Minds Eye Theatre Ananasi

By John Donoghue (jdonoghue@juno.com)

Introduction

The Ananasi have a dark history. They have served all members of the Triat, beginning with the Weaver, then moving on to the Wyrm, and finally falling in with the Wyld. They gained gifts from them all but have also gained the distrust of the other Bete. For more information on the Ananasi consult the Werewolf Players Guide pages 174-179 and Werewolf Players Guide 2nd Edition pages 133-137.

Character Creation

If something is not listed here, assume its is the same Garou in the Laws of the Wild.

Totem: Anasasa (See Below)

Breeds: Homid, Archnos

Initial Willpower: 3

Initial Gnosis: 2 for Homid, 4 for Arachnos.

Rage: See Physiology (below)

Backgrounds: 5 pts. in anything

Gifts/Rites: See below

Queen Anasasa

Totem of Wisdom

Totem cost: 4 (free to Ananasi)

Even though Ananasa is imprisoned, she still helps her children. Her children gain three additional occult traits and 2 additional Enigmas traits. All she asks is that her children seek to save other Ananasi from the Wyrm.

Physiology

Ananasi are made up of unstable molecules and can literally breakdown into an army of tiny spiders as well as assume three other forms. For more information on the forms, see the Forms section.

Ananasi are living vampires. They do not have Rage but rather a blood pool. They can hold up to ten blood points; any more then that and they begin to feel sluggish. They can be filled with any blood, but human is preferable. Blood may be used in the manner of Rage to gain additional actions. Ananasi may also spend a blood to heal a non-agg damage. Unlike vampires they don't suffer from not having blood in their pools. Think of it as a Garou fighting on an empty stomach. When they have no blood, they merle can't take extra actions or heal.

They have fangs like vampires and secrete a similar enzyme that can close the wounds. For feeding, use Vampire rules. Also, Ananasi may spin webs to keep a prey imprisoned for a time.

Ananasi also have the benefit of not taking damage from silver or loose Gnosis from carrying it. Unfortunately, the Ananasi don't share the other changeling breed's immunity to disease or even their tolerance to poisons.

Though Ananasi are not damaged by the sun, but they are nocturnal by nature.

Forms

The Ananasi have four forms.

The Ananasi appears as a human.

Trait bonus: None

In this form, most Ananasi stand about seven ft. Also they grow two extra appendages on ether side of the Ananasi's body, leaving it with six arms and two legs. Their skin is dark in this form and a thin layer of velvet like hair covers the body. The hands are sharp and pointy, doing agg damage. Their faces are oval-shaped and their features are elongated. Their eyes are also perfect ovals.

Trait Bonuses

Physical: Energetic x2, Brutal, Resilient, Tough, Lithe, Quick, Dexterous.

Social: Bestial and Tactless

+1 additional health level

Often refereed to as the Pit Spider. It vaguely resembles a black widow. They are five-ft. long and about five-ft. high. This form has eight legs (they do 1 agg) and huge jaws (they do 2 agg).

Trait Bonuses

Physical: Energetic x2, Brutal, Brawny, Tough x2, Resilient, Lithe, Quick

Social: Bestial x2, Tactless

+1 additional health level

This form is literally an army of spiders. The army's size is dependent on the mass of the Ananasi and the size of the spiders that the Ananasi breaks itself down into. All the spiders must be the same size but the size of the spiders is up to the Ananasi. When in this form, the Ananasi has a collective mind and can see everything that all the spiders can see. The user is essentially invulnerable in this form, and may reform even if one spider survives. It may do so simply by summoning spiders to replace its lost flesh. However, if 30% of the spiders are destroyed, the Ananasi will look different when it returns. For game purposes, the Ananasi has about twenty health levels. But keep in mind, its really hard to kill a large mass of spiders. When in crawling, the damage that can be dealt is limited. 1 spider alone has a very slim chance. It must first win a physical challenge. Then, once successful the Ananasi must win ten simple tests to do one agg (yes, TEN). If more spiders join up, it's a little easier. If two additional spiders join the first in the biting then only 9 simple tests are need. For each additional 2 spider one less test is needed. Once 19 spiders bite together, only one simple test is made and the process is started over, but the number of spiders needed is increased by ten. Once 29 spiders are reached, the process once again starts over, but it is increased by 10 spiders yet again. This will can continue until 100 spiders bite (no more spiders will fit). For every 20 spiders, the victim must bid a extra trait simply because there are so many spiders attacking.

