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Members of the Lodge of the Grotto are all-too-real bogeymen for the Uratha, a splinter group of werewolves driven underground that have since adapted to their new lot. They may make their homes in limestone caverns deep beneath ancient mountains, or they might populate long-forgotten sewers and disused subway tunnels underneath a city. Those who have heard the rumors don’t even think of these things in terms of a lodge — folklore calls them “Burrowers,” and it’s most comfortable to assume they aren’t real.
The Lodge of the Grotto is a synchronous lodge; individual warrens may have originally been driven underground for a variety of reasons and adapted in parallel fashion. Some warrens may have been Forsaken and some may have been Pure, but a once-Pure warren that has remained beneath for generations may have forgotten its rites of purging auspice and become more Ghost Wolf than anything. Most Burrowers still receive the innate blessings of auspice after the First Change. Not all surface-dwelling Uratha change under the open sky when the moon is in the air, and Burrowers aren’t denied the instincts of their auspice moon for the circumstance. However, if a bloodline is separated from the sky for long enough, it may be possible that the bloodline also becomes separated from the moon itself and loses auspice entirely. If that were to happen, what other ramifications would spring from the loss of Luna’s touch?
Prerequisites
Survival specialty (Underground)
Benefits
Burrowers are especially adept at functioning in the darkness. When attempting to locate a target in the dark, they receive +3 to all rolls made to listen or scent out their target[1]. This bonus is in addition to any bonus dice they may get for shifting forms. Those in the Lodge of the Grotto also may purchase Grotto Gifts as an affinity list, and are more adept at deciphering knocktalk even if they don’t know the Gift.
