Racial Motifs 31 : Skinchanger Content . By Uraccanach the Witchman Would you live among the wild of the northern woods , and perhaps be wild yourself ? Would you worship Hircine in his aspects of Alrabeg the Hunter , or Storihbeg the Skinchanger ? Would you seek for the Beast Within , so it may be released to seek its blood prey ? Then let your arms and armor bespeak these things of you , for at times your speech may be naught more than a growl . Hearken , Manbeast : AXES Woodsman you may have been , but though you bear an axe , you are woodsman no more . For you shall turn your axe from hewing wood to spilling blood . Broad shall be the fore - blade , and narrow the hind , but the hind - blade shall sport three claws , that you may scrape the mark of the beast into the flesh of your prey . BELTS You shall make your belt from the hide of your prey , tan it and tool it and bedeck it with teeth , so all shall know that you fear no bite . And your belt shall be broad , and from it shall depend tassets of thick hide , the better to protect your midsection when the prey turns at bay . BOOTS Your boots shall be of tanned hide , thick and well - oiled , for you will hunt your prey up streams and through swamps . Take care the soles are thick and be - ridged , for you must be sure of foot when the surface is uncertain . Even the best hunters fall to their prey when they slip and stumble . BOWS Your bow shall be of heartwood and antler , for to shoot true in the forest , the archer ' s tools must be of the forest . The limbs of your bow shall be clawed , like the limbs of your prey , for like calls to like . And your quiver shall show the face of a beast . CHEST PIECES Your cuirass shall be many - layered and tough , and the breastplate shall be a beastplate , with the glaring eyes and wrinkled nose of a predator hard on the trail of its prey . And this is not strange , for beneath your cuirass beats the heart of a hunter , pumping the blood of a beast . DAGGERS You shall bear a dirk like a long , curved claw , a steel talon with which to gut your prey and skin its hide . It shall be deadly , yet simple and unadorned , for does the bear paint its claws , or the falcon gild its talons ? They do not . So say I , and who shall contradict me ? GLOVES Your gauntlets shall be a mighty protection for your forearms , for the biting beasts will try to grip your forelimbs with their fangs and wrestle you to their level , and you must deny them this . Stud your gauntlet backs with metal spikes to give them fangs of their own , but leave the fingers free , nimble to grasp for arrows or dirk . HELMETS When the beasts look upon you , they will see another beast looking back , for your helm shall be a wolf ' s - head of steel . And this is as Storihbeg would have it , for the Manbeast within shall manifest without , and the hunter shall be exalted . LEG GREAVES To protect your legs your greaves shall be of the densest hide , and they shall be studded with metal rivets , that they may turn the fangs of serpents and blunt the tusks of boars . For while you are Beast you are also Man , and must stay upright except when in form most feral . MACES Your mace shall be heavy and spiked , like the fist of a kwama warrior , but you shall strike twice as hard with it , for you are at once both Beast and Man , and none who are of single nature shall stand before you . SHIELDS The beast - face on your chest and your helm shall be repeated on your shield , of great size and feral aspect , so as to strike fear into your enemies from a distance . Then you may smite them from afar , or close and savage them by hand , as best suits your way of doing honor to Hircine . SHOULDER ARMOR Your pauldrons shall be as you will , whether metal , leather , or fur , so long as they are strong and solid to turn both blows and fangs . For your shoulder is anchor to the arm that brings your weapon down upon your prey . STAVES Every spell you cast from your staff shall do honor unto Lord Hircine , in both his Princely form and in his aspect as Alrabeg . For your staff shall be crowned with antlers like unto the Lord of the Hunt , and your spells shall emit therefrom . This is the way , and no other ! SWORDS Your sword shall be long and curved , a great talon to extend the reach of your mighty arm , and it shall have an edge that shall slash like the tusks of a great boar . But it shall end in a point , for when your prey has finished fighting for its life , you shall take that life quickly and cleanly with a thrust to the heart . See to it .