Trait Bonuses

Physical: Strength and Stamina traits are 0 but Dexterity traits are still usable with a bonus of Quick x2, Dexterous, Lithe x2 and Quick.

Social: All social traits are reduced to 0.

Gifts

The gifts of the Ananasi are as numerous as the Garou's and therefore far too many to list here. For ideas for the Ananasi gifts use Glasswalker gifts for Weaver gifts, Red Talon gifts for Wyld gifts and Black Spiral Dancer gifts for Wyrm Gifts, depending on which member of the Triat the Ananasi allies himself with. Homid gifts are accessible to homids and lupus gifts will suffice for Arachnos (though a few modifications may be necessary). The Ananasi may have three gifts starting. For gifts involving Rage, blood may be substituted.

^*Blur of the Milky Eye, ^*Control Simple Machine, ^*Create Element, ^*Eyes of the Cat, ^*Resist Toxins, Cybersenses: Same as the Garou gifts

Insect Eyes: By spending a Gnosis the Ananasi may change the shape of its eye, making them multi-lensed. This imparts 360-degree vision, along with vision that extends twice as far a normal. This may be used in conjunction with Eyes of the Cat.

^*Jump: Spiders have tremendous leaping abilities. The Ananasi enters an extended static physical challenge (you keep testing till you lose) against 6 traits. For every success the Ananasi doubles its jumping distance. This gift may be used in any form.

Replenishment of the Flesh: The Ananasi may heal agg damage by summoning spiders to replace the lost flesh. The Ananasi must spend a Gnosis per level it wants to heal. The Ananasi must be doing nothing else while doing this.

Spider Scout: By spending a Gnosis and a blood, the Ananasi may send out one of its small spiders. The users body will lose something on her body with an equal mass as the spider's. The Ananasi may do this for as many Gnosis she has. If the Ananasi has the Gift: Replenishment of the Flesh, it may replace the lost spider and still maintain contact with spider scout.

^*Web Haven: With this gift, the Ananasi can create a barrier of night that anchors in both the physical world and the Umbra. This works as an early warning system so the Ananasi is alerted to any potential threats or meals that enter the Ananasi's claimed area. Unless the Ananasi wishes it, the spun threads blend in to the area that they're in, thus camouflaging them from natural senses. To create the web, the Ananasi must spend a blood (unless in crawling form) and make a Gnosis challenge against 5 traits. The area effected is about 100 square ft. The webs don't need solid supports to remain intact.

Wyrmling Kinship: By spending a Gnosis point and winning a social challenge against 7 traits. If The Ananasi wins Wyrm creatures are more inclined to take the Ananasi as a friend rather than a foe. Any Wyrm creatures must make a social challenge against the Ananasi or the will talk to the Ananasi before it fights.

^*Gifts that can be taken during character creation.

Control Complex Machine, Blissful Ignorance, Great Leap: Same as the Garou gifts.

Attunement: Same as Bone Gnawer Gift except it works in dark places.

Bug Lord: By entering an extended social challenge against 7 traits the Ananasi may summon a horde of insects. Through telepathic commands the Ananasi may give them simple orders which they will perform to their ability. The number of insects is dependent on the number of challenges. 1 success = a minor swarm, enough to cover a person. 3 successes = enough to fill a small room. 5 successes = enough to cover an entire building. This also allows the Ananasi limited ability to converse with insects, very limited.

Iron Web: The Ananasi can spin webs that are nearly transparent and very tough. By spending a blood, a Gnosis and winning a simple test, the Ananasi can spin a web that is very tough. The webbing can soak with 7 traits and has 5 health levels. When all the health levels are gone, it is destroyed. Morphean Bite: The Ananasi use this Gift to put their victim into a deep sleep. The Ananasi must first bite the victim, then the Ananasi enters a Gnosis challenge against the victim's Stamina related traits. If successful, the victim falls asleep for 12 hours unless violently awakened. If this happens he is down 2 physical traits for the remainder of the scene.

