So I ended up starting to read a Werewolf the Apocalypse novel and I'm realizing... This is like already more spiritually fulfilling than like 95% of the pagan books I've read in the past couple years.
I forgot how much that cosmology is (weirdly enough) my comfy-place, very very foundational for me. It's the thing that slotted right into the head of a proto-furry who grew up hearing animism-informed myths and just... took root.
I was just doing some newsgroup digging and I'm reasonably sure I got turned on to Werewolf in the first place by a post about a moon phase calculator on alt.lifestyle.furry.
Which led to me looking mine up then eagerly heading to the bookstore to find out what it means.
(Ragabash, BTW. I will pause for a moment for everyone's surprise to die down)
The aforementioned moon-phase calcuator, if anyone is curious: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html
Words cannot express how thrilled I am that that page is still there after *20 YEARS*
Continued Werewolf tooting, now more conceptual
Of course as fun as the auspice stuff is, what I really like about the setting is how, unlike a lot of RPGs, you're involved in the metaphysics even if you're not a Theurge.
Want to know why there's something strange in your neighborhood? Probably easier to tell in the Umbra. Want to learn a new supernatural power? You're gonna be taking to a spirit. Want to get into that building undetected? Find a mirror and step sideways!
