The Moonstruck

Hunter: The Moonstruck is a sourcebook for Hunter: The Reckoning. It provides ways to include Garou as antagonists in a Hunter chronicle without having to own Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

Summary

From the White Wolf Catalog:
Beasts That Walk as Men
They lurk in the wild places where people fear to tread. They stalk the cities and prey upon the unsuspecting human masses. Man-beasts, shapechangers, werewolves. The name doesn't matter. They're abominations, a part of and a violation of both man and nature. That's why hunters set out to prove who's the real king of the beasts, once and for all.
Never Cry Wolf
Hunter: The Moonstruck explores the savage realm of shapechangers as hunters perceive it, learning man-beasts strengths, fears and weaknesses. The predators may seek to cull the human herd, but now they discover that the flock has grown teeth of its own. The hunters become the hunted.

Contents

Prologue: Heartless

Introduction

  • Source Materials
    • Moon Dance by S.P. Somtow
    • Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London
    • Of Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez
    • Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
    • American Indian Myths and Legends edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz
    • Wolfen
    • The Howling
    • An American Werewolf in London
    • The Wolf Man
    • Wolf
    • An American Werewolf in Paris
    • Ginger Snaps
    • Princess Mononoke

Chapter 1: Lost

Reveals how subversive and subtle werewolves can be within human society, and how bloodthirsty and brutal they can be without it.

    Chapter 2: Knowing the Predator

    Explores how the imbued might initiate a hunt for werewolves once they know these creatures exist.

    Chapter 3: Trail of the Wolf

    Gives a hint of how sympathetic and misunderstood shapechangers and hunters might be to each other.

    Chapter 4: Nightmares

    Is part two to "Lost" and concludes the story of human prey and their flight for survival.

    Chapter 5: Becoming Prey

    Continues "Knowing the Predator" and reveals how little hunters truly know about shapechangers, and what such ignorance can cost them.

    Chapter 6: Into Hell

    Completes the story begun in "On the Trail of the Wolf" as the imbued learn just how similar - yet antithetical - hunter existence can be to that of shapechangers.

    Chapter 7: Rules and Storytelling

    Offers tips and guidance for storytellers on how to understand and portray werewolves in your Hunter chronicle.

    • Other Shapeshifters
    • Rage
    • Innate Capabilities
    • Weaknesses
    • Mutations
      • Androgyny
      • Anthropomorphic Battle Form
      • Bald
      • Big Head
      • Bleached
      • Crippled Nose
      • Devil's Mark
      • Dogface
      • Feral Talons
      • Fits
      • Hunchback
      • Leather Hide
      • Moonstruck
      • Runt
      • Sheer Hideousness
      • Sickly
      • Sightless
      • Stunted Limb
      • Tailless
    • Rituals
      • Common Rituals
        • Ritual of Awareness
        • Ritual of Changing
        • Ritual of Finding
        • Ritual of Power
      • Uncommon Rituals
        • Ritual of Power
        • Ritual of Purification
        • Ritual of Travel
      • Rare Rituals
        • Ritual of Aging
        • Ritual of Concealment

    Background Information

    • Ads at the back of the book include: Vampire: The Masquerade Backlist and Hunter: Fall From Grace.
    • Page 13 contains Errata for Hunter Book: Wayward.
    • The Prologue, "Heartless," is about a Pumonca trying to protect tourists (Human and one Imbued, Liz) from an attack by Wendigo werewolves.
    • Chapters Lost and Nightmares are about a Black Spiral Dancer causing an airplane crash. The survivors of the crash have to deal with it within their midst while also trying to survive near a Red Talon Caern close to Devine, British Columbia. The true goal of the Dancer is to go after the caern, but picks off the human survivors one by one for fun and attacks Red Talons coming after the group. When James figures things out, May thinks he is Kinfolk. But James tries to protect Al and Luke when May attacks them. Al is killed and James is severely wounded, while May flees from the scene. James hopes that Luke is okay, since he is only a kid.
    • The chapter Knowing the Predator contains a lot of discussion about what werewolves and shapeshifters are among hunter-net users. A group of Imbued hunters investigate an Endron plant and are later killed in a fire caused by a Pentex clean-up crew. The continuing chapter Becoming Prey are about a group of Imbued hunters encountering a pack of werewolves assaulting an (Endron) nuclear plant near Suffolk. The Imbued also kill a Fomori at the plant as well. The Garou have picked up the scent of the Imbued. SixofSwords29 is able to interview one of the pack members to discuss about the Fomori, but the Garou thinks he might be Kinfolk. Kirsty messes things up by going in guns a-blazin' and gets Paul killed in retaliation by the local Garou.
    • Chapters Trail of the Wolf and Into Hell make references to Gere Hunts-the-Hunters, Under a Blood Red Moon, Rage Across the Amazon, the "Skinner" killings, The Diaries of Zeerne, "Voras... Dratoesim....," "Songs of the Waning Moon," "The Yellow Truths," "The True Lupercalian Rites," "The White Curtain," "Trismestigus," and "Chronicle of the Black". Kayaker319 gets involved with hunting Garou with Dr. Charles Arthur Rawlings in North Carolina. But it turns out that Charles is actually hunting the Garou for their skins to perform the Ritual of Sacred Rebirth. Their discussions were recorded by the Special Affairs Department. Lark364 talks to a Kinfolk to find out more about what happened to Kayaker319 and Charles fates.

