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Dead Stuff
Prerequisite: Gnosis 6; Nuwisha
The Nuwisha's sense of humor is unquestionably skewed toward "black." Dead Stuff is a cardinal example of how the werecoyotes meld laughter with strange, disturbing lessons. This talen is made from any rotting material, preferably something that used to be an animal rather than something that used to be a plant, and bound with a minor spirit of death.

When activated, the talen stays dormant until someone sniffs it. (Most Nuwisha carefully plant it to ensure their intended victim is the one who has the honor.) When this happens, the trap twists a few circuits in the victim's brain (rolling its Gnosis, contested by Willpower). If successful, the victim is suddenly convinced that she is quite dead. Admittedly, she is still mobile, can still walk around, can still talk, and in all physical respects seems to be herself. But she is also quite certainly dead.

The experience is understandably unpleasant. All rolls made while this effect continues are made at + 2 difficulty. Many who suffer from this trick find themselves unwilling to venture into sunlight. The general assumption is that the trick is designed to teach particularly bloodthirsty victims a lesson, and indeed most who are affected have some time to reflect over their lives and the worth of life. For the Nuwisha's part, they remain silent as to their intentions.

The talen's effect lasts for three hours, after which it ends at the first ray of sunlight the victim sees. The victim feels an intense pain as it seems that the sunlight burns her, but after this she fee ls alive once more. The entire experience is generally remembered as a strange hallucination or even an out-of-body experience, and not always easily dismissed.

Ghost Charm
Prerequisite: Gnosis 4; Nuwisha
The Nuwisha who spend the most time in the physical realms are those who are still very young, not yet ready to undertake the Rite of Dansing. And since Nuwisha have a reputation as "spirit coyotes," well, sometimes you have to live up to expectations to do your work well. For these moments, the Ghost Charm talen works wonders.

It works simply enough. A small charm necklace bound with a light-spirit, the talen activates to render the wearer translucent. Not that a real Nuwisha Ghost Danser would ever look like this, but that bothers few Nuwisha. Generally the sort of people they deal with couldn't identify a real Nuwisha if they had a field guide. The Charm also helps with hiding and stealth, reducing the difficulty of all Stealth rolls by 1.