offers excellent training, much of it based on personal experience, in Medicine and Science, reducing the costs of raising those two skills from new dots x3 to new dots x2.