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'''Practices''': Hunters often gather in packs of companionship, mutual protection and greater strength to hunt more dangerous prey (such as Lupines). To follow the path, one simply starts hunting, usually by joining a pack or retreating from Cainite society for a time and focusing on one's predatory nature. | '''Practices''': Hunters often gather in packs of companionship, mutual protection and greater strength to hunt more dangerous prey (such as Lupines). To follow the path, one simply starts hunting, usually by joining a pack or retreating from Cainite society for a time and focusing on one's predatory nature. | ||
| − | Hunters are usually involved in the activities of the Road | + | Hunters are usually involved in the activities of the Road of the Beast - attending gatherings, traveling to sacred sites and so on - but they regard with disdain any Feral who does not make his predatory nature the highest focus of his existence, regardless of whatever else he might do. |
'''Predatory Virtues''': Conviction and Instinct | '''Predatory Virtues''': Conviction and Instinct | ||
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| + | '''Aura''': As Road of the Beast | ||
'''Additional Ethics of the Hunter''' | '''Additional Ethics of the Hunter''' | ||
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<tr><td><center>9</center></td><td>Interrupting the hunt of another</td><td>The beast must be free to do as it will.</td></tr> | <tr><td><center>9</center></td><td>Interrupting the hunt of another</td><td>The beast must be free to do as it will.</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><center>8</center></td><td>Failing to hunt whenever the opportunity presents itself</td><td>Hunting strengthens the Beast</td></tr> | <tr><td><center>8</center></td><td>Failing to hunt whenever the opportunity presents itself</td><td>Hunting strengthens the Beast</td></tr> | ||
| − | <tr><td><center>7<center></td><td>Avoinding contact with the wilds</td><td>In nature lies strength. Civilization is soft and weak.</td></tr> | + | <tr><td><center>7</center></td><td>Avoinding contact with the wilds</td><td>In nature lies strength. Civilization is soft and weak.</td></tr> |
<tr><td><center>6</center></td><td>Needless torture or cruelty</td><td>Only "civilized folk engage in such things</td></tr> | <tr><td><center>6</center></td><td>Needless torture or cruelty</td><td>Only "civilized folk engage in such things</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><center>5</center></td><td>making a sacrifice for a stranger</td><td>You owe others nothing</td></tr> | <tr><td><center>5</center></td><td>making a sacrifice for a stranger</td><td>You owe others nothing</td></tr> | ||
| − | <tr><td><center>4</center></td><td> | + | <tr><td><center>4</center></td><td>Refusing to kill to ensure your safety</td><td>Nothing is more important than survival</td></tr> |
| − | <tr><td><center>3</center>Failing to defend your hunting grounds</td><td>Those who do not defend their territory have it taken from them</td></tr> | + | <tr><td><center>3</center></td><td>Failing to defend your hunting grounds</td><td>Those who do not defend their territory have it taken from them</td></tr> |
<tr><td><center>2</center></td><td>Showing mercy to an enemy</td><td>Mercy is for the weak.</td></tr> | <tr><td><center>2</center></td><td>Showing mercy to an enemy</td><td>Mercy is for the weak.</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><center>1</center></td><td>Abstaining from feeding when hungry</td><td>The Beast must be satisfied</td></tr> | <tr><td><center>1</center></td><td>Abstaining from feeding when hungry</td><td>The Beast must be satisfied</td></tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:38, 3 April 2014
A Path on the Road of the Beast
Sobrequiet: Hunters
Ferals who follow the Path of the Hunter dedicate themselves to exploring the Beast's predatory nature. They eschew reason and allow themselves to be guided by instinct. The world is divided into hunters and hunted, so they relate to others as fellow predators (worthy of respect) and prey (worthy of nothing but contempt).
Practices: Hunters often gather in packs of companionship, mutual protection and greater strength to hunt more dangerous prey (such as Lupines). To follow the path, one simply starts hunting, usually by joining a pack or retreating from Cainite society for a time and focusing on one's predatory nature.
Hunters are usually involved in the activities of the Road of the Beast - attending gatherings, traveling to sacred sites and so on - but they regard with disdain any Feral who does not make his predatory nature the highest focus of his existence, regardless of whatever else he might do.
Predatory Virtues: Conviction and Instinct
Aura: As Road of the Beast
Additional Ethics of the Hunter
- You are a predator, and all others are your prey.
- The Beast exists to aid you in the hunt. Master it as you master a hunting dog.
- There is no shame in abandoning a hopeless hunt - as long as you return with a pack. no prey is safe from the Hunters.
Hierarchy of Sins against the Hunter
| Score | Minimum Wrongdoing | Rationale |
| Failing to hunt for your own prey | Accepting blood as a gift from another is an affront to the Beast | |
| Interrupting the hunt of another | The beast must be free to do as it will. | |
| Failing to hunt whenever the opportunity presents itself | Hunting strengthens the Beast | |
| Avoinding contact with the wilds | In nature lies strength. Civilization is soft and weak. | |
| Needless torture or cruelty | Only "civilized folk engage in such things | |
| making a sacrifice for a stranger | You owe others nothing | |
| Refusing to kill to ensure your safety | Nothing is more important than survival | |
| Failing to defend your hunting grounds | Those who do not defend their territory have it taken from them | |
| Showing mercy to an enemy | Mercy is for the weak. | |
| Abstaining from feeding when hungry | The Beast must be satisfied |
