Gifts
Corax
The Tengu share most Gifts with their Western brethren, but there are a few differences. Tengu may choose 3 General Gifts and 1 Beast-Court Gift.
General
Crane’s Wisdom (Level One) - Hengeyokai.
Enemy Ways (Level One) - Corax.
Open Seal (Level One) - Corax.
Raven’s Gleaning (Level One) - Corax.
Sight of the True Form (Level One) - As the Philodox Gift, Scent of the True Form.
Sweet Words (Level One) - Hengeyokai.
Voice of the Mimic (Level One) - Corax.
Carrion’s Call (Level Two) - Corax.
Courtly Speech (Level Two) - Hengeyokai.
Shoulder Cracker (Level Two) - Hengeyokai.
Sky’s Beneficence (Level Two) - Corax.
Sky’s Shadow (Level Two) - Corax.
Slicing Feathers (Level Two) - Hengeyokai.
Taking the Forgotten (Level Two) - Corax.
Bloody Feather (Level Three) - Hengeyokai.
Dark Truths (Level Three) - Corax.
Flight of the Swift (Level Three) - Corax.
Mynah’s Touch (Level Three) - This is pretty much the Gift as listed in Corax but with a couple important notes. Firstly, in Beast-Court Tengu talons, this gives the wereraven the ability to “borrow” any hengeyokai Gift, even Nagah or Mokolé Gifts. This Gift is still limited by the stipulation that the Tengu has observed the Gift in question being used. The Storyteller may rule that certain Gifts cannot be mimicked by Mynah’s Touch, depending on how exotic they are, and if they are taught by Totem avatars. (Since many Nagah learn their Gifts directly from the Wani, this precludes the borrowing of most of their Gifts!) The other fact of this Gift is that only Mynah-spirits can teach this Gift, and Mynah-spirits are native only to the Far East’s Umbra. It’s not impossible for non-Tengu to learn this Gift, just not common. Indeed, most Tengu are from Korea, Japan, or China, and the mynah bird is found closer to Southeast Asia. So it’s not especially common among Tengu either!
Sun Guard (Level Three) - Corax.
Yoshitsune’s Sword (Level Three) - Hengeyokai.
Amaterasu’s Gift (Level Four) - As the Corax Gift, Helios’ Child.
Bloody Feather Storm (Level Four) - Hengeyokai.
Dragon Sight (Level Four) - As the Corax Gift, Airt Sense.
Gauntlet Runner (Level Four) - Corax.
Deceptive Demise (Level Five) - Hengeyokai.
Gift of Eyes (Level Five) - Corax.
Moments of Eclipse (Level Five) - Corax.
Portents (Level Five) - Corax.
Thieving Talons of the Magpie (Level Five) - Corax.
Wings of the Sun (Level Six) - With this potent Gift, the wereraven can summon the radiance of Helios himself into her wings. Once melded with the Sun, the Corax can instantly travel to any location in the world in which the Sun shines. The Corax need never have been there, so long as sunlight touches the area everyday (weather notwithstanding). Modern Corax call this the “speed of light”, and for all intent and purpose, that’s what it is. But the Corax cannot actually fly that fast. She simply zips from one place to another. When the Gift is employed, the wereraven’s wings glow as bright as the sun in the heartbeat it takes to travel from one location to the other. Corax must learn this Gift from Helios himself.
System: The wereraven spends a Gnosis point. The “teleportation” is instantaneous (leaves and arrives in the same turn). Technically, anywhere in the solar system is fair game for this Gift’s reach, though anywhere besides Earth would be fairly suicidal. This Gift cannot enter the Umbra or bypass the Gauntlet, but the Corax can travel anywhere she likes on Earth. Alternatively, this Gift can be used to blind-side a foe in combat. So long as the wereraven has the Initiative, she can effectively dodge any attack and counter-attack in the same turn.
