Sodals

The Sodals are Totems of Respect.

Overview

The Sodal spirits were the patrons of old Anglo-Saxon frankpledges, of brotherhoods of Spartan warriors, and of innumerable Garou packs who used these spirits of unity to bind their packs and septs together. A Sodal will unify any group as tightly as heart could wish; so strong are they that the Wyrm has sought to corrupt them, and has seduced a few of these kinship-spirits into becoming the horrifying Serpent Fathers (described in Freak Legion). Sodals also favor the rare Kinfolk who run in packs with their Garou families, maintaining that these humans are simply being one with their families. They are fond of any pack that accepts Kin. Offerings of wild fungi or greenhouse flowers win their favor. The Sodals are most pleased with those packs that demonstrate perfect unity of action during their Rite of the Totem. They appear as idealized warriors appropriate to their setting; a Sodal assisting a Glass Walker in Rome might appear as a perfect centurion in gleaming armor, while a New York Sodal might appear in the guise of a heroic-seeming street gang leader.

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Traits & Ban

Traits

The Sodals grant an exceptional measure of teamwork. They offer a dice pool of five teamwork dice that can be used for any Ability possessed by a fellow pack member. Hence, if only one person in a pack possesses the Occult Knowledge, his packmates can draw on the pool to make their own Occult rolls (although he cannot, as none of his packmates are contributing to his own knowledge). A player cannot use more dice from the community pool than a packmate has dots in the given Ability; if the highest Brawl in the pack is four dice, no packmate can use all five teamwork dice on a Brawl roll. In addition, a Sodal grants three extra dice to avoid frenzy as long as the pack sticks together and doesn’t quarrel.

Ban

Any sowers of discord will find themselves and their pack abandoned by the Sodals. This applies to any Garou or Kin who starts or abets fighting, discord, or arguments. Legitimate differences are unavoidable, but deliberate malice will drive off the Sodals.

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