    Memorable Quotes

    Characters

    • Prologue: Heartless
      • Jake, bookworm55
      • Andy Jones - Schoolteacher, Human, Died
      • Jennifer - Andy's Wife, Human, Died
      • Mr. Greevy - Human, Died
      • Daniel - Guide, Pumonca, Died
      • John Rodgers - Imbued
      • Liz, Ticket312
      • Sheriff Brown - Daniel's Brother
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 1: Lost and Chapter 4: Nightmares
      • James MacTeague - Imbued
      • May - Black Spiral Dancer
      • Penny - Human, Died
      • Desmond - Human, Died
      • Gerald - Human, Co-pilot, Died
      • Bai - Human, Died
      • Luke - Human, Penny's Son
      • Kim - Human, Died
      • Al - Human, Died
      • Crusader17 - Fellow Imbued that James knows about and mentions him: 17
    • Chapter 2: Knowing the Predator and Chapter 5: Becoming Prey
      • Manisha - Imbued
      • Joshua Talbot, "stella142"
      • Kirsty
      • Ed
      • Paul, "SoS29," "Sixofswords29" - Died
      • Jason M. - Imbued
      • Claudia, Forscherin263
      • profgeo160 or profesorgeo160 - Imbued
      • Warden
      • Lotus19 - Imbued
      • "Purple" - Mage
      • Pariahdog140 - Imbued
      • Soyboy134 - Imbued
      • Angus Donaldson - Imbued, Died
      • Pamela - Imbued, Died
      • Stewart - Imbued
      • James Munroe - Died
      • Phyllida - James' Wife, Died
      • Neil McKay - Human, Investigator
      • Iona Rodger - Human, Reporter
      • George Child - Human, Died
      • Mary Child - Human, George Child's Wife
      • Alex Hall - Spokeswoman for the Sellafield Nuclear Plant
      • Sonny - Kinfolk, Bartender
      • Penny - Human, knows Joshua T.
      • Witness1
    • Chapter 3: Trail of the Wolf and Chapter 6: Into Hell
      • Kayaker319 - Imbued
      • Eric Wyatt - Late Associate of Dr. C.A. Rawlings, Died, Werewolf Hunter
      • Mr. McCulloch
      • Dr. Charles Arthur Rawlings - Skin Dancer, Died
      • Gerald Osbourne
      • Marcus Questor - S.A.D. Regional Director
      • Grubbhold
      • Battery275 - Imbued
      • Donald Gahagan - Garou, Skinned, Died
      • Sheriff Cody Goforth - Human
      • Sam Ogle - Human
      • Debra Ogle - Human, Sam's Wife
      • Lisa Conyers Rawlings - Charles' Wife
      • Eric - Imbued
      • Tom - Imbued
      • Lark364 - Imbued
    • Chapter 7: Rules and Storytelling
      • Jeremy Sutton - Imbued
      • Peter Worthington - Werewolf

    Terminology

    Africa, Alaska, Albuquerque, Amazon, Arizona, Arkansas, Asia, Australia, Blue Ridge Parkway, Boston, Braehead, Breed, Britain, British Columbia, California, Changers, Chelmsford, Chicago, Church Rock, City Wolves, Cleveland, Clyde, Colchester, Colorado, Connecticut, Day's Junction, Devine, Eastsea (Nuclear Power Station), Elder, Endron Polyolefins, Europe, Family Wolves, Four Corners, Frenzy, Gaia, Gallup, Georgia, Germany, Glasgow, Gold, Grangemouth, Great Yarmouth, Holy Site, Human-Born, Hunter-net, India, Ipswich, Kin, Leader Wolves, London, Lowestoft, Macon, Manchester, Mutant Wolves, New Mexico, New York, Norfolk (UK), North Carolina, Ochils, Pack, Perth (UK), Pisgah National Forest, Rage, Ritual, Sacramento, Scotland, Sellafield Nuclear Plant, Sept, Shapes: Human Form, Near-Human Form, Wolfman Form, Near-Wolf Form, Wolf Form; Shoreford, Silver, South America, Special Affairs Department, Spirit, Spirit World, St. Claire, Stirling, Suffolk, Swansea, Techno Wolves, UK, Umbra, Utah, Vancouver, Wales, Warrior Wolves, Wendigo, Were-Humans, Werewolf, Werewolf-Born, Wolf-Born, Worm/Wyrm,

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