Compendium / Space Wolves / Trophies
Trophies
The hunting of trophies to prove oneself, and the need to have them sanctified.
Overview
Space Wolves regularly hunt the beasts of the wild to prove themselves to their Brothers, be it the Trial of Morkai or a simple survival training. Sometimes they even bring the Trophies from the battlefield as a proof of their performance in battle. Those trophies need to be sanctified most of the time and be sparse, as trophy hunting enemies of the Allfather is not worth the potential drawbacks.
However often does the Wolf hunt, only certain, extremely meaningful trophies can be taken. Priests that tend to them need to cooperate with their specialised allies like Rune-Priests, Psykers or Mars-trained Adepts of the Mechanicum, before the Trophies can be safely returned to their rightful claimers.
Steps that need to be taken:
Step 1: Appraisal
- Step necessary for safe distribution of the Trophies.
- Roll Insight to determine the safety of the Trophy taken and to ensure it is not corrupted by outside influence. (Check is DN:5, if check is failed, the Trophy needs to be re-appraised)
- Type of the Trophy is determined by the GM of the event the Trophy was claimed during. Available types:
- Chaos;
- Ork;
- Beast;
- Tyranid;
- Xeno;
Step 2: Cleansing
- Unavoidable step that will define if the Trophy can be returned or not.
- Request assistance of a Psyker or a Rune Priest to cleanse the Trophy. (Psychic Mastery check; DN: 2 for non-Chaos cleanse, DN: 6 for Chaos cleanse)
- If successful: The Trophy is now cleansed of corruption and can be safely distributed.
- If failed: The Trophy will not be cleansed and needs to be re-cleansed. In such a case, a GM can interfere and request a Psychic Mastery check upon the Psyker to shield their mind.
Step 3: Sanctification
- Last step before distributing the Trophy to its owner.
- It is performed by a Priest, Tech Priest or a Wolf Priest. It can be done with the preferred method of sanctification by the Priest and requires a Willpower DN: 3 check to test the truthfulness of the Priests intention to cleanse the Trophy proper.
- If the check fails, the Priests need to re-sanctify the Trophy.