I'm going to the board to crowdsource examples of crimes that should be punished by an appropriate Rite of Punishment. Garou culture tries to moderate most conflicts through its culture of dominance and challenges, but the Rites of Punishment exist for a reason.
The reason I'm asking for examples is because I want think they have great roleplay potential. First, I need the occasional Garou to be the criminal so my PCs have the chance to actually use those rites during play. Second, even without PC participation, I think this is the kind of thing that drives plot. The actions of NPCs can have a cascade effect.
I don't think I've ever seen a Rite of Punishment actually performed in game. It's something I think should occur more often, even if it is something that happens in another sept rather than the home sept of the chronicle.
When I ask for crimes, I don't mean an ordinary list of crimes. Murder. Theft. Etc. That's easy. I'm talking about specific crimes with actual motivations of the NPCs.
For example, for the Rite of Ostracism - the rite is performed on a Garou who murdered a kinfolk in a fit of rage after she turned down his advances. The period of ostracism lasts considerably more than one month, either an entire season or a lunar year. The Sept Council also issues an order to pay wergild to the kinfolk family and/or protecting individual Garou. (Note in my view Kinfolk to most tribes are little more than livestock. They love and cherish them, but they're not truly "people" in the sense that Garou are. Therefore, it's not punishable like "murder" is which is only against another Garou. Instead, it's like killing someone's cattle - still a crime, but not murder.)
Obviously different crimes are punished in different ways by different tribes. But in general make it how the "typical" tribe would do it, but feel free to make comment or embellish on how another tribe would do it.
The reason I'm asking for examples is because I want think they have great roleplay potential. First, I need the occasional Garou to be the criminal so my PCs have the chance to actually use those rites during play. Second, even without PC participation, I think this is the kind of thing that drives plot. The actions of NPCs can have a cascade effect.
I don't think I've ever seen a Rite of Punishment actually performed in game. It's something I think should occur more often, even if it is something that happens in another sept rather than the home sept of the chronicle.
When I ask for crimes, I don't mean an ordinary list of crimes. Murder. Theft. Etc. That's easy. I'm talking about specific crimes with actual motivations of the NPCs.
For example, for the Rite of Ostracism - the rite is performed on a Garou who murdered a kinfolk in a fit of rage after she turned down his advances. The period of ostracism lasts considerably more than one month, either an entire season or a lunar year. The Sept Council also issues an order to pay wergild to the kinfolk family and/or protecting individual Garou. (Note in my view Kinfolk to most tribes are little more than livestock. They love and cherish them, but they're not truly "people" in the sense that Garou are. Therefore, it's not punishable like "murder" is which is only against another Garou. Instead, it's like killing someone's cattle - still a crime, but not murder.)
Obviously different crimes are punished in different ways by different tribes. But in general make it how the "typical" tribe would do it, but feel free to make comment or embellish on how another tribe would do it.
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