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WAndERIng mOnSTERS
TENSARE CUSTOS
THE KILLING FROST

Virtue: Just
Vice: Inhuman
Seeming: Elemental
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 4, Resolve 5
Physical Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 4, Stam-
ina 4
Social Attributes: Presence 3, Manipulation 2, Com-
posure 4
Mental Skills: Investigation 5, Medicine 2, Occult 3
Physical Skills: Athletics 5, Brawl (Pain) 5,
Stealth 5, Survival (Tracking) 4, Weaponry 3
Social Skills: Empathy 3, Intimidation (Terrify) 5,
Subterfuge 3
Merits: Choke Hold, Fast Reflexes 3, Hardy 3, Iron
Stamina 3, Mind of a Madman, Tolerance for Biology
Health: 9
Dread Powers: Blackout 3, Drain 4 (manifests as
it sucks the heat (and health) out of its victims
through a touch attack while grappling), Eye for
Desire 4, Judgment of Guilt 5, Terrify 2
Potency: 5
Aspirations: Avenge abuse, Find a new target, Find
a safe place to rest
Willpower: 9
Size: 5
Speed: 13
Defense: 4
Initiative: 11
Armor: 0

Compound Rounds save lives by incorporating trace a variety of opportunities for interaction, and while the Lost
amounts of the elements most commonly dangerous to super- can be used as one-shot random encounters, they also offer the
natural creatures into a single bullet. This ammunition saves potential to reappear in a long-term chronicle.
hunters precious time, and gives them the confidence they are
neutralizing their target — regardless of its specific nature — in Tensare Custos –
the most efficient manner possible. The Killing Frost
Function: Compound Rounds contain small amounts of
just about any substance rumored to affect supernatural crea- The deed is done. The price must be paid. Tensare Custos has arrived.
tures: cold iron, gold, silver, salt, a variety of wood silvers, holy The name Tensare Custos is one that’s whispered, rather
water (in break-on-impact globules), communion wafer crumbs, than spoken, among those who know enough to do so. The
mustard seed, and a smattering of various dried plants like being associated with the name is a boogeyman for wife-beaters,
wolfsbane, rose petals, clover, and St. John’s Wort. This combi- a cautionary tale to anyone who would prey upon women, a
nation grants 9-Agains on attacks with these bullets, and always force of supernatural reckoning for abusers. No one, including
inflicts lethal damage, even on creatures who normally only Tensare Custos itself, remembers where it originated from, or
take bashing damage from bullets. how it came to be. But, those who have encountered it, either
Special: The Compound Rounds Merit is Renewable, using by rescue or by retribution, never forget what it has become.
the same Special rules as for Etheric Rounds (Hunter: the Vigil, Tensare Custos is an old Changeling, likely one of the
p. 151). Like Etheric Rounds, Compound Rounds can be used by oldest and most powerful still alive today. Unfortunately, that
those who do not possess a Task Force: VALKYRIE RFID chip.
power and longevity come at a price. As an Elemental, Tensare
Wandering Monsters Custos lost most of its humanity during its Durance, and now
thinks of itself as a force of nature, like gravity. If you throw
an object into the air, gravity will bring it down. If you abuse
The three Changelings described may end up being allies, women, Tensare Custos will bring you down.
antagonists, or both for a hunter cell, depending on how that Tensare is supernaturally aware of, and attracted to, areas where
cell’s motivations mesh or conflict with the fae’s. Each presents women are being abused. It appears only long enough to ensure that

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