Rules of Creation for the Pure

[Aaron]

Necessary, forever necessary, to burn out false shames

and smelt the heaviest ore of the body into purity.

D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Rules of Creation
The Pure are mechanically very similar to the Forsaken. The Pure have access to almost all of the same Traits, with the exception of auspices and auspice-related Abilities. When designing a Pure character, make the following modifications to the werewolf template:

• Auspice: Obviously, the Pure have no auspices, and they don’t have a similar equivalent. They lack the auspice Ability, free dot of Renown and free Specialty provided by an auspice.

• Tribe: As with the Forsaken, each of the Pure Tribes is affiliated with a particular type of Renown. The Fire-Touched treat Wisdom as affinity Renown, the Ivory Claws are affiliated with Honor and the Predator Kings relate to Glory.

• Primal Urge: No modifications.

• Essence: No modifications.

• Renown: In addition to the dot of Renown granted from tribal affinity, all Pure tribes have affinity with Purity Renown. A Pure character fresh from initiation would have one dot in Purity, one dot in the Renown granted by tribe and one dot in the Renown category of her choice.

Gifts
A Pure werewolf begins play with two Gifts: one from a list derived from tribal affinity and one “free pick.” The “free pick” may be used to purchase a dot of Rituals as usual. Tribal affinity Gift lists are as follows:

• Fire-Touched: Disease, Fervor, Insight and Inspiration

• Ivory Claws: Agony, Dominance, Scourging and Warding

• Predator Kings: Nature, Rage, Savagery and Strength

Merits and Advantages
Upon joining a pack, each Pure character gains one
additional Merit dot to be spent on the Totem Merit; this represents the more powerful totems that call on the Pure’s service. In effect, each Pure pack totem has a number of “free” points available to it equal to the number of werewolves in its pack.

Willpower, Harmony, Virtues and Vices are all treated as normal.

(From White Wolf, Werewolf: Forsaken, Pure page 110)