Spinnerets: The Ananasi with this power have developed their web spinning power to a new level. They can spin webs in any form and it is much thicker and stronger than normal webbing. It is almost a quarter inch in diameter, but is very hard to see (static mental challenge against 8 traits). It takes a fair amount of strength to break a strand (a static challenge against 6 traits). If the strands are woven together they make a strong stand indeed (6 traits x number of strands = trait total for challenge). Most Ananasi are proficient in the arts of web spinning and use this power to imprison prey, set traps, seal things off, lower or raise themselves, capture opponents or other such things. To activate this gift, one blood must be spent. The maximum that can be created from the expenditure of the one blood is roughly enough webbing to fill a 40ft. Square area or lower the Ananasi from a 300 ft height.

Venom Bite: The Ananasi uses its fangs to inject a potent and instantaneous poison that could stop a bull elephant, or even a Garou. The Ananasi must spend a Gnosis then successfully bite the victim. Then the Ananasi must make a Gnosis challenge against the victim's Stamina related traits +2. One bite removes the ability to uses limbs. The second stops automatic functions such as breathing and heart beat (the victim is not dead, only paralyzed until the poison is purged). The poison can be purged by any supernatural means as if it was four health levels of non-agg. This power doesn't work on other Ananasi.

Visceral Agony: By spending One Gnosis, one blood pt. and winning a simple test (retest with occult) the Ananasi may cause the wound penalties from its claws to double, or if the victim doesn't suffer from them, it suffers them as normal. This only applies to the damage inflicted by the Ananasi; the penalties from earlier wounds are not effected.

Wall Crawling: Same as Ragabash Gift: Fly Feet.

Carapace: The Ananasi's hide is now extraordinarily tough. The character gains the traits Tough and Stalwart an can never lose them. In addition he gains an additional health level. This health level acts a little differently than others. After it is punctured, it will heal itself. The levels beyond it will not heal or be affected in any way, So if the Ananasi takes 2 agg the carapace takes one, and the Ananasi takes one. The carapace heals but the Ananasi is still bruised.

Crawling Poison: Same as Black Spiral Dancer Gift.

Entropic Bite: This gift allows the Ananasi to produces a powerful venom that causes pain and lose of regenerative abilities. The character must first bite the victim. Then the player spends two Gnosis and then enters an extended challenge against the victim, the biter's Gnosis vs. the targets stamina related traits + 5 (be sure to count the number of times the biter wins) . Once the venom enters the victim, the target feels burning pain from the bite. Then she begins to take 1 health level of aggravated damage per number of time the Ananasi won the challenges. Vampires are affected by this gift but they may expel the poison by expelling five blood points.

Obedience: Same as Shadow Lord Gift.

Travel Web: The Ananasi can travel the great sprawling Umbral Pattern Web, much as if it was a Moon Bridge. They must first side step into the Umbra from within a City or another Weaver stronghold and they may then travel the web to any other city or Weaver stronghold.

Umbral Barrier: The Were-spider may spin a web that can increase the level of the Gauntlet. As the creator, the Ananasi may make a backdoor to avoid the raised Gauntlet.

Wyld Warp: Same as Black Fury Gift.

Rites

The Ananasi have access to Weaver, Wyrm and Wyld rites depending on their affiliation.

Renown

The Ananasi's Renown works a little differently. Instead of have Glory and Honor, they have Cunning and Obedience. They do, however, keep the Wisdom Renown. Ananasi gain all the benefits of rank as Garou do. They also are bound to the same restrictions. The number of Renown traits necessary to gain rank is dependent on the Ananasi's alliance.

Rank	Alliance
	Weaver	Wyrm	Wyld
1	2 Cunning, 1 Obedience	1 Cunning, 2 Obedience	2 Wisdom, 1 Cunning
2	4 Cunning, 1 Obedience, 1 Wisdom	2 Cunning, 4 Obedience	3 Wisdom, 2 Cunning
3	6 Cunning, 4 Obedience, 1 Wisdom	4 Cunning, 6 Obedience, 1 Wisdom	6 wisdom, 4 Cunning, 1 Obedience
4	8 Cunning 6 Obedience, 2 Wisdom	6 Cunning, 8 Obedience, 2 Wisdom	9 Wisdom, 6 Cunning, 1 Obedience
5	10 Cunning, 7 Obedience, 4 Wisdom	7 Cunning, 10 Obedience, 4 Wisdom	11 Wisdom, 8 Cunning, 1 Obedience
6	13 Cunning, 10 Obedience, 6 Wisdom	9 Cunning, 14 Obedience, 6 Wisdom	14 Wisdom, 12 Cunning, 2 Obedience